The Story Of A Fat Child

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At the age of eight, I believed that, in the world there were two kinds of people- the thin, beautiful ones and the fat, ugly ones. Thanks to all the human beings around me, the notion was drilled right into every brain cells of mine.

I was always this fat and 'round' girl when I was in school. I found myself ugly compared to the slim and pretty girls around me. It was a very torturing childhood for my little mind. I suffered a lot of insecurity. My little mind was always fixed with thoughts like, “I am not worth looking at and that nobody would ever want to share a special bond called 'friendship' with me." Like the saying, birds of the same feather flock together, so were the friend circles around me. Nobody preferred this fat girls when the prettier ones were around. So, my childhood saw very few friends, I spent my time only at home with my books and music.

I grew up thinking twice before eating or drinking anything. More than the cost, the thousands of calories mattered to me. I was restricted form eating food that I loved and on the contrary was asked to eat in ample that I disliked. Compared to all the kids around me who ate cakes, ice creams, pizzas and all the delicacies in town, I was stuck with a diet of vegetable salads, fruits, corn and all the fat free contents of any dietitians list.

There were more problems for this child when she went out. I used to hate the very word, shopping!! Not that I dint like getting new fancy and trendy clothes for myself, I could never find them. Only one phrase kept ringing in my ears - "Sorry, we don't have your size ma'am". Eventually, I started getting used to it, it was not new then. I would never get what I liked and what I liked was never mine.

Another phobia I had was towards doctors. I dreaded the idea of meeting a doctor for any illness. Once I had severe body pain and my mother got too worried. So, I finally went to meet the doctor. He checked my weight and temperature and then in the end, rubbing his big, round tummy says, "My dear girl, you got to lose a lot of weight, I think your aches and pains are because of that". Oh my!! I wondered when this would end!

To top it all I always had people around me commenting or advising. My relatives were not an exceptions they went to the extent of saying that, “nobody would marry you!!" Maybe their right or maybe their wrong, but I always believed that there is a way to put things right and moreover see the age of the one hearing it too! Why didn't they understand, its not that I enjoyed being that way, but I was that way.

Since my initial years were spend in the dark shell of fat world, I had very few friends to go out with or spend time with. I was always at home, either as a couch potato in front of the TV, or listening to music or reading, but nothing more than that. I had absolutely nothing called exercise!! So where do you actually expect all the fat collected in my body to reduce? It just kept adding and I just managed to build the perfect rounder shape. Listening to comments all my life, I've learned to tackle them and give an appropriate reply when the situation asked for it.

When I left school and joined my college, I was very determined in changing that tag on me. Though I did not do any crash diets, I ate carefully, walked to college, started with a lot of exercises and very importantly washed my clothes without a washing machine!! Now, though not ultimately the slim beauty, I have lost a lot of weight and I'm really happy about it. It required a lot of will power and persistence. And if not for those mean comments, maybe I wouldn't have taken up the challenge!

Well! The story of this fat child did end with a happy note, but many out there may be still sulking with those piercing stare and nasty comments. Its a humble note, its very easy to sit back and mock or criticize somebody else, but only the one who hears really knows how it feels and this fat child surely knows!Always remember Gods creation have always been wonderful whether fat or thin just learn to carry yourself with a pride that there is nobody like ME. And to end with, the word 'Fat' is not only a taboo in the society, but also a a main reason to invite a load of diseases. So just, try your best to get rid of the taboo you dread