Argumentative Essay About Being Overweight

“YOU 'RE NOT FAT!” is what everyone use to tell me, but I saw different. From about seventh grade to eleventh grade was probably the hardest and unhealthiest years of my life. Being heavily overweight was the biggest struggle I had to deal with when becoming a teenager. This struggle I was dealing with made me realize a lot about myself and why it was important to lose weight. Not only losing weight but being overweight made me healthier, taught me about confidence and insecurity, and made me a better person. Usually when people hear health they automatically think physical. Physical health has more to do with appearance and your overall well-being. You are probably wondering how can being overweight make some healthier but there is a way.

I wasn’t confident about myself when I was bigger. I use to look on instagram and even facebook and wonder why I couldn’t look like those girls or even be those girls. I had no faith that I could ever lose the weight or even be called pretty or beautiful. I wasn’t listening to my mom when she said because she was my mother she’s suppose to say things to make me feel better. I was beyond insecure, people laughing at me and talking about me but somehow I had to get through it. When I was in this stage I had to remember that I can’t just sit down and expect a change a had to work for it. I had to learn to gain my confidence and actually do something about the way I looked. No longer could I be insecure or have disbelief in myself. So, I decided to get a job where I had to move around, I drank liters of water everyday, I began to be active and try to get out anytime I could. All I wanted to do was see that change. I just wanted to be confident and secure in myself and be comfortable in my own skin. When I finally reached this short-term goal that I had it changed me,

Know that I overcame this barrier I could finally be better I could finally do better. Everytime I look around everytime I listen to conversations someone is being shamed and made fun of for how they look. I feel obligated and committed to stand up for these people, especially those I can relate to. When I see someone down or upset it’s only right to help them understand they are better and worth far more than any negative thing anyone else has to say. Being overweight has helped me with other people. I am now educated in what I talk about when it comes to obesity and how and why I lost as much as I did. Being that I walked in those shoes I can understand what someone is going through and help them through their trouble even though I had absolutely no one to help me during mine.
This was one of the biggest battles of my life and I cannot believe I got through it. Til’ this day I wonder how I could do it all alone and how it made me such a different person. I’ve learned to ignore haters and just be who i really am. Being “fat” has made me stronger and wiser. I am now healthier, I am secure in myself and now I am a better human being. I will never listen to anyone ever again when they try to break my confidence. I was told many years ago, “what doesn 't kill you, makes you