My 3-Day Diet Analysis

When I first learned we were going to have to complete the 3-Day Diet Analysis I wasn't looking forward to it. All my life I've been heavier than all my friends, cousins, siblings, and classmates. I wasn't obese, but I was noticeably bigger. I was always ridiculed for my weight, and hated hearing anything that had to do with “dieting” due to the fact that I grew up in a household with a “Superficial Health-Nut”. Anytime she heard of a new diet, she wouldn't hesitate to say “Kristol, you need this diet! You need to lose weight, you're too fat. You would look so pretty if you were skinny. You're never going to get a boyfriend looking like that!” I've always known she would say these things to me partially because she was concerned for my health. So I'd try her diets, and inevitably would fail at them because first of all I was too young to understand how to follow through with these diets, and second, I was so stubborn, when she would chastise me for what I was eating, I'd drop the diets completely, until the next one came along. It did wonders for my self-esteem, self-confidence and self-worth in my adolescent years. It got to the point that I wanted nothing to do with diets for some time. When I finally reached high school, I decided to actually try to do something about my weight on my own terms. I started eating way less, I actually started participating in my Physical Education class, and walked more places instead of asking for rides. I finally started losing weight. It wasn't as drastic of a change as I would have liked, but I still felt better about myself and was happy. Of course, it wasn't good enough for the “Health-Nut” and comments were still made, but I learned to ignore her and her negativity. ...

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...cate this assignment to my husband Joe, and my 3 babies Ryan, Chanel, and Xander. It is because of them that I want to live a long and healthy life. I want to be around to watch my babies grow, learn new things, graduate high school, and college. I want to be here when they get married, and start families. I want to be able to meet my future Grand-Kids. I want to grow old with the love of my life, and experience so much more this world has to offer along side him. Which is why I am so thankful he will be taking on this new life challenge with me. My husband and our children are my strength and reason for living. Without them, I don't think I would be able and/or willing to strive towards this new goal, let alone even consider trying it. I need to do this for them, but most importantly for me. If God is willing, I plan on being around for the next 60+ years!