For as long as I could remember, I have always been the chubby kid in the classroom. Even though I did exercise when I was younger, I was still very chubby. My mom told me that I had big bones, but as I got older I realized that my mom fed me too much, so she could show off how “good of a mom” she was.
Anyway, I always loved sports ever since I was young. When I was in Indonesia, I loved soccer, basketball, and even played in badminton tournaments as a middle schooler. I was still the chubby kid in the room/court whenever I played sports, kind of how linemen are in football. When I moved to America (2005), though, I stopped participating in any sport outside of the school's gym class. I was very shy when I first moved to the States, and wasn't really confident about interacting with other people especially with the broken English that I spoke in, and not even through sports. It wasn't until high school that I changed my mind set and start to play sports again. I played varsity soccer in ninth grade, and I would play pick up basketball with my classmates weekly.
I did quit soccer in tenth grade, though, and was uninvolved again in any regular fitness activity. When I realize how out of shape I have gotten in eleventh grade, I wish I hadn't. My regret of quitting from regular fitness was further made greater when I had a health class in eleventh grade with Mr. Nathan Shirk. To be honest, I was very scared about myself when the class covered the cardiovascular system. After learning that cardiovascular diseases are the number one cause of death in America, I became very concerned about my own health, and decided to join a gym right after the end of the health class. It was nice to see myself get back on track phys...
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