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Vanity Pounds
"From elementary school on into high school, kids suddenly had a buffet of insults to use, and my lack of self-confidence made me more than willing to eat them up."
By Quincy Mosby
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Through dieting and exercise, Youth Radio’s Quincy Mosby – within a span of one year – has taken a transition in his life. He has lost weigh dramatically. Quincy receives a variety of compliments from his peers, but his immediate family just won’t approve.
You can’t tell by looking at me now, but last year at this time I weighed 312 pounds.
I’m Quincy Mosby with a commentary from Youth Radio.
Even though I’m happy about the dramatic weight loss I achieved, it seems at times my family is more skeptical than proud of what I’ve done.
At first, my mother was very supportive in helping me lose the weight the right way. But it seemed like the closer I got to my weight loss goal, the more annoyed my family, including my mother, became with me. “What can you eat?”, my mother and sister would say when I wouldn’t touch the Chinese food we ordered every Friday.
It felt like now that I didn’t need my family to heal my bruised self-esteem, they didn’t know quite how to interact with me.
But I have to admit that their criticisms do help with my resolve. I’m not sure if I could have made it this far without them constantly teasing me.
It helps knowing that if I gain five pounds, even though the people who are outside my home won’t notice, my family will. For now, that’s one more reason for me to keep turning down that greasy Chinese food every Friday.
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