ONE MORNING, TEENAGER WERNER GUNTHER WOKE UP AND DECIDED HE’D HAD ENOUGH OF BEING THE ‘FAT’ KID. HE LOST 54KG IN 10 MONTHS.
I started getting chubby when I went to school. At first it didn’t bother me at all, but a comment from my friends on sports day really hurt. I’d headed across the field to buy some treats at the tuck shop, and by the time I got back to them, I was sweating quite a lot. “Did we miss the 1200m run?” they asked. It was really upsetting, but if it weren’t for that, I would have just carried on the way I was. I didn’t participate in many school activities; I wasn’t active in any way. Food was my life; I enjoyed eating – and sweet treats most of all. I got to a point when I couldn’t go a day without eating chocolates, cake or dessert. I drank diet soda even though I hated the taste of it – but I still managed to finish more than two litres a day.
By the time I started secondary school I was bigger than most of the kids in my grade. My weight affected every aspect of my life. I was shy to start with, and don’t make friends easily, but my weight made it worse – some of the kids made comments.
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