Personal Narrative: Driving To Oklahoma City Community High School

I was driving to Oklahoma City Community College one afternoon with a good friend of mine. We had gotten out of school early and stopped at Mazzio’s to eat lunch before going to the college. During that drive we were doing what normal teenagers do while driving somewhere: listening to the radio as loud as we could and singing at the top of our lungs. My friend was videoing as we were singing. Later that night after we had returned home I watched the video, and my eyes were opened. In that video I saw a boy who had let himself go. The seatbelt I was wearing was so tight that my belly was protruding on wither side of it. My double chin had increased in size, and my shirt was not loose by any means. There I saw a boy who had not ever looked like that in his life, and looked down upon those who did. My whole life, without actually realizing it, I had been overweight. However this past summer I decided to do something about it by eating healthy, running more, and lifting weights. My life would never be the same, I was sure of it. …show more content…
This led me to run cross-country the following school year. This was a bit of a transition, as in cross-country practice we ran every day of the week. However even with the more intense workouts, I remained the same weight all through the season. What was it that kept me from losing weight? Dana James, New York City Nutritionist, states, “I always tell my clients its eighty percent diet twenty percent exercise” (“Is Focusing On Exercise Sabotaging Your Weightloss?”). I found this out the hard way. Throughout the cross-country season I continually felt healthier, however I was not shedding any pounds. The lack of weight loss and becoming more active in the show cattle industry led to me quitting cross-country the next year. I blamed this on “not having enough time for