I’m Kat and I’m fat I’m not just overweight or curvy or pleasantly plump I don’t just have baby fat My doctor told me that I need to lose fifteen pounds just to get out of the obese category We’re supposed to write a journal this summer for school They’re not going to read it but they’ll make sure it’s written in We have to write every day for seven entire weeks About like our hopes and dreams I guess Well I HOPE that I can convince my mom and dad to let me go to fat camp this summer I DREAM about not being fat anymore I WISH I could snap my fingers and be thin
All of my friends are excited about summer Not me I don’t want to wear a T-shirt and jeans at the beach I don’t want to tell my friends that I don’t want to swim when really I just don’t want to wear a swimsuit in front of everyone I don’t want to hang out at the mall looking at clothes that would never fit me seeing myself in mirrors next to my pretty thin friends I don’t want to go to movies where the fat girl is always the funny sidekick I don’t want to be the funny fat sidekick I want to have a boyfriend I want to feel better about myself I want to be healthier This summer I want to change This summer is going to be different
JUNE WEEK 1
I’ve been trying to think about hopes and dreams All I can think about is losing weight When Aunt Wendy was 35 she went to fat camp She tells everyone how amazing it was That it totally changed her life She’s not super skinny now but she’s healthy and active and she always eats well She told me that she wishes she’d gone when she was my age And that got me thinking What if I went to fat
