For years I lived with a monster under my bed, a horrible one, one that would restrain me from living the life of a 17 year old!  one day I woke up and realised the monster was ME! I had been lying to myself for years telling myself  "this is just who I am" but in reality I had become so " use" to the fact I was over weight i made myself believe it was forever.. I hated my body and I hated myself, I got picked on in high school and even by other kids parents! But you know what somewhere deep down i had a little voice in my head, this little voice believed in me, told me I could do it, one day I decided to pay attention to her and listen.... And guess what she was right!