Areli Gómez
Regular
Ok so I’m 4’7”. At such a small height I can look fat by literally weighing like 120 pounds which is not that much.
We don’t have too much money in my family so we just spend it on stuff that we need rather than want. That’s why I still have the same budget cubes from 3-5 years ago.
We used to buy tons of food. Because you know if we ever went broke then we would still have something to eat.
I’m one of 8 children so that’s a LOT of mouths to feed. I was always the one with the biggest appetite. I started having problems with my weight in about 1st grade. At 6 years old I was already 80 pounds. I was just 3’6” tall.
And when I was 12, I reached a weight of 160 pounds. I felt disgusting. I gained some of the weight during COVID. It also affected my ability to cube. I would almost feel winded just from solving big cubes. It was quite unlike me. I started going to the gym.
Now, I’m turning 14 next month. I’m down to 85 pounds! I’m so happy about that. It also made be better at cubing! I’m much faster! I’m also finally on my school’s soccer team! I’m homeschooled but I get my education from teachers at a local school. I made it! Finally! So that’s good!
We don’t have too much money in my family so we just spend it on stuff that we need rather than want. That’s why I still have the same budget cubes from 3-5 years ago.
We used to buy tons of food. Because you know if we ever went broke then we would still have something to eat.
I’m one of 8 children so that’s a LOT of mouths to feed. I was always the one with the biggest appetite. I started having problems with my weight in about 1st grade. At 6 years old I was already 80 pounds. I was just 3’6” tall.
And when I was 12, I reached a weight of 160 pounds. I felt disgusting. I gained some of the weight during COVID. It also affected my ability to cube. I would almost feel winded just from solving big cubes. It was quite unlike me. I started going to the gym.
Now, I’m turning 14 next month. I’m down to 85 pounds! I’m so happy about that. It also made be better at cubing! I’m much faster! I’m also finally on my school’s soccer team! I’m homeschooled but I get my education from teachers at a local school. I made it! Finally! So that’s good!
I know Americans are generally even a bit overweight, it was hard losing all my weight that I did. I reached my goal of 85. It’s also harder since I haven’t reached puberty yet, so I have baby fat. I’m only 13, as I mentioned. I’m a bit late with puberty because I was born prematurely, 12 weeks early. I want to get the skin removal surgery because I have a LOT of loose skin and stretchmarks. That coupled with acne from puberty and greasy fried foods. Even though I have a feeding tube I can still eat but I have to chew my food extremely finely and drink water with it. I almost had to get the weight loss surgery, they said if I reached 200 I would have to. Glad I did it.
