Chapter 2 - Background check

Rachel had always been chubby, even as a child. She had struggled with her weight every day of her life, she tried hundreds of diets and ridiculous amounts of exercise but the weight always seemed to come back.

She was really ashamed of her curves, always trying to cover her body with oversized black clothes or ashamed to eat in public. Of course that meant that things like going to the beach or to the swimming pool were out of the question.

The reason why she was fat it's pretty simple: genetics. She didn't have any thyroid problems but her metabolism was extremely slow. Her mom was fat as well, I reckon she was about 185 at that time and his dad was also obese.
She has a sister and in those days she was nearly 190 pounds.
But this wasn't one of those happy fat families, they were always trying to loose weight and they always felt miserable about their bodies.

I didn't know it back then, but when I met her in 2012 she was the thinnest she had been in years.
On her last two years of highschool her weight started to peak up reaching 177 pounds three weeks before summer. That was her highest ever, and it was quite notorious on her small frame, as she is only 5'4 feet.

She was probably thinking the same way I was. First year at Uni was about to start and it was the perfect opportunity for a fresh start. She began dieting like crazy: she wasn't having breakfast anymore and the only thing she would have for dinner was pineapple. Lunch was the only proper meal she was having a day and it was just a mere sandwich.

By August she manage to lose 22 pounds. The crazy dieting continued but she started to wear clothes that properly fitted her and she developed the self-esteem she needed to start dating for the first time in her life.

On previous years she would always politely reject any possible dates, too ashamed of her body, but now with her regained confidence, she was meeting a new boy every week and enjoying every party she was invited.

By mid September when I met her, she was this confident chubby girl, no longer obese but still very curvy. And now I realise that it was thanks to that crazy summer of dieting that our relationship was possible.