Adventures at fat camp

chapter 1

Amanda was very pretty, slim and athletic. She was on the cheer leading squad, but was one of the few that did not let it go to her head. She dated the captain of the football team, of course. Amanda was also older than her peers in high school. She had some serious health issues when she was only six years old and had to miss school for two years. She was nineteen this spring.

His name was Sean and he was a spoiled brat. His parents gave him everything and pushed him hard to live up to their ideal. Sean was very arrogant, not well liked on the team, but managed to bribe and cajole his way to become captain, just what was needed for elite college applications.

Amanda didn’t really love him; everyone said they made a handsome couple, especially their parents. Sean was constantly critical of anything Amanda did, or wore. He was always telling her she looked like she was gaining weight, or some outfit made her look fat. Amanda was 5’3” and 110#, she worked out to keep her figure, she also had to watch what she ate. Her mother was the same height as she was, but over 50# heavier. Both of Amanda’s sisters had gained weight after high school on dorm food while away at college.

Sean didn’t have many friends, the one who could be called his closest, was David. He was huge 6’3” 250 # and was the center on the football team. When they were freshman in their first game, Sean was rude and abusive to David about a play. The next play, David just stepped aside and let the other teams’ linebacker nail Sean. He was out two weeks with bruised ribs. Sean, though arrogant, could learn. He always treated David at least politely after that incident.

David thought the world of Amanda. He was too shy to ask her out and didn’t want snake away Sean’s “girlfriend” even though he hated the way Sean treated her.


Our story begins in the spring of their junior year in high school. School was going let out for summer in a few weeks, Amanda was trying to line up a job for the summer. Sean was going away to his parent’s summer place in Maine. David was going to work at one of his father’s stores in town.

Amanda’s mother had a friend who ran a Fat Camp for overweight girls. Her friend had a counselor unexpectedly back out of her commitment for the summer and was now desperate for a replacement. Amanda’s mom suggested her daughter. The friend knew Amanda and thought that though she was young, she could handle the work and girls well.

Amanda was not overjoyed with the prospect, but she didn’t have many options open to her. She accepted the job.

Five weeks later Amanda’s mom drove her up to the camp. She warned her about her weight and to watch what she ate. Amanda was surprised, “I’m not here to lose weight I’m a counselor, Mom,” she protested. “I know dear, but my friend warned me that some of counselors have gained “sympathy weight” being around heavy girls all the time.” “Oh don’t worry Mom, I will be fine”, Amanda answered.

Amanda was shown to her cabin. The girls had not arrived yet. Amanda was to help with aerobics and supervise four girls in her cabin. Her duties included confiscating any extra food the girls brought and disposing of it. She was to help with weigh-ins and measuring also.
Amanda’s boss explained that this was not strictly a weight loss camp. That it was to help the girls with self esteem and improve attitude toward their bodies. The program was aimed at graduating senior high students, though all the girls were in Amanda’s class, they were all just eighteen. The goal was not really for them to lose any appreciable weight but at least not to gain a lot during the summer.
This was reasoned they would do if left alone at home during summer or working jobs around food.

Amanda was surprised by this and remembered her mother’s warning to watch her weight while here.

The girls arrived the next day. Amanda dressed in a t-shirt and shorts lose fitting. The director did not want the slimmer staff to rub it in that they were slim and the girls were not.

Amanda met her charges, Diane, from Chicago, was 5’2” and 170# and 18; Anne, from some little town in Iowa was 5’4” and 180# and 18; Cathy, from Florida, was 5’ even and nearly 200# and 18; Sara, from Wyoming was 5’5” and 190# and 18 also.