Growing up in Southern California, I was exposed to what I thought was the “ideal” girl at a very young age. I would always see the attractive men with girls who wore size 0, who wore the newest fashion, who had their hair and makeup done all day everyday. That was not me. I was heavy-set, was never up-to-date on the newest trend, I did not “fit the mold.” I was tired of feeling like an outcast, it was time for change.