I was always a happy and confident girl, but I had been overweight about 100KG since I was a child.
I had grown used to the stares I got from people in public places and the occasional comments from people who didn’t know me. I had accepted my body and didn’t think much about it. I was content with who I was.
But all that changed when I was rejected for a job I had applied for. I was shocked, I had worked hard to get the qualifications I needed and I had been sure that I was the perfect fit for the role. When I got the email saying that I had been unsuccessful, I was confused.
I tried to figure out why I had been rejected and the only thing I could think of was my weight. I was a hundred kilos, and I had never been ashamed of it before, but now I was beginning to question my own self worth. I couldn’t understand why my weight was an issue when it had never been an issue before.
I tried to talk to my friends about it, but they didn’t understand.
They said that I was being too hard on myself and that the rejection didn’t have anything to do with my weight. But I was certain that it had. I had seen how people looked at me and I knew that I was not the “ideal” woman.
I began to worry that this was how people would always see me. That I was doomed to be rejected again and again, simply because of my weight. I started to feel like I was worthless and that no one would ever accept me for who I was.
I started to look for answers, and I eventually came across a few inspiring stories of successful people who had gone through the same thing. I was amazed to see that there were people out there who had found success despite being overweight.
They had faced rejection, but had not let it define them.