when i started middle school i was overweight,wore thick glasses and was what you could classify as a nerd.i loved my family and video games and wasnt the talented one in sports.thru middle school and high school i wasnt popular.had people grabbing my chest and calling me names because i was overweight and was constantly picked on.every year from 6th grade until i graduated i got made fun of for who i was.it definitely got me down and made me so angry that i stood up for myself,in the way of changing for me...i never wanted to be like them,and i stood up for who i was and told them that im me and i dont care to be like them or anyone else but the person i wanted to be.and it all paid off.a few years later.when i graduated school i had all the people who used to bully me and make fun of who i was saying "youre a really cool guy,i dont know why we didnt hang out in school" and i said "because i wasnt popular and i was just me and still am to this day" im still who i was back in school...the same me,who people love and enjoy being around.and now that years have gone by, i have a great career of 14 years,love my life and have a gorgeous fiancee and a loving family and i have lost over 85 pounds for me to make my health better,and i see all the people who have never given me the time of day or ridiculed me thru parts of my life accomplish nothing and become nobodys while i have made something of myself and have become the happiest i have ever been.for me,and for nobody else...and i love life.those years were hard but i can put all that aside and move on because now,at this day...life is just beginning.and i love living with my family and true friends that love me for who i am.live your life as you want,and let everything else follow you...with true heart,matt