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Peter Roshanian

It’s difficult for me to write this because I don’t really know what to say. 500 words is just barely enough to start everything I would like to write in an essay. I can start by talking about myself, something I’ve never been to good at. My junior year in high school I went through a transformation that not many people will go through, drastic weight loss. I was 260 lbs at age 16, which qualifies as obese. Over a 4 month period, I went on a heavy diet and I lost 60 lbs. It’s my single greatest achievement in life, and one that I am extremely proud of. It is because of this experience I went through that shapes who I am. When I was overweight, I had to make up for the lack of my appearance through my personality. Over my first 16 years, I like to believe I developed a very engaging, funny, and charming personality that I am very proud of. Not being blessed with physical beauty, I had to make up for it in other ways. I learned how funny it is the way friends are made in high school; it’s based entirely on how one looks or who one grew up with. When I started seeing results of my diet, I started gaining more and more friends, mainly more girls. As sad as it is to hear, it’s the truth. Because of who I was, it will always stay a part of me. I will never forget my past because it was such a big part of my life. It gave me the confidence that if I really want to achieve something, I know I can do it. As I lost more and more weight, the new friends got to my head quick. I forgot who my real friends were; I left them in the dust just because I was so excited to meet so many new people. It’s funny what happens when everything changes so fast; one forgets about who really cares about them and who’s been there for them since day one. I made that mistake and was with new people every weekend. While it’s nothing I regret, it’s something I wish I had managed differently, and I felt bad about how I had treated my friends. When I apologized to...