I have had to overcome many obstacles in my life but one of the most difficult was being overweight. I had always been over weight and as I went through school I was made fun of for it but I never really did anything about it. I had always just thought who cares if I'm over weight, I have good grades. Then come eighth grade I started to hear about it more, I weighed 220 lbs. But once I got to high school my baseball coach told me that I needed to get faster and I also thought I'd be happier if I was in better shape. So over the summer between this and last year I lost 40 lbs. I had to sacrifice foods that I would normally eat and I'd have to take more time to exercise and run. To me sacrifice means to give something up that you would usually use or want. I still think the best think I ever did was give up pop and junk food for the summer and run because I'm happier with who I am and it is helping me with sports and other things in my life.
Another obstacle that I have overcome in my life is a decision by someone that I had looked up to. My dads friend was a doctor and I had always looked at him like as my uncle because I wanted to be like him. Then he made a decision that made me look at him differently and I had to get over it and find someone else that I could look up to.
