I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 7, and immediately lost a ton of weight. As the years progressed (really, once I got started on an insulin pump and was told I could eat anything) I gradually began packing on the weight. I've always been proud of myself, because I wasn't as fat as the other girls at camp who had had diabetes as long as me. And people always say diabetics are never thin, they have trouble losing weight. Well I'm here to prove them wrong! If you can do it, so ...

I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 7, and immediately lost a ton of weight. As the years progressed (really, once I got started on an insulin pump and was told I could eat anything) I gradually began packing on the weight. I've always been proud of myself, because I wasn't as fat as the other girls at camp who had had diabetes as long as me. And people always say diabetics are never thin, they have trouble losing weight. Well I'm here to prove them wrong! If you can do it, so can I. Diabetes does not define who I am.

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