A California girl, 9, lost 66 pounds after years of being bullied at school and with the help of her parents, she took matters into her own hands and lost the extra weight.
The girl, Breanna Bond, had tipped the scale at 186 pounds by the time she was 9 years old. She was having trouble breathing and doing her regular daily activities. Bond was having a difficult time at school, so her mother made big changes to the family's and it has clearly made a big difference, according to ABC news.
"Everybody at school would call me names," she said. "They would call me fatty, they would call me fat head."
Breanna's weight gain started when she was a baby and by the time she entered kindergarten, she was already weighing 100 pounds. Breanna struggled to run, skip, hop and do all the other things that normal children do due to the weight.
"Her pediatrician always said that she'd grow into her body and then, after a while, we went and got other doctors' opinions," Breanna's mother, Heidi Bond of Clovis, Calif., said today on " Good Morning America."
"We had her tested for everything from thyroid to diabetes - her endocrinology got tested - allergies, and everything came out fine so we knew at that point we had to step things up."
What really helped her to lose the weight was the help of her parents. Her mom started an exercise routine and diet for the whole family. They began to walk the 4-mile trail near their home.
"There was nothing that stopped us," Heidi Bond said. "We went at night, in the rain, in the hail, in the fog, nothing. We had a zero-tolerance policy. We're doing the walk, no matter what."
Breanna and her family hope that the story of this 9 year old girl lost 66 pounds can serve as inspiration to many American families who are also dealing with obesity.
