At 9-years-old Breanna Bond weighed in at 186 pounds and was bullied in school. She said to ABC News, "Everybody at school would call me names. They would call me fatty, they would call me fat head." Bond, however, recently lost an incredible 66 pounds.
ABC News reports that Breann's weight started to pile on when she was just a baby and when she got to kindergarten she had already reached 100 pounds. Breanna's mother said on "Good Morning America," "Her pediatrician always said that she'd grow into her body and then, after a while, we went and got other doctors' opinions."
An exercise routine was created for Breanna by her mother and the whole family started to exercise together by walking a 4-mile trail near their home. Heidi says that they would go everyday and doing the walk no matter what. "We had a zero tolerance policy. We're doing the walk, no matter what," she said. ABC News reported that she also started a diet that limited fat to 20 grams per day and Breanna started using the tredmill at home for an hour and 15 minutes a day as well as started to play basketball and joined the swim team. She lost 66 pounds in less than ay ear.
Breanna said on "GMA" that her favorite part of the weight loss was that "I can be involved in sports and I can keep up with my friends when we're playing."
Her mother Heidi added to "GMA", "She is an inspiration to the world and all children who are having weight issues across America, that you can do it with a pair of tennis shoes and motivation."
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