I was overweight my entire childhood; I hated every sport my parents put me into except for dance, I loved to dance. My junior year in high school was also the year I turned 16, I begged my mom to let me get my belly button pierced for my birthday. After going back and forth for what seemed like forever, she gave me a challenge. If I could lose 15 pounds by birthday, I could get my belly button pierced, a challenge I willingly excepted. I was already in dance at school, but I