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A Reflection of the Old Me

How I Jiggled My Thighs to Love My Body

AmyLee Pritchard
Dec 12, 2016
Florida Southern College
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A Reflection of the Old Me
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I was uploading one of my last video assignments to YouTube when I found a treasure not many people know about.

This piece of gold was the most embarrassing video I have ever uploaded to YouTube. It is also the first video I had uploaded to YouTube.

Not too long ago, I made the video private, because I realized 1,400 people had seen this video of me, jiggling my thighs.

Yes. I was jiggling my thighs and my friend "caught me on camera" doing so.

As a 12/13 year old, I thought this was the funniest thing ever. I had big thighs, and it's fun to jiggle them. So let's make a funny video about it.

As a 17 year old, I thought this was the worst thing I could have ever done to myself.

I hated my gigantic thighs.

I have stretch marks from taking medicine (steroids, so I gained a lot of weight in a short period of time) to control my asthma.

I didn't look good in shorts.

I felt fat even though there was no "fat" I could work off.

So I hid it from the internet world and never really told anyone about it existing.

Well guys. I just made it public again. Please go watch my hilarious self jiggling my thighs.

Because I am not ashamed of my body anymore. It is so fun to jiggle my thighs. They are big, but that just means I look amazing in skinny jeans.


Enjoy.

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