Mollie Hull, 20, Stone
Producing some bathroom scales, the teacher announced the topic for that day's science lesson.
‘We're learning the importance of body weight and working out our body mass index,’ she said.
BMI uses height and weight to work out if you are at a healthy weight.
Terror gripped me.
No way was I standing on those scales in front of everyone.
I didn't need a number to tell me what I already knew.
Aged 10, 9st and wearing an adult size 10, I knew I was a ‘big’ kid.