"Black is a favorite color choice because of its slimming effects" Somehow I lived a long time believing I needed to wear black. I haven't always been "fat", but according to the world's standards I've always been plus sized. At 5'11" and with a genetics playing a strong role, I am not a small woman by any means and honestly I've never been small. I remember in early high school when I was one of the tallest if not the tallest girl in my class. Clothes that fit right were really hard to come by. I wore men's jeans because women's weren't long enough. And, after spending middle school being made fun of because I wasn't a size 0; I really wanted to just blend into the background and not be noticed. I must have been successful because years later a previous classmate was doing her practicum at the school my mom worked at as the school psychologist and the classmate remembered me as "the quiet girl." I...