Chapter 5: Priya Weighs In

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Eventually, Miriam's headgear came off for the day, and she only had to wear it at night.

"(Sighs), sure feels good to have that thing off during the day." she said.

"Now you won't have to wear it to the concert." mentioned Crystal.

"What a relief."

"Anyone want a donut hole?" Priya offered.

"I'll take some." Abby piped up.

And she grabbed a few from the box.

"How long does 100 dozen donut holes last?" wondered Tyler

. "I'm not sure, but my family's already gone through some of them."

Then the bell rang, and the kids went to class.


When school was over, the friends were leaving the building.

"Well there's my mom." Priya said.

"I'll see you guys, tomorrow."

And she walked off.

"Hey, have you guys noticed there's been...more of Priya lately?" asked Tyler.

"You know now that you mention it..." Crystal replied.

"Yeah." added Miriam.

"I think I know where all those donut holes are going." Mei agreed.

"I just hope she realizes it." hoped Abby.


That evening, Priya was in her room, finishing up her homework. Then there was a knock at her door, and her mom poked her head inside.

"Priya, how are your clothes looking? If you're gonna go out of town for this concert, you can at least wear some new clothes."

"I'll check."

Her mom left, and Priya went to her closet. She pulled out a few outfits, and tried them on. But when she put on a pair of jeans, she found herself struggling to close them.

"Come on, I only got these jeans a few months ago."

After a little more struggling, she gave up and tried on some other jeans. But she was struggling to close them, or when she did get them closed they felt tight. Suddenly it hit her. All those donut holes she'd been eating over the last few weeks.

"Oh my gosh." she sighed, putting her head in her hands.


At school the next day, Priya was a bit upset. Her friends took notice of this, and decided to investigate.

"Priya, what's wrong?" asked Mei.

"I'm fat." Priya mumbled.

"What was that?" wondered Crystal.

"I'm fat. I was trying on some of my clothes last night, and some of my jeans don't fit."

To her surprise, the others didn't seem surprised.

"You guys don't look that shocked."

"Well, have noticed that there's been...more of you lately." Tyler told her.

"And it's not really hard to put together." added Miriam.

"Yeah, you were eating like...twenty donut holes a day." Abby pointed out.

"(Groans). Why did I have to win all those things?"

"It's not the end of the world." Crystal tried to comfort.

"Well I don't like this new body. It feels weird."

"Well the answer's simple, you just have to lose weight." encouraged Mei.

"And how am I supposed to do that? It can take months to lose weight. And the concert's coming up."

The friends looked at each other, and realized Priya had a point.


In P.E. class, instead of doing actual physical work, the teacher went over the importance of a balanced diet and exercise. Which made Priya annoyed, it just rubbed the fact that she had put on weight in her face.

"While eating too much fatty, starchy, sugary foods can cause weight to build up, it can be burned off if you work hard enough." the teacher informed.

That got the friends' attention.

"To burn off unwanted fat, you have to exercise regularly, and replace those sugary, salty foods with healthy choices."

The friends all looked at each other, and smiled.


After school that day, they all decided on a plan.

"All right, Priya you ready to shed those extra pounds?" asked Mei.

"You bet."

"Well time to put this thing in action." declared Crystal.

First they went to Priya's house, and got rid of the rest of the donut holes. They didn't throw them away of course, rather they would take the remaining ones home. And Priya informed her parents of what she was trying to do.

They agreed to help, but they also warned Priya not to take any extremes to lose weight. Next they came up with an exercise program. Priya played basketball with Tyler, she did some running with Abby, Miriam had her do some simple exercises such as jumping jacks and sit ups.

Mei pitched in by showing Priya some tai chi moves. And Crystal made it her job to make sure Priya wouldn't be tempted to eat any junk food.


A few days went by, and the friends kept up with helping Priya. It was hard work, and it was hard to eat just healthy foods all the time, but Priya was determined to lose the extra weight. After a week and a half, it was time to see if there was any progress.

Her friends waited outside her bedroom door, to see if her clothes fit her again.

"What's taking so long?" asked Tyler.

"Hey, a girl needs time to do these things." Abby told him.

Then the door opened, and Priya walked out wearing a pair of her other jeans.

"They fit." she said proudly.

Her friends cheered happily.

That's chapter 5, plz review