Breanna Bond,9, losses 66 pounds: Obese Child Fights Bullies By Getting Healthy, Walking In Fog, Rain And Hail

By Mereb Gebremariam, Mstars Reporter | Dec 10, 2012 02:34 PM EST

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Breanna Bond, 9, weighed 186 pounds and was targeted by bullies at school for being obese, "Everybody at school would call me names," she added, "They would call me fatty, they would call me fat head."

By the time Breanna was in 5-years-old she weight 100 pounds. Starting kindergarten, the young girl struggled running along with her classmates during athletic activities.   In an interview with "Good Morning America" Breanna's mother, Heidi Bond said,  "Her pediatrician always said that she'd grow into her body and then, after a while, we went and got other doctors' opinions, " She added, "We had her tested for everything from thyroid to diabetes - her endocrinology got tested - allergies, and everything came out fine so we knew at that point we had to step things up."

Breanna's mother and father, Dan Bond decided to design an exercise routine for her and the family. Together they would walk along a 4-mile trail by their home, go swimming, and play basketball.

Determine to help their daughter get healthy, Breanna lost 37 pounds in less than a year, eventually totaling to losing 66 pounds,  "There was nothing that stopped us," Heidi Bond said.  "We went at night, in the rain, in the hail, in the fog, nothing.  We had a zero-tolerance policy.  We're doing the walk, no matter what."

As her weight improved she maintained a healthy diet which limited her to 20 grams per day and she eventually joined the swim team, "[That] I can be involved in sports and I can keep up with my friends when we're playing," Breanna told "GMA" hosts he favorite things to do in weight loss,  "I can just move more."

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