article_snippet: I did an amazing job, I think, of putting a great face on, letting no one know how much being that heavy bothered me,' Towle said.
article_snippet: I made jokes at Towle to survive.
article_snippet: If someone was making fun of Towle, I made fun of Towle harder.
article_snippet: That way your jokes didn't hurt me, or at least you thought your jokes didn't hurt me.
article_snippet: Towle wrote: 'I am still trapped inside my own fat suit of skin that just hangs there and affects my everyday life, making it depressing to think I have come so far