A time when I made an important decision and were happy about the result is when I decided to lose my weight 5 years ago. Let me tell you a story about it. To begin with, I was overweight. You know, on top of that, I didn’t apply for my favourite food club because I was too fat. After that I felt very sad and even disappointed about myself. So I decided to lose my weight. At first I felt it is very hard for me. I had to cut down on my portion of meal. I had to eat less fat foods and junk foods and eat more vegetables such as carrots or cabbage. On top of that, I have to do some exercise at least 30 minutes a day and play the football in every weekend to lose my weight and develop my football skills. three months I successfully lost my weight. On top of that I had to apply for my football, successfully applied for my favorite football club. You know I just jumped for joy and very proud of myself. Looking back I think that it is it was a hard time for me but it even gave me some opportunities to overcome my problems for my personal growth. That’s all I want to talk about.
Band 6+: Describe a time you made an important decision and were happy with the result. You should say: what the decision was, why you chose to make this decision, whether it was easy or difficult to make this decision, and explain why you were happy with the result.
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A time when I made an important decision and was happy about the result is when I decided to lose weight 5 years ago. Let me tell you a story about it. To begin with, I was overweight. You know, on top of that, I didn't apply for my favorite football club because I was too fat. After that, I felt very sad and even disappointed about myself. So I decided to lose weight. At first, I felt it was very hard for me. I had to cut down on my portion of meals. I had to eat less fatty foods and junk foods and eat more vegetables such as carrots or cabbage. On top of that, I had to do some exercise at least 30 minutes a day and play football every weekend to lose weight and develop my football skills. After three months, I successfully lost weight. On top of that, I successfully applied for my favorite football club. You know, I just jumped for joy and was very proud of myself. Looking back, I think that it was a hard time for me, but it even gave me some opportunities to overcome my problems for my personal growth. That's all I want to talk about.
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