| Director | Jason Winn |
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Jimmy Winterpock always gets teased by the football team for being overweight at and . For a school assignment, he writes about it in his journal. Jimmy meets a girl, Sable Moore, whom Jimmy learns cuts herself. Becoming friends, they attend church together. Eventually, Jimmy begins jogging with his father, with a goal to lose . Jimmy's friend Paul Grove suggested it.
Paul convinces Jimmy to sneak out to a party. After Paul's father commits suicide, Paul runs away and is injured in an accident in Colorado. Jimmy tutors Robb Thurman, the captain of the high school football team. As Jimmy and Robb become friendly, Robb tells his teammates not to harass Jimmy any more.