Wellness coach Nzingah Oniwosan, creator of the 365zing self-care app, which is specifically designed for Black women. (PlantedInMiami.com) Around the age of 11, I remember a classmate telling me I was “big-boned” and would never be the same size as everyone else. I felt condemned. At the time, I weighed 156 pounds, wore a children’s size 21, and suffered from hay fever and chronic constipation. In addition, my pediatrician had just informed my mother I was pre-hypertensive.