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a little voice inside is scared though. i'm so depressed that i'm living inside this body that refuses to yield to my attempts. the women and girls are so thin on the beach. it terrifies me. they're so pretty, some beautiful, some absolutely, irresistibly gorgeous. life is so unfair. all i want is to lose a few pounds. why is reaching 100 such a brick wall to break through?

</div></font></blockquote><font class="post"> catgirl, What will weighing 100 lbs do for you? Really? Can you seriously tell me that you believe the loss of a few more pounds will change things such that life becomes fair?

I hope you are talking with someone about this distorted image of yourself you've written about here to us. Thin DOES NOT EQUAL GORGEOUS!! The masterpieces of the art world are not of twiggy women. We do not have sculptures of bony skin bags of women..........we have sculptures of curvaceous, rounded, REAL woman carrying the weight of life, of childbirth, of a career, of being a daughter, of being a sister, of being a WOMAN in this world.

As someone who has faced distorted eating and body image issues your words are very familiar. Reading about your little voice inside that is scared is heartbreaking.

Please listen to the scared little voice that doesn't want to go through restrictions and limitations and all the other things that go along with disordered eating/distorted body image.

Please nourish that little voice so that you can become the strong woman you are who will be able to do more in life than fight the crazy alien inside.

((catgirl)) please take care and let us know what you're up to.