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salukigirl said:
what makes me sad is that i could lose a few pounds, so when i seea skinny girl call herself fat, when it really is a struggle for me, that makes me mad. and when i really am not attractive, seeing a pretty girl call herself ugly is even more maddening.

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Ditto that thought. Every time I hear an obviously-not-overweight-girl call herself fat, I think, gee what am I, a cow? a hippo? I am clinically obese. So if a 120 pound girl can call herself "fat"...what does that make me - at 200 pounds??!?!!

Drives me nuts.

But then I keep reminding myself....there are body issues on both sides of the spectrum. I got stuck with compulsive eating. I know that the other side can be just as difficult, if not more difficult and life threatening. So...I bite my tounge, and just tell the girls they look pretty. While silently containing my jealousy...