Yep. I'm fat. 100lbs overweight by definition means I'm fat.
Does this make me look or feel ugly? Nope. Does this hurt my feelings? Nope!
It's just a fact. I am fat.
I'm only working to change that, to lose the extra 100lbs, because of health issues.
So it really pisses me off when people coo and whinge, "Oh don't say that (you're fat)! You're beautiful and perfect just how you are!"
1) Excuse me, did I say I was ugly?
2) I know I'm perfect, but my HEALTH is not
3) I'm not going to stop working out or block my eyes and ears and pretend everything is fine just to die an early death so you could pat yourself on the back for being "such an accepting person."
If YOU can't handle the truth -- that someone 100lbs overweight is actually, factually fat -- don't take out YOUR insecurities on me.
I am fine with myself. I embraced my jiggle with joy and laughter, and marvelled at how silly I could be, how FREE I feel inside this body that I can STILL make look good.
But I also acknowledge: I am fat. And being THIS level of fat will kill me. And so I need to change something.
So quit telling me I'm NOT fat on the off chance it is brought up, or to "shush" when I point out I am, in fact, too big for this park ride. Quit saying I'm beautiful as the reason why I can't be fat, when I am gleefully both. Quit trying to convince me to kill myself and die every time you say I don't need to lose weight, so you can feel good about your own ego.
You can be body positive. I know I am! I loved my rolls and delighted in my wobbly thighs.
But you can ALSO be health positive without being body negative. And that's something I think a lot more people should try.
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