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Please know that I’ve stood in front of mirrors and hated my body.

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Just because a girl is skinny doesn’t mean she considers herself perfect.

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I could do it. I could workout for hours on end and count calories with precision. I could get closer, and closer, and closer, to my best physical self. I could, but I don’t actually want to.

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And suddenly I’m hyper-aware of the four that sits in the back of my jeans instead of the zero.

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I was 176 when the high school health department called my mother and said my weight was approaching dangerous waters.

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No matter how thin you were, all you could see looking back at you in the mirror were your imperfections.

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This is for skinny girls, who are not supposed to have body image issues, and dare not complain about their insecurities. This is for skinny girls who binge eat in the hope of finding their fullness.

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It consumes your entire mind. Anytime you see food, it becomes a calculation. It is an obsession.

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The difference between being thin and being skinny is that when you’re skinny, everyone is constantly trying to get you to eat. As if you are deliberately starving yourself.

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I think people refuse to get over themselves enough to just end the fat/skinny shaming. Why can’t we all just strive to have a healthy image and lifestyle and move on from this petty shaming era? Healthy bodies can come in any size. The 170 pound Crossfit woman could be healthier than the 115 pound model. But, hey! She’s 170 pounds with a thick figure, guess we better fat shame her!!