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Originally Posted by fitmom
My late mom always taught me that if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. Is that so hard?
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Fitmom, I think a lot of people have completely forgotten about this. My best friend (who is 5'1 and wears a size 0... in college she wore a 00 or kids' clothes) and I (who is 5'9 and wears a size 28... in college I wore a 24) would go to the gym all the time together. We would celebrate our weight goals together on the scale. The day that she weighed over 100lb and I weighed under 200lb was hilarious. We were high five-ing and dancing around the scale, and I'm sure that people had thought we had lost our minds. People would always tell her that she was too thin, but she would always get upset. I never learned why until we started going to the gym together. She was trying to gain muscle (and still is for the past decade) but it is really difficult for her. On the other side of that, she thinks it's cool that I can gain weight so easily (WHY!!!!) because she wishes she could just gain 10 lbs and maintain that weight. I wish I had a high metabolism like she did so I could use my "energy stores" (aka fat rolls
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I don't think people who are "normal" weight understand that people who are underweight want to gain muscle (not just fat, because being too fat is unhealthy for anyone) and people who are overweight want to lose weight (but gaining muscle is totally okay too!). Some people are blessed enough to never have to work too hard to achieve the body type they desire.
Whenever someone gives me a comment that I don't like, I just smile and walk away. Occasionally, when I am feel like a real b**** I will tell them "thank you".
