One of the options for a overweight person is to feel good about yourself and your body. The other is to try to be fit and healthy. The most despicable is to be unhappy and self pity.
 
We must accept that bodies come in all shapes and sizes, and of course weighing more or less than average is fine — just as blaming or shaming is wrong.
 
Every teen wants the school nurse to say “You’re perfect the way you are” to a girl who is anorexic or to a boy who is obese?
 
I made peace with my body because I was born heavy, my dad is a big man and my mom is a big lady, I didn't chose to be fat— too many people are in constant battle with their bodies, I chose to love my body.
 
And I was lucky, I met a husband who loves me the way I am. Yes, I’m fat, too, and have always been so. Even when I wasn’t married, I had no issues about my body.
 
According to my mother if I lost only 10 pounds, I would have been more beautiful. She told me this every time I spoke to her until the day she died. Even after I got married, I never did get her to accept me for who I was.

I felt betrayed that even my own mom did not accept me the way I was. It’s too bad. By discriminating against overweight people in social and working environments, people are missing countless opportunities to meet really good, interesting, smart people. We are more than the size clothing we wear. A lot more. I am a successful businesswoman and a perfect wife, my husband says. My children say I am an amazing mom.
 

 

 

 
When I was a 19-year-old woman in college, and weight was a topic that was constantly brought up. I didn’t pay much attention because I didn’t want to start a war with my own body.
 
Most females get the idea when we are young that being skinny is what is considered beautiful. Although we are told differently today in many media forms, that idea is still in my mind.
 
Sometimes when I look in the mirror, it is hard to say that I am very happy with my body, but no one is entirely happy with their body. Some of my skinny friends wish they could add a few pounds to look more attractive.
 
There is always something that could be different.
 
This is what I tell my children and any other people I talk to about weight.

Young people should read labels, avoid sugary soda and processed foods, and be aware that the food industry is bombarding them with ads for junky snacks that are cheap, tasty, high-calorie and devoid of nutrition.

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