Re: the weight debate building. (this is about eating issues, not medical conditions)

[stoney321]

As someone who was groomed by her mother to have a specific body type, and ridiculed publicly when I didn't have that, as someone who was told by her father that it looked like I had a tire in my waist band, as someone that was an exercise bulimic in her late teens and was grey-faced and wan from being unhealthy, as someone who watched her best

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[tidbit2008]

I think my *favorite* part of being 5'5 and 115 lbs is when I try to convince one of my other tiny friends that I'm bigger than she is to make her feel better. She's 5'3ish and if she weighs 120 I'd be surprised. Just because she's not less than 100lbs like we were entering 9th grade, does not make her fat! She's on the verge of a C-cup and has a hint of an ass. What does she think, they're made out of air??

I eat crap. But I cheerleaded all through highschool. Now, I don't exercise outside of walking around campus, but that's okay for me. I'm enjoying not gearing up for competition and my limbs aching every night from hours of practice. I've been tiny my whole life. I've only recently felt like I don't look anorexic but that doesn't seem to stop anyone else from thinking that I do. I just *love* the "that's all you're gonna eat" comments because I don't have my plate piled a mile high. And I just love the fact that I'm supposed to feel guilty because I'm not a member of Overweight America. My dad was a bean pole until he hit about 25 and started filling out. His sisters didn't gain wait until they started having babies. My mom is 5'3 and was small until she had babies. I don't understand why I'm supposed to be sorry that I have good genes.

*headdesk*

[stoney321]

We all have such a distorted view of ourselves, don't we?

Oh, Laws, I'm from Texas so I know what you've been put through in cheerleading. that is a VIGOROUS sport, one of the most demanding around! I love that feeling of exhaustion from exercise. LOVE it. It's like an accomplishment, those bones creaking and those sore muscles.

As far as I can tell by this comment, you've got the athleticism and body size most people are shooting for, so don't let people tear you down. I'd say that 9 times out of 10 it's people projecting their own issues on you.