Thin can suck too you know!

Here's a double standard I HATE!  You'd never go up to someone and say " Dude! You are so fat! Look at that belly and check out your butt! Beep beep beep.....make room for wide load!!" If you did you'd probably lose friends, be labeled as a totally insensitive idiot and not be invited to social gatherings for fear of you causing spontaneous cry fests from over weight friends!

So then why is it totally acceptable for people to comment on thin, underweight people? Trust me...being thin doesn't make one's life as rosy and rainbow filled as you'd think! Have you ever thought that maybe, just maybe, that thin person struggles with body imagine just as much as someone who is overweight? Speaking from experience....WE DO!

My entire life I've been underweight! Shoot....I lied on my license and said I weighed 91lbs. when I was 16 because I was so embarrassed that I was still in the 80's and in high school!I never wore tank tops for fear my stick figure arms would scare small children and who likes growing up and having everyone assume you have an eating disorder! I had an ugly man face, huge teeth covered in braces and the body of a 10 year old! Pretty glamorous right!

I wasn't until I was a sophmore in college that I finally hit the 100 pound mark! I gained 10lbs. in college, got stretch marks on my butt and finally started liking the way I looked.My face filled in, my arms looked normal and I could shop in the Jr. Department!

As an adult I've watched my body totally change as I've grown babies inside, watched my hips spread and never go back, watch my boobs go from barely there to "Thank you Breast feeding" to "really?Just a nipple!?" I've wished for more weight, I've wished for less, I wished for energy and strength that this small little body just can't provide! I've wished and I've wished and I've judged and I've been disappointed in my own body! I've never been immune to the criticism of self image.

So here's a little food for thought people! Just because someone is thin doesn't mean there life is perfect and magical! Just because a thin person is starting a workout routine doesn't mean they are trying to lose weight and you should avoid saying things like " Why on earth are you working out?" Heaven forbid a thin person wants to add bulk to a frail and sick looking frame. Heaven forbid a tiny person wants to feel strong and accomplished. I know you mean no harm but think about it....would you ever say the same things to a fat person that you say to a thin person? We all know you wouldn't.