How I’m Learning to Appreciate My Body

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A few days ago, someone called me skinny. Me. Skinny. Suffice it to say, this took me by surprise.

I am not a size two. I am not even a size six. I have a pooch. I have bat wings. And I am always working to lose another 20 pounds.

So when this person called me skinny, an alarm went off in my head. Years of self-doubt and negative thinking compounded. You? Skinny? My brain…