Fat "acceptance" - from the PoV of a fat person

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43. and I know that hurts

it is often felt as "you're not good enough." No matter what it is a criticism.

A point Brown made was that the strength and power women have won has been hampered by this obsession with weight. We internalize the messages and take it out on ourselves. She wondered what she could have accomplished in her life if she did not have the self-recriminations about being overweight. I look at it as being shackled even though we have new opportunities.

The book make me really think about the weight obsession. If you look at the Pacific Islanders, they are generally large and proud of it. The women are considered beautiful if they are heavy.

I would suggest the book - especially for your mother. You could give it to her and tell her you are no longer a prisoner of the phobia that is sweeping this country. There are many things other than eating that are putting the weight on all of us such as certain chemicals we are exposed to from fetal development throughout our lives.

Tidbit: Her very ill anorexic daughter would be stopped on the street by people who told her how attractive and thin she was! When the daughter recovered and gained weight, no one told her she was attractive any more. ???? Something sick is going on.