This article I found is sooo well said!!! It's called " 6 Ways I was Taught to Be a Good Fatty (And Why I Stopped)" . I couldn't say it better and though I started off in my younger days as a skinny girl and my "fatness" has been a progression... I've still been shamed and feel the same for every single point here, fat or thin and have been told many of the same things by media outlets, doctors and family. I am slowly coming to terms with accepting my looks etc. and there are some days that I really do still feel like I have no worth, there are other days that I actually feel good about myself. It's a mental thing and it is very difficult to turn that mentality around since we are so bombarded by it every single day.