Humans are extremely adaptable. We're always trying to look better, do better, be better. I'm...

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"Time passes quickly the older you get," said my mother.        I didn't understand her then,...

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Fatness isn't inherently bad.         I felt like I needed to say this, especially after all I've learned losing weight this last year. It's been a long, difficult journey that's been peppered with self-loathing and dealing with my own internal biases. I've recently discovered fat activism and it's changed my perspective...

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        Every little girl raised under the influence western society dreams of her wedding dress. The shape, the fabric, the way it makes her feel like a princess when she's actually just an accountant or a software engineer or a part-time English tutor... I'm no different. Ever since I saw...

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        There's a lot society neglects to tell you as you grow up. Movies, televisions,...

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      I've never really noticed before when one part of my life ended. When I turned the page and a whole new path opened up before me. Of course, it's happened many times in my 24 years on this Earth. When I started school, when my illness first struck, when puberty...

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      There are some days I feel like I'm the luckiest person in the world. And then there are days, like the one I am about to describe, where I feel like my luck ran out. As if I'm dragging the bucket across the bottom of a dry well. The wooden container...

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      It's been about three months since I started actively working on my weight loss. Calorie...

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      I've put a lot of pressure on myself since setting my goals for 25. I...

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