I found this as a response on a Carrie Fisher’s blog. I really, really like this story and wanted to share.  If the author finds this and reads it, please give yourself credit.

Here’s a story for you: 20 years ago, I knew an obese eating disorder specialist who treated anorexic women. She was seriously obese. No joke!
She used to remind me of Mama Cass with the long brown hair, eccentric clothing and tiny spiked heels. I used to ask myself, “How the heck can this obese woman sit in a room, and run a eating disorder group for a bunch of frail women who are discussing their weight issues?”
I mean, here these women were having conversations about not wanting to eat in fear of becoming fat and here was this specialist living the fear. She was the nightmare all these thin women starved themselves for in order to avoid.
Amazing….but then it dawned on me that this specialist wasn’t the nightmare- she was the inspiration. You know why?
Because she liked herself-she was happy being who she was. That was her silent message as she sat there: It’s not about the weight, it’s about being comfortable in our own skin.

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