In a lot of ways I could have written this. I think I’m just further along in the process because I’m older than you are. I often wonder what would have been different if I would have had more confidence in myself in high school, or had been able to laugh at myself and the people who made fun of me.

But then I wouldn’t be the person I am now, and I like this me, all 330 pounds of me. But what I can do is show younger girls and women that I love myself, and that my size is not my defining characteristic, so that they might learn to love themselves as they are a whole lot sooner than I did.

Thank you for sharing this!