Steph

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Steph,

Body image is a VERY hard thing to accept after losing weight, gaining

weight, bulimia, anorexia, etc. I'm honestly not sure of one person who

loves EVERY part of their body, after all, exactly what is perfect right?

I've always been one to say, who invented the words, good, bad, perfect,

sickly, ugly, pretty, etc...How the hell do they know? Were these people

all of the above? Example: One of my friends I grew up with was considered

absolutely gorgeous, model material. She had beautiful features, excellent

personality, etc., but was born missing an arm. She was approached by

several modeling agencies that we went to a modeling " career " night (I was

just support for her), and when she was approached, several of the modeling

agency people reached their hands out to shake her hand that was missing.

They then made EVERY excuse in the book, but needless to say, she didn't get

approached by ANY of those bastards after they found out she was missing an

arm! That pisses me right the " cluck " off! There were also plus sized

agencies there, and I got approached to do a " runway " show. Give me a

freaking break! I was flattered at first, but then they said " We'll be

using you for your height " ...what the hell does that mean? There are plenty

of girls/guys that are tall, why did they approach me? Trust me, my height

and weight are WAY out of proportion, but just because they saw a tall girl

walking they wanted the height? How would I have gotten away with doing a

runway thing just because I'm tall? I've never heard of a modeling career

that people look at the height and not the body, face, hair, etc...right?

My friend is now a fashion designer making tons of money in NYC from what I

hear, and doing extremely well, even though she's not 100% satisfied with

her body image, and I had surgery to help ME, not my body, I'm still tall,

but have no intentions on ever doing runway show just because I'm thinner!

Dawn

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Hey a-I just want to say again that you did an awesome job at last

week's

NWH meeting and you look great! I've been in Woodstock, VT looking at the

foliage. It was beautiful. Very cold, though. It even snowed on the way

home today. Anyway, I am afraid I will NEVER like the way my body looks. I

wonder if too much damage has been done to ever " get it back " . I've lost

about 60 lbs and would like to lose another 60. I work out, but some body

parts just don't firm up (my boobs and arms). I really am so sick of hating

my body though. It makes me so sad. It's really taken a lot of abuse over

the years and still keeps ticking! LOL! I think I'll have to start seeing

someone to work on the body image stuff. That and start my plastic surgery

fund! Thanks for speaking at the meeting!

Steph