The 'Girls' have been friends for years, bonding over hopes, dreams, food, and the shared experience of being obese. But, now, as some pursue weight-loss surgery, their center has shifted and upset everything they knew about happiness, friendship, and love.
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Food IS
Essential
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Fat IS
soft and fluffy
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MY Body IS
perfect
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Food IS
comfort
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Fat IS
A LABEL I NO LONGER WEAR.
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MY Body IS
strong
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Food IS
comfort, solace and therapist all in one
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Fat IS
the best part of hugs
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MY Body IS
a post-op flabby mess!
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Food IS
comfort
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Fat IS
a necessary part of the human body. fat is healthy when it's done right!
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MY Body IS
CHURCH
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Food IS
energy
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Fat IS
ugly fear that scares me to do bad things.
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MY Body IS
sickening
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Food IS
An addiction. Overeat=die!done eat=die
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Fat IS
flavor
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MY Body IS
No longer my worst asset
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Food IS
My stumbling block
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Fat IS
unwanted
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MY Body IS
not what I want it to be
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Food IS
my comfort zone
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Fat IS
okay sometime.
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MY Body IS
in motion
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Food IS
delish
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Fat IS
confusing
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MY Body IS
Where I live - all day every day of my life
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Food IS
comfort
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Fat IS
my identity
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MY Body IS
an ugly shell
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Food IS
fuel
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Fat IS
soft
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MY Body IS
part of me that deserves as much respect as my mind and spirit
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Food IS
A Weakness
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Fat IS
Everyone's first impression
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MY Body IS
super hot, no matter what size
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Food IS
necessary
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Fat IS
a life long journey
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MY Body IS
not acceptable
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Food IS
No longer my enemy
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Fat IS
a sign that there is something else going on.
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MY Body IS
changing
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Food IS
what keeps me up at night
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Fat IS
STORAGE
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MY Body IS
a big part of my identity
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Food IS
Is a mental battle
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Fat IS
trouble
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MY Body IS
healthy, whole, strong
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Food IS
scary
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Fat IS
a fact of life
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MY Body IS
realy beautiful because its human
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Food IS
Nerve-racking and messed up
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Fat IS
a protective shield against trauma.
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MY Body IS
holding up pretty well, a blessing considering the food assaults it's had.
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Food IS
what controls me
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Fat IS
heavy, lumpy, ugly, comfortable
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MY Body IS
my vessel
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Food IS
my best friend
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Fat IS
how i feel when i feel bad
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MY Body IS
amazing at any size.
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Food IS
CREATIVE & IS HEALTHY WHEN USED FOR FUEL
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Fat IS
cripiling
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MY Body IS
in the works
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Food IS
MY BEST FRIEND AND MY GREATEST ENEMY
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Fat IS
The devil that is making me depressed
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MY Body IS
MY BODY IS CONSTANTLY CHANGING... MORE HEALTHY THAN NOT ...FINALLY..
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Food IS
mine field that I continue to traverse.
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Fat IS
a label, not who you are.
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MY Body IS
average and a tool, a reflection
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Food IS
my friend and my enemy-
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Fat IS
disgusting
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MY Body IS
large
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Food IS
a best friend
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Fat IS
Necessary
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MY Body IS
a temple
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Food IS
Is an addiction
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Fat IS
the past.
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MY Body IS
Fat and Fabulous (Yours is fabulous, too, no matter its size)
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Food IS
used as a source of satisfaction instead of survival
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Fat IS
Is gross!
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MY Body IS
Huggable Again
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Food IS
sullied by moralization ("good" vs "bad")
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Fat IS
proof of my addiction.
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MY Body IS
a work of art!
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Food IS
the enemy
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Fat IS
misunderstood
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MY Body IS
the thing that keeps me being invited to Blue Santa for my local police dept
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Food IS
sometimes a port in an emotional storm
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Fat IS
unfairly distributed
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MY Body IS
What I live in
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Food IS
fuel
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Fat IS
ok with me
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MY Body IS
BIG, and I don't know how to change it
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Food IS
yummy
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Fat IS
a reality but does not define me
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MY Body IS
in flux
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Food IS
my comfort in bad times
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Fat IS
phat, or it was in my h.s.
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MY Body IS
is the temple that shelters my total makeup of soul and character
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Food IS
yummy
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Fat IS
unflattering
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MY Body IS
Not where i want it to be but as of now i'm going to do something about it
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Food IS
yummy
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Fat IS
CHALLENGING
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MY Body IS
A temple with great halls and beautiful curves. A work of art!
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Food IS
good
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Fat IS
an identity
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MY Body IS
amazing because of what it endures all day everyday
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Food IS
My addiction, but I am stronger than this
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Fat IS
why i look so fly in that dress
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MY Body IS
not nutritionally or physically healthy
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Food IS
I wish I hated food. I am sick & tired of being fat. I hate food being fatty.
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Fat IS
Sitting on the floor in class with plenty of desks because I can't fit in them
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MY Body IS
transformation
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Food IS
Blissful
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Fat IS
Sweat is Fat Crying
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MY Body IS
My best asset
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Food IS
My unhealthy relationship with food is killing me and limiting my life choices d
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Fat IS
hurtful to mind, body and soul
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MY Body IS
a beast
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Food IS
fuel
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Fat IS
Heartbreaking
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MY Body IS
is not all that I am
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Food IS
good
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Fat IS
MY NEMISIS
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MY Body IS
my own creation.
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Food IS
a necessary evil
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Fat IS
bad
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MY Body IS
dependent on my love
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Food IS
Addicting
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Fat IS
my protection, and my prison
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MY Body IS
none of your business!!!!!!
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Food IS
being creative 3 times a day
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Fat IS
not ugly
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MY Body IS
being destroyed by my addiction
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Food IS
complicated
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Fat IS
a struggle. some is okay.
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MY Body IS
incredible and not perfect
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Food IS
fuel
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Fat IS
disgusting
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MY Body IS
what brings all the boys to the yard
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Food IS
What I look forward to during the day
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Fat IS
Uncomfortable
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MY Body IS
Some days the only thing I'm proud of in life
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Food IS
my enemy
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Fat IS
not who I am. It is what I am. There is a difference.
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MY Body IS
why I hate mirrors.
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Food IS
yummy
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Fat IS
Fat is who I am, and that's too bad
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MY Body IS
shrinking
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Food IS
life
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Fat IS
ugly
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MY Body IS
getting healthy
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Food IS
creativity
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Fat IS
An addiction
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MY Body IS
Something I try to hide
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Food IS
comfort
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Fat IS
ugly
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MY Body IS
in no need of your approval
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Food IS
fuel!
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Fat IS
not welcomed
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MY Body IS
bigger than some and smaller than others
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Food IS
delicious
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Fat IS
in everything
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MY Body IS
SHORT and STOCKY
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Food IS
Nutrition for your body
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Fat IS
a consequence of my addiction
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MY Body IS
who i am
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Food IS
hard to understand
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Fat IS
divine when it makes deliciously beautiful body curves
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MY Body IS
is a neverending project
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Food IS
an adventure and comfort to me!
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Fat IS
useless
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MY Body IS
mine
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Food IS
tasty and necessary
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Fat IS
my best friend
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MY Body IS
a reminder to eat better and exercise for health
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Food IS
Is tasting so much better! I actually taste the flavors instead of inhaling!
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Fat IS
a type of battle scar
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MY Body IS
Is feeling so much better since surgery! I love me!!
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Food IS
fuel that can be confused as comfort. distorted.
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Fat IS
The best part of hugs.
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MY Body IS
not that great
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Food IS
addictive
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Fat IS
hard to lose
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MY Body IS
carrara marble
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Food IS
energy, necessary
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Fat IS
bad
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MY Body IS
a work in progress
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Food IS
my drug of choice some days.
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Fat IS
what I used to hide my real self in
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MY Body IS
not what I wish it looked like
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Food IS
fuel
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Fat IS
Fat is fuel for the brain.
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MY Body IS
mine
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Food IS
healthy
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Fat IS
nasty
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MY Body IS
disgusting
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Food IS
My addiction, I love the savoury & sweet
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Fat IS
what i want to be
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MY Body IS
becoming efficient
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Food IS
is delicious
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Fat IS
what people see, not who I am
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MY Body IS
is a testimony of what i was!
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Food IS
a problem
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Fat IS
Feeling alone in a crowded room
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MY Body IS
ugly
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Food IS
fantastic
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Fat IS
not all that I am
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MY Body IS
a battleground
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Food IS
fuel
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Fat IS
energy draining
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MY Body IS
Free
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Food IS
fuel
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Fat IS
an obstruction to good health
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MY Body IS
mine and mine alone
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Food IS
yummy, comfort, social
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Fat IS
debilitative
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MY Body IS
a work in progress. Thank God for the opportunity!
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Food IS
necessary
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Fat IS
Phat is my love handles
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MY Body IS
as good to me as I am to it
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Food IS
comfort
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Fat IS
a necessary need but only in moderation of the right kind
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MY Body IS
Disgusting
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Food IS
fuel
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Fat IS
not inherently bad
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MY Body IS
my responsibility
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Food IS
my enemy
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Fat IS
nasty
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MY Body IS
in transition
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Food IS
tasty
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Fat IS
soft.
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MY Body IS
Only a part of who I am
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Food IS
home
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Fat IS
awful
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MY Body IS
not perfect and I must accept that
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Food IS
comfort and love
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Fat IS
ugly and unhealthy
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MY Body IS
evolving
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Food IS
IS NECESSARY
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Fat IS
a protection cushion
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MY Body IS
CHANGING ALL THE TIME
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Food IS
good
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Fat IS
limiting
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MY Body IS
learning
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Food IS
my archnemesis
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Fat IS
Strangling me to death
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MY Body IS
My body is gross & ugly. I hate my body. I want to lose all this fat.
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Food IS
Sustenance.
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Fat IS
Limiting
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MY Body IS
As big as a mountain
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Food IS
comfort
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Fat IS
necessary for survival
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MY Body IS
a battleground of wills
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Food IS
wonderful
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Fat IS
good for frying
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MY Body IS
not good enough
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Food IS
not as compelling to me as it seems to be to others
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Fat IS
a lifelong fear
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MY Body IS
200 extra lbs I carry around every day
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Food IS
vital energy
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Fat IS
no saber si estas haciendo bien o mal,puede ser tu amigo o tu tortura.
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MY Body IS
beautiful when it is physically fit and not left unattended to
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Food IS
Out to get me
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Fat IS
bad on the body if too much
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MY Body IS
Repulsive.
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Food IS
One of the greatest non-human pleasures in life
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Fat IS
my cover, my shield
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MY Body IS
Not good enough
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Food IS
ENJOYABLE
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Fat IS
a burdon on my body and soul
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MY Body IS
confusing
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Food IS
delicious
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Fat IS
what I always knew until today
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MY Body IS
gross
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Food IS
nourishment
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Fat IS
Holding me back
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MY Body IS
changing
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Food IS
dangerous
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Fat IS
unfortunately part of my thoughts
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MY Body IS
My friend that I am meeting again for the first time in years
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Food IS
energy
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Fat IS
ugly
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MY Body IS
big
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Food IS
addictive
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Fat IS
sad
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MY Body IS
intelligent and tells me what it needs to be healthy
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Food IS
to be appreciated, enjoyed, and savored
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Fat IS
disgusting
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MY Body IS
I was a "chubby" child - losing weight at 13, I have been vigilent ever since...
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Food IS
my medication
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Fat IS
Oppressive
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MY Body IS
a work in progress
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Food IS
(was) my drug..it nearly killed me. Now it is only fuel.
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Fat IS
sad
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MY Body IS
Fierce!
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Food IS
fuel
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Fat IS
the only way I remember being, even when I wasn't
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MY Body IS
Art in progress
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Food IS
my best friend
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Fat IS
bad
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MY Body IS
getting better
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Food IS
Yummy!
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Fat IS
I hate being fat. I can't do things I want to & my health is bad. I'm a failure.
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MY Body IS
beautiful, empowering,just me having control is awesome
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Food IS
challenging
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Fat IS
fun
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MY Body IS
my vehicle to explore the world with
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Food IS
My addiction but I recognize that so I have a chance
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Fat IS
not an option
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MY Body IS
A see-saw
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Food IS
my poison
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Fat IS
a burden, especially if focus on it siphons life energy.
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MY Body IS
Failing. But, I'm not done living yet.
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Food IS
what keeps me alive long enough to get to the next wonderful event of life
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Fat IS
unnatractive
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MY Body IS
strong
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Food IS
numbing
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Fat IS
very ugly when it is out of control
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MY Body IS
uncomfortable
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Food IS
a drug
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Fat IS
something that keeps me from going out much
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MY Body IS
EVER CONFORMING TO INPUTS
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Food IS
something that we all need, but sometimes we need it too much
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Fat IS
my father's power over me
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MY Body IS
amazing in its squishiness
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Food IS
necessary for survival, you should enough healthy stuff!
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Fat IS
bad
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MY Body IS
pain
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Food IS
so freaking good
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Fat IS
Something to hide behind
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MY Body IS
isn't big enough
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Food IS
my frienemy
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Fat IS
where it's at
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MY Body IS
Ready
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Food IS
Food is memory filled holidays but also ,my drug of choice.
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Fat IS
Giving the Middle Finger to Society's Prejudices
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MY Body IS
my prison
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Food IS
a necessary evil
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Fat IS
just as wonderful as any other body type
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MY Body IS
an instrument
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Food IS
My relationship with food is killing me
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Fat IS
unwelcome but stubborn
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MY Body IS
Shameful
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Food IS
Fuel not comfort
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Fat IS
protection
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MY Body IS
evolving
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Food IS
Exhausting
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Fat IS
bad
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MY Body IS
unique and mine. i have to take care and be proud of it.
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Food IS
joy of my body
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Fat IS
a love/hate relationship.
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MY Body IS
A floppy mess after weight loss surgery
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Food IS
necessity
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Fat IS
apart of life, but can be changed with a good attitude, and dedication
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MY Body IS
failing me
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Food IS
energy
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Fat IS
is unattractive and unhealthy.
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MY Body IS
a living sculpture
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Food IS
heathly, good
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Fat IS
disgusting
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MY Body IS
shrinking
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Food IS
not the boss, I am
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Fat IS
NEVER LOST ONLY MISPLACED
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MY Body IS
transitioning
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Food IS
Required for life
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Fat IS
what gives me oomph
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MY Body IS
is recovering from lap band surgery as my weight loss journey begins ;]
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Food IS
AN OBSESSION OF THE BRAIN
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Fat IS
unhealthy
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MY Body IS
not a posterboard for your insecurities.
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Food IS
my best friend
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Fat IS
Ugly
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MY Body IS
Beautiful and changing
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Food IS
tempting
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Fat IS
soft
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MY Body IS
is important for my family to be happy.
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Food IS
3 times a day
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Fat IS
is an obstacle that I am trying to overcome.
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MY Body IS
strong, sexy and powerful!
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Food IS
delicious
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Fat IS
one of the building blocks of life
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MY Body IS
power
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Food IS
a false comfort, a false fix to problems i need to find elsewhere
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Fat IS
What makes me sad every day...
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MY Body IS
Disgusting
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Food IS
processed
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Fat IS
okay.
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MY Body IS
ok
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Food IS
necessary
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Fat IS
why people laugh at me
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MY Body IS
round, soft and sexy!
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Food IS
best eaten dipped in butter
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Fat IS
I'm fat, I see flabby arms, legs and stomach. I have always had body issues.
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MY Body IS
a machine
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Food IS
Perfection
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Fat IS
slowly killing me
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MY Body IS
hot
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Food IS
necessary, but frustrating to balance
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Fat IS
depressing
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MY Body IS
banded and thriving
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Food IS
both the solution and the problem
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Fat IS
dimply
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MY Body IS
a work in progress
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Food IS
for the soul
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Fat IS
my ball and chain
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MY Body IS
too big
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Food IS
essential for health
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Fat IS
All I've ever known
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MY Body IS
what makes me want to hide
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Food IS
comfort, i need to find a substitute that gives a more satisfactory reward
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Fat IS
considered lazy, disgusting and slovenly. How about loving your fat?
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MY Body IS
acceptable
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Food IS
No longer my enemy
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Fat IS
unhealthy in excess
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MY Body IS
thin (for 12 years) and healthy after 30 years of obesity.
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Food IS
my nemisis
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Fat IS
A happy face always, covering up the tears inside .
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MY Body IS
changing from unhealthy to healthy
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Food IS
my kryptonite
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Fat IS
mine, my body, my celebrations made visible
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MY Body IS
an alien to me
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Food IS
no longer for comfort.
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Fat IS
painful
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MY Body IS
sore from tennis and it feel great
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Food IS
something we need to survive. Other addictions can be quit for good, not food :(
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Fat IS
the devil!
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MY Body IS
failing me
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Food IS
choices
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Fat IS
necessary for human life
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MY Body IS
a work in progress
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Food IS
a means of survival to stay alive and healthy
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Fat IS
what I hide behind
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MY Body IS
too big
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Food IS
fuel
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Fat IS
fat
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MY Body IS
A TEMPLE AND I AM THE MASTER.
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Food IS
Delicious! Fuel! Necessary! Dangerous!
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Fat IS
horrible
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MY Body IS
wrong.
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Food IS
wonderful when i have the time, cumbersome when i don't
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Fat IS
Comfort and Beauty, as in Ruben's paintings.
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MY Body IS
mine
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Food IS
my crutch in life
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Fat IS
good and bad
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MY Body IS
womanly
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Food IS
MISERY
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Fat IS
cumbersome
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MY Body IS
plus sized, soft, and causes others discomfort.
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Food IS
DELICIOUS
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Fat IS
unhealthy
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MY Body IS
in transition and getting stronger every day
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Food IS
FOOD IS SECURITY; FAT IS WHAT I'VE BECOME BODY IS WHAT I TO CHANGE
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Fat IS
nasty
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MY Body IS
beautiful
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Food IS
the Devil
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Fat IS
proof of my addiction,emotional baggage,and something I don't want to be again.
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MY Body IS
A pleasure
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Food IS
a pain in my ass! Carbs, calories, fat...make it simple!
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Fat IS
tiring
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MY Body IS
a work in process
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Food IS
not as important as the environment
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Fat IS
fantastic
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MY Body IS
better today than it was 20 years ago since I lost weight
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Food IS
a necesary evil
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Fat IS
NOT a four letter word
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MY Body IS
is finally becoming what it was meant to be, because of my Weight Loss Surgery.
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Food IS
fuel
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Fat IS
disgusting!
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MY Body IS
MINE
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Food IS
My problem
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Fat IS
is taking over my life.
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MY Body IS
Ugly.
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Food IS
my kryptonite
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Fat IS
My Protector ... and my Tormentor
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MY Body IS
failing
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Food IS
fuel
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Fat IS
what your body has, not what you are. It has fingernails, are you fingernails?
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MY Body IS
comfortable
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Fat IS
is no longer a word I use...ever.
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MY Body IS
the only one I will ever have & i accept it
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Fat IS
my worst enemy
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MY Body IS
my business
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Fat IS
is my enemy
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MY Body IS
in flux
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Fat IS
killing me
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MY Body IS
PERFECT THE WAY IT IS
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Fat IS
an escape
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MY Body IS
is my friend...and enemy!
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Fat IS
drains my energy
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MY Body IS
my testament to who I am
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Fat IS
a goal i overcame, I dont miss, i eat in moderation as needed to stay healthy
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MY Body IS
a work in progress, on its way to becoming stronger and healthier.
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Fat IS
my protective prison.
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MY Body IS
sexy
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Fat IS
not good
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MY Body IS
a work in progress
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Fat IS
squishy when emersed in water
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MY Body IS
not were i want it to be yet. Gastric bypass best decision
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Fat IS
necessary for certain functions of the body
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MY Body IS
built for comfort not for speed
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Fat IS
unhealthy
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MY Body IS
designed by God-I need to take care of it
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Fat IS
and adjective
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MY Body IS
not "beautiful" on the outside, but still capable of amazing things.
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Fat IS
only an adjective... NOT a personality flaw!
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MY Body IS
MY BODY! I AM NOT THE SUM OF MY POUNDS!
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Fat IS
unhealthy
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MY Body IS
my well-being
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Fat IS
better in small quantities
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MY Body IS
healthy
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Fat IS
my hiding place
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MY Body IS
a temple
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Fat IS
excess energy
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MY Body IS
my prison
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Fat IS
a part of life
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MY Body IS
disgusting
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MY Body IS
embarrassing
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MY Body IS
beautiful
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MY Body IS
a vessel to carry my mind
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MY Body IS
built for lovin
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MY Body IS
Hated by me
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MY Body IS
not who i am
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MY Body IS
improving, beautiful, a vessel for my spirit.
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MY Body IS
ready.
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MY Body IS
a home for my soul
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MY Body IS
utterly humiliating
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MY Body IS
Strong: it gave birth to two children and works night shift to support them
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MY Body IS
my soul.
In All of Me, the ‘Girls’ share their stories, struggles, and successes - now, share yours. What do food, fat, and your body mean to you? www.fat-is.com