Shame, shame.

Think about the words you use when having internal dialogue about your body. 

Think about the words you use when you describe other people.

Are you ashamed of who you are? Are you trying to project shame onto them?

Fat-shaming has been in the news a fair bit lately. Some of you may have heard of "Jacket-Gate", where actress Melissa McCarthy's body is supposedly obscured on the cover of Elle magazine because she is fat.  You may have heard of of the outrage over Maria Kang's "What's Your Excuse?" Facebook post.

Less publicized is the concept of skinny-shaming. In a society where thin is in, the concept of skinny-shaming seems laughable, but it happens. I have done it myself.

Ever seen this come across your Facebook page?

I've seen it. I've probably re-posted it. 

And that makes me a bully. 

I "liked" this because I'm fat and society makes me hate that about myself. I, in turn hate the society. I think about all my fat friends who struggle with weight and body image issues because I can relate to them. When I see things like this, I think "Woo-hoo!! Hooray fat girls!!"

I fail to think about thin people who are being shamed and bullied by comments like this.

And I want to apologize to you from the bottom of my heart. 

Trying to hurt another person because of the shape of their body isn't going to lift me up higher. It's not going to make me feel better about myself. 

It's all about LOVE.

We must learn to love ourselves, just as we are, right this very minute. We must allow other people to love themselves as they are- without judgement. 

If you can't love yourself right now, chances are you never will. If you can't push past the anger and bitterness that lets you tell yourself it is okay to hate people for their body type, I genuinely feel sorry for you.

I am beautiful.

I am just as beautiful at 175 lbs as I was at 96 lbs. I am perfect because I am imperfect. 

I don't deserve to feel shamed or bullied because of my weight, my height, my scars, my scales, or anything else about me. 

And neither does anyone else.