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Weighty Issues

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Dee Wilcox
Aug 18, 2011
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"You're not fat, you're just... wide."

A "good" friend told me this once. I was 21.

A few of my friends have had the honest to goodness guts to post about this recently, and since it's been weighing on my mind, I thought I'd throw my two cents in, too.

Truthfully, I never thought I struggled with weight issues. I just... weighed what I weighed. I have a c…

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