Muffin top. Thunder thighs. Fat Franny. Skinny Mini. Pencil Thin.

I am 5 foot 2 inches tall, I weigh 110 pounds, and I have been body shamed. Yes, you read that correct. When I was younger I was shamed for being too thin. Now I am being shamed because I lack muscle and I don’t eat right.

Society is constantly telling people to loose weight, or for the skinnier people to eat a hamburger. Neither of these is okay.

Just because I am not composed of 98% muscle does not give you the right to tell me how to eat, how to workout, or tell me to watch my carbs.

If I want to eat two pieces of pizza with a side of fries for lunch, I should be able to without you voicing your opinion. Your opinion is not my reality.

Just because I don’t go to the gym 6 days a week, does not give you the right to tell me I would look better with some muscle.

No one has a “perfect” body and yes this means you.

If you body shame people to their face or behind their back, you lack empathy. You lack the ability to see how maybe that person doesn’t have time for the gym because they work three jobs and go to school full time.

I’m sick of hearing “She needs to loose weight”

No one needs to do anything. If she is happy, let her be. Body Image is not everything to some people.

“How does she expect to find someone looking like that?”

Well, if you got to know her instead of judging her on her appearance like the shallow person you are, you would see that she has an amazing personality and she doesn’t need a “nice body” to attract attention.

If you’re going to judge a person based on their physical appearance, you need a hobby.

First off, why do YOU care so much about their physical appearance? Don’t you have anything better to do than criticize people for how they look?

Maybe it runs in their family.

No matter how much someone will run, work out and eat healthy, some people just can’t lose the weight. It does not mean they are lazy, some people just can’t.

“She would be pretty if she lost weight.”

Last time I checked, your face has nothing to do with your body or your personality. She IS pretty. You would see it too if you got out of the mind set that only “fit girls” are pretty.

“How can she be happy looking like that?”

She is happy because she is happy with the life she has. She has good friends WHO DON’T CARE ABOUT HER SIZE. She has a family that loves her. She has a warm house and a bed to sleep in every night. NOT EVERYTHING IS ABOUT APPEARANCE.

Just because they are skinny, it doesn’t mean you can tell them to eat a hamburger.

WHY SHOULD I EAT A HAMBURGER???? It has no nutritional value. If you wouldn’t tell a bigger framed person to loose weight, don’t tell a skinny person to eat a hamburger.

Don’t tell me I eat like a bird

First off, I am on medication that restricts how much I eat during the day. I go the whole day without feeling the slightest bit hungry. No, I don’t have an eating disorder so don’t go there with me.

When I do eat a salad, don’t ask me if I’m watching my weight.

I bet, if I was eating a hamburger, you would tell me how I should eat a salad instead because it’s healthier. Am I right? I’m pretty sure I am.

Skinny Mini makes me want to cringe.

Am I proud that I am skinny? No. What am I doing about it? I’m trying to gain weight, but it’s difficult.

The point I am trying to get at, is no one is perfect. Just because you are “fit” does not give you the right to go around and tell people how they should be living their life. Appearance is not everything and we as a society have to stop judging people on their appearance. At the end of the day everyone should go to bed feeling comfortable in the body they are in. Leave people alone and let them live their life.