"You're so skinny!"

Today I wanted to talk about something that is sort of a touchy subject for me but regardless, I still wanted to address. A lot of people are very insecure about their body weight which can lead to eating disorders but instead of being worried about being 'fat' I'm worried about the opposite. My weight never usually was an issue and whenever people have called me 'skinny' or told me to 'eat more' I've tried to take it as a compliment but recently it hasn't been going that way. This post has been inspired a lot by Zoe and you can read her post about it here and her video with Louise about it here.

Every time I've put up a photo on my blog of my body with an outfit I've really liked I'm always thinking to myself  'what if I look a bit too thin in that?'. I feel like everyone is so caught up in making sure the curvier girls feel good about themselves that they're forgetting we can get offended too. For example one of my good friends was crying at school the other week because she thought she was fat so everyone was supporting her and giving her words of encouragement and hugs. However one girl went over to her and said something that I couldn't quite make out but I think it was 'don't worry all those models and skinny girls are anorexic' which led to another girl who is smaller, like me, saying 'excuse what are you saying about anorexic girls? I'm not fucking anorexic!'.

I'd like to point out that, like Zoe, I have never in any way, shape or form had an eating disorder and my reason for being skinny is high metabolism. My body will not put on weight at all. I am also around 5"6.5 so that isn't really helping. My skeleton is very long and thin too so my body physically isn't built for curves. I'm basically just very tall and lanky which I have been called many times before by people I call my 'friends'.

It really does make me feel sad when other girls say 'ew I'm so fat' because:
1. No matter what your body weight is you are not fat. You may have fat, but your are not fat. You also have hair but you are not hair. You have fingernails, but you are not fingernails. You simply having that doesn't make you it.
2. You honestly don't realise how much I would love to have curves especially when all the boys are saying things like 'oh yeah I don't want some stick girlfriend'. I would love to be able to actually fill my 30A bra but that's not how my body is.

I do try to eat healthy even though I could gobble down half a cake and be the same weight as before, simply because it's good for you. My favourite food is strawberries. Bad food can effect us in so many ways not just weight, like skin, organs, diabetes and simply being happy. Similar to Zoe's post I'm going to list a few insults that you might give to a thin person:

"Why are you so skinny?" " your legs are like sticks" "eat more,  get some meat on those bones" " ew you feel so bony" " put some weight on" " you're lanky" " you're just skin and bones" " you look like a walking skeleton!"

Now think about if you said that sort of thing to a bigger person like:

"Why are you so fat?" "Your legs are like tree trunks" " eat less, take some meat of those bones" "ew you feel so chubby" "lose some weight" "you're fat" "you're just skin and flab" " you look like a walking whale!" 

You just wouldn't go up to someone and say that, so why is it okay to say that to a skinny person?
But taking something and turning it into a compliment would make that person feel so much better for example:

"I was I was slim like you" "your legs look amazing" " you're so lucky with that figure!" " you look great" "you look like a model" " I love your tiny waist" " I wish I looked like you" 

Or if all else fails how about the simple:

"You look great"?

I hope this topic was relatable and helped you in some way. Please don't feel like you have to change because you're perfect. Thank you for reading!