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“Though it is the hardest thing, to work out one's weight and heft in the world, to whittle down all that I am and…

— Anna Funder

“I’ve realized this isn’t as much about losing the weight as it is gaining truth—the truth of who I am in Christ and how…

— Lysa TerKeurst

“While I may hate that I was once fat, I am absolutely thankful that I grew up relying on something other than beauty.”

— Liza Palmer

“I am, for some reason, actually happy with who I am and the muscle, the bones, and the flub that exist beneath these clothes.…

— Dan Pearce

“Meanwhile, I have been reminded that weight is about a lot more than dress size and how I look. My weight was stealing my…

— Mika Brzezinski

“It isn't about how much physical weight you think you need to lose, it's about the mental weight that blocks you from loving yourself”

— Susan Hyatt

“That is how life is, it gives us burdens to carry and doesn’t give a damn about the weight. We shoulder it or we…

— Alessandra Torre

“That was the first time I realized that weight loss, thinness really, was social currency.”

— Roxane Gay

“I want to go back to weighing 165 pounds. Let me take off my clothes.”

— Jarod Kintz

“I chose fat and functional over slender and miserable.”

— Andrew Solomon

“I went back to school, and my classmates admired my new body, offered me compliments, wanted to hang out with me. That was the…

— Roxane Gay

“I weigh more than I used to. I've been eating a lot of fast food, so I must have put on some muscle—without even…

— Jarod Kintz