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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have been making myself crazy trying to lose weight. I’ve been stalled for 3 months.  I finally got a body composition scan.  Turns out I’m at 16% body fat.  I’m not thin and my BMI is at the high end of normal.  But unless I’m willing to go on some crazy body builder cutting regime, chances are pretty good that any weight I lose will not all be fat.

The body scan really freed me from the scale.  I like the way I look.  I like the way my clothes fit.  Heck, I even like going to the gym.  The scan gave me so much more information than a single number on the scale ever could.[/quote]
Mine of the most annoying things about the internet is how women have turned it into a place of toxic positivity. Someone complains about their weight and wonders if the charts are accurate in saying they are overweight and other people give them fact based responses that yes, they are technically overweight, and all of a sudden we have ugly souls and are slinging baseless barbs. Being told something that isn’t exactly what you wanted to hear doesn’t mean the other person is cruel or torturing you or going to hell. Why would we blow smoke up OP’s ass, we are trying to help her. She doesn’t want to be overweight in which case she should pay attention to what the stats say which tell her she is and move forward with any plans for weight loss on that data. If she doesn't care if she’s overweight and likes how she looks, that’s great, and she doesn’t HAVE to lose weight, but she also has to accept that that doesn’t mean the chart is wrong.  [/quote]

I quoted the wrong comment but my point still stands, only addressed to the commenter screeching we are all mean with ugly souls. [/quote]

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