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    The stupidest thing you used to think...

    Posts: 611 Member
    edited January 16 in Motivation and Support
    Something so ridiculous that you can't even believe you used to think that way.

    It used to be that if I saw a really fit girl running on the street I would think to myself: "Really? She is trying to loose more weight? Seriously, she has problems if she is not happy with the way she looks."

    It did not even occur to me that she may NOT be trying to loose any weight, that she just wants to be fit, healthy, and have great muscle tone and healthy heart.

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