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This.

She IS seeing another therapist. Reread the article. ETA that I find it amazing that you're making these arguments without even understanding the article. She is seeing another therapist, and is currently in therapy. End of story. That's not "neglecting mental health."

I weigh myself in the morning after going to the bathroom, and I am always in the buff (because I sleep sans clothing). It's not something I think about. Also, I never weigh myself at any other time of day, so it will always be consistent. I'm not worried about it.

She is seeing a therapist. How is she neglecting mental health? Also, how is it unhealthy to feel satisfied with how you look? Or to want to be seen by others as more than just a body?

THIS. Reading skills matter, folks. You can't attribute things to the author that she didn't actually say.

GAH! Grammatical error in picture. Noooo.

But the author isn't saying that the individuals who lost weight believe that they have achieved one thing. OTHER people think that. That whole paragraph is told from the perspective of an outsider who is observing the attitudes of society in general. So, she is saying that society (specifically, the shows that perpetuate…

I know, right? It happened pretty quick, but I'm enjoying the list of annoyances.

This. This exactly.

I have to admit (shameful, I know) that I was thoroughly entertained by that other post. I was thinking about watching TV but then that happened and I was like, "Welp, this is way better." I couldn't look away. Hahaha.

I don't know, there are a lot of people on here saying that she can't actually be happy with herself and that she's just in denial. Sounds like projection, doesn't it? From their personal experience, they know that they weren't happy being fat, so Laura Bogart can't *really* be happy either.

Exactly. I think people are just projecting their own insecurities and self-loathing onto her, assuming that she is just like them. For some reason, it's really hard to accept that she just might be happy with herself, even if she's--gasp--250 pounds. Importantly, she's not advocating obesity in any way, shape, or form.…

She's also not 23. She's in her 30s. Just need to point that out.

LOL! That would probably make me slightly uncomfortable, but it would also make me laugh.

If we are talking about what annoys us, and not offends us, then I have to add: people who stand DIRECTLY in front of the elevator doors so that no one can get out. An awkward shuffle ensues, whereby the elevator door stander moves over (unwillingly) and everyone else has to squeeze by them. Horrible. Why do people do this?

That's a great reason to post. Good work!!

People who take pride in being ignorant, uninformed, and uneducated. On here, that usually manifests itself in the form of broscience.

Or just drag the image from one page over to Google Images. Just need to have two tabs or windows open. It's like magic. Try it.

Agreed. Way, way too low. 1300 is already below your BMR (at your height, age, and weight even sedentary would be over 2000), and if you are going even further below it by eating fewer than 1300 and exercising, that it a recipe for trouble. Up those calories! Eat!

LOL!

Okay, that makes more sense.

I would caution everyone to avoid making the assumption that fat is always unhealthy. Fat *can* be seriously unhealthy, but that's not always the case. We don't know anything about this woman's eating or exercise habits except for what she did as a child. She's since received mental health treatment, and those habits may…

Wait...Arya is younger than Bran?! Mind blown! I always thought it was the other way around. Maybe it's because Arya is such a badass, it makes her seem more mature than Bran. haha.

Agreed.

You guys are making me even more desperate to read them. BAH! I am a terrible person when it comes to waiting, so I already Googled all the stuff that's going to happen, but I want to read and get in on this Jon Snow parent business. I love it.

Are you serious? It disgusts you when people fill up at a buffet? First of all, it's a buffet. Second of all, just obese people? Really? You can't make assumptions about anyone's health based on a trip to a restaurant and the 30 or so minutes that you might be there with them. That's nonsense. It's also not your business…

As people have already said, it really depends on the OP and their attitude toward the cake. If they seem to be afraid of it, then a lot of people are going to give responses that speak to that; namely, that one piece of cake really won't kill you. It's about encouraging the OP to try to have a less restrictive (and more…

Eewww. I hate people like that. Just remind her that Shakespeare and D-i-c-k-ens were both eminently popular, and also wrote 'for the masses.' A text's popularity has nothing to do with its quality or its value to a reader. I have had many discussions with my dissertation director about Game of Thrones (because our…

Exactly.

Wait...what does the time have to do with it??