http://www.blogher.com/dear-body-1 Comments for "Dear The Body," en http://www.blogher.com/dear-body-1 <p>Why do we have to be connected? I don't understand. It took me many years to even realize that we were connected, that you and I cannot live without the other. I had to stop killing you so that I could live.</p> <p>Here we are three years later, still struggling. You are bigger than you have ever been before. If I put you on a scale, I fear you would be 150 lbs.</p> <p>None of your pants fit. Your belly fights for freedom from the constricted space in your jeans. A roll goes over your jeans top when you sit. It was never there before. Even your bra is too tight. A 36 is no longer sufficient.</p> <p>All of this happened, or got worse, because I decided to make you eat food. I decided that you needed a metabolism for once in your life. And what happened? Your stupid body stored everything you ate, because it was starving for so long.</p> <p>Now, look at us. We're disgusting. And I'm stuck inside you, a prisoner.</p> <p>God help us get through this.</p> <p>Regards,</p> <p>The Mind</p> http://www.blogher.com/dear-body-1#comments Body Image Letter To My Body body dysmorphia body image eating disorder Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:35:08 -0500 pookielocks 39742 at http://www.blogher.com