40 Reasons to Eat (Part 3)

6. People will remember you as the 'beautiful thin one.' - I know some people who are naturally very thin and they constantly struggle to gain weight because they don't want to be remembered as the 'thin one.'  When you look like a stick, people do notice you... but it's often not with attraction.  Do you really want people to speak of you as, "Oh my gosh, do you see that girl?  She's like a bony twig.  Ew."  People think curves are attractive.  Hour glass figures.  Boobs and behinds (pardon my bluntness) are what guys like.  Not just bones and skin.

7. If someone has to describe you, they'll say, 'oh, she weighs like 100, 110 lbs.' - I don't think I've ever described someone by trying to guess their weight.  I don't know any normal person who is like, "You don't know Jane?  I think she weighs 100, 110 pounds..."  "Ohhh, I remember her now!"  No, are you kidding?  People describe people like this: "You don't know Jane?  She has light brown hair, glasses, and she's kind of short.  She has a lot of freckles."  The only time someone would even mention your weight while describing you would be if you were noticeably scrawny or obese... but I still doubt they would say you were "like 100, 110 pounds."  They would say, "You don't know Jane?  She has light brown hair, glasses, and she's really, really, really skinny.  Like a stick."

8. Guys will want to get to know you, not laugh at you and walk away. - Answer this: do you really want to date a guy who would laugh at you if he considered you "fat" or "ugly"?  Is that really your dream guy?  Personally, my dream guy is someone who will look at me when my hair is a mess, I've gained a few pounds, I'm wearing sweats and no makeup, and still say with complete honesty, "Wow, you're beautiful today," because he loves me for me.  That's the guy I want.  But if you want that jerk who only cares about you if you look stick-thin, you can have him.  Nobody else will.

9. Starving is an example of excellent will power. - No it isn't.  Starving yourself is an example of reaching desperately for power over something because you can't find it anywhere else.  In other words, oftentimes because of a difficult situation beyond her control, a girl struggling with an eating disorder feels the need to control something, so she controls the weight of her own body.  Excellent will power would be abstaining from a 2,000 calorie chocolate cake and eating a healthy sandwich instead.  Excellent will power would be getting up every morning to go on an hour-long jog.  Excellent will power would be overcoming an eating disorder and living to tell the story.

10. You will be able to see your beautiful, beautiful bones. - I won't even bother to write a paragraph about this.  Just tell me one thing.  Which body type does most people consider beautiful?  The fit and healthy woman who is slender and fit, but has a few curves... or the woman who is obviously struggling with an eating disorder?  Which attracts you the most?