Thank you so much for reading and for your thoughtful comment. I love how you acknowledge that you let your weight fall where it is naturally supposed to and value your emotional health more than appearance — that is not an easy place to arrive at. Ugh…yes, so many doctors don’t understand weight doesn’t equate to health. I wish every doctor would read Health at Every Size by Linda Bacon. It would be enlightening for them. That is wonderful that you took the initiative and self-care to attempt to educate s/he. If it continues, there are doctors who practice a HAES philosophy (I am not sure how to find them though), or at least find one who is more respectful even if that means interviewing them before making an appt.

It is so very sad how we have been conditioned by society. I know the prison I felt trapped in for so many years of my life thinking how I looked on the outside mattered more than building up my insides. I often felt like a shell of a person having no idea who I really was, growing up so chameleon-like. Anyway, I could go on forever about this…I am so glad by reading some of the comments that we are becoming more aware at least. That is the first step, but we are definitely up against a powerful, oppressive system.