I just found your blog and wanted to say thank you, and share my story, even if I'm not comfortable to do it off of anon yet. I'm 18, 200 lbs, and 5' 2". I'm around a size 18. I've hated myself for a long time. I've never felt beautiful. In my last year in high school, I had several boys on my bus tell me how much of a fat bitch I was, daily, nothing was done to stop it. I still have a hard time looking at myself in the mirror. I just wanted to say this blog is inspiring and makes me hopeful. ♥
Asked by Anonymous

Well thank you :)

High school can be a pretty difficult time for a lot of people, not just girls. But the one piece of advice I can give you is this, and I’m sure you’ve seen me say it a lot, but learn to love your body, with that will come confidence.
Don’t listen to anyone who wants to put you down, no-one has that right.
I know that people saying things like that can be quite hard to take, but just think, you don’t need to try to make people feel like crap to feel good about yourself. Because that’s probably one of the reasons they’re trying to knock you down.
 
Don’t listen to any insults, I used to laugh when people called me fat or whatever. Because I obviously didn’t already know!! Not that it’s bothered me too much.

Learn to love yourself and watch how quickly your confidence grows, you’ll feel great :)