Fat shaming

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My aunt is a fat shamer. Christmas time was such a fun time with her around. I remember once on the phone telling her that I had put on weight from 72 to 75kg. I remember her calling me fat and overweight and unhealthy. The thing is I was putting on that weight as I was persuing a training regime. I am a marathon swimmer and consider anything under a kilometer to be a sprint. I need a large diet (I eat more than my father who is in a labor-intensive job). She used to call her own daughter's fat and overweight and terrible names. They were also pursuing a fitness regime and were actually gaining muscle not fat. Both of these girls developed anorexia because they believed that at the peak of their fitness that they were fat and disgusting and ugly.