am I fat?

Am I fat - in this case it is used as a rhetorical question. However, increasingly people are being made to feel as if their body isn't quite good enough and that they should "eat healthier" "not have such a wedge of cake" "a walk will do you good" - granted, all of these will obviously do you well (unless you are a severely malnourished child of course). But there is a time and a place in which to say these things and not make the person on the receiving end of these 'suggestions' feel like they are morbidly obese. I know this because the comments mentioned earlier are just a few of those that have been said to me - by my own family              may I add. I can safely say that it left me feeling pretty crappy and as if I was literally unable to fit in to any of my clothes. 

I wouldn't say that I was happy with my figure, but that doesn't mean that I hate it, and it certainly doesn't give anyone the right to tell me what I can and cannot eat. I know, I know... they have the best intentions for me, but seriously? I am one of those people who goes against what people tell me to do, so if you were to tell me to not eat that lardie cake that's in the fridge it's guaranteed that by the time you come home, that cake will not be there any more. 

They're right though, I know I do have to watch what I eat. I am unhealthy and I am getting bigger and bigger. I don't like what I see in the mirror and I do sometimes lack body confidence. I guess what I'm trying to say is, don't kick someone when they're down, and certainly (no names mentioned) don't talk about not eating unhealthy food and then offer me quarter of a cheese cake - c'mon, I'm human, I'm gonna eat the cake if you offer it to me in a bowl...literally.

From today, I pledge to whoever is reading this that I will try to make myself healthier, I won't even have a slither of cake and I will walk everywhere (okay, that last one isn't going to happen - just putting it out there!). My internet's going to die in four minutes due to my mum putting a time limit on the internet - so I'm going to have to leave it there - if I could then I'd just keep typing away!