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Old 07-21-2008, 06:18 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Ah, lizaj....I would have been so much happier if this thread had made a full page (or more), before someone encouraged the OP to lose weight.

She can be overweight, even obese, and still be a bellydancer. And she deserves basic human respect regardless of her weight. She never said she planned to be a professional performer...just a dancer. So her ambition is to be treated kindly, and she shouldn't have to lose weight to do that!

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......I also said if she was happy in her skin, good luck to her. I have friends who have had medical people tell them they are overweight and they are healthier than me!
But sometimes the solution is right in front of us and all we need is the right "push"...I've just been through that myself...an event came up, measurements added to asthma and slightly high BP and I thought yup get on the stir fries and fruit.
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