To The Woman Who Commented on My Body

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Trigger warning: disordered eating

It had been some time since I’d been compelled to punish my body simply for existing as it was meant to.

I hadn’t stepped on a scale in over a year. I no longer counted calories or meticulously weighed my food in an effort to consciously restrict. I ate when I was hungry and without judgment. I didn’t spend hours over the toilet bowl or…