It usually goes like this: "I'm so fat." "You are not fat." "Yes I am." "You are NOT fat! You're beautiful!" I hate this conversation- because it's all so well intentioned- yet still unhelpful for so many reasons. I heard it for years- as I hated my body more and more with each passing year, and agonized to my mother about how miserable I felt in my body, this was her advice. But, we don't know what we don't know. Have you been given this encouragement before? Have you given this as encouragement before?