There's nothing that bothers me more than hearing someone say, "That girl is so skinny!".

Now you may be thinking, what is wrong with that? I will tell you. My eighth grade year to my sophomore year I was bullied for being "skinny". It is literally the same feeling as being called fat. I didn't have control over my weight for those three years, or any of my life leading up to my senior year of high school. I wasn't anorexic or bulimic. I didn't eat healthy and exercise like crazy. I just had a really fast metabolism. Skinny does not mean healthy either.

Telling me I'm skinny is telling me that my body is not perfect. I was so over being called a tooth pick, a french fry, a "skinny-minny". I just wanted to be normal. I didn't want my bones to stick out. I didn't want to bruise my bones so easily. I just wanted a normal weight. And not look sickly, or boney. So stop and think about what you are about to say to a person. Because words stick.

There is so much more to me than my weight. I'm a funny person. I take really good pictures. I'm passionate about racing. I like getting my nails done, and feeling good about myself. When I'm referred to as "so skinny!" I do not feel good about myself. I want to hide in a big t-shirt and sweatpants. I want to conceal that fact that I am just as uncomfortable in my body as the next girl.

Skinny is not a compliment to me and it never will be. And to the people reading this thinking, "Well at least you aren't fat." Wrong. I am not my weight. I am a human being who is just trying to live my life. Don't worry about my weight or anyone else's but your own. It's only my business what I weigh. So before you call someone skinny or fat, try getting to know them. Don't label based on their weight. Because that is like me labeling you based on your hair color. Weight is just a number.