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My adolescence and college years were a haze of weight obsession and bulemia. But it ended a long time ago. I am about Ayelet's age, and I can honestly say that my middle aged friends and I are are very very far beyond self-loathing about what we eat. Sometimes we are chubby, sometimes we are just right, sometimes we diet and lose ten pounds and feel proud then slowly gain it back. But it is never about self-loathing. There are far more substantial things to worry about, far better ways of determining our self-worth.
I just want readers to be clear that self-loathing about food is not universal among forty-something women. In fact, for me and my friends, surrendering a bit of youth in order to be free from obsessiveness about weight and appearance is not such a bad deal.
