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" There were days I could barely struggle into a size 46 or 48, months of larges and XXLs, and endless rounds of leggings with the elastic at the waist stretched to its limit and beyond - topped with the fashion equivalent of a tea cozy. And always black, because I was in mourning for my slimmer self. "

Carrie Fisher

Self

Struggle

Tea

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Human

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Problems

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Much

Loss

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Looking

Change