There are moments that stay with you — the kind that make your stomach drop, even after years of doing the work to love and reclaim your body. For me, it wasn’t even said out loud.I found out by reading my medical records online  — seeing that my BMI  had been quietly documented as an “ongoing condition. ”No conversation, no explanation — just a quiet note tucked into my chart, as if labeling my body that way was a medical courtesy to “avoid making me uncomfortable.” And some

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