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Reply Thu 22 Apr, 2010 08:53 am
17st = a 17 year old tee nager ?
Fatorexia = ?

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In the mirror, Sara saw a slim woman. Just one problem: she was 17st. So how could she be so deluded?
By Sara Bird
Last updated at 9:47 AM on 22nd April 2010
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Sara Bird, 44, lives with her partner Richard, 43, in a farmhouse in Nottinghamshire with daughters Lottie, ten and Izzy, eight. The couple run their own business and Sara's book Fatorexia: What Do You See When You Look In The Mirror? has just been published. She says:
In denial: Sara Bird let the weight creep on and was shocked when her doctor told her she was obese
Until five years ago I had no idea I was fat, let alone grossly overweight. I was a busy working mum to two little girls, with a thriving career and a man I adored.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1267883/Fatorexia-In-mirror-Sara-saw-slim-woman-Just-problem-17st-So-deluded.html#ixzz0lqBvFhUD
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boomerang
 
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Reply Thu 22 Apr, 2010 09:01 am
Anarexics think they look fat so I suppose a fatorexic would think they look slim when the opposite is really true.
oristarA
 
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Reply Thu 22 Apr, 2010 09:49 am
@boomerang,
Thanks
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Cycloptichorn
 
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Reply Thu 22 Apr, 2010 09:53 am
@oristarA,
British English.

17st. = 17 Stone, a unit of weight measurement in Britain.

Fatorexia = made up word, combination of Fat + Anorexia.

Cycloptichorn
sozobe
 
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Reply Thu 22 Apr, 2010 11:10 am
@Cycloptichorn,
17 stone = 238 pounds.
Cycloptichorn
 
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Reply Thu 22 Apr, 2010 11:15 am
@sozobe,
sozobe wrote:

17 stone = 238 pounds.


No ****? I guess stones are pretty heavy...

Cycloptichorn
contrex
 
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Reply Thu 22 Apr, 2010 01:50 pm
@Cycloptichorn,
1 stone = 14 pounds.
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