She has put up with so much, and yet still works her ass off so as not to let her illnesses keep her back. I honestly don't know how she does it, as my illness tends to kick my ass every few months. Due to the PCOS and ME and things she avoid sugar and gluten and other things that can exacerbate them, like alcohol too. She is very strict with herself and it just totally shows how it's down to self control and discipline not "ohh i have condishuns therefore i have no control of my weight and none of it is my fault boo hoo".  She was even bullied relentlessly some years ago because people didn't understand so just picked on her for not wanting to go out drinking and being so careful etc. Her flatmates at Uni the first time around were really horrible to her, yet she persevered and after being in hospital for a time she went back to University and finished her degree. One of her new classmates was a GIANT fucking WHALE of a creature that put on probably another 100lbs over the course of 2 years, and in every picture the whale is in, she has food in her hand. Literally. Every. Picture. I went out to town with her classmates (including fattie) once and whilst we were dancing and chatting, fattie sat on an ENTIRE sofa in the corner of the club and kept sending people to get her drinks. I don't know why she bothered. There wasn't enough alcohol in the entire city to get that beast drunk.  I might actually have a pic of the whale around somewhere, though that wasn't the purpose of this post so i might post it seperately.