I’m average height – people always give me backhanded compliments on my weight, they’re so cruel on my clothes size

A WOMAN shared her reaction to her body and how she learns to ignore it and love herself.

Abbie Konnick has an average build and people always think they are complimenting her on her looks and weight, but they are actually making irrelevant and insensitive comments.

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Abbie shares “realistic” lifestyle content, from shopping and cooking recipes to fitness advice and body positivity.

In a TIkTok video, she filmed herself wearing a green camouflage sweatshirt and leggings.

A song played on the video in which a man sings: “You remind me of a Sunday at home.”

“No one ever said I reminded them of Sunday,” Abbie wrote on the video.

“But they said, ‘You don’t look that tall’ when they found out my pants size,” she revealed.

Abbie smiled uncomfortably at the backhanded compliment.

“Respectfully, sizes are irrelevant and so are they,” she wrote in the caption of people telling her these things.

Many people related to Abbie and have shared similar stories of being “complimented” about the size and weight of their clothes.

“Yeah. They think it’s a compliment of sorts…they missed the mark,” someone wrote.

“One day, a nurse asked me: ‘Where do you keep all this?!’ when I told them my weight. I know in his mind that was a compliment, but it really isn’t,” another person added.

“The way I’ve had cashiers tell me this when paying for my jeans,” someone else wrote.

People also shared their support for Abbie, with one writing: “You are so gorgeous and beautiful. People have told me that too… People are wild. Everyone is different and that’s great.

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But even though Abbie is on a self-love journey, she still struggles with her body image.

In one video, wearing the same leggings, Abbie also wore a hoodie, hat, knee high socks and running sneakers.

“Some people look cute and hip when they hit the gym…” she wrote, adding, “I look like someone’s grandpa in leggings.”

Despite her comically self-deprecating commentary, Abbie is still very positive and shares tips to help other women accept and love their bodies too.

Just as the size of the clothes doesn’t matter to her, the number on the scale doesn’t matter as much to her now.

In one video, she wrote, “Mindshift: Body Image and Weighing.”

“Here is another inner voice, a moment of body image healing and processing,” she said.

“Numbers still bother me subconsciously,” she admitted of her weight, but encouraged people to stop weighing themselves and do exercises that make them strong and happy.

Someone commented, “Weighing myself definitely affects my mood! I hate it but I’m afraid to quit.

Abbie responded, writing: ‘Practice stopping…I’m telling you this is a complete game changer and once you stop it won’t seem important anymore.’

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