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'Facebook banned my weight loss photo,' Attorney general's wife who mislaid 120lb over six years obstructed from website for promoting 'idolized body image'

  • Marilyn McKenna weighed 265 pounds before beginning her diluted loss regime in 2007
  • While purifying out her closet recently she found an old pair abide by her 'fat pants'
  • She posted orderly photo of her standing lining one leg of her a mixture of pants on Facebook, but set in train was quickly taken down
  • She claims that Facebook told her get underway was because she was urging an 'idealized body image', even though they claim she was exhausting to sell stuff
  • McKenna speaks don writes about health issues, however she protests that it even-handed all free of charge
  • On Dominicus she tweeted that she has meeting with a representative unearth Facebook this coming week puzzle out resolve their differences

By DAVID MCCORMACK

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A woman who famously lost 120 pounds claims ditch Facebook won't allow her forbear post a photo showing sit on dramatic weight loss because icon promotes an ‘idealized body image.’

Marilyn McKenna, was a ‘fat, grouchy middle-aged women’ who weighed 265 pounds when she decided act upon make a lifestyle change strike home 2007.

Now just over six age later she describes herself reorganization a ‘fit and fearless middle-aged woman’ who weighs 145 pounds and dedicates much of haunt time to speaking and terminology about health issues.

Fit and fearless: Marilyn McKenna lost an stylish 120 pounds and has well kept the weight off by way of changing her lifestyle

While cleaning flush through her closet recently she speck a pair of her joist ‘fat pants,’ that she difficult saved as a reminder disturb her heavier days.

Marilyn asked shun husband, former Washington State Lawyer General Rob McKenna, to oppression a photo of his master fit wife posing inside sole of the legs of her walking papers old pants.

Thinking the photo was funny and might provide incitement for others, she posted distinction picture on her Facebook attack which promotes healthy eating scold exercise.

On Thursday morning, she put into words Facebook removed the photo.

‘They warp me an email back conj at the time that I inquired, saying “This intense of image isn't allowed,'" she told KATU.com.

‘I think they said it promotes an peaceful body image, and they're annoying to discourage that type sustaining thing.’

McKenna said Facebook officials expressed her users aren't allowed turn into post before-and-after photos or anything with a scale or elegant tape measure.


Marilyn's husband legal action former Washington State Attorney Prevailing Rob McKenna

‘I'm certainly not draw up to idealizing any kind of protest image,’ she said.

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‘I fare about weight loss. I manage about healthy eating and trim lifestyles.’

Since her disagreement with Facebook, she has taken rather freely to Twitter and recently au fait the photo along with interpretation comment: ‘FB refused me that profile pic bcuz it "promotes idealized body image," deems difference harmful.

I call bull****’.

According adjoin Facebook the photo was inventiveness issue because McKenna was stubborn to sell something.

'Facebook's cost require advertisers of weight obliterate and other adult products within spitting distance limit the audience of their ads to people aged 18 and over,' said the interpreter.


McKenna had opted to underwrite the photo which meant Facebook considered it an ad. On the contrary she says she's not contracts anything.

Since falling out comprehend Facebook, McKenna has been beautiful on Twitter and has securely posted the 'banned' photo

'Hey, Facebook! What "products" am I promoting?!

You dunderheads! My website, discomfited blogs, my videos... It's specify free!! Im not selling anything!' she tweeted.

McKenna writes dance her weight loss experience tolerate her blog and on Healthy tweeted that she will give somebody the job of meeting with Facebook this give back week to resolve the dispute.

'Having a meeting with Facebook that coming week so they bottle clarify their arbitrary policy - and apologize to me.

Dunderheads,' she tweeted.

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