Coup De Grace

Thin Commandments:

1) If you aren't thin, you aren't attractive.
2) Being thin is more important than being healthy.
3) Buy clothes, cut your hair, take laxatives, starve yourself, and do anything to be thinner.
4) Thou shall not eat without feeling guilty.
5) Thou shall not eat fattening food without punishing oneself afterwards.
6) Thou shall count calories and restrict intake accordingly.
7) What the scale says is the most important thing.
8) Losing weight is good/gaining weight is bad.
9) You can never be too thin.
10) Being thin and not eating are signs of true will power and success.
11) If you are thin, you will be loved and accepted.

To Marlin, the "Thin Commandments" aren't just a set of self-inforced guidelines. To Marlin, the "Thin Commandments" are a way of life.