Yeah. another body image thread. Sue me.

metaphor • 9 February 2012 at 4:19 PM

So yeah, sorry guys, but you're the only ones I really trust to talk about this. I don't want to talk to my friends about this; it's easier to judge, even if they don't mean it in a bad way. Everyone judges whether they know it or not.

So anyway...

I weighed myself today. There is no way in heck you're going to be able to get my weight out of me, as I don't even like to tell my own mother this, but I lost at least 10 lbs. The right way. Meaning I haven't been starving myself, I've been eating healthy food I enjoy with an occasional treat, usually only 2-3 times a week. I go for a walk almost every other day. I lovelovelove to walk, I could walk for miles and miles, so that kind of exercise is perfect with me.

So yeah, it hardly feels like a diet or anything like that. Just small beneficial lifestyle changes, the way I feel it should be.

Anyway, I don't why weight has be such a huge freaking deal to me or anyone else so long as I'm healthy--and I actually have been feeling A LOT healthier. And I do have a thyroid problem, something I was born with, and yet I have achieved all of this. I want to feel good about myself.

But I still feel completely worthless.

allegory • 9 February 2012 at 4:19 PM

Really, is being a size 12-14 really THAT horrible? I look online and everyone seems to condemn anything above an 8. ☹️ I'd love to be a size 8; hey, maybe if I keep up with it, I could get there some day. But what if it actually isn't realistic for me? Does this make me less of a person?

I feel really lost. Being healthy should be good enough, but I just feel completely conflicted with this body image crap. So freaking sick of it.

cynt5100 • 9 February 2012 at 4:23 PM

Good for you! You should feel proud! Especially the right way. Also, I could help you if I knew whey you feel worthless.

zafeyry • 9 February 2012 at 4:33 PM

@metaphor
Great job! And it's not bad, guys don't want to hug a pile of bones 😃

blissy • 9 February 2012 at 5:29 PM

@metaphor

I'm the type of person who has so much school work that when I do have time for myself, I'm too mentally exhausted to exercise. That's why I'm grateful to my gym class, which is keeping me fit. I have lost weight from it. I feel better. I don't really look as "sleek" as I might like, which bothers me. So I know what you're going through. I usually work myself a lot harder than some of the girls in my class, yet it seems they're still in better shape. D:

I'm not size 8 either, because of my short torso. People with longer torsos and legs always look skinner, so it's mostly my body frame that makes me think I'm anything other than "pretty". But I'm still glad for the feeling of being fit. So, as long as that continues, I'm trying not to worry about how I see myself in the mirror.

rileytibbles_side • 9 February 2012 at 5:32 PM

@metaphor
I WISH i could gain weight...☹️

whitefall • 9 February 2012 at 6:50 PM

@metaphor
Good job! 😃
It doesn't matter what size you are, as long as you're healthy. (:

I'll be rooting you on from the sidelines~ (:


I'm a size 7 right now .w.
I'm only 13, gah xD

I eat like a pig, but I'm still light compared to other girls in my grade ^^ They're all 130lbs, and I'm only 107~
But I don't want to be heavier or lighter...
As long as I'm healthy, I'll be fine c:

metaphor • 10 February 2012 at 3:55 PM

I don't eat anything other than my meals and occasional snack (often fruit except on rare occasions). That's why I never thought it was fair for people to assume all people on the heavier side are lazy who sit around eating twinkies all day, just as it's no fair to assume thin people are anorexics who won't eat even a half of a lettuce sandwich.

stellie • 10 February 2012 at 4:03 PM

@allele

You do not want to be like me...

Ok I'm freaking 12 years old and 60 lbs!

I can't take it! Every one thinks i'm anarexic they say "Put some meat on ya, Bones" I hate being a size 8/10 kids and none of the good clothes are in my size
you want to be falubvuios (or whatever its called)
You really don't want to be small

trust me you guys, I hate being small
I feel powerless....

but your right as long as your healthy you fine! besides beauty comes in all shapes and sizes!

pjbuzzy • 10 February 2012 at 4:04 PM

@stellie thats pretty much me as well... But I'm happy bein' small!

stellie • 10 February 2012 at 4:07 PM

@pjbuzzy

I hate it, I try all I want to gain weight, it never works, My doctor actually tried giving me weight gaining pills! Its horrible! I guess i'll always have the name bones.....

pjbuzzy • 10 February 2012 at 4:08 PM

@stellie think about it... it's not that bad!I would MUCH rather be skinny than have rolls and rolls of fat dripping off of me!

syndrome • 10 February 2012 at 4:12 PM

@metaphor You should be proud of your self ☹️

stellalunagirl • 10 February 2012 at 4:21 PM

@metaphor
I have a friend who was like you as well. She was really tall and had a beautiful body but she felt insecure about her weight, even though there was nothing to worry about.

With my help and help from her other friends, she got over her insecurity and now she eats healthy and exercises normally like everyone else.

Even though I don't know you metaphor, I'm really proud of you, and you should be too. A lot of people have self esteem issues, HECK I do feel worthless sometimes, but we just gotta brush off all the nagging thoughts in your minds or the constant reminders from society today that we aren't good enough.

You may think that you're worthless or just plain bland, but I can guarantee you that at least one person out there in the world thinks you are absolutely beautiful and amazing and worth everything that person has.

Enough from my ranty side now xD

empress_ella • 10 February 2012 at 4:46 PM

@metaphor. i dont know you... but this reminds me of me. i use to be the same way when i was in school. i always worried about what others thought but one day i told them i dont care if you like the way i look or not, once im happy then thats all i care about and i told them if they a problem with my body keep it to themself. eventually everyone stopped talking about me. i use to be insecure about my weight until i started eating healthy but once you feel healthy thats all you have to worry about dont let them upset you. once you feel good thats all that counts. i was a size 12 when they use to make fun of me and now i am happy being a size 14. And i found someone who loves the way i look. and im now married to him. so there is always some one out there who thinks your beautiful the way you are, they might not tell you but there is someone.

briseis • 10 February 2012 at 6:29 PM

At least you can lose weight. I've been dieting for months with no results whatsoever. Take that for what it's worth.

metaphor • 11 February 2012 at 3:49 PM

@briseis

Everybody's body is different. I really think it's a matter of finding what works for you, and it does seem to be trail-error thing. I'm just starting to see results after some time trying to lose weight. Now that my mom cooks with her slow cooker, I'm eating less processed food, which I think is helping me out. Not to mention, I walk almost daily. I never saw results when I used the exercise bike alone, but that's just me.


So keep looking out for what works for you.😊

Hopefully my April, I'll be ready to go shopping for a new bathing suit!

olimpt • 11 February 2012 at 4:02 PM

I weigh 110 pounds and im 11, I always wondering if thats bad but.....Im tall

metaphor • 11 February 2012 at 9:42 PM

I think I weighed around that much when I was 10 and there was never any concern...and I'm short, so take that as you will.😋