Body Issues?

Synyster Gates:

Walking Into A Dream:

I have a friend who is very skinny. She is about 5'3 and weighs about 62 pounds, and she says she is fat. She doesn't eat much and will never eat anything past 6:00, because she says that if she does she will gain weight.

That's silly. I hate it when skinny girls call themselves fat, cause it makes me feel obese. :(
I have a friend almost the same, except she counts calories and exercises for hours everyday.

It gets on my nerves when my friend keeps on calling herself fat, because I don't mean to sound mean or anything, but it does get annoying.

I have people telling me I am fat and people saying I am too skinny, all while I maintain the same weight--quite contradicting.

If someone insults me I say thanks, I know.. because I probably am what they said. I'm not perfect. I don't care what people think!

it annoys me when skinny people say they're fat.
cause some of them know they aren't they just do it for attention.
but some people actually believe they're fat, but i still find it hard to have sympathy for them cause they aren't fat.
i am and it annoys me that 'skinny' = 'normal'

It is annoying when gorgeous girls always bashes on how they look, so people can compliment them >.>

CinderellaWriter:

It is annoying when gorgeous girls always bashes on how they look, so people can compliment them >.>

I fish for compliments so much. I know, it's shameful. But ahhh I always do it! I kind of hate myself for it and am trying to stop, though.

I have a friend who is about 5'6 or something like that (she's a little taller than me) and she barely weighs over 100lbs. But she is trying to gain weight. She is absolutely gorgeous too.

I wish i could be like that. I'm about 5'5 and i weigh about 160...i don't want to be as small as she is, but i would like to be smaller.
I'm working on liking myself, so I won't bash myself so badly ya know?
but looking in the mirror doesn't help me.
What could I do?

say it lover-SAY IT.:

I have a friend who is about 5'6 or something like that (she's a little taller than me) and she barely weighs over 100lbs. But she is trying to gain weight. She is absolutely gorgeous too.

I wish i could be like that. I'm about 5'5 and i weigh about 160...i don't want to be as small as she is, but i would like to be smaller.
I'm working on liking myself, so I won't bash myself so badly ya know?
but looking in the mirror doesn't help me.
What could I do?

Find traits about yourself you love and let them shine. Whether they're physical traits or something about your personality, just figure what there is about you that you love. You don't have to 100% love yourself inside and out- but starting with the little traits and working your way up will help, a lot.

I don't think much of the way I look.
My mum's an ex-model, I'll never compare. Woe is me.
However, my mother's also crazy... :-o

Body image issues? Possibly, apparently... most likely.

I don't care that much. Okay, that's a lie... I sort of do. But I'd rather be beautiful inside than out. 8)

I care more about my weight than anything else, and let's not even get into my weight issues... they're not really weight issues, as such (because skeletons that don't change their clothes really aren't attractive), and I'm kind of realising and understanding it more as I'm not so fucked up about it as I used to be, but, yeah...

Dum de daaa.

I kind of know where a lot of people on this thread are coming from, but maybe not... dunno.

Remember: beauty is only skin deep and fades over time. No one really cares about how you look except you, and that'll go... I'd rather be remembered for being cool than being hot, y'know?

I believe that you shouldn't be ashamed of what you look like, but don't act like you don't see what is in the mirror.
If you have a lot of fat, don't wear some shirt and pants that leaves the rolls hanging out.
Don't wear a 2 piece if it looks horrible on you.
Being concious of what you look like and dressing accordingly, because if you 'flaunt' when you look bad, it's not helping you at all.

Mind you, I'm 5'5 and 150lbs. Thankfully the weight settled in all the right places and I don't look that big but still I don't wear something that will make me look bad. It makes me feel better if I know I'm dressing to flatter, not just to flaunt

I was always pretty normal, but never actually 'thin'
And you know, I guess that's okay. I wasn't fat, nor stick thin. I was healthy.
Then I fell into bulimia, and lost about 15 pounds from it. It was really gross.
When I recovered, I gained some weight back and looked thin, but not too thin.
But now I've gained a bit of weight. It's not a drastic difference, but it bugs me.

I'm just one of those...people. I'm15, I'm 5 feet and 2 inches tall, I weigh 6 stone and 6 lbs (about 90lbs) and I fit into size 0/4 (US/UK) but I still have a huge fucking problem with my stomach. It's just so ugly ): When I'm wearing clothes I'm fine and I love my body (I kinda wish I had bigger boobs though, I love boobs :tehe: I sound like some kind of pervert...) but I take a shower and when I look in the mirror I'm just... not happy. You get what I mean? I don't hate my body, I just hate it when my clothes aren't on >.< I sound so depressing right now.

I've lost a lot of weight recently, and yet I'm still not happy with the way I look. Everyone keeps telling me that I look amazing, and it makes me uncomfortable. They don't know that I'm still twenty pounds overweight.
And that I won't be happy until I can no longer say that.

I think that at one point or another, everyone is going to feel self-conscious about their body. For me, instead of getting upset about something I don't fully love, I try to change myself so I can be happy. Not like...in the sense of changing myself completely. Just more trying to improve what I don't like.
I'm 5'3 and 135lbs, and constantly feel fat. So I try to run on the treadmill as often as I can. I'm so self-conscious that I'm terrified of running when my family is home. I do conditioning in my room, and other things, so I feel a little better about myself.
Instead of getting upset over things, I look more towards how things can be fixed.

Away_From_Reality:

Instead of getting upset over things, I look more towards how things can be fixed.

:cheese:
I love your outlook on that

^ Yep. I agree with that.

CinderellaWriter:

It is annoying when gorgeous girls always bashes on how they look, so people can compliment them >.>

I hate that. I have a friend that does that, and it really bugs me. I don't compliment her when she does it, I just say 'whatever' or I don't say anything.

I really hate how I look. I'm not fat, but I have fat, and all my fat is in my belly, so I look pregnant. X[
I've had strangers ask me when I'm due. Apparently I look like a man too, because if they're not asking me when I'm due, strangers are calling me 'Sir'.

^ I don't necessarily agree with that.
Some people really do have confidence and self esteem issues, and they're not trying to garner attention from it. There are days when I feel like shit and feel really fat, and I tell my friends and it does make me feel better when they compliment me and tell me it isn't true.
Sometimes gorgeous girls don't feel as gorgeous as they look.

I think everyone, even supermodels who are drop dead beautiful, has body issues. I mean, it's impossible to be 100% happy with yourself at all times, and especially in an age where looks are everything... I'm probably not the best example of how to deal with this, I'm self concious and trying to drop a couple of pounds. :\ I'm curvy, I have a chest and have hips, but some girls would love that, and it sounds weird but I'm not that into curves. I'd rather be thin than be a bombshell. :\

Ah well. I guess we've just all got to be happy with what we've got, right? It's the only body we've got, might as well learn to deal with it.

^ Exactly.
Some days I feel gorgeous, other days I need to be told, you know?
And some days the way I feel about my looks comes from accomplishing something else, like good school marks, or something.
I guess that confidence reflects how I feel image wise

:(
Weight is such a major issue in today's society.
I believe everyone is beautiful in there own way, but I also believe in being healthy.