Body Issues?

After having my son I have been ashamed of my body. I have stretch marks on my inner thighs and hips. I have them on my breast too. I hate wearing swimming suits because if it. Does anyone have any remedies or products they suggest?

^Cocoa butter works best for scarring/stretch marks/etc. It won't totally make them disappear, but it'll probably work to make them less noticeable.

Emily Alisa:

Restaurants serving-sizes are ridiculous, I'm sure everyone is aware of that. Main-course salads are quite huge and if your so worried about what your putting into your mouth that you are ordering a salad with just greens and some vegetables thrown in there like they were decorations with a "watched" portion of lite or regular salad dressing, I doubt your going to eat the whole over-sized-plate full. Actually, a person like that would probably ask for just half of the plate and have the other half wrapped up in a doggy bag. Which isn't a bad a idea for all over-portion-sized meals at restaurants because most of us don't feel "full" until all of the food is gone. Baha.

Since the sizes are so ridiculous, then couldn't you ask for an extra plate to eat from, rather than just the entire portion itself? Then like you said, just wrap the other half in a doggy bag to take home. And I agree with the last statement you said, most of us don't really know when we're full until all the food on our plate is gone. If even, anyway.

Unfortunately, I'm not always happy with my body. But, I usually am. A lot of my friends who are skinny aren't happy with themselves. They complain about their bodies often, which I don't understand. :P

I love my lips and my eyes and my arms/hands, but I had my legs/hips and my skin.

And I usually love my fluffy, cuddly body, but I still wont let myself wear short shorts or anything. Wish I could.

jeph.:

^Cocoa butter works best for scarring/stretch marks/etc. It won't totally make them disappear, but it'll probably work to make them less noticeable.

Since the sizes are so ridiculous, then couldn't you ask for an extra plate to eat from, rather than just the entire portion itself? Then like you said, just wrap the other half in a doggy bag to take home. And I agree with the last statement you said, most of us don't really know when we're full until all the food on our plate is gone. If even, anyway.

Yeah that's what I was trying to get across, my bad if it didn't come out that way. Baha

i kno! im not perfect body size...but i feel like im good enough :)

We all have self image problems because in magazines and on TV that's all there seems to be, thin gorgeous girls. Also at school all the pretty skinny girls who put down all the bigger girls. At my school the skinny girls are always saying OMG I'm sooo Fat, and I'm thinking well if you think your fat what do you think of me as I'm like 3 times as big as them, then they go and say No no hun your not fat!!!! It's so stupid and pathetic some girls lives become nothing but weight obsession ahhhhh!!!!!!!!

x_Neara_Neverland_x:

We all have self image problems because in magazines and on TV that's all there seems to be, thin gorgeous girls.

Not necessarily. I have self image problems and an eating disorder because of family and friends. Though yes, the magazines and the TV have some sort of part towards some girls' lack of self esteem, but it isn't always the case.

I actually don't watch my weight or anything and I know that I'm self-conscious but I try not to let it bother me.

I don't think I've ever really felt thin. Especially since in elementary school, kids would always make fun of the fact that I looked pregnant (since fat, for me, just goes to the stomach and sides).
Also, a few weeks before summer started, my boyfriend's friends (who hate my guts and think I'm one of the ugliest girls at school) would constantly insult me to my face, making fun of the fact that I was either hairy, fat, or just flat out ugly. One day, one of them made a comment about my love handles (which also happened to be the day I bitch slapped that morbidly obese mother fucker )

My parents constantly tell me to think twice before eating (or buying) food that either have a lot of calories, sodium, etc., reminding me that I need to watch my weight. They've been saying that even before I found out that I have hypothyroidism, which was about a year ago from now.

And just today, I put on a new shirt I bought yesterday (just to see how it'd look with these black leggings I have) and I couldn't get over the fact that I looked bigger than usual. Whether it was just the shirt or I really did gain weight, I don't know. But I sure as hell am considering returning that shirt...
I'd ramble on some more, but somehow I just know I'm boring whoever's actually reading this

Hi, my name is Summer, I'm turning 15 in a few months, I'm approximately 5 feet tall, and I weigh 105-107 lb.
I want to weigh 95lb

x_Neara_Neverland_x:

We all have self image problems because in magazines and on TV that's all there seems to be, thin gorgeous girls. Also at school all the pretty skinny girls who put down all the bigger girls. At my school the skinny girls are always saying OMG I'm sooo Fat, and I'm thinking well if you think your fat what do you think of me as I'm like 3 times as big as them, then they go and say No no hun your not fat!!!! It's so stupid and pathetic some girls lives become nothing but weight obsession ahhhhh!!!!!!!!

What I hate more is when the skinny girls pull up their shirts and be like "Omg look at that fat." and it's like "Hello, if you really thought you were fat or were even the slightest bit self conscious with your body, you wouldn't pull up your shirt and show the whole world." I hate girls like that.

I constantly feel so insanely fat. I know I'm really not abnormally large, but my stomach is ENORMOUS.
Every day I wake up and think "I'm not going to eat today, I'm gonna excercise sooo much", but I never do that.
Whenever I ask my friends/family if I'm fat, they say no. But then I ask them why I'm always picked on about it, and they don't say anything.

^Just be yourself and be happy with it. You'll regret ever being self conscious about your body in the long run--I know I have.

Emily Alisa:

What I hate more is when the skinny girls pull up their shirts and be like "Omg look at that fat." and it's like "Hello, if you really thought you were fat or were even the slightest bit self conscious with your body, you wouldn't pull up your shirt and show the whole world." I hate girls like that.

There are very few girls that do that where I live. But then again, I live in a whole different country than you do, so I suppose all the ideals and the attitudes of these people are different aswell. And I also really love how you seem to be... scrutinizing these "skinny girls" when you are one yourself. A skinny person, I mean.

I always hate when my skinny/gorgeous female friends complain about their weight/appearence.

I honestly beleive they just want to be reassured. Self-image is such an issue with women these days, it really breakes my mechanical, steam-driven heart.

jeph.:

^Just be yourself and be happy with it. You'll regret ever being self conscious about your body in the long run--I know I have.

There are very few girls that do that where I live. But then again, I live in a whole different country than you do, so I suppose all the ideals and the attitudes of these people are different aswell. And I also really love how you seem to be... scrutinizing these "skinny girls" when you are one yourself. A skinny person, I mean.

I suppose one person's idea of skinny is another person's idea of fat. I mean, thanks for calling me skinny and all but I don't see myself that way. But girls in Plainfield, Indiana do that all the time, it drives me nuts. Baha.

I'm actually fat.....
serious not to get attention,but this is true

I don't mind most of my body, but everytime I see my stomach in the mirror while getting dressed, the little extra pudge there really disgusts me.

I know for a fact that people are jealous of my tiny body.
Yet I'm self-conscious on my thighs which I believe are on the bigger side in proportion to my small frame. I suppose they are my curves and prevent me from looking like a stick but I wouldn't mind it so much if they are actually dancer's thighs.
I'm perfectly fine with my height but I do sometimes wish for longer legs.

I used to be really self-conscious about my weight, but I decided to sort out my issues because I'm practically starting a new life this fall. And as my perception of myself changed, I started losing weight, slowly but noticeably. So I guess a lot depends on the mentality.

A lot of people say I'm not fat, but theres the school people who say I am, becuase they want a girl with skinny waste, like I my stomache is huge, not that big, my arms and that's it. My face still has my baby fat, and my legs are toned and muscled my pants line? yeah thats skinny, i fit into size 9 in pants and size XL or XXl in shirts just becuase my boobs happen to be hugooo. So, i hate ,y body, its oddly porportioned.