Body Issues?

Moochi.:

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?

Scarzone got rid of mine after I had my son.

I've been back and forth between hating myself and loving myself. I used to have EDNOS. I just feel like a fat cow all the time :/

I'm thin, I know I'm thin. I can see it myself and everybody tells me I'm a stick but I still have my "fat" days, and even though, I'm underweight, I admit I wouldn't hesitate to lose some more weight because I admire very thin bodies. I do love my body, though. :D

I dont like parts of my body. All my friends think im really skinny, but I have a bump- its the cushion over my otherwise toned abs... My Boyfriend says its my baby bump, apparently we are having twins... It was funny at first and now..........not so much

Apparently my eyes are really epic tho, or thats what he says. Get-Lost-In-THem brown color.... idk tho

There are days when I really, really hate looking at myself in the mirror because of how overweight I believe I am. But then, other days, I can look, and think I'm just normal, skinny, average teenage girl size. But most days its the first one, and it gets me depressed the whole day long.

I've actually thought about trying the whole sticking-finger-down-throat thing after every meal, or just plain "becoming" anorexic. Which I know sounds weird, but its a thought I've had more than once, like starving myself because I'm just so disgusted by my body.

The bad thing is that I know, compared to a lot of other girls, I'm not fat at all. I'm 15 and I weigh 125 lbs, which isn't really skinny, but it's not fat either. So I know I'm not as bad as I could be, but it still makes me want to vomit when I see that extra stuff around my hips.

I've been struggling with my body image for years. I've never been skinny, always curvy with big shoulders, but i liked it. Now, i hate my body. Mainly because i gained 6 stone in a matter of months and it caused huge hideous stretch marks on my stomach. After discovering my love of swimming and healthy food, the weight dropped and i'm down to a respectable size 12/14. But i still have the stretchmarks and big belly. I've tried everything but they won't go :(

I'm on and off. I've never hated my body, but I've never been happy enough to flaunt it around at any chance I get. I'm a size 12/14, but what makes me worry is that a lot of people put weight on as they get older. I'm trying to slim down to a just above average size. I don't want to be skinny. I still want a small waist and love handles and a crease in my belly.

I have hated my body since I was about 8 and it got bad when I was 12. I have stretch marks from when I was 7 to now. Now I'm a size 7/9 but all I want is to be a 5. I'm underweight as it is but being my healthy weight scares me. People always say I'm either to skinny or to fat. The voices in my head tell me I'm fat. I think I may be anorexic on accident.

I have no opinion anymore.

Recently I've decided to walk/jog 2.5 miles 5 times a week (Mon. - Fri.) and started eating healthy because I've been so unsatisfied with my body.

I really hope it works and I get down to were I feel good about myself.

Today I wore short shorts in public for the first time in years.

Well, I honestly don't like my body. There are things about myself I do like, but some days, I feel so bad about myself because of all those little insecurities I have.

I've never really been happy with my body. Regardless of how many people tell me how beautiful I am or how often my boyfriend tells me I am the most beautiful woman in the world to him, I still am self-conscious about my body. I still feel slightly anxious every time he sees me naked and I still cannot stop making myself purge. Honestly, I still see that little fat girl every time I glance in the mirror. I love women with curves that actually have a woman's body, but I am still struggling to become comfortable in my own skin. It's my personality that I love about myself.

All of these comments about people despising themselves is almost enough to make me cry.

I could never hate my body. I accept that it's not amazing, but why should it be? I'm not a model, and I sure don't want guys to like me for my body; I prefer the kind who are actually interested in who I am thanks.

Guys, I guess I know how it feels to look in the mirror and hate what you see, but what you're seeing is you. It's unique, and it's amazing, and no-one else can take that from you. No-one should ever compare themselves to anyone else - that's the whole point. We were all meant to be different, we weren't meant to try and look like anyone else.

Thin people aren't always beautiful anyway. Being beautiful is about being yourself and accepting who you are.

I'm finding it so hard to lose weight right now and I have no idea why. At the start of this year I went on a diet and managed to lose 2 and a half stone but I had started getting a bit more lazy with exercise and nights out/days spent eating complete rubbish started to take toll and now I'm six pounds heavier than I was. I know it may not seem much to 'worry' about as such, but I can see a big difference. The last week or so I've been exercising like mad and dramatically reduced my eating to around what I was before and so far no payout has even come off of it. :/ I have scales where it does the pounds and stones and even then there's no decrease. I think the worst bit is the exercise though because I always assumed that you know, if I did loads and then didn't for a while, it wouldn't matter. Cor, my stomach! I'm not going to lie because it's never really been 'toned' but now it is just like jelly.

It's getting so frustrating but I guess it's just a thing of having to keep going. It's sucky though because there was still a little bit more weight that I wanted to lose and now I'm more like 10 pounds away from my ultimate goal rather than only four. D:

I've had some body images issues in the past, but not at the moment... but that's because I've lost about 15 pounds in the last 6 months and am incredibly thin. If I were to gain it back, though, I'm sure the issues would come back.

Grrr... This Topic aggravates the hell out of me!!! We are all made different, people! It's simple. Even celebrities have different bodies, yeah maybe thin, but even they are different! Some tall, some short, some with long necks, some with hips, some with smaller boobs, some with ugly feet. They literally have to force themselves all day everyday to follow a regimen because they get paid to look good!!! It's the reason why they choose that life style. So long as we are all non-movie stars and not getting paid to look pretty we shouldn't have to force our bodies into a shape that may look picture perfect. I'm not advocating being overweight either, though. Being too heavy and careless about our weight will lead to stress just as easily! We have to find the right balance in our lives and truth be told, exercise is the best thing for us, no matter what shape we are!!!!!!!! Please, just accept who you are and never hold back from what you want to do with yourself. <3

I lost three pounds and then gained two back. I was on cloud nine for a few days, then unbelievably pissed off at myself for a long time after. Still am, I guess.

I go back and forth. Sometimes I love my body, sometimes I hate. Whenever my friends call me skinny or pretty I want to shake my head and tell them no, because I believe that they're skinner and prettier than I am. When I lost weight in Scotland, I was ecstatic. But I'm pretty sure I'm managed to gain it back... and I hate myself - and my parents - for it.

I love my body, I don't have a problem with it. I'm very thin, around a size 0 (I'm actually size 6 UK/AUS sizing but I think the sizing in different in the US because whenever I order clothes online from US shops, I have to get a size 0 because a size 2 is too big for me and it's more like a size 8 UK/US), which I love, so I look good in skinny jeans, dresses, short skirts and shorts, and I have great legs if I say so myself. I'm one of those really really lucky people who eat a crapload of junk food and do no exercise whatsoever, so therefore I just love my body even more for being really thin and my metabolism. x]

I'm careful with what I eat more often now though, I'm scared my metabolism would blow up on me. I know I have nothing to worry about, but my greatest fear is being overweight. :/ I don't know if this would make me have an eating disorder, but I like seeing the 'underweight' mark on charts and stuff...

The only thing I don't like is my height, but at least I'm not short. I'm just average.