Distorted Body Image

Thanks for sharing this honest concern.
First, you are right about the BMI being a little too high. My BMI is 25 and I feel a little too fat as well. We live in a very fat society where obesity is common place.
If you BMI was 15 or less and you were saying you felt too big in your body, then I would feel concerned.
I find regular exercise that is 30 minutes or longer to be very helpful to feeling better inside.
If you had childhood sexual abuse, this commonly leads to weird body attitudes. If this is the case, find a safe place to talk this out.
Good luck on your journey and don't give up.

I know how you feel. Have you tried going to www.mybodygallery.com (think thats the addy) you can see other people at your exact height and weight. It make make you feel a lot better. But I do agree with the poster before me, if this is a problem that persists and really effects your day to day life, you should talk to a doctor or counselor about fixing your body image.

Hope you feel better soon!

That's awesome site, thank you for sharing! I already found a picture that I'm gonna relate to, hope this will help , thank you :flowerforyou:

You are more than welcome! I know that like almost all women don't see ourselves the way we actually look, so sometimes when we see other people like us, its easier to put into perspective. I wish you the very very best on your weight loss journey, feel free to add me if you want and we can support each other.

I think that, in order to fix your body image issues, you have to look at your view of others. The one thing on this post that jumped out at me was"normal girls." What is normal? Do you mean normal as in average, or normal as in skinny, or normal as in what you wish your normal was? I am not criticizing because I have the same problems, but your wording really made me think about it. My issue is not the way I see other people, but the way I see myself. I find myself talking about needing to lose weight, and the person I am talking to says: "what about me, I'm bigger/the same size as you do I look so bad?" And I usually haven't even thought of it. I am mainly aggressive towards my own image. I have lost 20 pounds and, granted my BMI is still higher than it "should be" but I don't see any of that loss. To my overly critical eyes I look the same as I did 20 pounds heavier, though my clothes are baggier, and a few people have noticed. Why can't I see it? Will I ever be thin enough to satisfy myself? Will I always appear "fat" in my own eyes?

I think this is something that we all need to be conscious of...I mean, I am so critical of myself that I don't believe my boyfriend when he tells me I'm pretty...I just can't imagine anyone seeing something nice about me....

Thanks for posting this

you gotta remember that you are beautiful as you no matter what. you just are working to make everyone else see the same beauty that you know is there. i used to be way bigger than i am now, and when i look in the mirror, i still see myself as the huge girl i was. we all have up and down days. instead of letting it get you down, use it as motivation. get determined. you're amazing as you, so don't worry about the rest of the world. k?

I can so understand this. Even when I was 150 pounds I thought I was so obese. Now I am 298.6 and feel like there is no future. In the past when someone would compliment on weight loss it would into trauma and I would gain more weight. I believe I did this in order to protect myself and to push others away.

I hear ya. Sometimes it takes a really long time for your brain to catch up with your body size. I was overweight when I was in high school, then way underweight in college, and now I'm smack dab in the middle of healthy and STILL feel overweight...body image is a *****.
That website is AMAZING and gives me so much insight. I especially like how it gives all the different clothing sizes women are regardless of their weight, it's a good reminder.
Good luck, you can do this! Just know that you are beautiful no matter what size you are!