Body shaming!!
Once we start losing weight, we start body shaming:explode: , finding faults with our body....while putting on we don't even think :huh: about it....does anybody know why this happens....
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This should end well.0
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maybe you expect too much?0
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Once we start losing weight, we start body shaming:explode: , finding faults with our body....while putting on we don't even think :huh: about it....does anybody know why this happens....
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Welcome to join!! :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
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Once we start losing weight, we start body shaming:explode: , finding faults with our body....while putting on we don't even think :huh: about it....does anybody know why this happens....
No work so starting a discussion....
Welcome to join!! :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
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No, I was pretty good at it before I was losing weight.0
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I did not mean all of us...some of us would agree...its just psychology I guess...0
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No, I was pretty good at it before I was losing weight.
Lol me too. I actually do it less, now.0 -
i think its just because when you are trying to lose weight you are focused on that task, you are more likely to spot the aspects that you feel you need to improve on.
when we put on weight its exactly as you said, we dont even think about it. although, alot of people still do think very much about it, which in alot of cases just causes them to eat more in an endless cycle of getting fatter, feeling worse, eating more, getting fatter....
it could also have something to do with the fact that we know now that we can improve on these things, for example if someone has large love handles and they start to get into the habits of proper nutrition and fitness they realize eventually it just takes commitment to get rid of said love handles, so they can be more critical of them in the short term0 -
My opinion,
When we put on we're not concerned or working on ourselves so we're simply not tracking or paying attention until it's to late.
When we start losing it's a project and hard work so we expect results and tend to criticize ourselves a lot more.0 -
For me it's because in my head I have a way I want to look and I don't think I do. It doesn't matter how many people tell me I'm thin, fit, have an awesome body I don't see it.
Then again I think I have a little bit of BDD0 -
i think its just because when you are trying to lose weight you are focused on that task, you are more likely to spot the aspects that you feel you need to improve on.
when we put on weight its exactly as you said, we dont even think about it. although, alot of people still do think very much about it, which in alot of cases just causes them to eat more in an endless cycle of getting fatter, feeling worse, eating more, getting fatter....
it could also have something to do with the fact that we know now that we can improve on these things, for example if someone has large love handles and they start to get into the habits of proper nutrition and fitness they realize eventually it just takes commitment to get rid of said love handles, so they can be more critical of them in the short term
Thanks for this! I totally agree..0 -
Once we start losing weight, we start body shaming:explode: , finding faults with our body....while putting on we don't even think :huh: about it....does anybody know why this happens....
No work so starting a discussion....
Welcome to join!! :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
It all evens out. When I am bulking, I end body shaming & begin body lip service...0 -
According to the Huffington Post, every body is a biniki body. Hopefully, this will lessen your shame.0
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Refusing to settle for mediocrity is not body shaming.0
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According to the Huffington Post, every body is a biniki body. Hopefully, this will lessen your shame.
I like this!!0 -
Idk, I'm only here for the kitten gifs.
Kittens, anyone???0 -
I was thinking about this yesterday. I started off the day feeling good about my progress and the clothes I was wearing that fit better, but then I caught a look of myself in the mirror and I guess it just didn't match up with how I was feeling and I felt pretty bad for awhile. I mean, god knows I've looked this way for years, so it's certainly no surprise, but now that I'm working on it is when I decide to get all upset about it? Stupid.0
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Quite simply, when I was 50 pounds heavier I stayed away from mirrors and wore loose tent clothing to hide my body as much as possible. When I started losing and seeing progress, it was great, but I wanted more and more progress, and I wanted it to happen faster. I was working hard on my diet and exercise and my payoff was how I looked in smaller jeans.
Tighter clothing reveals more of the excess fat that still needs to come off, so I tend to focus on what I still have left to accomplish.
Before, I didn't think it was possible to ever wear form-fitting clothes again. Now I see the possibility, but now I want perfection.
Goes with that all-or-nothing mentality I struggle with.0 -
Also Idk if anyone relates but I've been trying to lose weight for the past 21 years and it is a cycle of highly motivated, frustrated and give up maybe gain it all back plus some, and then a period of denial, repeat. I think for me I got larger and larger each time I tried to lose weight so now I am very critical since I have woken up and this is the worst shape my body has ever been in. But I also think I am more realistic than I have been in the past. I told a friend I don't care if I look good naked, I'll be satisfied if I look good with clothes on. Haha0
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Idk, I'm only here for the kitten gifs.
Kittens, anyone???
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I have struggled with an eating disorder. I have been overweight. I have been borderline obese. I have yo-yoed. From my experience, the insults are just as rough and just as frequent when you're thin as when you're fat. I've heard it all, and it isn't pleasant. I've been insulted with everything from comments about muffin tops and having 4 butt cheeks to having someone I thought was a close friend send me an email to ask me to stop losing because my arms looked gross - when I was still 20 pounds overweight, to a co-worker spreading rumor that I was doing drugs and sleeping with everyone in my office simply because a man she was interested in asked me on a date.
The truth is that at least half of people suck. They are horrible, spiteful, self-centered egomaniacs masquerading as kind just so they can have things to gossip about. And it doesn't matter what size they are. People don't magically go from being kind and overweight to being thin *kitten*. If a person is a jerk, that person's a jerk fat or thin. The trick is trying to find the half of the people out there who don't want to hurt others to make themselves feel better. Sometimes it's hard to tell the good ones from the bad ones.0 -
Once we start losing weight, we start body shaming:explode: , finding faults with our body....while putting on we don't even think :huh: about it....does anybody know why this happens....
Because when putting on a person reverts to a state of denial / blindness as the psychological pressure of having to admit they dislike the way they look and they are continuing to contribute to that willingly is hard to face.
When losing this state of denial must be lifted to address the issue and people feel shame at what they see and how they have let themselves slip.
I guess.0 -
I was thinking about this yesterday. I started off the day feeling good about my progress and the clothes I was wearing that fit better, but then I caught a look of myself in the mirror and I guess it just didn't match up with how I was feeling and I felt pretty bad for awhile. I mean, god knows I've looked this way for years, so it's certainly no surprise, but now that I'm working on it is when I decide to get all upset about it? Stupid.
This! Although I've lost 50lbs, its still not enough and I just get so sad with my progress.0 -
Idk, I'm only here for the kitten gifs.
Kittens, anyone???
That made my day. Thank you.0 -
Define body shaming...cause all kinds a weird shhiittss going on in my head.0
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I'm pretty good at this all the time...of I'm losing, gaining or maintaining. It just is what it is.0
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