I hate my body
andreabrookelafferty1209
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I hate my body
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Me too because it attacks itself needlessly and malfunctions0
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Aww. Don't hate your bodies.1
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andreabrookelafferty1209 wrote: »I hate my body
That won't help you improve it6 -
Its the only one you have, do not get a trade in.6
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Hating your body isn't good for you
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Your body, even if it isn't perfect, keeps you going and sustains you. It makes everything else possible.
Furthermore, you can improve your body. I recommend reading some posts in the "Success Stories" area here, to see how much can be achieved. It's pretty amazing!
The better you treat your body, the better it will treat you.
(In case you think I'm being unrealistically positive: Among other things, a few years back, some cells in my body went rogue, gave me advanced (stage III) cancer, tried to kill me, and made it necessary to have several pounds of my body permanently removed. Perhaps it's partly that I nearly died from that, that makes me happy to still have a body - so many good things have happened to me since that difficult time, and I would've hated to have missed out on them. Nowadays, because I've worked on it, my body is much healthier.
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Do something about it
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Do your hating somewhere else.
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I get it. I hated it / myself for a long time, too.
One day I realized that I was just doing life the best that I knew how, and that throughout it all my body was there keeping me going. (My body was a symptom, perhaps like an addiction is for an addict.) This may sound strange, but I started feeling a little sorry for my body -- assuming that it wanted to be healthy and vibrant but couldn't. But I was not blaming myself or feeling guilty. Really, I was doing the best I could. I started feeling grateful and appreciative for my body, taking care of me under some difficult circumstances. That "flipped" a switch for me -- love replaced hate. I am a lot more gentler with myself now. I do the best I can. And, then my body started changing. Miracles happen in a space of love.4 -
You should love your body, that needs to inspire you to better it and take care of it!1
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I hate my body too, OP.0
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why do you hate your body
is there parts that you do like0 -
Ok, thanks for sharing. 0
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Thanks for sharing, for real. This kind of stuff needs to be worked through and solved to be happy. We all would not be here if we thought our bodies were perfect. I prefer "needs improvement" to hate. Lots of good advice above. Best wishes to you.1
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If you hate your body as it is now, then you're the only one who can change it.
If you are overweight or obese, you are the one who put yourself here, now it is time to undo all the damage you've done. It is NEVER too late, the sooner you start, the sooner you will start seeing improvements. Your future is 100% in your hands, you can waste your time wallowing in regret and self pity and never getting anywhere, or you can pull yourself up from your bootstraps and make today day 1 of the rest of your fabulous life 2 -
You only have the one, so work with what you've got. Is there something specific you don't like? Change takes hard work. Are you willing to do it?0
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Identify three things you like about your body. Appreciate them every day. Could be anything- eyes, that cute freckle, hair color, your pinky toe. Do it, it's fun!2
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I'm going to tell you the same thing my husband used to tell me: "you're the only one that can do anything about it." Harsh, but true.2
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Your words are powerful- positive or negative. Both the words you say to others and the words you say to yourself.
My favorite CBT exercise- write down your self talk and ask yourself if you would say it to a close friend that you love. If your answer is- no way, that's so harsh and mean- then why is it ok to say that to yourself? I love my body, it's not perfect, I'm not perfect. I love improving myself.3 -
I hated my body when i was overweight too, who doesn't, right? But i did something about it, and now i am no longer overweight.
I'm assuming it's your weight you hate??? As you didn't provide any info in your post, all we can do is play guessing games which is no help to anyone...1 -
But do you like yourself?
How to deal with your first statement depends on how you answer that question.2 -
I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
you posted in maintenance. Did you hit your goal weight and you find still need to work on self acceptance? It's pretty common, and you need to work on it. As we all do. There is a lot of looking for improvement areas and looking with critical eye during weight loss. Once you hit the goal, there must be some element of ... letting this critical eye go and learning to live more. Love your life more. Fill your life with things you love, do something for others, stop looking to find things that are wrong.
@Orphia nailed it with her question1 -
Strong first post.1
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Unfortunately, society teaches us that we are never good enough. We all come in different shapes and sizes, that is what makes this world a wonderful place! Learn to accept yourself as you are now. Focus on your improving health, and your successes.1
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Society--specifically Western modernized society--teaches us to hate our bodies.
We hate them because they don't measure up to an ideal that is Photoshopped, airbrushed, or even animated. Or often subjected to surgery, heavy cosmetics, and camera tricks. Very often it is very specific, (age 21, white, blond, blue eyed, D cup).
It's the idea that we are only good enough if we measure up to something that actually doesn't exist.
And if we don't measure up to that, we're supposed to subject our bodies to modification as if they were machines that just need upgrading.1 -
trigden1991 wrote: »Strong first post.
Empathetic 3,241st one.2 -
I hate it and how I've treated it. I'm 47 years old. At 34 I had to have open heart to fix a hole I had in my heart. I was so upset after that surgery and became addicted to narcotics. I allowed myself to gain upwards of 30 pounds and began having lots of knee problems. During the past 14 months I've had to have both of my knees replaced. Now that I'm a grandmother , I want to be able to be there for my kids and those babies. I've started eating better and exercising more. I still don't like my body but I'm hoping that in time we can enjoy each other again. Good luck to you.1
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I hated my body. Then I gained a lot of weight and really hated it. Now, I've lost all that weight and discovered that, damn, that old body wasn't so bad after all. I wasn't out of proportion, my boobs weren't too small (I'm sure there would be some dissent over that opinion), my thighs weren't too big, my butt wasn't too big either. It's all perspective. Don't hate your body, do what you can to make yourself feel better whether it's losing some weight, getting in shape or just taking a good hard look at yourself and realizing it's not so bad.1
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I also hate my body: it's why I'm busting my butt working out and eating healthy as opposed to gorging myself on Pad Thai and Pizza.
It's OK to hate your body to an extent, as long as you use that positively to work on yourself.1 -
I hated my obese body. I even hated my body when I achieved goal weight. But now 1.5 years into maintenance my body has stabilized. The wiggly flabby parts are getting firm and I now love my body!0
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