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herstrawberri
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Today is a bad self image day for me. I'm not even sure why. I looked in the mirror this morning, and hated what I was looking at. No matter how much weight I lose, i think i will always struggle with this. I'm working very hard to overcome my mental issues...and I can say I love myself more then I used too.......but today, I feel really fat and ugly.
I guess I wanted to write about it, to get it OUT of me. i think it's because i was watching the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders training camp show and all these girls were so skinny and pretty. I know that I can't compare myself to them...but I'm a women and that's what we do. that's what I DO.
Do you guys do this? What tricks do you use to stop? I'm trying to hard to overcome my 'negitivity' when it comes to my self image. It's just hard sometimes.
I guess I wanted to write about it, to get it OUT of me. i think it's because i was watching the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders training camp show and all these girls were so skinny and pretty. I know that I can't compare myself to them...but I'm a women and that's what we do. that's what I DO.
Do you guys do this? What tricks do you use to stop? I'm trying to hard to overcome my 'negitivity' when it comes to my self image. It's just hard sometimes.
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I hear you! I find wearing clothes that fit well make me feel skinny, which then helps me feel happier about myself. I also remind myself that I'm amazing, ignoring what my weight is! I remind myself of all of my accomplishments and things I'm so happy about in my life. I try to remember that life isn't just about losing weight, but I'm so much more than that (which is hard when it's consuming a ton of my time and energy).
Dawn - you're amazing. You know that! You just are having a day where you're letting others accomplishments at weighing 100 pounds and doing cartwheels, make you forget how the scale does not measure success, and that you are amazing!0 -
You have lost a fantastic amount of weight and I completely get how you are feeling. We all have days like that. And I agree, putting on clothes that fit well and make you feel great is the best way around this. I have the same problem a lot. It seems to take a long time for our mental self to catch up with new physical self. I said to a colleague a few weeks ago that I wouldn't be doing the adventure activities when we took the girls at school away on a trip because of my size. She scoffed at me and proceeded to tell me I really needed to work on my self - image. Sigh, I wish it was that easy.
Create side by photos of yourself to show just how far you have come.0 -
I definitely do this all the time. I am worse about comparing myself to real women that I actually know. Because they always seem to eat twice as much as I do, never count a calorie, never exercise, and be half the size of me (or less).
With models and actresses remember these things:
- They are PAID to stay thin and beautiful. They do not have real day jobs like you and I do.
- Models actually chomp on ice cubes or crushed ice regularly, to get the sensation of eating and chewing without the calories. Many of them starve themselves.
- Rich people have the luxury of daily personal trainer sessions (even personal chefs, if they are rich enough).
- Genetics, unfortunately, also play a major role. Some of us just carry genes that we have to overcome, rather than genes that help us.
I am like you, and I think that I will always have to check my self-talk and self-image constantly. When I was a freshman in college, I lost 30 lbs and I was the thinnest I had ever been. I remember back then thinking that I was still such a cow! Looking at pictures from those days, I just get so disappointed that I was so hard on myself at the time. Because NOW, I think that I looked amazing and would kill to be that size again right now!! I just hope that when I get back there again, I will love the woman that I have become and appreciate how far I've come instead of focusing on how far I have to go. The same goes for right now. I have lost 60 lbs which is A LOT of weight. And most people are just amazed to hear that. Yet, instead of celebrating the victories, I almost always focus on the negative and think about the 180 lbs. that I still have to lose....0
