I'd love to hear your thoughts on this, ladies:
Weight loss myths (two pages; click on more at the bottom of the first page)
I've been doing some reading on this and it makes a lot of sense to me, but I'm still working through it. I think I've been living far too long with the
"If I don't look like a certain way (the way society wants me to look), people will judge/not like me or think I am lazy/self-indulgent/ugly/fat/worthless/unattractive"
and
"This food is bad/This food is good/Thin = good/Fat = bad"
mentalities.
I don't want to think or feel like this any more. There is a lot more to me than my weight. I am more than my shape.
More interesting reading HERE.
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Funny thing is that I know all these facts, I agree with all these fact, I tell myself all the time that I might as well be satisfied with myself just the way am because I seem powerless to change it without making drastic changes in my life style which I don't really care to do.
I eat healthy but not overboard with it, meaning it doesn't bother me to have dessert or a hamburger every once in awhile but.....still...
I look at myself and hate the way I look.
I just can't seem to reconcile all the facts that I know with my own feelings and emotions.
Any suggestions as to how to do that??
I'm still working on it, but I am thinking about buying The Diet Survivor's Handbook and practicing some of the things on that last website, like doing mirror work to tell myself what is good about my body rather than focusing on the bad. I am also making a conscious effort to avoid celebrity websites and movies that could trigger a "I must be thin!" reaction and just try to be kinder to myself. I'll let you know about the book if I get it...
What can we do to help you, A?
Kristen - if we could figure this one out, bottle it and sell it, we could make a million bucks and help 90% of the women in the world who have body issues.
I don't know... maybe it is too late for me/us but we can sure start making attitude changes to help the next generation of women.
We need to not only do these things for ourselves (all the suggestions you made)but we need to tell our daughters how beautiful they are and help them to believe it.
Absolutely. When I see statistics like 80% of 6-7 year olds worry about being too fat and a majority of fourth grade girls are on diets...it makes me very motivated to 1) become an activist for this sort of thing, 2) help my own daughters (AND sons!), and 3) love myself so I can set a good example and not fall prey to an evil industry/Hollywood/etc.
I only read the first article, but I will go back and read the second one. Like A, I feel like I know all of these things and can easily see it in other women, but when it comes to me, I think that I'll never look good enough unless I'm thinner.
When I exercise I tell myself how much stronger I am getting and how much more fit I am becoming. I try not to focus on how many calories I am burning.
Eating is the issue for me. I really need to eat only when I am hungry. This past few weeks, my addiction to food has been pushed out into the open. When I refused to eat because of stress I started craving cigaretts and alcohol! Isn't that crazy! I have never smoked in my life and I don't drink, but that need to fill the empty spot not eating created was really strong.
After reading the second article, I want to wrap my arms around me and hug myself. The article made me realize how hard I am on myself all the time! At a friends party I had a piece of cake and didn't really even enjoy it because the entire time I was telling myself "only one piece that's all you get and it better be a small piece." Why do I do that to myself? Why do I think I have to be a certain size to be beautiful? Why am I not pround that I can lift so much and go farther on the elliptical than I could a few weeks ago? Why don't I love my curves? I want to!
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