It’s sad to read these entries about people who hate their bodies or their selves. I see a picture of a pretty young girl, and she thinks she’s ugly or fat. I am working on this myself. I used to be a size six…now I’m a fourteen. But that’s okay. I’m never going to be that size six again, and maybe I don’t want to be. I don’t want to eat that little or exercise that much to maintain it! I’d like to be a size ten, but even then, I won’t be perfect. And THAT’S OKAY, too. I think this body hatred is really about being perfect. The models aren’t perfect, they’re airbrushed. Maybe the goal should be to get healthier. And be thankful for all our bodies do for us… despite neglect, poor quality fuel, and the fact that we hate them, our bodies keep us moving, keep us warm, enable us to walk, talk, etc. It’s kinda mean to hate them! So, give your body a break! Cut it some slack! And don’t forget, if you have plastic surgery, you have scars, so you’re still not perfect. AND the scars feel weird or numb. So think twice (or more) before going under the knife!
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You said, “I used to be a size six…now I’m a fourteen. But that’s okay. I’m never going to be that size six again, and maybe I don’t want to be. I don’t want to eat that little or exercise that much to maintain it! I’d like to be a size ten, but even then, I won’t be perfect.”
This sounds somewhat like myself. I was about a 6 or so at one point, but I gained weight and ended up, eventually, at about a size 12 or 14. I can’t recall which. Anyway, I went down to a size 5/6 and sometimes a 7/8, because I was really sick. I’m now at about a size 9/10. Honestly, when I was at a 5/6, some parts of me were too thin, such as my face. Anyway, it isn’t so much my size that I have a problem with now as it is other things. I’m still not satisfied, and I wasn’t at size 5, either. Anyway, I just wanted to say that size 14 looks good on some people, but if you want to be a size 10 like you mentioned, I know you can be, and there’s nothing wrong with not being a size 6! I don’t want to starve myself for it, either. I LOVE food and this may be the only life we have, so we might as well enjoy it! Besides, starving yourself destroys your skin and hair.
“I think this body hatred is really about being perfect.”<- AMEN. I hate myself, but I’ll never like myself because I can’t be perfect. I want to be perfect.
“Maybe the goal should be to get healthier. And be thankful for all our bodies do for us… despite neglect, poor quality fuel, and the fact that we hate them, our bodies keep us moving, keep us warm, enable us to walk, talk, etc. It’s kinda mean to hate them!” <- This is a good point! Our bodies really do do so much for us. It is mean to hate them. Yet, in some ways, I do hate mine.
“And don’t forget, if you have plastic surgery, you have scars, so you’re still not perfect. AND the scars feel weird or numb. So think twice (or more) before going under the knife!”<- I have to say, I have HEAVILY considered it, but for the longest time the scars were such a threat, they scared me away. I still consider it, but the issue of scars isn’t something I have not thought about and I realized, just as you said, plastic surgery does NOT equal perfection. If I get it, I will hate my scars.
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