I Hate My Body..do you like yours?

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I actually have good body image. I used to be overweight but now i've slimmed down a lot (although according to my BMI i'm still overweight, which i find hilarious. the BMI doesn't take into account muscular builds). Now all my friends and many of my family members tell me i'm thin but i still see myself as having more fat than i'd like, so it's convenient that i'm in the process of losing weight for my sport (cutting down to 160lbs for lightweight rowing, i was 178, am now 170).

I used to have poor body image, which was reasonable because i used to be overweight.

I hate my body.
I feel as if I am grossly deformed.

I spent half the day looking at my butt in the mirror, with a leg extended backwards, and suddenly my buttock looked all floppy and disgusting and I feel sure it only happens to me and that it is because I am obese.

I dont care what the scales say or that my bones stick out, an ass shouldn't be like that, I am sure.

And if I clench it, it looks even worse with wrinkles and I just wanna stab it and have all the fat taken out.

I work so hard with my exercise and not eating anything fatty, and when I stand up straight, my butt looks ok, so why does it all seem to go all saggy and fleshy when I extend my leg backwards??

I feel like an aging, flabby freak.

Graelwyn, read a book by Naomi Wolf called The Beauty Myth. She discusses how the fashion
and makeup industry manipulate women into buying their stuff. A lot of what she says may pertain to your poor body image. I don't know if having the info will help you , but it won't hurt to check it out.

I think I'm attractive, but it's probably just the beer goggles.

Yeah, I'm pretty happy. I gained a couple pounds, but I'm 6'3" and quite muscular. No one f**ks with me.

Last edited by jawbrodt on 20 Mar 2008, 3:07 am, edited 1 time in total.

I feel pretty oh so pretty oh so pretty witty and wise. God I'm hot and don't you deny it.
Don't you wish your girlfriend was hot like me.

Hmm.

For the most part, I'm happy about how I look clothed. But I can't stand to look at my chest in the mirror. I often curse my genes; I've got some incredibly stubborn abdominal fat. I work out regularly, but it doesn't get any smaller.

Yes I hate it , to the point I was Anorexic.

Now I have stretch marks on my knees (yes in my knees!!) and on my butt, also I have hallux valgus in my feet ... I have a lot of fear of being with someone intimately because of these (and because I´m an Aspie of course)

Are you my husband? Sounds like him. I love him all.
Catch those tags early an you can pull them off. Takes a little nerve.

Seriously, I'm ok, I guess. Even 5"8' at 125 lbs, I had a disproportionatly large butt. I never remember not having cellulite. I'm 150+ now. Boobs aren't what they used to be. Two kids later. Stomach. Streach marks. I tell myself I'm better than avg for my age (truth or not doesn't matter).

I try not to look too much. Best with clothes. No full length missors. I'll make a muscel or suck in my belly when I do look. I know it sounds like a guy, but they seem to have better self images...so it's a stolen idea. At 36, my skin texture is bothering me...I'm starting sun screen a little late.