Can you really ever shake that image you see in the mirror? The one where you see yourself as fat, gross, blah, just plain unattractive. I know many, heck probably most, women see themselves this way from time to time. Even though I have lost 25 pounds, I still see myself 25 pounds heavier in the mirror 80% of the time. Still unhappy with my body most of the time. It frustrates me, angers me. Why can't I just be happy with how I look. Why do I only see the negatives? Why is it my love handles jump out at me or that spare tire I am trying so hard to get rid of after having a child seems to be inflating rather than deflating? As women, can we ever truly be satisfied with how we look? Everytime I see a celebrity who has just given birth walking around in a bikini 3 weeks later looking completely thin and toned, it makes me sick! THIS IS WHY WOMEN ARE SO UNHAPPY WITH BODY IMAGE!
I am trying to make a point of being happier with myself. Looking for the things that make me feel beautiful and unique. Trying to see the TRUE me, not the one my mind is projecting from the mirror.
Anyone else feel this way? What do you do to make yourself stop feeling this way?
2 comments:
Yes, no matter how much weight I lose (even when people were telling me I was too thin and looked sick) I still saw fat when I looked in the mirror. My best friend used to tell me that I looked at myself with enlarged pupils. I definitely think we are programmed to view ourselves this way because of the media.
Not sure if this is true for you or not, but when I look at myself in the mirror I feel like I look fat, but when I see pictures of myself I am able to be much more objective about what I actually look like. I'm not sure why, but sometimes instead of looking in the mirror I will take a picture and look at it. Maybe I'm crazy? :)
~Amy
Amy, I completely agree with you. It is so annoying to have to feel this way. Media really has messed us women up!!
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