Re: Body check

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I can SO relate to this.

For me, my impression of myself can change by the hour! It probably happens on

more days than it doesn't, but I was really aware of it earlier this week, when

it actually changed within a matter of minutes. I was getting dressed for work

and I was curling my hair. Usually I do this while I'm still in my underwear.

So I'm standing in front of the mirror curling my hair and from the front, I

actually think I have a fairly decent shape. So I'm there in my undies looking

at my body and I think hey, you look pretty good! From the side, however, it's

a different story. I'm fairly well endowed in the lower half and maybe it's

attractive on or Kim Kardashian, but I've never been particularly

fond of it. So I turn to the side for something and catch a glimpse of my

derriere and suddenly I've gone from Hey, you look pretty good! to Ugh! You

look horrible! And it haunts me for the rest of the day.

Sometimes my bad body image comes from me beating myself up over something

totally unrelated to eating or my actual body. Sometimes, it's all about the

image. That would be a *very* nice thing to get beyond.

Josie

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> My experience, I don't know about others here, is that I have times when I

feel unattractive and I have times when I feel attractive, and I do think that

this is kind of separate from reality. I think I could look exactly the same on

two different days and feel totally ugly on one and feel pretty on the other,

and I think that has been true no matter what weight I've been at. So judging

myself and berating myself over my looks probably has limited utility. It's

probably more useful to gently question why I am thinking this way than to get

caught up in the action.

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> I don't know if that helps, but I felt like it was relevant.

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