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dsmoke · 11-08-2006, 01:15 AM

I've been asking myself WHY I want to change my body. Why do I want to lose weight? I mean, everyone tells me that I look fine and I believe that they're sincere. So what's with this "OMG must be skinny!" feeling?

I asked myself and when I am really honest with myself, the answer seems to be, "I want to look in the mirror and see someone beautiful." And because my society tells me that only very thin women are beautiful, I have been focusing on losing weight. But really, the weight loss part is extraneous. What I really want is to be happy with how I look.

So I'm going to try focusing on that and see what happens. I'm going to be happy with how I look, and maybe weight loss is a part of that, and maybe it isn't. We'll see!

11-08-2006, 01:15 AM	#12 (permalink)
dsmoke Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Colorado Posts: 34	I've been asking myself WHY I want to change my body. Why do I want to lose weight? I mean, everyone tells me that I look fine and I believe that they're sincere. So what's with this "OMG must be skinny!" feeling? I asked myself and when I am really honest with myself, the answer seems to be, "I want to look in the mirror and see someone beautiful." And because my society tells me that only very thin women are beautiful, I have been focusing on losing weight. But really, the weight loss part is extraneous. What I really want is to be happy with how I look. So I'm going to try focusing on that and see what happens. I'm going to be happy with how I look, and maybe weight loss is a part of that, and maybe it isn't. We'll see!