Just wondering? Do you think you're pretty?
12-13-2009, 06:16 PM
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I have never considered myself pretty no matter what my weight. I think I am just average looking. I am losing the weight for the rest of my body not my face anyway.
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12-13-2009, 06:18 PM
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In grade school and middle school I felt like a freaking DOG. I really felt ugly. I think I was ugly when I look back at pictures, I am like, OMG, I looked SO BAD. But it was really just a bad combo of haircut/glasses/no confidence.
In college I felt sorta pretty but not gorgeous.
As an adult I feel very pretty, yes. With the exception of when I got up over 250 pounds I got this large ring of fat circling my face/chin, with big fat padded cheeks and I feel like it made me look pretty bad.
But yes I do think I am pretty and I wonder how I can go from being a "naturally ugly" kid to a "naturally pretty" woman. But I'll take it.
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12-13-2009, 06:25 PM
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Yes, I do think I am pretty. I think it incorporates confidence. I no longer 2nd guess myself. I know what I like. I know what I don't like. I know what I am about. I am not afraid to voice my opinion and will stand behind it unless I decide it's wrong.
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12-13-2009, 06:59 PM
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No, I have never thought of myself as pretty. Maybe because I have been overweight since childhood, my weight has always been my focus. It is hard to feel pretty when you are fat. When you have always been fat. When I look at pictures form my 20's I think I could have been pretty if I had been a normal weight.
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12-13-2009, 07:01 PM
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I'm getting there!
Join Date: Feb 2008
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Quote:
Originally Posted by saef
I'm not comfortable with the word "pretty" because it's a word for a younger woman than I am now.
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Me too. I'm 56 and a grandma now.
That said, I still turn heads and I've been described as "beautiful" "striking" or a "Botticelli Madonna" my entire life - no matter what I weighed.
Do I know that I'm beautiful?-
Yes.
Did I have anything to do with it?
No.
I think it was the role of the DNA dice.
I was an ugly little fat girl who grew into her looks when I was about 17.
I'm not afraid to tell the truth and share that it has been a gift and for the most part a life long advantage.
Extreme physical beauty can often isolate people and be a source of embarrassment at times.
For women it also can be a handicap/advantage in a male dominated work place.
Physical beauty opens many doors - but cannot keep them open for long unless there is interior beauty too.
I think we've all met very beautiful people, who didn't seem so attractive to us once we got to know them. And conversely, funny looking or average people who grew more beautiful the better we got to know them.
In my opinion, ideal physical beauty changes with every new century and within different cultures.
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12-13-2009, 07:03 PM
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I was just thinking this again today -- How prety soooo many of the people here are ---its ridiculous really! LOL
Seriously though we have some smoking hot gals on this board and I think thats kinda weird. I mean Im on all sorts of boards and know lots of people in real life but % wise of the people who post here more are beatiful than just normal looking.
I think I would have been pretty if I had lost weight when I was younger but now given all my health issues and being overweight for so long I do not think Im pretty now nore will I be at Goal but I hope Im wrong!
And my husband thinks Im beautiful and sexy and thats all that matters.
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12-13-2009, 07:25 PM
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When i was in my 20's i felt pretty even tho i weighed around 200 lbs. i never lacked for a date, and my lil sister who had a gorgeous bod used to get jealous sometimes when we would go out and i would be the on being hit on. i used to get proposed to all the time .. 14 times in fact in my 20's and early 30's...
now however i am 45.. i am 300 lbs and am in the middle of getting my teeth pulled out and getting dentures so i am missing my two front teeth.. do i feel pretty now? heck no.. my face has aged so much the last couple years partly due to 'aging' and partly due to the extreme stress i have been under. i also can see how much of my weight i actually carry in my face now that im 300 lbs and it looks so bad to me..
im not an ugly woman, but no beauty. im hoping when i lose some weight my face will thin back out and once i get my teeth finished i will be an attractive woman at least.. but either way i am a 'good ' woman and that is much more important to me than looks 
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12-13-2009, 07:29 PM
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I...don't know. I have days, moments, pictures, etc. where I realize that I'm pretty. But I've been hard on myself for years so getting past those issues are difficult.
At the same time, I don't worry much about it. Beauty fades but character doesn't. I think Shakespeare has a sonnet about this whole idea, how beauty will fade, but the legacy you leave behind is more important than having a nice view in the mirror
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12-13-2009, 07:29 PM
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I don't think i've ever FELT pretty but i've been told I am. I guess I would say im attractive, I've never said "I feel pretty today"! for some reason id rather FEEl pretty instead of just looking it.
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12-13-2009, 07:39 PM
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A New Woman
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I think I'm beautiful. It could just be because I've heard other people say it too much, I don't know if they actually meant it, though. I feel different about myself from day to day, but the general conclusion is that I'm attractive, but that thought is always followed by, "... and I could have any guy I wanted if I weren't so gigantic."
Hopefully I'll be totally comfortable with myself someday. All i know is that I do have a pretty face and I'm a really good person.
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12-13-2009, 08:25 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LookingForMeAgain
I was just thinking this again today -- How prety soooo many of the people here are ---its ridiculous really! LOL
Seriously though we have some smoking hot gals on this board and I think thats kinda weird. I mean Im on all sorts of boards and know lots of people in real life but % wise of the people who post here more are beatiful than just normal looking.
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I think pretty persons are more likely to post their picture anywhere, perhaps even more so on a weight loss forum.
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12-13-2009, 08:48 PM
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Finally doing this!!
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It's getting better.Before it was like; Im not attractive at all. Now it's more like...I personally find myself pretty, but I don't think anyone else does. It's something I'm working on...and something I know weight loss wont fix. It's all about baby steps..story of my life, haha.
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12-13-2009, 08:51 PM
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Age 52
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Location: NC now/MI for first 42 years
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Originally Posted by saef
I am attractive. I prefer that word because it also refers to my effect on people, so that there's a transaction involved. I am no longer invisible, as I was when I was heavy. People are attracted to me. Often in a nonsexual way -- they are more attentive to me in meetings, they're nicer & more respectful, in public, and on occasion they admire me -- I mean for aesthetic reasons, because of the way I'm dressed & groomed, not because they're desiring me. I could not say that when I was obese. When I lost weight, I gained back some kind of power when I regained visibility, and that was the power of attraction, of having a certain presence. I am just sorry that our culture hasn't changed much & that so much of women's power depends on their physical presence.
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This describes me as well. If I'm truly objective about it, my face is getting less "pretty" as the weight comes off. I'm 50 and frankly the fat was kind to my face.
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12-13-2009, 09:30 PM
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Former Quitter
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Do I think I'm pretty? At times I do. Like when I'm donating time to a favorite charity, pampering my husband and children, helping a friend in need, taking care of my spritiual, physical and mental health....these are the times when I smile a lot and have a peaceful air about me. This may sound trite to some, but I think a joyful smile makes everyone pretty.
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12-13-2009, 09:30 PM
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I think it's important to find a great quality about yourself. Right now, I don't feel pretty..not with this much weight...but I do try to focus on the positive and there are always a few things about yourself that is attractive. Maybe its your eyes or your nose? It could be that you have nice hair or skin. You may look in the mirror and find yourself not attractive but I bet you would find something attractive about yourself if you looked at each individual thing that makes you YOU!
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