What do Others Really See?

[rachael]

bought some boots the other day. I had them zipped up over my jeans. The girl who worked there said how much she loved them, but she couldn't get them zipped. She totally looked to me like she was itsy bitsy. I know it's possible that she just had really muscular calves, but it just seemed nuts to me that any part of her was bigger than any part of me.

I play a game when I am around other people (in my head) where I rank people from skinniest to fattest to see where I fall. It's totally demented. Also, I realize that people I had always thought were just fine and wondered why they were losing weight are actually bigger than me now. That part is actually helpful, because when people say to me that they don't know how I can lose another 30 pounds, I realize that it has more to do with distorted images of others than anything else.

[Number8]

Originally Posted by rachael

I play a game when I am around other people (in my head) where I rank people from skinniest to fattest to see where I fall.

I saw a TV show where they had women do this and they were always totally off about where they stood in the line up. I think it was called 'how to look good naked" or something along those lines, it was about promoting women of all sizes taking care of themselves and feeling good about what they had to work with.
The episodes I saw women always put themselves in line 20+ Lbs over where they actually were!.

[StephanieM]

I love that show! It really shows how we see ourselves.

They even have them do things like recreate how they think they look with a virtual model or what size thighs they have and they always overshoot it.