Ok, I hope this works. I posted it awhile ago, but when I went to find it, it had disapeared. Not sure why...
anyway, as many of you may have read, the newsweek article pointed out that people who feel good about themselves/thier bodies are more healthful and take better care of themselves, while those who are disatisfied are more inclined to be sedentary and eat worse...
I'm a prime example of that. I am 5'7", I weigh a bout 160. I wear a size 8/10 in most clothes . I want to weigh 145 ( I went from 220 to 145 in 2002 )... I am doing weight watchers, because it has given me success in the past..
How do you love your body when it's a work in progress? My 'why bother' mentallity is keeping me from succeeding. I'm not binging like I used to, but instead of chalking it up to a lesson learned, any 'mistakes' I make with my plan plunge me into a downward spiral.
How do you take pride and love yourself at your current size?
I know I'm not that big, but I really feel like it. When someone compliments me, it elevates me, I do more healthful things.... but I can't go 'round asking people if they find me attractive. That's the equivalent of " do i look fat in this?' No one is going to give me an honest answer, and even if the answer is honest, I will doubt it, since I prompted it by asking... (sigh).
I don't know where I'm going with this, but I doubt I am the only person who has felt this way...but I feel like the only person who doesn't 'get it'....
thank you for letting me vent. I hope this post doesn't get deleted.
Any things that have worked for anyone, books they may have read, anything.
thank you