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Jesaroo
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Re: Spinoff: Why are so many people ashamed of their body?
Liza & Lana.....
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Re: Spinoff: Why are so many people ashamed of their body?
Posted by alnem
i think my self body image changes depending on my hormones. if i'm PMS'ing and look in the mirror, sometimes i wanna cry. but other times i'll look in the mirror and i'll be very happy about how i look.
I could have written this myself!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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| Posted 6/29/07 4:02 PM |
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Janice
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Re: Spinoff: Why are so many people ashamed of their body?
I have reverse anorexia..I think I look better then I actually do. 
My mirror lies, but pictures don't.
I just think I enjoy eating more then I enjoy my old jeans.
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| Posted 6/29/07 4:41 PM |
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Marcie
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Re: Spinoff: Why are so many people ashamed of their body?
I am ashamed - cause I know I can do better.
And now it is effecting my health 
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| Posted 6/29/07 4:49 PM |
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Nicole728
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Re: Spinoff: Why are so many people ashamed of their body?
I blame a lot of why so many ladies are ashamed of their bodies is the media and what the"body ideal" for women has become. We are constantly subjected to women who are super skinny and told that its sexy....now I know there are women who are naturally thin and that is fine, but when there were actresses who used to have healthy curvy bodies and turned them into basically bones and they are praised for it; it becomes harder for regular women to feel good.
Then as women we are critical of each other...its sad, that we can't be more supportive of each other.
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| Posted 6/29/07 4:54 PM |
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BaroqueMama
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Re: Spinoff: Why are so many people ashamed of their body?
I'm fat and lumpy, why in the world would I NOT be ashamed of that? I used to be so thin and still curvy and I loved my body, and it's awful now. I'm so angry with myself for not getting back into better shape. I had my baby over a year ago, I have zero excuses other than I've been too lazy.
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MrsFlatbread
Skinny jeans are in my future
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Re: Spinoff: Why are so many people ashamed of their body?
Posted by CoopersMom01
We are told that this is the pefect body...
IMAGE
Heidi Klum may be in the minority of body types in this country, but she's plastered everywhere, my size 10 azz isn't.
Clothes are being cut smaller and smaller so when I reach for my usual size 10 jeans and they won't button so I have to go for the next size up that's when I start to feel like a heffer.
I realize that I have a very normal figure and I look like the average American woman and I have to remind myself every single day that there are better and there are worse.
I would also call this the perfect body. I am not ashamed to say it.
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| Posted 6/29/07 5:15 PM |
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Ophelia
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Re: Spinoff: Why are so many people ashamed of their body?
Posted by MrsFlatbread
Posted by CoopersMom01
We are told that this is the pefect body...
IMAGE
Heidi Klum may be in the minority of body types in this country, but she's plastered everywhere, my size 10 azz isn't.
Clothes are being cut smaller and smaller so when I reach for my usual size 10 jeans and they won't button so I have to go for the next size up that's when I start to feel like a heffer.
I realize that I have a very normal figure and I look like the average American woman and I have to remind myself every single day that there are better and there are worse.
I would also call this the perfect body. I am not ashamed to say it.
she's in great shape. no doubt. but she also has about 13 pounds of body makeup on too.
NOTHING an NO ONE is perfect.
the idea is to take what YOU have been given, and make it work for you.
I am naturally wider than she is...so my whole proportion is bigger. but I have the same shape. I will never be as "slender" as she will, but I can be in as good (or close to it) of shape.
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| Posted 6/29/07 5:26 PM |
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saraH
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Re: Spinoff: Why are so many people ashamed of their body?
I really can't say that I'm ashamed. I know that i'm a small person and nothing is really going to change that.
Now, however, i'm noticing that my body is changing, boobs getting bigger, butt expanding and to me its a little shocking, for lack of a better word. i know its supposed to happen, but still, i can't help but feel differently about my body.
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| Posted 6/29/07 5:28 PM |
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rojerono
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Re: Spinoff: Why are so many people ashamed of their body?
Posted by CoopersMom01
We are told that this is the pefect body...
Heidi Klum may be in the minority of body types in this country, but she's plastered everywhere, my size 10 azz isn't.
Clothes are being cut smaller and smaller so when I reach for my usual size 10 jeans and they won't button so I have to go for the next size up that's when I start to feel like a heffer.
I realize that I have a very normal figure and I look like the average American woman and I have to remind myself every single day that there are better and there are worse.
I am not looking to have a perfect body. Perfect is an elite level. I am not ashamed because I don't look like Heidi Klum or any of the other 'models of perfection'. I realize that the reason that some people are on a pedestal 'looks wise' is because they are ABOVE the standard. Sometimes WAAAAAAAAY above.
I am ashamed because I am not a size 8 or 9 or 10 or even a size 12. I have thighs that look like a load of mashed potatoes stuck in a flesh colored garbage bag.
There is no shame in being normal. It is one thing to be attractive and wish you were MORE attractive. It is another to destroy your body with too many cupcakes and not enough activity.
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| Posted 6/29/07 5:29 PM |
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MrsFlatbread
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Re: Spinoff: Why are so many people ashamed of their body?
Posted by Ophelia
she's in great shape. no doubt. but she also has about 13 pounds of body makeup on too.
NOTHING an NO ONE is perfect.
the idea is to take what YOU have been given, and make it work for you.
Perfection is in the eye of the beholder. I think I have a good body, slim and in proportion but in my eyes, if I aspired to look like any one, it would be her. Nothing wrong with thinking someone has a great or in this case, perfect body. Heck if my career depended on how my body looked, you bet your bottom I would be at the gym every day and never inhale a box of Samoas during Girl scout cookie season again. 
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| Posted 6/29/07 5:31 PM |
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Ophelia
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Re: Spinoff: Why are so many people ashamed of their body?
Posted by rojerono
There is no shame in being normal. It is one thing to be attractive and wish you were MORE attractive. It is another to destroy your body with too many cupcakes and not enough activity.
your honesty is always refreshing, but you are being way too hard on yourself.
those thighs will not look any better covered in the bruises you must have from the beating you are throwing yourself. 
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| Posted 6/29/07 5:32 PM |
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CkGm
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Re: Spinoff: Why are so many people ashamed of their body?
I agree with you- pregnancy has certainly changed my bod and not for the better. I decided last week to wear a bikini anyhow and guess what? No one cared. It is what makes me comfortable so that is what I will wear.
I am lucky though- I am not very overweight and love to exercise so that helps. But I do live in such a body conscious place that I certainly stick out on the beach
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| Posted 6/29/07 5:40 PM |
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CkGm
They get so big, so fast :(
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Re: Spinoff: Why are so many people ashamed of their body?
Posted by Janice
I have reverse anorexia..I think I look better then I actually do.
My mirror lies, but pictures don't.
I just think I enjoy eating more then I enjoy my old jeans.
Ha! I knew I liked you for a reason! I feel the same way.
But I already discussed how I feel you look in a swimsuit...
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| Posted 6/29/07 5:43 PM |
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CkGm
They get so big, so fast :(
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Re: Spinoff: Why are so many people ashamed of their body?
Posted by baghag
It's a little different for me. My weight actually doesn't have much to do with my self esteem, but my shape and body type do. I'm short, with broad shoulders and thick arms. That is what frustrates me, because even at my thinnest, those things don't change.
ETA: I don't constantly loathe my body, but it gets me down once in a while.
And I always thought you were gorgeous and curvy! To think all these years I was wrong!
You are so beautiful- I never thought of you that way.
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| Posted 6/29/07 5:46 PM |
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Snozberry
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Re: Spinoff: Why are so many people ashamed of their body?
I don't know anymore.
There are so many reasons.
But I'm tired of it. And I've decided to stop.
I just got back from Milan. Where it seems there was no body shame. Women exposed as much or as little as they pleased, unapologetically. And I'm not saying that we all should dress with the tetas out and in boom boom shorts - but I'm so sick of always worrying, always being ashamed when the truth is I have nothing to be ashamed about.
The last two weeks of my life have been better than I can remember in a while simply because I refuse to live in fear of my weight or my shape.
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Tany
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Re: Spinoff: Why are so many people ashamed of their body?
At this point of my life, I have learned to love and accept who I am.
Yeah we all have imperfections, but overall is what makes us who we are.
I'm content with they way that I look.
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| Posted 6/29/07 5:55 PM |
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conigs25
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Re: Spinoff: Why are so many people ashamed of their body?
I have a MUCH healthier view than i have in many years. I had a tterrible obsession for so long, and getting married made it worse bc i had these expectations. I did lose what i wanted and i had my "ideal" body for my wedding and HM, but since ive been married, i enjoy the gym still but do NOT make it a priority in my life. I make it there 2-3x a week now as opposed to 4-5x. Im up only about 5-6 lbs from my wedding. This is me!! I will forever be 126-127 if i work at it and eat well and thats fine. The 120-122 days are OVER!!!! I know to some people that doesnt seem like a big difference, but it isa a difference of pants sizes on me actually. And being 122 means 4-5x a week in the gym. Too much work imo
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| Posted 6/29/07 6:03 PM |
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Goldi0218
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Re: Spinoff: Why are so many people ashamed of their body?
I had been 260 pounds at my maximum weight and I was never ashamed of my body. What I was ashamed of was the lack of self-control. I did not like the fact that I was terribly unhealthy. I did not like the fact that I spent a lot of time alone.
What really hurt was that people didn't think I was worthy of friendships, relationships and even sex because I was fat. Once I reached a normal weight for my height (which is not skinny), people changed and suddenly, I was worthy. This doesn't mean I accepted the offerings - many time I told people to eff themselves - I am the same person inside at a healthy weight as I was when I wasn't.
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| Posted 6/29/07 7:12 PM |
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mrswask
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Re: Spinoff: Why are so many people ashamed of their body?
I hate my body - I have gained a ton of weight in the past few years, most of it having to do with health issues. At the same time, I too am mad at myself that I let myself go and so overwhelmed with trying to fix this.
Unfortunately, many people in this world only value a woman's body if it is thin, many times unhealthily so. I mean, jeez - go take a look at the celebrity board - we're living in a society where a PG woman gets called fat
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| Posted 6/29/07 7:15 PM |
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GioiaMia
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Re: Spinoff: Why are so many people ashamed of their body?
i hate my body - i can't even look in the mirror anymore i am so disgusted.
it is just hard for me because until i hit my twenties i was underweight. . . i am not saying it was a good thing but i was seriously skin and bones - i went into HS weighing less than 90 lbs and i ate like a pig and never worked out.
Now I am in my twenties and I am still a size 2 so i am "skinny" but my stomach isnt flat and my body is covered with stretch marks and cellulite.
i am being honest here - i can say i cry about my body at least once a week. . .sick isn't it? i know i can work out but i just don't have the motivation so i would rather wallow in self pity
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| Posted 6/29/07 7:28 PM |
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nrthshgrl
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Re: Spinoff: Why are so many people ashamed of their body?
I was always relatively thin (size 2-4) & then I got married and steadily gained weight.
Two kids later, I'm trying to find a happy medium. I never commented much on my weight when I was heavy because, honestly, it was too painful to talk about. The last thing I wanted was to talk about losing weight when I wasn't trying.
Now I'm trying. I've lost nearly 20lbs & am on my way to being the way I used to be. After years of looking in the mirror & seeing a charicuture of my former self, I'm seeing glimpses of what I used to look like.
In my quest for MILFhood, I'm looking at myself with a more critical eye. I'm not thrilled with everything I see, but I'm working on it. I also don't know how to take the compliments on my weight loss very well.
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lvdolphins
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Re: Spinoff: Why are so many people ashamed of their body?
Im a Plus Size.
I had a C Section
I just had my gall bladder removed Tues. night. My stomach is a MESS!!
The main reason, honestly, is Im a plus size, but, at the same time have gotten used to it.
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| Posted 6/29/07 7:49 PM |
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Jessica
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Re: Spinoff: Why are so many people ashamed of their body?
Posted by nrthshgrl
I was always relatively thin (size 2-4) & then I got married and steadily gained weight.
Two kids later, I'm trying to find a happy medium. I never commented much on my weight when I was heavy because, honestly, it was too painful to talk about. The last thing I wanted was to talk about losing weight when I wasn't trying.
Now I'm trying. I've lost nearly 20lbs & am on my way to being the way I used to be. After years of looking in the mirror & seeing a charicuture of my former self, I'm seeing glimpses of what I used to look like.
In my quest for MILFhood, I'm looking at myself with a more critical eye. I'm not thrilled with everything I see, but I'm working on it. I also don't know how to take the compliments on my weight loss very well.
barb, ive seen recent pics of you
youre already a MILF
you're a hot lady, mother or not
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Jessica
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Re: Spinoff: Why are so many people ashamed of their body?
i will always be extremely critical of myself
ive had beauty and body image issues since kindergarten and know that i need "help" to overcome what i see
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