What worries me about that last post is that you said if you lost a little weight you could be attractive, yet you siad you are proportionate and dress well.. and you said you are overweight after telling us that your doc said your BMI was normal. Honey, I hate to say it but you are heading in the direction of an eating disorder. Sounds like you are healthy and looking good but your self image is focused on your belly fat... you sound like my mom did for a long time until she got some help. We all have our own figure, and this can feel unfortunite because it is not the figure we see as attractive. This may sound like a "duh" question, but what shape exactly do you see as "attractive"? Where are you getting negative feedback from? Is it strictly from inside you or are others making comments? And why is this image of being "attractive" so important to you? These are not questions you need to answer me, but they are things you need to think about in depth to yourself. On the surface their answers are obvious, but deep down they are actually quite complicated. I'm wondering if you have what my doc calls "body image distortion" common in people who used to have extra weight and are now healthy but still see themselves as "fat". I went through this. I look at pictures back when I was in high school and am amazed at my slender, hour-glass shape with my toned arms and clear skin... I thought I was fat and ugly because I saw my extremely unhealthy, underweight mother calling herself fat. If I weighed more than she did I must be too. Re-read these particular statements of yours:
-When I went in the last time, she told me that I looked much better and my BMI was normal-
-My waist-to-hip ratio is a normal 0.7, my bra size is a 34D (hey, my dimensions are no secret with my friends), and I dress well-
Sounds good to me... then tell me if one of your healthy looking friends said to you:
-It's frustrating because I know if I lost a little weight, especially from my stomach, I could be attractive. Who wouldn't want that?-
...what would you say to her? Would you tell her "yeah, you aren't attractive now but if your belly were a little smaller you could be"? No, you never would so you need to learn to stop saying these things to yourself. My fear for you is that even if you do lose that belly fat, it wont be enough... something else will begin to bug you. My mom was so dangerously underweight, but the little tiny bit of fat she had was on her stomach... all her bones showed but her little tummy pot was what she obsessed on. She turned bulimic and though she has since gotten help and turned it around, she has permanent health issues because of it. Get some help before your "issues" become a "disorder".
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