QuestionI have a few questions=-)
I think ive been concerned with my weight sinse 4th or 5th grade.. i started to use the word Fat to describe myself. I'm a working model and im now 16. I'm scared to gain weight. I weigh 125 and I'm 5'6 .. i think i weigh myself around like atleast 10 times a day. I know i have a problem.. I drink water and even that makes me gain weight so i wont eat again until my weight goes back to 125. I don't really think im that thin. I would like to be around 115-120. I dont know if i need help or not. I'm scared to tell my parents that i think i do. I wont eat more then 1000 calories a day. and i wont eat past 6 i work out 6 days a week. its really complicated.
AnswerIt's not that complicated. Right around the time you became aware of yourself in a competitive way with other girls (probably around the same time having your first 'boyfriend' was the thing little girls do) - you became self-critical. "Fat" was the excuse, accusation and common 'problem' the media told you to have (along with every other girl, and no one needed to be actually 'fat' either!). The "industry" insists anything much larger than a size 2 (you must know this) is "fat", or at least "plus size". There's considerable air brushing going on even with the tiny sized models, because no one's selling "real", not even on reality t.v. (there are script writers!).
Now, if you're buying into the fantasy, even though you know better, it's not about the food or the size or the weight. It's about you. Why don't you feel ok? Why aren't you good enough?
I can promise you this, first hand experience here...you will NEVER be at your "perfect" weight. Oh, don't get me wrong, your BODY might (in fact, for your height, you're a bit on the low side already), but no matter what that number is on the scale or in your jeans - you will still be dissatisfied. I promise. I've been near-death anorexic more than once. I've been just a couple pounds from "morbidly obese" too. I've spent most of my adult life JUST LIKE YOU.
Then, I found "me" and it wasn't under my feet on a scale. If I don't like the size of my jeans, I cut the tag out or use a permanent marker and just change it. There, done. The scale? Don't own one and don't want one. I can make better use of my time than weighing myself everytime I pee.
Calorie counting? Well, one thing THAT guarentees is you'll have no pleasure in life with food and that's supposed to be one of the BIGGEST pleasures there is! While some countries are starving to death, literally, eating dirt to feel full - we are a land of plenty and you're denying yourself....why? Oh, yeah, to look like pictures that aren't real. P I C T U R E S
Do me a favor - and I'll do you one. See my site and I'll bet you find yourself in a few places there.
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