Something every woman should read

That is nice. :) You know, it's funny, I just mentioned to a friend (yeah, you know who you are! :p ) yesterday how sad it was that I based my happiness on one single number--my weight. Not my job, not who loves me and/or who I love, not my beautiful, fabulous house & my (finally) relatively good financial health, but on my weight & only my weight.

It's sad & it's sucky but I don't really know how to change it, other than many many years of therapy.
 
Thanks for sharing this, Shannon! It's nice to have these kinds of reminders that who we are as individuals is more than what we look like! :)
 
Great article - love how these people stopped letting others define them.

It's tough as I am critical of myself too, but am working harder at at least respecting the fact that others see me differently than I do and we are all unique - though no one is perfect, we can all shine in our own areas !
 
Good article Shannon!:)

Frankly, I get sick of my body bashing, I go in and out with it....but when I am in "bad body" mode, nothing in my world is right which is sad. I have a wonderful hubby, a great dog, good friends and a good life filled with everything I could ever want. I work out hard and eat well. I have no logical reason for this attitude towards my body.

Your parents do play a huge role in this though. My stepmom raised me and always told me what short stumpy legs I had and how my hair is so horrid and thin, she would make me cut it short like a boy while my other sisters had long hair. Thus I have spent my entire life hating my legs and covering them up, and wearing extensions forever, I just recently made peace with my hair and took them out.Plus she was anorexic/bulemic too, so I watched that horrid drama growing up.

That stuff sticks with you....I don't think you ever get over it, you always have the demons, but its up to you how much power you give them right?:)
 
That is a great article. Did anybody else notice the Ads by Google at the bottom were all for weight loss?

anne
 
I think that is a good article that I could relate to. I struggle with my own poor self-image. A lot of my issues come from the fact that my parents were really hard of my weight growing up. I was not a heavy child but was made to believe I was one.
 
Can you imagine being Margaret Cho's father and saying to her what he did--"you're the fattest ballerina"? That's almost unbelievably mean.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Our Newsletter

Get awesome content delivered straight to your inbox.

Top