I know I am losing weight, the scale and the photos tell me so. But sometimes when I look in the mirror I still see the same over weight girl I saw four month ago. Co-workers and some family members tell me I am a "skinny-Minnie" but I am having a hard time registering that. I sense that I have beaten myself up for so long about being 'fat' that I am still holding onto the 'I am so fat mentality'.
Now what's a girl to do? I am going to have to research this and figure out how to reverse this poor self image faze I am going through. And if I have a poor self image does that mean I have a low self esteem. Are the two intertwined?
Heres some info I found on wikipedia:
A person's self image is the mental picture, generally of a kind that is quite resistant to change, that depicts not only details that are potentially available to objective investigation by others (height, weight, hair color, sex, I.Q. score, is this person double-jointed, etc.), but also items that have been learned by that person about himself or herself, either from personal experiences or by internalizing the judgments of others. Those items include the answers to such questions as:
Am I thin?
Am I fat?
Am I attractive?
Am I weak?
Am I strong?
Am I intelligent?
Am I stupid?
Am I a good person?
Am I a bad person?
Am I masculine?
Am I feminine?
Am I likable?
What do you think? I am going to have to walk this evening and think about this one?
Friday, April 25, 2008
Do you have a poor self image?
Posted by Debo Hobo at 11:40 AM
Labels: self esteem, self image, weightloss
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3 comments:
How you feel about your personal image is very important. I think yourself image will also affect your confidance and also how you interact with other people.
However one should not obssessed too much about how you think other people view your self image.
I work with some people who go through the day without eating because they are worried about getting fat. So sad, because they are skinny size zeros.
How you feel and your actual size are two different things. I've seen some really ugly girls think they are hot stuff and some pretty girls think they are ugly. This is based more on emotions than reality. We need to be able to identify the differences between the two in order to move on.
If I get into this melancholy mood sometimes. Good thing it usually does not last very long.
oooooo I LOVE this post. I just blogged about gratitude, loving yourself and how you see yourself the other day. I would LOVE your opinion! It's Here
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Many blessings, and thanks for the inspiration!
Shelley
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