A page from my Journal

February 4, 2006 Today I want to talk about comparision. Not a pretty picture right? Okay so it goes like this... I currently have great body image and very happy with where I am. Do I think I look better than others, not necessarily, but I'm very happy with the 20 lbs I have lost after January 9th. When people who are larger than me and say they are fat and aren't happy with themselves, I sympathise, but when someone who is only 20 lbs from their ideal weight and say they are fat, it urks me. I think how dare they... if they think they are fat, then what the hell am I? Then they tell me I look good. I don't believe them and start saying bad things to myself. I have been working so hard on my faulty thinking, that I forgot that even the smallest person could be suffering from it to. They aren't meaning to put me down, they aren't meaning to say I must be a house if they are a cow. They have their own items to deal with. I shouldn't take it personally, but support them as they try to like themselves and learn to have a good body image. Patience and support for others is important, but not taking things personally is what I need to do for me as well. If I am happy with where my weight is, then I should allow myself to be happy. Everyone has their own self image and mine is improving every day.

That is such a valid point. I get so incredibly irked when someone who only needs to lose 20 lbs says they are fat...I think, dude, enjoy your problem you don't want mine!

What a great post. Congrats on your loss. I too, have had the same thoughts when someone who is slightly overweight has made those comments. However, one of the things I remind myself, that body image is a personal thing. When I was at my ideal weight 20 years ago, I thought I was overweight and not happy with myself then.