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- From: watanabe@cs.uiuc.edu (Larry Watanabe)
- Subject: Re: body image
- Message-ID: <Bxuo0v.6n3@cs.uiuc.edu>
- Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL
- References: <UezRquW00WBMQ5VY5g@andrew.cmu.edu> <BxtKAL.6C6@dale.cts.com> <1992Nov17.051543.16632@spdcc.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 07:41:18 GMT
- Lines: 20
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- dyer@spdcc.com (Steve Dyer) writes:
-
- >In article <BxtKAL.6C6@dale.cts.com> npm@dale.cts.com (Nancy Milligan) writes:
- >>For some odd reason we can seem to edit our image in mirrors.
-
- >Pictures are brutal. I am much heavier than I perceive myself to be,
- >and it's particularly depressing to see some recent pictures, because
- >all that is obvious to me is how much further I have to go, rather
- >than how much progress (- 50 lbs.) I've made already. You can't see
- >the clothes size shrinkage, and the added belt notches aren't visible
- >in the snapshot.
-
- If you want REALLY brutal, try watching yourself on videotape.
-
- I visited my relatives this spring, and my Dad was videotaping
- my children. It was really an eye-opener to see myself on tape.
-
- It did inpire me to get off my butt and exercising.
-
- -Larry Watanabe watanabe@cs.uiuc.edu
-