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- From: GC.AVW@forsythe.stanford.edu (RAGIN CAJUN)
- Newsgroups: alt.support.diet
- Subject: Re: body image
- Date: 19 Nov 1992 03:35:58 -0800
- Organization: Stanford University
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- In article <BxtKAL.6C6@dale.cts.com>,
- npm@dale.cts.com (Nancy Milligan) writes:
- >I've noticed that people's body images seldom reflect how I perceive
- >their bodies. I once had a roommate that was quite rotund (sounds like
- >the beginning of a limmerk), and she didn't usually see herself that
- >way at all. She once compared herself to Marilyn Monroe, which is
- >apparently how she saw herself. But when she saw a photograph of
- >herself she got very depressed about her weight. For some odd
- >reason we can seem to edit our image in mirrors.
- >
- >I also didn't see myself as really fat when I was, and it was a
- >photograph of me with my little 4 year old neice that convinced
- >me how huge I was.
- >
- >It seems like I get a clearer idea of my body when I see it in a
- >picture. Maybe that's because I can see the whole thing at once,
- >rather than just focusing on a piece at a time.
- >--
-
- This is true. I started this diet after seeing a picture of myself
- that my uncle took on our vacation-my first thought was who is that
- fat woman-then I realized and decided to do something about it. I
- think I will start taking pictures of myself just to keep up the
- progress and it may help with my body image.
-
- Alma
-