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| Health & Support | Male Body Image (BDD) | Feb 20 2008 03:12 (UTC) |
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| yo lilcletus543- I was wondering how your exercise/dieting affects your social life...does it? | |||
| Health & Support | Male Body Image (BDD) | Feb 19 2008 02:11 (UTC) |
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I'm glad that we are open to talk about this stuff, so don't feel bad about rambling lilcletus543. As unfortunate as our stories may be, its nice to be able to share with other people w/o being judged. |
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| Health & Support | Male Body Image (BDD) | Feb 18 2008 13:58 (UTC) |
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Well I feel that I can relate to lalce on this one. I used to be overweight...but not by very much...more "husky." I never got made fun of it, but for some reason it bothered me enough to want to lose the weight (which was a good thing). But still now, even though I might be "skinny," I still view myself as the overweight kid as I was. And that is what my therapist and I are working on right now, but still its really hard. to answer lilcletus543, i am mostly trying to maintain my weight. |
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| Health & Support | Male Body Image (BDD) | Feb 18 2008 05:31 (UTC) |
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Well...i am preoccupied with my looks. Mostly its more like "how can I cover up/hide my defect." I exercise a lot in hopes to maintain my weight. (You might roll your eyes at this, or perhaps your therapist has told you this already) Maybe you should see a personal trainer/nutritionist? I haven't done it yet, but my therapist mentioned that if I received a consult and advice from a professional he/she will be able to tell me what I need to do, if I am doing anything wrong and to see if my goals are "realistic." She says it might be good to work on the the "emotional" and the "physical" at the same time.
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| Health & Support | Male Body Image (BDD) | Feb 18 2008 05:18 (UTC) |
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Well mostly the embarrassment part/people judging me on my appearance. And because of that, I watch what I eat etc. I guess I've been like this since I was about 12 or 13, but it got really bad about 4 years ago.
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| Health & Support | Male Body Image (BDD) | Feb 18 2008 03:11 (UTC) |
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Well i'd say that this problem has now taken over my life. I can't really explain it. Lets just say that I can somehow find a way to perform the things I need to do, but it is always hovering over my head and is bombarding my thoughts. I am limited to activities that i can/cannot do, and have to act in discretion in regards to normal everyday behavior. For example, choosing a seat in a classroom where people won't be staring at me, or choosing a time to go to the gym so I don't run into anyone that I know. Don't even get me started on choosing clothes to buy, I hate shopping. Don't get me wrong, I do go out to party sometimes. But only if it is with a certain group of people and only because I force myself to. If I had the choice, I wouldn't go. I never seem to have a fun time anyway because I am so paranoid about what other people are thinking of me. call me crazy. |
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| Fitness | Calorie intake for gaining muscle mass | Feb 17 2008 22:08 (UTC) |
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| Health & Support | Male Body Image (BDD) | Feb 17 2008 17:39 (UTC) |
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dm84- thanks for your concern and sharing your story. Unfortunately, as you mentioned, it's a lot easier said than done. I'm not courageous enough to go to the beach and take off my shirt even if I wouldn't see those people again, it is so much more complicated than it seems. |
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| Health & Support | Male Body Image (BDD) | Feb 16 2008 23:19 (UTC) |
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My best friend is a girl, and feel she is the only person that can truly understand what im going though (besides my therapist). Muttlover- its not so much the attraction of girls that im worried about, but thanks for your concern. I guess i'm more worried about acceptance from guys than girls, as i get along with girls easier. I have guy friends, but its just weird I guess. Yea both of you are right, I don't have one guy friend that I feel comfortable talking openly to. Actually, over the summer, I was forced to tell one of my guy friends about my "issue." You see, my body image problem was going so far that I was limited to what I could/could-not do with my group of guy friends. So, I picked someone that I thought would understand. But actually, as supportive as he was, did not understand the situation one bit. |
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| Health & Support | Male Body Image (BDD) | Feb 16 2008 19:12 (UTC) |
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Well I kind of go through spurts with with the calorie counting thing. For the last 4 years or so I have been extremely paranoid about eating healthy and try to keep my "snacking" limited to foods that are low in calories. If, for some reason, I eat something that is not that healthy, I get in a really bad mood and try to make it to the gym to make up for it. |
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So you can log your weight -- which allows you to do the following:
- Plot your weight curve
- Analyze the trend of your weight (see under Recent in the figure above)
- Determine the projected target date (see under Overall in the figure above)
