How can i be so distorted?

My waist is a size 24 my thighs are 18 inches. Yet i feel like a dinosaur how can my body image be so messed up? i fit in pants i wore when i was 12 and i feel fat =(

I miss the days without anorexia.

Whoo.. same stats. I get comments on my legs and tummy being really tiny all the time, so don't worry too much about it. =] We could use a couple inches.

sadly lost of female have a distorted outlook on themselves/eating. from what you described to me you are very thin. maybe you should ook up info on BDD. & possibly go to a support group for it

Hollie ~ I have the same measurements and the exact same feelings and thoughts.  Seriously, when I look in the mirror all I see is fat.  It is obvious that we have a serious distortion about our bodies and I dont know about you, but I plan on getting some help because this is not the way for us to live the rest of our lives :-/

Feeling so negetive is so horrible i see myself as curvy and fat not that curvy is fat its just a negetive destructive feeling i hate and it ruins alot of my life =/

i also have the same measurements and feel like a cow every day. i don't know why... i'm pretty sure i have BDD and i'm recovering from several eating disorders... i want to get help too =( i hate this feeling especially knowing it's physically impossible for me to lose any more weight.

if anybody ever wants to talk drop me a line! *hugs* hope everybody gets help and gets better! 

Hey Hollie,

Just sending you some hugs!

Hope you feel better soon.

Take care.

I think we have the fashion industry to blame!  Seriously, here's my story...

I've been "right sized" all my lifed, until I moved to California and gained 45lbs.  Three years ago, I lost the weight and got down to 125 lbs after a serious year of dieting and exercise (maintaining the weight for a year with poor eating habits led me to gain 10lbs back, so here I am again).

Being (now) 50lbs ligher, you'd think I'd be happier with my body image, but still, everytime I go to the clothing stores I get depressed.  I try on pants and they give me those ugly cat whiskers, my thighs look huge around the tight pants, but if I get a larger size, then the waist fits all wrong.

Buying clothes is a nightmare for me as a result, and knowing that I'm now 125lbs and wear a size 0-4 depending, I know *in my head* that I'm just right-sized, but in the mirror and on shopping days, I too feel like a cow.

It has helped me tremendously to find a "personal shopper" - i.e. a friend that loves to shop and knows where to find the different styles, and what styles look good on me.  I go straight to the dressing room (preferably w/o a mirror), she brings me clothes, I try them on and open the door, she says "yes" or "no" and goes back for something different. If she says "yes" I get to look in the 3-way mirror AND she writes down the style + goes off looking for other similar items!!!

 

you should buy an over sized shirt and put it on when you feel fat and see how many times you can wrap it around your tiny body

*hug* because I know how you feel like...