Good ways to tell yourself that you are beautiful

I was wondering if anyone knows any ways to boost confidence and such. I used to weigh around 150 pounds in January and know I weigh in at 125.2 pounds but I sill look at myself as if I was still 150. I have become kind of absessive about what I eat and it has seemed that it is all I think about know and it seems that everywhere I look I cannot eat anything and I need some ways to motivate  myself and accept the fact that I have lost weight and I can look good in clothes even if I am not a stick

Confidence is not found in the bathroom scales,  the mirror or in the approval of other people.   Self-confidence is something that you develop & learn through independent experiences and personal discoveries.  The best way to improve your confidence is to set yourself small challenges and then achieve them....  Surprise yourself a little.   Do this frequently enough, stretching the boundaries just a little each time and you'll gain a sense of accomplishment and the 'yes we can' feeling that anything is possible. 

Obsessing about what you eat is not a healthy place to be.  If your weight-loss since January has only been achieved through severe calorie-restriction (I read your other post about your crash-diet ideas) then you need to work very hard at getting back to a healthier relationship with food.... not depriving yourself further and making yourself ill with malnutrition. 

To see how many calories you need to maintain your current weight check out this site http://www.bcm.edu/cnrc/bodycomp/bmiz2.html  That's where you need to aim.   Choose good quality foods, eat regularly and enjoy the occasional treat.... that would be a normal, healthy diet.  If you struggle to do that then seek help from those close to you and/or your doctor.

ditto everything GI-Jane said.

Try "faking it until you make it".  At least once a day, find something about yourself to love, preferably not weight-related.  Tell yourself (out loud) how much you love that aspect of yourself.

For instance, I notice in you picture that you have a beautiful smile.  Say to yourself "I love my beautiful smile."  Smile when you say it.  Say it until you really believe it.

Find other aspects of yourself you value -- strength?  smarts?  loving personality?  great legs?  Only you know your strengths, try to focus on those rather than any weaknesses.

hmmm... sometimes i have the same dealio, except the opposite way round. i gained 25 lb after loosing them and now i'm trying to get to a lower weight slowly and healthily.

what i've heard is useful in noticing good things about yourself is by looking at others. As an example, i recently visited a college and the tour guide had AMAZING teeth. i pointed this out to my parents and they immediatly also commented about her weight. i've tried to stop being so critical about people's weight, so it hadn't been overly apparent to me, and it works to help out my self esteem as well.

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You know, I'm not sure if this will help you and sure that I'm going to sound like mom, but here it goes.

Everytime I fret about how not-so-gorgeous my face is, how fat my legs and just how perfect it would be if my legs were 2/3 width of what they are now, how my eczema look so hideous, how Jane Doe has great body and really pretty face, I try to be thankful that I actually have fully functional legs, that my eczema isn't as bad as some other people have, that while I'd kill to have Jane's body, there's someone out there who'd kill to have body like mine.

I envy a lot of people and I tell myself that what I see from outside is not what's going in their lives. Jane might have great body/pretty face but maybe she's from abusive family. John might have be rich but he works so hard that he barely spends time with his family.

The more I envy others, I only notice lack of what I want. And that certainly doesn't help my confidence. Admire, not envy. That's my $.02 and my personal thought :)

KT - I noticed that you are also in a teens group.  I work with teenage girls and have learned over the years that we (as women) are usually too critical of our faults. 

Do you participate in any extracurricular activities at school? (Band, theatre, soccer, science club, student council...)  There are so many ways to be "beautiful" that have nothing to do with physical appearance!

Instead of obsessing about what you eat, try to learn about the nutrition behind what you eat so you can learn what works for you.  That way, food is not "the enemy" or "bad". Another thing you have to remember is that you are not done physically growing.  I didn't reach my full height until I was 21.

You can look good in clothes and not be a stick.  Why in the world would you want to be a stick?  Sticks have no definition and they're boring.  Be proud of your shape whether you're an apple, a pear, an hourglass or a bell!

Keep up with the healthy eating and the rest will come along.  It is a marathon, not a sprint.

-Jen