Adventures in body image

[ryner]

We’ve all read stories about women of a “normal” weight endangering their health because the image they see when they look in the mirror is not that of a thin person. To observers who aren’t anorexic or don’t otherwise have an eating or body image disorder, this seems totally crazy. We think, “How can they not see that they are not fat at all

Comments

[dellom1]

I think it's a good idea for anyone doing something that could physically change their body to take a before photo. That way when they reach a goal during a process they can either compare what's in the mirror to that original, or maybe take another picture and compare the two.
When you're looking at yourself every day, you don't notice the differences as much. But if you have a true image of how you looked at the start then you have a more correct idea of how far you've come.

[ryner]

Looking back, I wish I had. I guess I thought that what I had to lose wouldn't be as dramatic a change as, say, someone trying to lose 150 lbs, but it probably would have helped with the self-image thing!