XxAxX said:

TotalANXiousNESS said:

This image makes me sad.

At the same time, I obsess over my body and my appearance and it tends to run my life and affect the way I think 24/7.

I can't even enjoy my pregnancy because of it.

Of course I'm not as bad as usual, but when I'm not pregnant, it runs my life. If I feel I've been bad about what I ate Tuesday, I don't even wanna get outta bed Wednesday. It effects my whold day.

I'm very careful around my daughter, I don't want her to be like that. I've already caught her saying things here and there, like 'look at my belly' and I tell her its beautiful, and when she tells me I look beautiful today I fight the urge to say 'No I don't' and instead I say, your right Daisy, I do, Thank You!

But I think we can only protect our kids so much. Theres the pressure to be like the other little girls at school and what not.

Also with my son, he gained an excess amount of weight during my divorce, and it was all in his boobs and belly, and I was very concerned about it. It wasn't like a growth spurt, it was just unhealthy. I expressed to his Dad that I didn't want him eating chips and salami sandwiches anymore when he is over there, but he didn't listen, and I can't control that, so I just stopped buying junk for at my house, and made sure we were more active and little by little it came off. I noticed he would gourge himself at dinner and eat so quickly and scarf so much food down he'd choke, and he had never been like that prior to the divorce, so I knew he was using food as a vice. So I just told him that I didn't want him to be unhealthy and made sure he CHEWED his food before swallowing. I nev er told him it was cuz he had gotten so heavy so fast, and I don't think he ever noticed what was going on.

based on your photowhore submissions you look totally hot for a preggo. but yeah, i know how you feel. i find myself wondering if my ass looks big in these pants, or if maybe i should have some work done... (i'm at that age)

i have to remind myself 1) who gives a flying fuck what others think about how i look? am i in some kind of beauty show? nope. and 2) this whole appearance obsession plays right into corproate marketing (fashion houses, makeup manufacturers, etc.) perfectly and therefore must be resisted because those people are not motivated by my best interests.

Genesia said:

paintedlady said:

Honestly, my kids aren't fat... when they are home... its chore time! There is ALWAYS something to clean/organize.... they FIND excuses to go outside.

make a lazy kid do some yard work..... organize closets, clean out a garage, wash dishes, etc., etc.

Yeah, my mom usually gave us a choice - get out of her house or she'd find something for us to do.

That's defintely the curriculum in our house.

I just measured myself, and despite me having been in total denial, am officially FAT.

according to about 20 online clothing conversion charts etc, I'm US 14/UK 16

thanks to all our department stores here sizing completely for sake of vanity, I thought I was an AUS 12, turns out I'm more like 16 here too

soooo confusing!!!

I fit into an old Navy skirt size US10

Cotton On skinny jeans size AUS12

WTF!!!

psychodelicide said:

uPtoWnNY said:

We don't need a grant. Kids should get off the damn computer, put down the Xbox, stop Twittering, and go outside(like we did in our youth).

My mom and I were just talking about that recently. We were talking about how more and more young kids are overweight, compared to when I was a kid. It's true - kids gain weight because they sit around inside the house all day, instead of going outside and running around, like I did as a kid. I never had a weight problem either. Unlike now - I can gain weight without even trying. But that seems to be true of most people, once they reach a certain age. The metabolism just slows down.

i think my appetite has actually increased as i age. NOT fair

paintedlady said:

<----- Very bad girl.

On the subject of kids... many don't wander outside alone because we now have people who police parents more. Heck I could roam the streets til midnight and people weren't concerned, folks back then didn't stress over kids safety as much. I could even buy cigaretts and liquor for my mom.

Besides, nowadays, kids rooms are full of gagets, heck I didn't even have a phone in my room. Kids now have a reason to lay around.... boredom got you out the house.

you know that's a really good point. we used to play outside unsupervised and either it really was safer back then or it just seemed that way. i don't remember ever seeing a scary stranger or anyone trying to lure us into their vehicles.....

ZombieKitten said:

the best way to avoid peer pressure is to have no friends

ZombieKitten said:

I just measured myself, and despite me having been in total denial, am officially FAT.

according to about 20 online clothing conversion charts etc, I'm US 14/UK 16

thanks to all our department stores here sizing completely for sake of vanity, I thought I was an AUS 12, turns out I'm more like 16 here too

soooo confusing!!!

I fit into an old Navy skirt size US10

Cotton On skinny jeans size AUS12

WTF!!!

it's the weirdest thing, my body hasn't really changd all that much but i've gone down two sizes in recent years... the fashion houses are changing definitions right and left. i mean seriously, what is a 'size zero'??

XxAxX said:

ZombieKitten said:

the best way to avoid peer pressure is to have no friends

works for me!

I didn't even think I WAS fat until I tried buying clothes online BASTARDS

KatSkrizzle said:

XxAxX said:

based on your photowhore submissions you look totally hot for a preggo. but yeah, i know how you feel. i find myself wondering if my ass looks big in these pants, or if maybe i should have some work done... (i'm at that age)

i have to remind myself 1) who gives a flying fuck what others think about how i look? am i in some kind of beauty show? nope. and 2) this whole appearance obsession plays right into corproate marketing (fashion houses, makeup manufacturers, etc.) perfectly and therefore must be resisted because those people are not motivated by my best interests.

ZombieKitten said:

XxAxX said:

works for me!

I didn't even think I WAS fat until I tried buying clothes online BASTARDS

oh man! buying clothes online!!!! let's not even talk about the 'beach' outfit i bought a while back in an effort to be sexy. laughable is more like it

but it looked so good on the model....

XxAxX said:

ZombieKitten said:

I just measured myself, and despite me having been in total denial, am officially FAT.

according to about 20 online clothing conversion charts etc, I'm US 14/UK 16

thanks to all our department stores here sizing completely for sake of vanity, I thought I was an AUS 12, turns out I'm more like 16 here too

soooo confusing!!!

I fit into an old Navy skirt size US10

Cotton On skinny jeans size AUS12

WTF!!!

it's the weirdest thing, my body hasn't really changd all that much but i've gone down two sizes in recent years... the fashion houses are changing definitions right and left. i mean seriously, what is a 'size zero'??

size 0 here is what a 12 month old baby wears!

a preemie baby wears 0000

smallest womens size most stores stock here is 8, some have 6. A VERY skinny girl I know is an AUS 6-8

I have NO idea what a 0 is and how anyone of a normal height could even fit into it

XxAxX said:

ZombieKitten said:

works for me!

I didn't even think I WAS fat until I tried buying clothes online BASTARDS

oh man! buying clothes online!!!! let's not even talk about the 'beach' outfit i bought a while back in an effort to be sexy. laughable is more like it

but it looked so good on the model....

actually, a dress I bought online recently, thanks to ONLINE peer pressure

was the most bizarre fit. I bought big, thinking to err on the loose side, but my boobs made the waist hike right up at the front and the so called drop waist was more empire line, making the mini length of it OBSCENE at the front, and the sleeves were PUFFY and the material was not soft and flowy as it appeared in the pic but kind of stiff and horribly synthetic.

I felt so ugly and deformed trying that on

XxAxX said:

psychodelicide said:

My mom and I were just talking about that recently. We were talking about how more and more young kids are overweight, compared to when I was a kid. It's true - kids gain weight because they sit around inside the house all day, instead of going outside and running around, like I did as a kid. I never had a weight problem either. Unlike now - I can gain weight without even trying. But that seems to be true of most people, once they reach a certain age. The metabolism just slows down.

i think my appetite has actually increased as i age. NOT fair

I know what you mean.

ZombieKitten said:

XxAxX said:

oh man! buying clothes online!!!! let's not even talk about the 'beach' outfit i bought a while back in an effort to be sexy. laughable is more like it

but it looked so good on the model....

actually, a dress I bought online recently, thanks to ONLINE peer pressure

was the most bizarre fit. I bought big, thinking to err on the loose side, but my boobs made the waist hike right up at the front and the so called drop waist was more empire line, making the mini length of it OBSCENE at the front, and the sleeves were PUFFY and the material was not soft and flowy as it appeared in the pic but kind of stiff and horribly synthetic.

I felt so ugly and deformed trying that on

yep. i managed to purchase some kind of weirdo I-Dream-Of-Genie costume which was transparent in all the wrong places, and the most hideous brand of red you'd ever wish to see. the locals would probably have laughed themselves to death..... thing is it looked kind of nifty online

They don't?