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A personal note about my own weight

I’ll be honest with you tumblr. Today I went to the gym, a very normal thing for me to do, and I weighed myself (a bit abnormal for me, because the scale is in the locker room which I never go into). Last winter I said I would be so happy if I were 135. Well I hit that in the spring, really unexpectedly (seriously, I thought I was 10 pounds above that).
And I thought I would be happier.
I really did.
But I still look in the mirror and see someone who is overweight. I’m under 135 now. I should be happy. I weighed this much in 9th grade. So why am I not happy with the way I look? How do I go back to being so body confident? I miss that me. I miss the me that loved the way I looked and wouldn’t give a damn what other people thought. Actually, there in lies the rub. I still don’t really care what other people think of my weight. My issue is that *I* care about how I look in the mirror, and I no longer think it’s acceptable.

And now I’m scared. I’m scared that I’m going to let this spin out of control and become and unhealthy obsession. I’m scared because I SEE that it could become an issue, but I can’t seem to get my mind out of this place. I’m still a pretty healthy person (just ask my housemates), and maybe I am losing weight healthfully for the first time ever… but I’ve never been this weight by doing it right, so how can I be sure I am this time?

  1. nightinthewoods said: I’m not sure what help I can offer advice wise, but what I can offer is an ear if you need to vent and time if you want to hang out to take your mind off of it. You’re beautiful, Maggie, you really are.
  2. cyberviking said: I’m not sure how to help, but I’m willing to give support anytime.
  3. death-nerd said: what’s important is that you look love yourself/your body. spend TIME with it grab the parts you dont like squeeze them and think “i LOVE you, because you are a part of ME you are mine and no one elses” LOVE yourself cause theres only 1 of you
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