The Well-Kept Body Image Secret
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 3:03PM MAD21 By Mallory
So. Awkward subject, but I bet someone out there can relate.
When I went to college, I gained weight - pretty much the official Freshman 15, actually. Then I lost 25 pounds, over 4 months, in a healthy way.
But I didn't even notice a difference in the way I looked. In the mirror, I looked as big as ever. So I've learned that my actual jean size has nothing to do with how I feel about the way I look.
Which is really scary.
Changing your appearance doesn't help your self-image if there's already something wrong. Losing weight didn't solve my problems. New clothes, new hair, new makeup... they didn't, either. When I looked in the mirror this morning (and yesterday morning, and last week and last month) and hated the way I looked just as much as I did a year ago, two years ago...
Body Image, Young Adult in Young Adults