tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647011003599250961.post1323866543855446843..comments2023-05-09T01:38:53.986-07:00Comments on The Sugar Plump Fairy: Positive Body Image Distortion?THE Sugar Plump Fairyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01584750620565959205noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647011003599250961.post-81517133732429212652007-02-22T11:30:00.000-08:002007-02-22T11:30:00.000-08:00You are SO right! I see photos of myself and think...You are SO right! I see photos of myself and think, Who is that and why doesn't she do something....and it's me, so sad. I'm trying not to eat to make myself feel better about it, though! I'm enjoying your blog!Suzanne Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14180604715572075576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647011003599250961.post-3173207696065322672007-02-21T16:51:00.000-08:002007-02-21T16:51:00.000-08:00I've noticed the exact same thing in pictures of m...I've noticed the exact same thing in pictures of myself. I hadn't had any pictures taken in quite a while, at least not since I started losing weight again. But then at Thanksgiving and Christmas someone just *had* to go and take pictures of me, and even though I'd lost another chunk of weight and didn't think I looked so bad, the pictures definitely told a different story.<BR/><BR/>So I suspect you're right - we do have a more positive body image of ourselves than what we actually are.<BR/><BR/>I guess it goes along with the fact that, much as THEY'd like to ignore overeating as a serious eating disorder, that twisted image of ourselves is part of the mental thing that makes us susceptible to overeating. <BR/><BR/>Just like anorexics seem to think a bite of food will make them fat, we don't figure an extra candy bar or bag of chips will do any real harm.<BR/><BR/>We're just as sick as they are.Caliannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00055882170095208056noreply@blogger.com