Category Archives: Body Image

Body Image, How I Look in Clothes, and an Attempt to Get Over It

(This is cross-posted at BlogHer.)
There’s something I don’t admit very often (in fact, maybe I’ve never admitted it before). The thing is, there’s one thing in particular that I miss about being skinny. When I say “skinny,” I mean the way I looked when I was underweight, about 25 pounds ago. I [...]

Breaking Free from Scale-Reliance

(This is cross-posted at BlogHer.)
If there was a scale in my house when I was growing up, I have no recollection of it. If we did own one, it must have been hidden away somewhere — like in a closet, tucked under a stack of towels or bed sheets. Our house only had [...]

Is It Really Possible For Us to Love Our Bodies?

(This is cross-posted at BlogHer.)
I really like the idea of Love Your Body Day. If you normally don’t take the time to celebrate your body for what it can do, and rather focus strictly on what it looks like, here’s an opportunity to change things up a bit. After reading through some of [...]

Do You Hate How You Look in Photographs?

Leslie posed this question earlier today. As a body image expert, she said she’s not proud of the fact that she looks at herself in photos before she looks at anyone else — and follows that up by thinking about how certain body parts could look better or be improved.
Leslie knows she’s not alone [...]