weight issue

[angel fish]

hi does anyone like me feel they look like a "hippo". I use to be 9st 8 then after years of thyroid problems etc i now feel like a "hippo", if i catch sight of my self naked in a mirror i feel i am looking at someone else i feel really unattractive. my boyfriend always says i look great and i am not fat but i still get undressed and leap into bed so he does not see me. ive tried cutting down on my food cutting out beer and so on but still weigh close to 12st i am 5ft 7 do we have to learn to love our selves and do our partners love us anyway just the way we are

[spunkypumpkn]

Its philosphical question. No right or wrong answer. Only YOU know the right answer for YOU.

However, If you're not happy with the way you look, or are starting to worry that a few extra pounds might effect your health...then

www.slimmingworld.co.uk
www.bodyforlife.com
www.cambridge-diet.com
www.weightwatchers.co.uk

I've had friends who've all lost 4stones plus on these diets.

[angel fish]

Thanks ****** pumpkn i will look into it.

[angel fish]

sorry ****** pumpkn was not swearing at you hit the wrong keys and deleted ****** of last message, thanks for the answer

[Pippa68]

I know how you feel, angel fish. I too have a thyroid problem (underactive) and as yet my medcation has stalled my weight gain...I have yet to lose any after a year of taking thyroxine.

10 years ago I was 9 and a half stone. I am now almost 2 stone heavier (although I have had two kids since then!) and often get fed up with it. Mr Pippa insists he has seen no change (love is obviously blind) but the other day we were going through photos and he exclaimed ''my god, you were so THIN!!!''

After a little weep, and Mr P nursing his bruised testicles, I decided I really must get my medication sorted out and get on a proper diet :o)

[mandimoo]

hey, at least you guys have the excuse of children and thyroid probems. me, i just love my food too much and that makes me FEEL like a hippo as well as LOOK like one!!

[Goodsoulette]

Yes, yes, yes, and yes.

Alot of my self image is due to my ex putting me down all the time.

Depends on who Im with as to how attractive I feel. I dont have high self esteem but I am strangely quite out going and confident in some situations, so on occasion I can talk myself into feeling pretty. Thing is though its never mattered how much I weigh, or if my skin is flawless that day I could feel like the ugliest girl in town. Its all in your own head, I think.

[dejucrazy55]

you should learn how to love yourself. you may believe that you are a "hippo" but you really aren't. i have been stuggling with weight my whole life and i am now finally fixing it. i have joined weight watchers and it does help. so if you dont think there's any other way to solve your problem then try weight watchers it's done miracles on my. when i started going in may i was 303.2 lbs and now i ahve lost about 60 lbs. the weight is not going to come off as fast as you want it too but it's going to. you just will have to work at it. and yes you should allow your boyfriend to love you even though you are not happy with yourself you should be glad that he loves you!!

[Eve]

Dontcha just love the choice of advertising at the side of this thread, just to rub it in...tsk!

I feel the same, used to have a serious eating problem and used to be really thin but oh no, not anymore, could cry when i look at myself sometimes.