From Jessica, Age 13 - 07/14/08 - IP#: 64.12.117.xxx  Click here to reply  
Ht. 5'4", Start: 174 lb, Today: 167 lb, Goal: 123 lb - hi everyone! right now i really have to vent. okay, so yesterday i went over my grandma's. my cousin from virginia is staying for two weeks and we wanted to see him. everyone, and i mean everyone, was there. it was kinda crowded. well, she has a swimming pool and i went to change into my bathing suit (one piece, of course) and i was really looking forward to seeing everyone. i thought i looked very nice in the bathing suit, so i went in the pool. pretty soon more of my cousins showed up. one of my cousins, Bridget, came. she is only a year younger than me, so i felt comfortable. but, she brought a friend, sarah. they are both really skinny, and i am really shy. do you believe it? I couldn't even talk with my own cousin because i was afraid of what her friend might think. well, i got changed back into my regular clothes and i sat by myself for 2 hours. eventually i did come around. i got to know sarah and she is very nice. well, i'm done. any tips on how to boost my self esteem and make me more social? Love and best wishes.
Reply from Ricardo Gonzalez, Age 19 - 07/28/08  - IP#: 72.80.152.xxx
Hi nice to meet you I am Ricardo
good luck with your weight loss.
Byway can we become friends please?		 
Reply from Carly, Age 15 - 07/16/08  - IP#: 68.77.7.xxx
here is my opinon.. im actually not overweight but i think that if people can not accept you for who you are they are not good enough for you. im not the skinnest tho either im real close to that overweight line and when i first put my bathing suit on im like oo i look good and then you see those really skinny pretty girls in bikinis and it just puts you down. but you are ferfect the way you are so dont worry about it.the only reason you feel bad is because what peoples expectations but you are fine the way you are an keep it up		 
Reply from Sierra, Age 14 - 07/15/08  - IP#: 76.31.95.xxx
Something like this happened to me a few days ago. These four girls came over to my house because they were the daughters of my parents' friends. They were all around my age and were practically the most beautiful and skinny people. I had to invite one of my friends over just to feel somewhat comfortable. It didn't really help but it was worth a shot. But after a few hours around them we got really relaxed and talkative. It made me think about when im around people, do i immediatly spend all my time thinking about their flaws? Not really. So whenever you get tense around people that you feel are "oh so much better than you" [which probably isnt true] just think about how un-tense they are probably feeling. Does that help or was i just babbling?		 
Reply from Motivated, Age 19 - 07/14/08  - IP#: 32.164.68.xxx
LOL. Give me those tips if you find them. I am so socially awkward!!!