From Becca, Age 13 - 11/09/03 - IP#: 24.194.243.xxx Click here to reply Ht. 5'7", Today: 160 lb (BMI %tile: 92) - Hey, ive got a question...go figure eh? lol. Anyways, I'm 5'7 160 pounds. im very athletic, and i've got tons of friends, and boyfriends. im very outgoing, and im just like everyone else, except im not quite as thin. But really, it doesnt make a difference at all, because im just as articulate, intellegent, beautiful, and charasmatic, if not more so then others. Having others like you does not have to do with your size, its who you are. so, my question is...Why does everyone feel they need to be a size 0 to fit in and feel good about themselves?
Reply from clifford, Age 15 - 11/10/03 - IP#: 63.229.200.xxx Yeah I have a lot of friends I just want to be thinner for myself not for friends.
Reply from Brittany, Age 13 - 11/10/03 - IP#: 152.163.252.xxx I'm not teased, I've got plenty of friends, but I want to be thinner so I feel better about myself. Not because people want me to be thinner or they tease me about it, but because I want to feel better about myself.
Reply from anne, Age 16 - 11/10/03 - IP#: 216.66.108.xxx YUCK! ok- well- i just want to tell you that i definately don't want to be a size zero! i know people who are and they look disgusting. and second of all i already fit in. i have an amazing boyfriend and may cool friends from all of the different crowds at school. but i still want to lose weight becasue i want to look good and feel better about myself. a lot of it is also for me to accomplish a big goal of mine...not everyone's losing weight to fit in. and if people are very overweight then yes- annoying stupid people do make fun of them....
Reply from Sarah, Age 16 - 11/10/03 - IP#: 195.93.33.xxx Well for 1 thing...our society is still very cruel, and the media don’t help people like us by showing all these gorgeous thin models and making out this is how we have 2 be. Also bullies have a big affect on the way u feel about your self, they just crush your self confidence completely, so this makes u think no1s going to like you cos of the way u look. And yeah it is whats inside that counts, not the way you look, but not all people see u like that, especially lads - no offence guys lol. No1 is ever truly happy with their looks though, we all just need 2 learn to accept people for who they are, would u rather have a really good looking gf/bf with a sh*t personality, or sum1 with a gr8 personality, but not all that good looking? Whoever chooses the 1st option is just shallow.
Reply from Arianna, Age 15 - 11/09/03 - IP#: 12.250.233.xxx Liking someone with good looks doesn't make some one shallow everyone has a different prefrence and u can like someone with good looks and a good personality.
