Friend Friday is here again folks and that means some Q&A with me. This one is a doosey (sp?) It’s all about the body image. I have to say even before I saw these questions on FBFF I was questioning myself the same questions.
It is very difficult to have the same answers week by week because I don’t always feel the same about my body every week so these are my answers for this week. It also doesn’t help what was said to me that week or day whether it was positive or negative. But most of them are a generalization so I think it will be fine.
This is me the different weeks.
1. Since you started blogging has your image of yourself changed?
This is a definite. I went through some serious body issues since I started my blog a year ago do to a health problem. Also I started my blog with no intent of posting any sort of picture of me intentionally. Then I started to record my daily wear once in a while which evolved in to joining in on the 30 for 30 Challenge. I didn’t really have a choice in changing my body before my health problem was taken care of. But right after fixing it and getting back on a health track I changed my attitude on what is right for my body and what is attainable.
2. Are you self-conscious about any aspect of yourself? If so, do you
go out of your way to avoid it or do you post it/talk about it anyway?
It does bother me when I look back at my pictures an realize I look pregnant in about 80% of the pictures I took. I want to Photoshop them, but I realize that’s me and it’s my body. Still hard to look at other bloggers who are tiny, but I have to realize that maybe they are self conscious about things that I may have and they would want, it may not be true but it works for me. I don’t talk about it in my posts or complain everyday about my struggles in the mirror. But what really bothers me is the fact that my hair is thinning and it is very noticeable to me, it may be because of previous health issues or just my fate to be a bald woman, look for future posts with me wearing wigs. Haha!
3. Based on how you are feeling now, what do you think the future
holds in the evolution of your body image?
Definitely I will be better careful with my body; I will take care of it. Of course health is more important but I want to look better too. I do have plans to get into shape and eat healthier as well. But one thing I noticed is that I need to wear better under garments and clothing that will fit me better. All my life I wore clothes that were too tight in the hip area and they reshaped my body to the point where there is an indent. My mother always told me if I wore the proper underwear and right size clothes I would have had my indents in the proper place, I should have listened because now I’m paying for it. If you don’t understand, it’s like the same concept of corsets, they are used to shape the body. Now that I am more aware of what I look like from the back, side, and front I am thinking I have to take care of my body better. Its not really about having a flat stomach or getting rid of my double chin, it is more about being healthy to live the best life I could live, mentally and physically.
4. Do you photograph yourself for your blog? If so, how do you feel
about the experience when you're having your picture taken? If you
choose not to post pictures of yourself, what prompted that decision?
I do take my own pictures during the week, and I try to have some one do my pictures on the weekend. I rather have someone take my pictures, I feel more relaxed and comfortable in the environment. When I take my own pictures they end up looking forced and I definitely always to forget to smile. My friend David always makes me smile and my friend Karen always tells me when I don’t have the proper posture ( I tend to slouch.) But I do get self concious about my picture take with people, I feel so vain when I am doing these shots, but I am trying to get the best shot of the outfit and how it and I would look in person.
5. What would you want every person who struggles with body image to
take to heart?
Never take anything anyone says or does to heart. You live in your body not theirs, you may not know what struggles they are going through themselves. Also never compare yourself to yourself in the past, there is a reason why they are in the past, its best to move on an focus on the future.
This body would be great to have at 50.
This I believe is what a lot of women and men see.
I could have went on about how Hollywood is setting a bad example and how a lot of people strive to be like celebrities, which is unattainable, but that would be another day and another post. So there you have it. Now you know a bit more about me an my insecurities.
I am not so perfect, but who is?
Whatever ♥
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The first image is so fitting, I think for pretty much every girl. I'm on a middle day today, I think. And also, I slouch ridiculously. Wishing I had listened to my mother when she told me to stand up straight would have been a great idea.
ReplyDeletei love your attitude. this line is so true:
ReplyDeletebut I have to realize that maybe they are self conscious about things that I may have and they would want
great post!