More thin celebrity obsession problems

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Registered: 07-24-2004
More thin celebrity obsession problems
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Sat, 08-21-2004 - 7:10pm
I think I might have posted here before about how jealous I was of Mary-Kate Olsen because of how thin she is and because of all the attention that she's getting. I'm still constantly searching for new information and pictures of her, but I'm also starting to look up tons of information about Carly Patterson, the gymnast. I don't think that she's super thin, but she's in great shape, and I'm jealous of her personality and her accomplishments. Sometimes I feel like I just need to never watch TV or read newspapers again, you know?
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Sat, 08-21-2004 - 7:48pm
hey, how are you? I know what you mean. I'm very jealous of all gymnasts. I used to be in gymnastics, so I had the "gymnast" body, but then I grew a lot taller and had to quite and no longer have the same body. Those girls work out almost all day every day though, so their bodies are mainly muscle. Plus, they are so short.
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Sat, 08-21-2004 - 9:04pm
Oh, and they have NO boobs!!! Haha!
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Sat, 08-21-2004 - 9:58pm
Hi! Thanks for replying to me. It's great to hear from you. I sent you some pictures the other day by e-mail. Did you get them? I didn't know that you used to be in gymnastics. I've always wanted to do gymnastics and ballet. I might take ballet lessons when I get back to college because they are really inexpensive. What do you think? Do you think I'm too big to take ballet lessons?
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Sat, 08-21-2004 - 10:00pm
You always manage to make me laugh and feel better! Thanks!!
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Sat, 08-21-2004 - 11:32pm

I realize you already know this, but the best thing you can do is NOT look at pictures of actresses or models that are TOO thin. There is absolutely nothing attractive about Mary-Kate and there is so much more to life than looking like a skeleton.


I used to get fitness magazines because I lift weights and it would just depress me to see all the muscular, lean models with their seemingly perfect bodies. Eventually I stopped buying them until I was able to not let that affect me anymore. Try to focus on being healthy - a healthy body is a lean and beautiful body by default.

Love & hugs, Kristina


The opinions I have expressed here are from my own experience and are not intended as medical advice or to take the place of your own physician's advice.

Love & hugs, Kristina

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Mon, 08-23-2004 - 10:54am
i just read a book called No Fat Chicks: How Big Business Profits by Making Women Hate Their Bodies-and how to Fight Back by Terry Poulton. One of the things that really stuck with me from that book was this:

97% of regular women absolutely cannot be the same size as celebrities or models without starving themselves. there are very, very few women whose genetic makeup allows them to be that thin naturally. the rest are not accomplishing that look naturally.

to me, the photos of celebrities and models are all smoke and mirrors. maybe one or two of them are supposed to look that way, it's just natural for them. the rest accomplish it with severe dieting, smoking, drugs, professional makeup artists, airbrushing and other digital image manipulations, and professional fitness trainers. i either don't have access to those things, or understand that the other things can kill me. i'd rather work on feeling ok about myself, however i end up looking when i'm healthy.

we all have a better shot at learning to feel good about our natural selves than at getting thin enough to be "happy." it is pretty useless to find and look at those pictures and stories if they're triggering you toward feelings of jealousy and self-hatred.

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Mon, 08-23-2004 - 11:07pm
Awww...I wish that you didn't feel badly about the toned models. Quite honestly, you could be one of those models yourself. You are toned and absolutely gorgeous!
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Mon, 08-23-2004 - 11:24pm
I'm trying to change the channel when I see something on TV that makes me hate myself. But it's hard because I end up staring at all of the tabloid covers when I'm in the grocery store or someplace. And sometimes I just can't seem to change the TV channel, especially when it's something featuring or mentioning Mary-Kate Olsen or Carly Patterson. It's like they have some kind of special secret that I don't have, and if I watch and read everything I possibly can about them, I'll figure out what it is, and then I can be perfect, too. Does that make any sense?
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Wed, 08-25-2004 - 10:37am
I feel the exact same way. Doesn't it seem like if you just look like them all the things they have will come too, kinda like a package deal. Its hard to know what they go through because I'm positive they have the same problems we all do. I don't know. Celebrities suck all they do is hurt themselves and make it look like they eat heathly and convince everyone else that were not.