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JosefBugman Since: Nov, 2009
#26: Dec 8th 2010 at 9:12:11 AM

How many kilometres in a mile?

Ettina Since: Apr, 2009
#27: Dec 8th 2010 at 9:18:19 AM

I don't like how I look, but I don't really care much. Sometimes I think I'm ugly, other times I'm afraid everyone will think I'm really attractive and come on to me.

I've been told I'm attractive. I'm slim, with straight, dark blond shoulder-length hair, average-sized boobs, blue eyes and a fairly normal looking face Caucasian face. I do have some pimples, but fewer than many people my age. I never wear makeup and don't do any kind of skin care.

Mostly, I don't pay attention to my appearance. I keep being surprised when I look in the mirror, because I forget what I look like (not like I think I'm a black man or something, but more like 'was my face always that narrow?'). I don't do anything to change my appearance except at Halloween. I insist on having long hair, but that's about it. Every so often I worry that I'm too thin (I've never felt too fat, possibly because I'm really pro-fat) but I've never tried to change my diet.

My biggest body image problems are with sports. I have motor planning problems, sensory processing problems and hypotonia, basically meaning that I'm clumsy, physically weak, learn motor skills slowly and have poor balance. About my only motor-related strength is that I'm freakily flexible (I can press my ankle to my forehead, loop my arm around my neck to touch its own shoulder and cross all my fingers together to make a staircase shape). I'm really proud of that. But I was teased a lot in phys ed class, and that made me avoid physical activities. Lately I've gotten into martial arts, but I had to quit karate because my senseis didn't listen when we tried to explain autism to them.

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Null ... from ... Since: Apr, 2009
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#28: Dec 8th 2010 at 9:32:22 AM

Your flexibility scares me.

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rmctagg09 The Wanderer from Brooklyn, NY (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
The Wanderer
#29: Dec 8th 2010 at 11:04:16 AM

[up] More like her flexibility is awesome. I, on the other hand, have the flexibility of a rock.

edited 8th Dec '10 11:04:37 AM by rmctagg09

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Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
DUMB
#30: Dec 8th 2010 at 11:06:53 AM

I keep being surprised when I look in the mirror, because I forget what I look like

I do that too. I'ts a bit unnerving, like someone else is watching me from the mirror.

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Lessinath from In the wilderness. Since: Nov, 2010
#31: Dec 8th 2010 at 11:10:44 AM

Just one mile?

Of course not just one. More like six... or more.

How many kilometres in a mile?

1.609344 km/mi

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TheMightyAnonym PARTY HARD!!!! from Pony Chan Since: Jan, 2010
PARTY HARD!!!!
#32: Dec 8th 2010 at 11:11:24 AM

Watch The Mighty Anonym work those keys thighs. Frickin' awesome!

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JosefBugman Since: Nov, 2009
#33: Dec 8th 2010 at 11:34:49 AM

[up][up] Excellent, that means I'm running about a mile in about 12 mins.

Barkey Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#34: Dec 8th 2010 at 3:40:55 PM

I've been pretty proud of my mile and a half time up until lately. My last PT test I nailed it in 9:17, which is very fast, even by military standards. The fastest I've ever seen in the military was 8:04 for 1.5 miles.

Last time I did it I got around 10:30 though, that really pissed me off.

Meophist from Toronto, Canada Since: May, 2010
#35: Dec 8th 2010 at 4:08:50 PM

I used to barely care at all. Since I became bi, however, I'd started to think that I would like to make myself at least somewhat attractive.

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Nika-senpai The Golden Girl from Mitakihara Since: Nov, 2009
The Golden Girl
#36: Dec 8th 2010 at 4:23:52 PM

I fluctuate between feeling OK and insecure about myself.

I could use some toning up. I'm nowhere near fat, I don't think. Last time I weighed myself I was 125 lbs even, and I'm 5'6". I've gained at least 10 pounds since then, but you still can't tell too much. I don't like the way fat accumulates on me, most girls wouldn't either. The first place I lose weight is in my chest. When I was 14, I was a cup size higher than I am now. I gain too much of it in my thighs and tummy and bum, but my hips are small so no jeans that I can actually pull over my ass will fit properly in the waist. I always have to wear belts and tighten them up something crazy. I look ridiculous from the size, seriously, an ass that big should not be on somebody with hips that small.

I really loved working out when I was doing it. My last year of highschool, I took a fitness course and I never had that much fun in a gym setting. (I hated it in gr. 9, it was all sports sports sports and I can't throw a ball to save my life.) I looked great and felt great, when I flexed my arms I had these amazing biceps, lmao, and my tummy was flat and cute and I loved looking in the mirror. My ass was smaller too so my silhouette was not that ridiculous looking. That was a year and a half ago though, and since then, I've grown really shy. I have no energy to go to gym, even though my school has a great one, and once I actually make it there, it's crowded and everyone's looking and I feel silly and can't do it. I wish I knew where to start at least, but I'm so lost without my fitness teacher and can't afford a trainer, so I don't start. I always tell myself I will, in a month, in two...I don't know.

Otherwise, I kinda like my face, my nose is rather large for my face but I have pretty eyes that shift colours from gray all the way to blue and green, and pillowy kind of lips. (For a caucasian girl.) And my hair does this natural wave thing where it flips at the ends to frame my face, and it takes very well to straightening. I also look a little bit younger than my 20 years, thanks to my mom's youthful genetics. Of course, I can play this all up with the right fashions to make myself look absolutely adorable, but I don't have energy to pull it off every day.

I don't think I look too too terrible even with the extra fat cushions and lack of muscle tone. But I really miss how healthy and energetic I used to feel when I exercised regularly. I should start thinking about doing it more seriously from now on. Except my boobs better not shrink again, or they'll disappear.

edited 8th Dec '10 4:24:34 PM by Nika-senpai

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Lessinath from In the wilderness. Since: Nov, 2010
#37: Dec 9th 2010 at 1:46:46 AM

[up] Keep going at it. It's not as easy as people try to make it sound.

[up][up][up] Yeah, that's pretty good.

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Gelzo Gerald Zosewater from the vault Since: Oct, 2009
Gerald Zosewater
#38: Dec 9th 2010 at 2:59:35 AM

My looks and body are about average as far as I can tell. I'm sure I won't be able to rely on them or be hampered by them for anything.

Ruining everything forever.
TrashMan EMPERAHS FURIEH!!! from Croatia Since: Apr, 2009
EMPERAHS FURIEH!!!
#39: Dec 9th 2010 at 4:29:18 AM

Me? Kinda...meh

I'm approx 190 cm tall and my weight varries between 89 - 95 kg, depending on the time of year. I don't train in no sport and don't go to any gym, and I have a desk job..soo..I'm out of shape. My endurance when running is abysmal.

And it's a friggin shame, cause my body build is perfect for a body builder (at least that's why my sisters husband tell me..and he did bodybuilding)

Here's a old (2 years) image of me : Guess which one am I?

HINT: I'm not standing up

edited 9th Dec '10 4:30:23 AM by TrashMan

Erock Proud Canadian from Toronto Since: Jul, 2009
Proud Canadian
#40: Dec 9th 2010 at 5:29:35 PM

[up][up][up]Don't use Caucasian. It stupid an inanccurate. Just use white. And looking younger then you are at 20 is kind of... weird. If you look 20 when you are 30 then that's good.

If you don't like a single Frank Ocean song, you have no soul.
Barkey Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#41: Dec 9th 2010 at 5:41:30 PM

^^

Is that face camo supposed to be functional?

Nika-senpai The Golden Girl from Mitakihara Since: Nov, 2009
The Golden Girl
#42: Dec 9th 2010 at 7:00:25 PM

[up][up] Is it? It's habit I guess.

Also, looking about 17ish is a huge hassle. I get I Ded when I try to get on a Greyhound because they think I'm a runaway teen, never mind that the last time I made a purchase at the liquor store the clerk had to scrutinize my license for two minutes. Being called weird, on top of that, just makes me feel bad.

Of course, let's not get into the Unfortunate Implications and what I look like when I walk hand in hand down the street with my 25 year old husband.

This sucks.

Shine
Erock Proud Canadian from Toronto Since: Jul, 2009
Proud Canadian
#43: Dec 9th 2010 at 7:33:18 PM

[up]Lol.

Wait, you are married‽ Ok, I'm not disappointed, just confirming. Considering the other br=orads I used to go on was like all teens the volume of adults here is very interesting. And yes, I am enjoying being 15 while it lasts. or at least trying my best to.

If you don't like a single Frank Ocean song, you have no soul.
JackMackerel from SOME OBSCURE MEDIA Since: Jul, 2010
#44: Dec 9th 2010 at 7:38:05 PM

I do that too. I'ts a bit unnerving, like someone else is watching me from the mirror.

It's worse when you look different, as if someone moved around your eyes and nose when you weren't looking.

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Nika-senpai The Golden Girl from Mitakihara Since: Nov, 2009
The Golden Girl
#45: Dec 9th 2010 at 8:57:57 PM

[up][up] Yes, I am indeed married. But it's definitely unusual at my age. People don't want to believe me when I tell them :( They're all like, "But you're SO YOUNG!" And I'm like, "Actually, I'm 20...wait, that's still young...goddammit..."

In either case, I do not enjoy looking like my husband's little sister. This is a huge sore spot for me.

I wish I was still 15. Life was easier back then.

Shine
Nimitz 12-9-6-5 from Netherlands Antilles Since: Jan, 2010
#46: Dec 10th 2010 at 9:44:19 AM

I'm way too thin. I have good stamina, and I wouldn't say my face isn't handsome, but when it comes to the rest of my body, I'm pretty insecure about it. This is why I really like big, baggy clothing. >_>

edited 10th Dec '10 9:44:57 AM by Nimitz

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Bur from Flyover Country (Living Relic) Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
#47: Dec 10th 2010 at 10:08:36 AM

I am also way too thin but have good stamina. [lol] At my worst I was 85 lbs lugging 30 lbs an average of five miles a day around my university campus. That 85 lbs was due to a hyperactive thyroid, though, which has long been taken care of. wink I'm still way too thin at 95 lbs.

Other than being freaky-conscious of how much I can trace my bone structure, I'm quite pleased with how I look. Could use a bit of muscle toning, because now I sit on my ass for 15 hours a day at work and then at school and what meat I have has become very squishy. Good complexion, a rather dainty frame, inexplicable tits, and able to pass for a teenager at 27. Life is good.

edited 10th Dec '10 10:12:26 AM by Bur

Kino Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Californicating
#48: Dec 10th 2010 at 10:49:20 AM

Short answer: Yes

Slightly longer answer: It would be awesome if I still had Hendrix hair; and finally got around to getting my sleeves drawn.

Long answer: [in progress]

Erock Proud Canadian from Toronto Since: Jul, 2009
Proud Canadian
#49: Dec 10th 2010 at 7:08:42 PM

Now normally I dislike people who complain about being skinny, but 85-95 lbs for anyone is weird. Hell, I was 95 pounds by 9-10 (I had a fat phase). I could lose a couple pounds, but being 160ish and 5'11 at the age of 15 is much betterthen being small. I legitamtely just tell Grade 9s to moved why I push through the giant nobby crowds that amass.

If you don't like a single Frank Ocean song, you have no soul.
BattleMaiden Since: Nov, 2010
#50: Dec 10th 2010 at 7:23:59 PM

I'm comfortable enough with my looks and body image to get naked in front of a bunch of people regularly without caring much. There's nothing really distinguishing about me. Though, I wished I were slightly taller.

Il n'y a rien à regretter. Tout est déjà oublié.

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