Post by boo on Nov 5, 2012 13:48:06 GMT -5
Hello! I'm Boo, new to the forums and here to help myself an others get healthy. Although, I think I'm at the opposite end of the spectrum to most people.
I'm just an average 14 year old girl living in the UK, I only know one person IRL that is a brony, all my other brony friends are online. I'm on deviantART and I make plushies, sewing is a big hobby of mine, so if you a are plush maker, or just love plushies send me a message!
As for health wise, I'm not overweight, neither am I underweight (much) but my health problem is that I am afraid of becoming too weight obsessed. Weight problems for girls my age is a big thing, media is constantly throwing out the 'ideal' teenage girl and many of my friends are constantly fretting over their size even though most of them are even thinner than me. I DO NOT read teenage magazines or follow any kind of 'fashion' or 'ideal self' TV show. So why do I feel under-pressure to be thin?
Well it unfortunately comes from my family, but they under no circumstances mean to be in any way offensive or abusive to me. My father is overweight, and all his other blood relatives are, especially the women. My six female cousins on my dads side are all over the age of 20 and are all overweight even though they all have very healthy lifestyles. My Aunt told me that the weight problem on my dads side is genetic, and all the evidence points that way. Most of my relatives were very thin in their teenage years, but as soon as they hit their early twenties all of them put on weight very very quickly.
So I have a terrifying fear that I will become overweight and I would be unable to stop it, and although I know this is very unlikely, I've been having anxiety issues and it often drives me to becoming nervous around meal times, keeping me up at night and even very rarely actually making me feel sick. I've tried so hard to push these thoughts out my mind, but it hangs over me and I am always thinking about it. I'm not skipping meals, I eat healthily, and I don't make myself sick after I eat. But the anxiety is just getting harder to cope with and is slowly getting worse.
So as soon as I found out about the Brony Health Group I immediately joined and here I am. I hope to become fit, not thin, and I am eager to try and do more exercise with fellow bronies who I feel comfortable talking to and being with. I hope that if I do more exercise, I'll become fitter and stop obsessing with my weight.
I would be very grateful if anyone who is having similar issues or any advise to please talk to me, I'd feel more happy talking to bronies than my family. I can give advice to anyone who is overweight and is trying to lose weight, and I hope that I'll meet many new friends! Thanks for reading!
Boo
I'm just an average 14 year old girl living in the UK, I only know one person IRL that is a brony, all my other brony friends are online. I'm on deviantART and I make plushies, sewing is a big hobby of mine, so if you a are plush maker, or just love plushies send me a message!
As for health wise, I'm not overweight, neither am I underweight (much) but my health problem is that I am afraid of becoming too weight obsessed. Weight problems for girls my age is a big thing, media is constantly throwing out the 'ideal' teenage girl and many of my friends are constantly fretting over their size even though most of them are even thinner than me. I DO NOT read teenage magazines or follow any kind of 'fashion' or 'ideal self' TV show. So why do I feel under-pressure to be thin?
Well it unfortunately comes from my family, but they under no circumstances mean to be in any way offensive or abusive to me. My father is overweight, and all his other blood relatives are, especially the women. My six female cousins on my dads side are all over the age of 20 and are all overweight even though they all have very healthy lifestyles. My Aunt told me that the weight problem on my dads side is genetic, and all the evidence points that way. Most of my relatives were very thin in their teenage years, but as soon as they hit their early twenties all of them put on weight very very quickly.
So I have a terrifying fear that I will become overweight and I would be unable to stop it, and although I know this is very unlikely, I've been having anxiety issues and it often drives me to becoming nervous around meal times, keeping me up at night and even very rarely actually making me feel sick. I've tried so hard to push these thoughts out my mind, but it hangs over me and I am always thinking about it. I'm not skipping meals, I eat healthily, and I don't make myself sick after I eat. But the anxiety is just getting harder to cope with and is slowly getting worse.
So as soon as I found out about the Brony Health Group I immediately joined and here I am. I hope to become fit, not thin, and I am eager to try and do more exercise with fellow bronies who I feel comfortable talking to and being with. I hope that if I do more exercise, I'll become fitter and stop obsessing with my weight.
I would be very grateful if anyone who is having similar issues or any advise to please talk to me, I'd feel more happy talking to bronies than my family. I can give advice to anyone who is overweight and is trying to lose weight, and I hope that I'll meet many new friends! Thanks for reading!
Boo
