tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2261539114159965850.post9182987901104229263..comments2013-04-22T07:30:27.571-05:00Comments on Lacid Toes: My confessionLacy Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17487610286017549241noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2261539114159965850.post-6395580570187960892013-02-24T10:09:28.367-06:002013-02-24T10:09:28.367-06:00Thanks for sharing and your honesty. I've neve...Thanks for sharing and your honesty. I've never had an eating disorder either...but i can't help but wonder if I don't have an unhealthy relationship with food. Thanks again for sharing! Amy Glasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08641942023749566964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2261539114159965850.post-21188021859452315872013-02-20T14:53:17.809-06:002013-02-20T14:53:17.809-06:00I used to compare myself daily to other women. Now...I used to compare myself daily to other women. Now I only compare me to me. I also have suffered from body dysmorphia but feel that is behind me now. When I look back at pictures of myself taken when I felt "fat", today I can clearly see I was anything but. <br /><br />Everything I do from having breastfed, babyled introduction, childled weaning, realistic looking dolls, eating together at the table with no TV, being active together, referring to myself as "pretty" and "strong" are all to help create a positive environment so she may have a healthy self image of herself. I do wonder about how to face challenges like what you described in your daughter picking up "fat".<br /><br />I agree with you 100% about being careful about the words we choose around our children. The other day my daughter walked up to me, lifted her pants up over her knees and said, "Strong! Look!" and refers to herself constantly as pretty. That she got from me. Proud mama! <3Lacy Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17487610286017549241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2261539114159965850.post-33926700950615456322013-02-20T14:24:56.811-06:002013-02-20T14:24:56.811-06:00Phew, this is a tough topic! Thanks for being so h...Phew, this is a tough topic! Thanks for being so honest. I've never really suffered from an eating disorder, but the scale can drive me mad, and being around distance runners all the time has given me a distorted view of normal. I'm 5'6 too! And my weight fluctuates between 136 and 143. I KNOW other runners are lighter (one of my teammate was 5'6 and 117) and if I let it, that drives me crazy. Truth is I don't feel good if I go below the 135 pound mark. I feel sluggish and cranky and weak. Another truth is that I love to eat. For the most part I'm happy, and my desire to set a good example for my girls keeps me from ever using phrases like "I'm fat" or "I look fat". To my complete and utter dismay my 5 year old told me looked fat in her winter jacket yesterday. I was so furious and sad. I know she has not gotten those words from me or her aunts or her grandmothers. We are all very careful with that language, which means she got it from school. Luckily she didn't linger on it. I told her that was ridiculous. She was just right (and she is, there is no weight issue). Then she laughed and said she knew she was skinny. Something else she must have got from school, because I don't use that word either. Anyway, I have my work cut out for me...Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06399320835082431959noreply@blogger.com