How comfortable are you with your body?

I was pretty self-conscious as a teenager until I had my first girlfriend. That gave me a lot of confidence, and kind of made me think I had a chance because I was way too shy with girls as a teen. I started to care more about my appearance since then though, and began to work out and just take care of myself.

I'm very comfortable with my appearance now. I'm actually pretty confident. The only people I find intimidating though, are those taller and bigger than me. I worked at Abercrombie & Fitch last year, and normally I do pretty well with women, but it was really hard when you have these behemoths with biceps the size of your head strutting around telling you to fold clothes. They weren't even the ugly type of meatheads, they had very nice proportions. They were a little inspiring, but mostly intimidating. Hah.

Oh, and I'm 5'7". :/

I'm around 6'3"ish. Most folks who try to guess my weight say I'm around 190-200lb or so, but I'm actually 250lb. Why? My legs are fucking gigantic.

I always had freakishly powerful horse-like legs. I'm talking hamstrings, quads, and calves. Before I hurt my right leg so bad, I was doing ridiculous amounts of weight in deadlift, squats, leg extensions, etc. The drawback? Getting pants to fit right is as bizarre as hell. I've got a small waistline, but I have to get really baggy pants, otherwise it pulls on my thigh region. After I had surgery and my legs atrophied (I still had a good deal of flab back then, but...) my weight plummetted big time. I'm very certain that tons of my weight is in my legs in general. After I got back in to weight lifting and running again, I put on 40lb really fast. Also, thanks to how my right leg rehabbed (kinda bent a little at all times), that leg is a little bulkier than the right simply due to the walking posture.

I'm rather jealous of my older brother though. His legs aren't like mine in strength or looks, but he ran off with good torso structure. I'm really narrow-shouldered, and despite how it makes my shoulder/neck region look real trim, it's a bitch-and-a-half to use a backpack for too long. I can't comfortably wear one over both shoulders. It has to be over my right, shoulder hunched, right thumb used as a snag for it so it doesn't slink down.

I'm pleased with how I look though, given what I have to work with. I'm in very good shape and am doing fine. But the leg-size and shoulder-frame problems get on my nerves. Just me being vane I suppose (plus I feel goofy at times given how the pants are so loose around my ankle region). I look pretty trim and I lack excessive body hair (not a one on my back) thanks to genetics. Gracias, pop.

I am 6 foot 5, 205 and have a decent body. I have a fast metabolism, which is nice. That being said, I'm a mess right now. I need to start taking care of myself a little better.

I'm 6'1" and 130lbs.

To be honest, there is nothing that I really like about my body. Lets just say that I'm deathly scrawny or at least I look it. I have INSANE levels of low self-esteem when it comes to my body.

However, no one really assumes this because I'm a cocky dick all day long. Plus, I'm always one of the naked guys at parties so, everyone just assumes I'm in love with myself.

To make a long story short, I don't think ANYONE on this planet is completely happy with their body (at least maybe in Western society).

The worst thing you can ever do, is complain about your body.

I'm 5'11" and I weigh about 185 lbs? I feel fairly comfortable with my body and my appearance, but my gut's expanding somewhat to my concern. Oh, and I sort of still have acne at the age of 19, this annoys me. Really, I don't care too much. I'm awesome, regardless of a few shortcomings that make me think I should be more active sometimes.

God no. I'm a typical 21st century western world kind of woman. I'm only happy with my eyes and my lips. Everything else is wank but I'm too lazy to do anything to improve myself. I'm not healthy in the slightest, so basically I hate my body and it hates me. It would explain my almost constant illness. For the record I'm 5'8" and 115 pounds.

Originally Posted by Bernard Black

God no. I'm a typical 21st century western world kind of woman. I'm only happy with my eyes and my lips. Everything else is wank but I'm too lazy to do anything to improve myself. I'm not healthy in the slightest, so basically I hate my body and it hates me. It would explain my almost constant illness. For the record I'm 5'8" and 115 pounds.

At least your attitude is hot.

I'm basically a skinny, Korean guy. I'm 5' 9" and weigh 140 pounds. I did track all through out high school, been pretty athletic my whole life and have a good metabolism. My picture is floating around GFF, either in a thread or in my journal I believe.

Sure, it would be great if I were bigger and stronger, but frankly that was more of an issue in high school. I've grown comfortable with my body image over time and there is no use hating yourself, especially when you make efforts to stay healthy and fit.

I don't frequent this forum very often, hence the bump u_u

I've gotten a lot more comfortable with my body in the last few years. I'm not sure why, because it's not like I did anything different. Maybe it's because I basically plateaued; for most of my life I was either gaining or dieting. I think it was more of a mental thing in the end, but maybe it was getting out of my old 'rut' and moving to school that balanced me.

However, I still want to lose some weight. I don't think I'd be comfortable strutting around naked, and I'm still really timid about bathing suits and all that. It's not a dominating force in my everyday life, though.

I find it odd that so many guys on here are self-conscious of how skinny they are . I've always liked really skinny guys, and I thought they were okay with it. Most of the heavy male friends I have usually are the self-conscious ones. But I guess the whole "masculine muscle" ideal is just as annoying as the "perfect model female ideal.

Confidence is something that comes and goes for me.

I like my body, it has nice enough proportions and there really isn't anything wrong with my face. I'm 5'10" and 135 lbs., my abs are hard but hips are kinda soft so it's a trade-off. Sometimes I wish I were waif-ish and ethereal, other times I wish I had more curves and were tan. *shrug* In the end it serves my purposes and doesn't make me embarrassed, so I'm fairly content with it.

Being confident, however, I dunno. It comes and goes.

I'm not very comfortable with it. I'm 213 pounds and 5'9 feet. Sure I don't like a potato sack, but I have pretty much face- and belly fat in my opinion. I love food and don't exercise very much. But as someone said, efforts you know?

Well, I'm pretty much perfect. I guess I could be a model, but I just CHOOSE to be a nerd and play games all day.

Seriously, is there anyone who would post here who would be really, really happy?

I can join the legions here. I'm fat, but pull it off well. It bothers me, but not too much. The fat is pretty well spread, and I'm naturally really solid (when I was a kid and not fat yet, I was actually pretty well toned for, you know, a ten year old) but I could stand to lose a few pounds.

Which, I guess, I'm trying now, so ask me again in six months.

Oh, yeah: and 9". kthx

I'm pretty proud of my body (6'0", 195lb), fair amount of muscle--to the uninitiated, I look positively jacked. Unfortunately I had WAY too much testosterone when going through puberty, so I developed large nipples and a bit of chest fat that won't go away (commonly known as gyno). It's unfortunate, but it won't go away without surgery (because it's due to natural hormones rather than the usual steroids). And I'm totally ashamed of my legs, because they're not quite up to bar with my upper body. Basically when I do it, my undershirt is the last things to come off (and it often won't).

Well, I'm a big fat hairy guy.

But I'm pretty comfortable with my body, actually.

I mean, I don't think guys have to worry about this as much as girls would, though.

Being fat and hairy for a girl wouldn't fly too well.

Unless you're one of those mexican chicks with a carpet on their back.

I'm rather comfortable with my body. I'm taller than most Asian girls I know though (5'6"), but I'm not one to gain too much weight since my diet is fairly consistent. I don't have problems wearing shorts, skirts, or sleeveless shirts either.

I am comfortable with being fat.

You know what makes me uncomfortable? How uncomfortable others are with my being fat.

I really enjoy it. I get to eat really delicious food and enjoy everything with a certain joie de vivre that skinny people often lack. I know so many people who punish themselves after eating a delicious and fattening meal. I'm glad I'm not one of those people.

But yea, I'm completely happy like this. I never really give it too much thought, but I figure if I were skinny, I think I'd lose something about myself.

Originally Posted by Divest

Unless you're one of those mexican chicks with a carpet on their back.

This is about you, not your mother.

Originally Posted by Sassafrass

I am comfortable with being fat.

You know what makes me uncomfortable? How uncomfortable others are with my being fat.

I really enjoy it. I get to eat really delicious food and enjoy everything with a certain joie de vivre that skinny people often lack. I know so many people who punish themselves after eating a delicious and fattening meal. I'm glad I'm not one of those people.

But yea, I'm completely happy like this. I never really give it too much thought, but I figure if I were skinny, I think I'd lose something about myself.

Don't you ever get frustrated by not being able to run, bike, swim, etc for hours or even minutes?

As for me, there's always something I'd like to improve, but not to the point that it makes me uncomfortable with what I have now. Except one thing - facial skin that's been drying out - that I've been successfully treating with hardcore moisturizers. The serious body issues I had after leaving high school had nothing to do with weight or appearance.

I'm am 6 feet 6 inches tall and I weigh 260 pounds. I like myself. I am fat, square and fair.
I lift weights on odd days and I jog for 6 KM on even days. I eat vegetarian food and I abhore junkfood. (It makes me feel emo )

I just don't focus my world around my body. I know I've got imperfections but it's just never a priority in my mind. Lots of other things are floating about my back and front burners but my body image is rarely there.

Wha I am insecure about, though, is my mental image. My goal is to be happy with myself, my physical and mental self, like Sass is above and to be secure and social like Deni, also above. I figure, as I grow up, I'll pick up those things and develop into a well-rounded adult. I've already picked up self-esteem and discipline and rest of these things are bound to fall in.