Is it normal that i obsess over my stomach?

I work super hard to maintain a size 00, but I always feel big. I skip lunch so that I won't get a bulge and I weigh myself constantly to make sure that I don't put on any weight. I check my height to weight ratio and it always says I'm under normal weight. I'm 5'7" and weigh 98 lbs but I always feel guilty when I eat or that people will stare at me and be disgusted when I eat around them. Is this normal?

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  • NeuroNeptunian

    You should probably seek professional help. No, it is not normal, you are underweight, and no one is angry at you for eating and I am assuming that you do not live in the most impoverished area of Ethiopia and you refuse to share your food. Unless you live in Hollywood or some other rich preppy white-ville where nobody eats, I can almost guarantee you that no one is disgusted with your eating and no one is staring at you.

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  • Faeri_Realms

    Hun what you doing isn't okay. Your obsession could turn into anorexia or even worse, Bulimia. About a year ago I had the same issue and, It stuck me in the hospital. If you need some one to talk to about it message me. Hope everything goes okay.

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  • xXScYtHeXx

    Not normal. I suggest you find some food and eat now, eating isn't disgusting, why should you feel guilty?

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  • I'm about your weight (maybe slighty bigger or smaller) I am only 5'1 which makes a difference. If you are 5'7 a 00 waist MAY be too skinny for you. You should weigh atleast 108lbs. Taller people are supposed to have slighty bigger waists than shorter people. A normal waist for you would be atleast 26 inches, not 23 inches.

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  • jessie747

    pfft. c'mon! so do i!
    I am 5'6" and weigh 120. and i have NEVER felt good about my body, especially my stomach. SO, heads up lady! you're going to be just fine. No one will ever recall your stomach during your funeral, and it definitely won't be in your epitaph. Get a library card and start reading books, and get away from all of this internet/media negativity that tells you exactly what you should look like, exactly how big your boobs should be, how flat your stomach, etc.
    it's all a waste of life. It's also a shame on feminism! embrace being a female! embrace existence.
    you ever heard that song by Marvina Reynolds-Little Boxes? It's on Weeds. ANYWAY. Would your world be perfect if everyone had straight teeth, the same body shape, they all weighed the same, and all thought the same thoughts?
    because ultimately, that is what is happening here.
    you are beautiful in your flaws, and if you can't see that then nobody will.

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  • ChasingAfterPond<3

    It sounds like you have a case of anorexia. You should seek proffesional help. Most guys like a girl to have some meat on her bones, but that doesn't necessarily mean you have to be fat. You weigh 98 pounds and are 5'7" and I weigh 135 pounds and am 5'6" and I still look healthy with a fairly flat stomach and wear a jean size of 3, 5, or 7. I haven't been under 100 pounds since the 5th or 6th grade. I'm using myself as a comparison to show you that you need to get help. I have problems eating in front of people as well, but you have to try to realize that everyone has to eat and realize that people won't be disgusted with you for eating, its something that everyone does. I really hope that you get help, it is a shame to hear about and see so many girls that are so focused on weighing how much a ten or eleven year old would weigh because it is not healthy and you should accept how you would look with a normal healthy weight, not what the media portrays women.

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  • dom180

    1) Size 00 is NOT attractive. That's just what TV, the internet and magazines tell you is true. Ask the vast majority of real guys in real life and that is what they will tell you.

    2) Being obsessive over anything is also NOT attractive, least of all your appearance. People will label you as vain and not worth their time.

    3) People will not be disgusted; in fact I'm willing to bet they think it's strange that you are NOT eating around them.

    Next chance you get, take a look at the people around you while they are eating. Is anyone staring at them? Does anyone else think they are disgusting? The answer you should get is: "No, they'd don't".

    I strongly advise you to talk to someone about this. Constantly weighing yourself, feeling genuinely disgusted by eating and always feeling overweight and unattractive no matter how skinny you are signs of anorexia.

    Anorexia is NOT attractive, it is a serious illness and it can kill you. It's like cancer; you lose a lot of weight, you start out in denial and sometimes you die because you were in denial for too long. Is cancer attractive to you?

    More than anything else, it IS NOT normal. Talk to someone you can trust about it honestly and tell them everything you feel.

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  • BurnaBaby27

    You need a shrink.

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