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Teen
Weight Loss
and Self Esteem
Understanding
Your Self Esteem and Teen Weight Loss
All people who are overweight experience some
level of low self esteem. This is because as a society we
place too much emphasis on weight. Without going overboard on
clichés, beauty is on the inside and not the outside.
Even though I do believe this, I too am trying to once again lose
weight. The difference with me is now I am trying to lose
weight for me and not because someone thinks I am overweight.
I want to better myself not only mentally but physically.
This change in attitude is what I know will make me achieve my goals
and keep my weight at a level I am comfortable with.
I find that as I go through life I am generally harder on myself than
anyone around me. You may be the same way, my guess is that
just about everyone finds something about themselves they don’t like.
I was lucky in two ways; 1) I did not have to worry about teen weight
loss and 2), I had wonderful parents. Early on they
taught me to find the positive in just about everything, including
finding the good in me. One of the clichés my mom used but is
very true is “no one can love you fully until you learn to love
yourself”. Although this is a common cliché, it is one I use
to this day.
Growing up I never had to worry about teen weight loss. I was
not
skinny by any means, but definitely not overweight. So I
cannot pretend to understand the difficulties of teen weight loss or
how an overweight teen feels, but I do understand how a person feels
when someone does not like you for what seems like really petty
things. There will always be someone who does not like you
for whatever reason. This is true for adults as
well.
What I have come to learn and understand over the years is that it is
generally something about you that this person sees in themselves that
they don’t like. So instead of dealing with what they don’t
like about themselves, they take it out on those that remind them of
what they don’t like about who he or she is.
I’m getting a bit off track, but my point being, you will never be
liked 100% by everyone you meet. It’s just the way of the
world. My advice is, don’t worry about the others, but first
focus on yourself. Going back to my mother’s saying; learn to
love yourself first before others can truly love you.
Taking back your
Self Esteem
Taking back your self esteem is something we all have the power to
do. Although when your self esteem is low, words like these
don’t seem possible or is something that you just don’t want to
hear. But learning to have a positive attitude will go along
way to help you achieve your weight loss goals.
If you have a low self esteem due to being overweight, I want you to
ask yourself if your weight is the only thing that defines who you
are. My guess is the answer is no. There is a lot
more to you as a person than your weight.

Begin to focus on what you do like about yourself. For
instance, are you good at a particular subject in school, or maybe you
are a straight A student. Are you kind to animals or have a
great sense of humor? Are you easy to talk to and give good
advice to your friends?
Perhaps you are always the top scorer on the video games. It
does not matter how small you may think these accomplishments are it
means that there is more to you than your weight.
Start to focus on what you do like about yourself. It can be
anything you know you like about yourself, even something with your
physical appearance. Perhaps you have great eyes or a perfect
smile.
Work on building your self esteem by focusing on these positive things
you like about yourself or what others have said they like about
you. Once you begin to have a more positive outlook on life
and yourself, it will be easier to then start focusing on your weight
loss. Again, don’t let your weight issues consume all your
thoughts. Always keep positive thoughts along your weight
loss journey.
As you begin to lose the weight, reward yourself. Don’t use
food as a reward but instead think of alternatives such as new clothing
or a night out with your friends to the movies.
To sum
up my point, there is good in just about everyone and if they take the
time to find this good in themselves, they can raise their self
esteem. So, if you are an overweight teen that has been
solely focused on their teen weight loss, take some time to evaluate
all aspects
of who you are. Find the good in yourself and celebrate this
good and build upon that. I’m not saying that you should not
focus on losing weight, because losing weight could bring you great
health benefits and help raise your self esteem even more.
What I am saying is that your weight is not the only thing that defines
who you are.
To wrap this up, I just want to say that I am not an expert in self
image or a psychologist, but am just providing some helpful tips to
help build your self esteem. If you are extremely depressed
or have an extreme low self esteem, talk to your parents, a friend or
your family doctor.
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