<p>i’m 17. i used to feel a lot of pressure about my appearance too but that was mostly in my freshmen year and middle school. in sophomore year i dropped out track and field for a while bcus i had other priorities. however the pressure to look thin led me to “inappropriate eating” (i’m not usin eatin disorders cus it wasnt that aweful) and smokin in order to reduce the amount of food i consumed everyday. i continued like that only for a month until i grew tired and realized how much that pressure to keep the skinny image was affectin my life. so i decided to get rid of the first thing that made me wanna think about my appearance: my hair. i cut it really short and that is when i started to not care how i looked. obviously my haiir is long right now and once in a while i would just dress fancier than usual but i had never felt any pressure after that incident. and i got into track and field again:)</p>
<p>I hate to admit it, but I do think I wear too much makeup. I have to wear tons of makeup in my theatre productions and ballet recitals to look more noticeable on stage, and it just became a habit to wear that much makeup.</p>
<p>male, 5’7, 115-120 (depends on the day)</p>
<p>yeah, im skinny. like a few other guys have already said, like there is pressure for a girl to be “skinner,” there’s also some pressure for us guys to be “bigger, more muscular,” etc. However, i’ve been lifting weights on-off for the past 2 yrs, started up again and looking to gain some consistency in working out for the summer. I do play sports (pickup basketball games mostly) and like i said, i started working out again. Idk why im so skinny. I think it’s in the genetics- apparently, my dad was also skinny like me when he was my age (but ballooned when he got older). Im starting college next yr so im gonna try to join either volleyball or rugby and do a whole bunch of intramural sports.</p>
<p>I do try and look good whenever I go out (unless its to play sports- then i wear whatever makes me feel comfortable). This means taking maybe a couple of minutes to decide what to wear. I buzzed my hair so i don’t have to worry about combing it.</p>
<p>I guess i’m self-conscious about my weight and my facial blemishes, but i don’t lose sleep over it. In fact, I try to turn it into a positive whenever i workout and use it as motivation. Most of the motivation for me is intrinsic, so the only thing pushing me to go to the gym is 1. my desire to get healthier and 2. trying to impress a few female counselors at the camp i work at 
. Other than that, im fine with my appearance. I work out because i want to make the volleyball team or rugby team next year, not because i’m afraid of how people might see how skinny i am.</p>
<p>BTW- for all the girls here, idk if it’s just me, but i’m really turned off by very skinny girls. Sure, i’m a little vain and i will say that being overweight is also a turnoff, but at some point, there IS a thing as too skinny. just my 2 cents.</p>
<p>^^^ You need to eat more.</p>
<p>@ MK, you are looking pretttttyyy good yourself :))</p>
<p>5’7-8ish and im 135lb prior to the summer.
im about 145lb now keke.
im starting to begin to lose some fat for basketball i need to lose the extra weight, im touching rim and thats about it ~_~</p>
<p>I’m 16 and female.</p>
<p>I’m 5’3" and 125 lbs. </p>
<p>I don’t feel pretty or “sexy” by any means. I think my hair looks like crap all the time.</p>
<p>I don’t feel too much preassure. I mean I have some, but not in normal ways. I hate being around people who look around and point out “Oh, she’s really pretty,” “she’s sexy” because it’s hard knowing no one says that about me. </p>
<p>What’s pathetic is I have an adorable little cousin. She’s just about five. Everyone talks about how pretty and smart she is already. My uncle will make stupid jokes saying she’ll easily surpass me, and as much as I know he’s kidding, it’s just not the best thing to say to a hormonal 16 year old girl. </p>
<p>It’s like I told one of my teachers, much to his surprise, when he asked me why my mom’s obsession with weight, even though it wasn’t directed at me, bugged me, “I’m a 16 year old girl hormones for cry out loud! She might not be saying anything about me, but she’s saying things about people my weight! It’s like a personal insult.” </p>
<p>In short, yes, I do feel the need to look good. I feel like I need to drop a few pounds (and gain muscle…my stomach is disgusting.) I feel like I’m not pretty, but I don’t have as honstant of a need to look good as many.</p>
<p>I’m 16 and female and I there are lots of really pretty girls at my school so I kinda feel like I need to keep up…i try to dress nice and do my hair…</p>
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<p>Damn skinny AND no ups lol.</p>
<p>^ 5’8 and touching rims? I’d say he’s got some ups.</p>
<p>^ Do nothing > Work on basketball in my backyard > Study.
haha, starting junior year i think i have to reverse that.</p>
<p>bump?</p>
<p>i just used the bmi calculator thing, 18.0. apparently im underweight. but who givess a crap. =]. btw, is it horrible to think youre prettier than your sister? wow i seem a shallow.</p>
<p>I’m female and 15. And according to my BMI calculator thing, I’m pretty underweight (BMI~15.2). Neverthleless, I try not allow this to effect me too much. I mean when most people look at me, I don’t appear morbidly unhealthy or anything. And no one as really comments on my weight so I don’t really take it in too much consideration. Usually, I just feel happy that I’m naturally so slim. Although I know there are some people who take special pride in indicating the thinness of my arm or the narrowness of my waist, which I never thought was a BAD thing. Ah well, I just attribute this to jealousy, irregardless is this is actually the case or not. I’ve learned that it’s just better to automatically assume superiority over everyone else in your mind. Greatly boosts my self-esteem. :D</p>
<p>irregardless isn’t a word</p>
<p>I’m 14, female, 5’6"-ish, and 112 lbs. I don’t have self image issues, but all my friends are thin and beautiful, and I do need to look good everyday so I don’t feel too out of place.</p>
<p>So I guess I do have the pressure (just a little!) to look good, but it doesn’t really come from myself. I like myself the way I am! (which sounds cheesy, I know) :)</p>
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No. You’re wrong.</p>
<p>It is.</p>
<p>It’s just nonstandard. People use it anyways… :] even though it’s a double negative…</p>
<p>it’s not a word, though through frequent misuse it has made its way into the dictionary. Kinda like how biweekly “means” both twice a week and every two weeks. But it doesn’t so</p>
<p>irregardless is not a word and when people say it i want to KILL them. okay maybe not kill them, just badly injure them. I’m a bit of a grammar freak.</p>
<p>I’m 6’2, 152, and apparently that is on the lower end of normal weight even though I think I look pretty skinny. I’ve never really had an issue with how I look, because it gets me what I want, and I would not be me any other way.</p>