Tis the problem for a lot of peeps I think

imo, the only thing to do if you feel embarrassed  about your weight is:  do something about it .... no point in moaning about it all the time.

the problem is if you're unhappy with your weight and it gives you confidence issues/self esteem issues etc........you then become embroiled in the vicious circle of comfort eating.........you're unhappy so you eat....you know you shouldn't but it's your comfort blanket.....it's hard to break the circle........i think josie was aware that the other girls in there were alot slimmer than her from the beginning......she kept saying 'i'm doing it for the big girls'..........then dave made the massive man mistake of guessing her dress size wrong.......and i think that knocked her even more.....so she ate for comfort cos in her head it would 'make her feel better'.......then she feels bad.....so then she eats again......

i personally don't think there's anything wrong with her size.....its a bit sad i think when you see pics in the paper or magazines of celebs ...particularly women with the caption of ....'so and so balloons to a size 14' followed by some other insult.........no wonder  so many girls have eating disorders when they're constantly told that anything over a size 10-12 is huge and unattractive

oooo i had my serious head on there!!

Really good post Ms SpongeRobert!

why fankooooo leccy xxxx.....

a mate of mine had a gastric band fitted a while ago........she'd tried every diet going......she'd be inspired....someone would call her fat on a night out or insult her.....and she'd be comfort eating in no time.........it's really hard to get out of it.......it's not as easy as some people think to just 'eat less and exercise more'......for some people it's a whole different matter.......food is an addiction......so before you can even start a 'eat less/exercise' regime...you gotta get past the mental addiction to food

I know someone who had a gastric bypass, it changed her life, she could have the kneee op she wasn't allowed to have before becasue of her weight, She trained as a TA...she works with disturbed kids now.  She'd never have been able to do that before.

Like when Sophie (last year's winner) had "ballooned from a size 6 to a size 10" She's still only size 10 FFS

A lot of the housemates are nasty and judgemental too 

Exactly velvet. Just for starters...it was Sam who called Josie Miss Piggy

Hello you 

Great post Cockney Chick, I enjoyed reading your thoughts and feelings on that as someone who has been a larger Lady...

A point you made got me thinking. You mentioned that larger people get fed up about their weight and then comfort eat even though they know it will make them feel worse in the long run, but it's a kind of cycle....

...I'm not ashamed to say, that for many years, from my teens to my late twenties I went the other way. I was anoroxic, although at the time I would never have admitted it...it's only now I can. I am 5ft 7 and weighed 5st 6 at my lowest weight....

Anorexia is more mental than about the weight, it's hard to explain as I really didn't realise at the time what I was doing, not eating....it was probably the only thing I could control in my life at the time (looking back I can see this now) and I was very unhappy for various reasons......i don't want to bore folks, but whenever anyone asks me what my biggest achievement it life has been so far...that's easy...beating anorexia all by myself

I am now a healthy size 10/12 and folks who haven't seen me for years comment on how well & healthy I look 'now you've put weight on'...I won't lie and say that comment doesn't stab slightly at me BUT, I know I AM healthy and eat healthy food (and junk food), and cannot believe I wasted all those years of my life doing what I did as this is probably my natural weight anyway.....I don't think it ever completely goes away, but now I have learned to be happy with what I've got, wobbly bits, cellulite, the lot....

I hope I've not bored you all to death, lol, I know it's different than losing lots of weight, but it' is about body image and low self-esteem and the love/ hate cycle it can create....

Hi Scotty  Hi Scotty   

   

And became the new Forum Hero!

DiDs xxxxx

Josie and John James...

There you go.

No way DID,  v well done, it must have been sooooo hard

That'll be Sam with the manly physique to die for will it! 
(Admits to calling him Pepperoni!)

Then the forum went back to normal....and they all lived happily ever after  Great post Cockney Chick 
I still think this place is nothing like the old C4 place when it comes to BB vileness. I'm quite confident in real life, but that place felt intimidating to me at times.

Thanks all

That really and truly is a marvelous achievement. I've experienced anorexia (second hand) and - as you well know - it doesn't always have a happy ending.

Well done  

What an achievement DID....well done you, you star

Thanks Soozy You are right, it doesn't always have a happy ending 

Thank you

I don't know why I told that story, lol, it was just to get people to understand that whether you're small or large, people can have big issues with their bodies that the rest of the world cannot see....

Glad you did share that with us..well done missus

Well done DiDs