I am overweight and I get made fun of sometimes. People stare and I can't help but envy others who are skinny. What do I do?

I love the response that was given to this question. I am a little over weight, and I have endured the name calling and the cruelties of high school kids. I've become very comfortable with my weight and am not obsessed with it anymore. This response has helped alot with the troubles I have had with doubting that God created me for me and that He doesn't want me to change.
God Bless
Breann*~

I think this is a great repsonse to her question also. If I may throw in a little bit about 'skinny' girls...

I'm a thin girl and have managed (through hard work) to keep hold of my figure for the most part (I'm 23 now).

However, you should know that the 'skinny' girls struggle just as much with self consciencious issues as some one who is over weight...they probably just hide it well.

Maybe its not their weight but their breast size or 'ugly' hair or skin issues or ALLLLL the other things this world says we have to have perfected to be 'pretty'.

You know that God created you and knew the struggles you would face before you faced them, so pray and reach out for his peace and for his HELP.

Maybe you will or won't be a size zero with a super model body but you should be a healthy weight for your body type and if you know in your heart you're not healthy then ask God to give you the strength and desire to change that.

You can not do it on your own any more than I can make myself go to the gym and stay a healthy weight with out his help . So ask him to help you and then committ to doing it.

I work out at 'Curves'...you may have heard of it?? No guys, no competition , and its simple and quick (time is of the essence for me).

If a memebership is not for you then just try getting up and out for 30 minutes and walking at least 3 times a week...you'll feel much better and less guilty about sitting and doing nothing active.

DON'T let your current weight or situation keep you from feeling good about yourself!!

If you're already active at this point then just keep your head up and keep relying on God to help define you and your beauty in and through him!

God Bless! Amy~Oklahoma

I know exactly how you feel! I'm overweight and sometimes I hear people calling me "fat". My advice to you (and me) is that we should try and work out. Put on some music and dance. It's fun, and healthy. Also, try and stay clear from foods like potato chips, french fries and candy. I know it's tempting (since even I am a fan of all these foods) but they're just not good for you (or anyone else, for that matter!) And about all the other girls that seem to be "skinny". It could just be their body shape or maybe you're just imagining everyone else is skinny because you have such a poor body image. Read your Bible and pray to God; he'll help you through it all. Bless you, I'll be praying for you!

Hey, I know exactly how every "chunky" girl out there feels i've been big my whole life and I went through a phase where I hated myself i tried everything to loose weight and it never worked, but it wasn't until last month I went to a Christian camp and I broke down in tears because I couldn't handle it anymore I couldn't handle hiding it anymore and I had a good 30 min. conversation w/ my councelor and she told me that God loves me for me, nobody can love me the way God does, every spec of sand you have ever seen and sand you haven't seen represents a good thought of God's about you. He knows us better than we know ourselves. He knows our good and bad, every sin we have commited he knows about yet he still thinks the world of us. Now that is some serious love.
-madi

this advice was most definitely inspiring and extremely true. so ill say it myself that today people demand us to be skinny but the truth is that life is too short to worry on such things. infact the one true thing that matters is what god thinks of you. and believe me no one can love you with his amazingingly beautiful everlasting love!

God made each of us in his image. Our identity is found in him and he is who we stive to glorify with ALL that we do. Including our bodies and our thoughts about our bodies. It is not even about us...all that we do circle right back to him giving him glory. So appreciate his handywork.

I used to be over-weight and I got made fun of. I began losing weight and am now skinny. But, I'm no happier now than I was then. Because even though I was made fun of then it taught me to like who I was because God made me. So let this time be a lesson on character building and never forget how you were treated. I learned to be happy and so can you. No matter how good you look you will always find something wrong with you. So try not to look for things wrong but things that are right!

Thanks so much for that burst of reality. Even though we should all watch our weight for the sake of staying healthy, it's just unrealistic to try and fit in with the world veiw of the "Perfect" Body.

you know they say that guys look at one thing right on their body like muscles and are extremly happy, but girls look at one bad thing on their body and are extremely unhappy. GOD loves us with an unconditional love. he doesnt care about our weight or anything like that. can you imagine GOD saying "you can't come into heaven because you are over weight." no way! and you know the people who bring you down probably feel bad about themselves. When they say mean things say something nice back. Pray for them. they may look perfect but they may be hurting inside.

you don't have to worry about your weight, because God said 'you are fearfully and wonderfully made'Psm139:14. Nobody can be like you and noone has your body shape. Why? cause you are UNIQUE. God look at the inner beauty so try as much as possible to work on your inward man (beauty of the mind) and don't give damn what people say about your weight.learn to thank Him for creating you like that and pray for those that condemn you.

i am a skinny girl to but i am gaining weight. i keep eating and eating and i do not even know why.

it doesn't matter what you look like. All the girls in my class go play with the popular girls. I don't like it . But god loves everyone no matter what they look like.

I love the answer to this question because I am overweight and get teased alot even when I dont know it. I don't like it. It makes me so upset and sad. But God loves me no matter how you look. For God made everyone in his own image.

ill admit im over weight. but i have confidence even if no one else does! my body is no where near a size 2 or even a size 5! but i know i look good! and if someone laughs about it... i learned to just laugh too and laugh at the situation beacuse look... that person has to say something to feel pleasure! i'm a really nice person and being overweight doesnt effect who i am! and u dont have to be skinny to be popualar or to have the popular friends or to have a boyfriend!im a pretty popular girl and im the biggest in my class but i dont beat myself up over it! and u shouldnt either! infact if someone makes fun of you just know theres someone out there you appriciates you!
his name is God!
or maybe he's a guy u like
or maybe shes ur best friend!

it is pretty hard when ur family says something about it but i tell them that i dont care what people think about my body!
its my body not theirs!
i love myself and thats one of gods commandments!

i am a skinny girl, but i can still be so insecure about myself. i will pray for you "Anonymous" that God will help you overcome this eating problem. i know how hard that can be. i just want to say that i agree that we should not obsess about our weight, but also shouldn't be like i am super overweight and it's unhealthy but i'm not going to change because God loves me anyway. we should be healthy, but after that, we shouldn't even bother looking at the scale.

Hey if that was me getting made fun of I would try my best to like who I am and don;t worry about what everybody else thinks...it is only that you are taking it personally and you shouldn't.God made you that way...he loves you!

Lots of times, the reason people might make fun of you, is cause they're insecure. I myself am not overweight, but a few years ago I had anorexia(I never told anybody), trying to starve myself so I could look like all my super skinny friends. Finally, one day I got to the point, where it hurt to eat, and even though I was hungry I couldn't force myself to eat, and at that moment I knew that I would rather be one of the most overwight kids than to feel like that. So I forced myself to eat, and I feel so much better now. Even though It is good to be healthy, remember that in 30 years from now people aren't going to remember you for how skinny you were or anything like that.

I am so proud of us girls these days who are standing strong, let God be your rock! He created flowers, sunrises and set, oceans, pastures, nature, rainbows, and all of these other beautifull things, just to please our eyes. If He did all of this for us, surely as or Heavenly Father, he created us even more so beautifull! We were made by Christ in HIS image! That is so mindblowing, to think we were made in HIS image . That is reason to praise the Lord, so give him credit, and thank him for this!

How could people be so cruel???? If God made us, we all have to be beautiful! I wouldn't consider myself overweight, but I am very self-concious about how I look sometimes. We are all masterpieces...no matter what anyone says. God formed every part of us to be beautiful. God bless all of you girls! Keep standing strong - God is on your side!

Just know, that every girl has insecurities...as much as we try to hide them. Even us "skinny" girls. These insecurities are hard to get rid of. Like a bad habit. I struggled with different insecurities for soooo long. But now, through Christ, I am so comfortable with who I am and what I look like. I even see the pretty smile in the mirror. It's unbelievable what Father God teaches us over time and with lots of prayer. Girls, I encourage you to pray if you are struggling with this or another insecurity. God wants to hear about every little thing. He's your very best friend that you can contact anytime, anywhere and He will listen. I will pray for you all. God bless you and your situation! =)

*Just a Ballerina*

Beauty comes from the confidence within. Even the most beautiful people in the world don't show their beauty if they are not confident. If you love yourself and are confident in your appearance, others will as well. =) God loves you!

trust me i know how it feels like for the pst six years of my life i've been called everything from from a blob of fat to an oversized fool during those times i felt so out of place and i gave into depression but God allowed me to see that i was beautifully and wonderfully made! whatever anyone says you're beautiful i your own light and you don't have to lose weight to be happy, but if yo want to stay fit just exercise more and don't eat too much junk. i'm still a bit big but i love myself now and because of my self confidence people respect me. just learn to be yourself and also love yourself! God bless.