How can I get over my insecurity of my weight?!

Question: How can I get over my insecurity of my weight?

Everyone tells me i'm very thin and my weight is absolutley perfect.Yet, i'm still the most insecure person on the planet. I'm muscular because i do gymnastics and i'm aware most of my weight is muscle. I can see all my ribs and i have a 4 pack (i'm a girl so i don't really want to be ripped but my abs are ok) i wear size 1 jeans and i'm 5'7 and i weigh 125. i used to diet very unhealthy i ate almost nothing and ran 5 miles every night on top of gymnastics and dance. i still exercise a ton but i only run 2 miles and i still do gymnastics and dance but i eat more now because i realized i really like to eat and my mom started wondering why i was eating so little. i'm just so insecure about my body though. is there any type of method to get self confidence and stop worrying about my weight. i'm absolutley completley fine with my face and my hair though. Besides thinking i'm fat when statistics prove i am not fat and i have very little body fat i think i'm pretty. i'm really popular but that really doesn't help my self esteem. i have to constantly tell myself that statistics show i'm thin otherwise i completley lose it. last night i looked in the mirror and just started to cry. i have to keep a not in my make up bag with reasons that i know i'm not fat so i won't break down. is there any book i should read that will help me get out of this? should i just go back to eating little and exercising more until i get as skinny as i want to be? i don't have anyone to talk to about this because my best friend just calls me an idiot and she says she'll tell the school guidence counselor on me if i keep this up. she's not really good to talk to since she always says im acting very unhealthy and i should just eat a slice of pizza. my mom was a model. she cannot relate to me at all. my dad was a professional athlete and hes very fit and he constantly tells me to run more and to watch what i'm eating and he's just annoying. is there anything i can do before i become anorexic? my self esteem is sooooooo low.

Answers:

This looks long, but bear with me, ok?

I understand how you feel. I also have a dad who sometimes nags at me for not making healthy choices. Unlike you though, I DON'T exercise much. At all! I am 5' 3" and weigh 190 lb. Shocking, huh? I have also cried at myself in the mirror. I want to lose weight very badly but I can't seem to find the willpower to stop walking towards the fridge!

Listen, I don't know if you're a Christian or not, but there is a verse in the Bible that opened my eyes and really made me start to appreciate myself more.
In the Old Testament there is a verse that goes somewhat like this:

"Before I formed you in your mother's womb, I knew you. I had made plans for you..."

How amazing is it that God knew everything about you even before your parents hooked up with each other? Whether or not you know what God's plans are for you, you can always remember that God loved you so much that he gave away His Son to die to save us. This was an incredible act of Justification.
What is that, you may ask? Here's a skit I just made up to explain it:

*cop stops a car*

Man
--- Something wrong, officer?
Cop
--- There sure is. You were speeding back there. I'm afraid I'm gonna have to give you a ticket.
Man
--- Oh... but I don't want to pay that money. I'm in no condition to do that now.
Cop
--- Hmm... Tell you what. You were speeding, so there needs to be a punishment, which is this ticket in my hand. There's no way to get rid of it now. Someone has to pay for it. The ticket was originally for you, but if you hand it back to me, I'll pay the fine FOR you. This way, there will still be a punishment for the crime commited, but you won't have to suffer for it.

This is what happened to Jesus and the world. We had committed the crime of sin and were doomed to eternal death. But Jesus decided out of love much greater than a mother's love, to take the punishment and suffer it FOR us.

That means that God must really value us, huh?

The Bible also compares our relationship with God with a potter and his creations. The potter takes a piece of yucky clay (us) and turns us into a pot, bowl, flower vase, or whatever He wishes to create with us. (In reality God could be making you into a doctor, singer, carpenter, or whatever he wishes.)

Now tell me, does the pot (us) have permission to tell the potter (God) what we're worth? Absolutely NOT! The potter is the one who decides what we are worth. When people like you and me complain about our bodies, we are in a way, basically telling God that He didn't do a good job at making us.

I'm glad that it's the potter who determines our value, because if the deciding was up to me, I would be worth less than a ripped up bubblegum wrapper in the sewers :P

Just remember that God is still writing out the amazing story of you - which he started writing before you even existed! God has a divine purpose for you, and whenever you start to think lowly of yourself, just remember the potter example that I wrote here. Once I decided to get these things into my head, I actually started to improve my self-esteem! And I'm sure the same thing can happen to you if you have faith in God and let Him lead you in your life.

Best wishes!

My life-long experience

i dont feel like reading the book you wrote up there ↑↑↑ but im just gana say that you shouldnt worry bout that at allllllllll. if your eating what your supposed 2 to stay healthy thats all that matters ... dont listen to what anyone tells you and i know for a fact that most of my friends like girls that are like ... small and cute ..

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