Jean Chia: Just be YOU

Everyone has a story to share. I used to be an introvert and I developed a fear of my own body because I used to be known for “having thunder legs” and being the “quietest and least appealing” in class. Coming from an abusive family, I often wonder if I deserve to be loved and that resulted in very low self-esteem, which many didn’t know about. I found comfort through the sports I played, in particular netball as it gives me a sense of achievement and READ More

Wayne Kwan: It’s all about realising your dreams

At one point of my life, I was weighing about 92kg and my peers would often make fun of my weight. Casual jokes like “Oh, if you can’t finish your food, just hand it over to Wayne, he’s fat, he needs it.” were said to me frequently. It certainly didn’t help much when the same occurrence happened at work too. People just call you fat. At one point of time, it was an issue of self-esteem. I didn’t have the confidence to defend myself from the READ More

Eunice Chen: Do it for the right reasons

Every girl dreams to have the perfect body. It may be easy to achieve for some, but also difficult for those who needs to put in extra effort to reach their goal. For me, I fall under the second category and up till today, I still struggle. Being one who loves fried food and desserts, it takes a lot of discipline to keep my body in good shape. I only started working out seriously at the gym a year ago and I met inspiring gym-goers who shared their story, as well as gave advice on READ More

Anonymous: Not all bodies are made equal

I was confident that I would never succumb to body image issues, although I was being made fun of for my size for more than half my life, even during the most vulnerable stage – as an adolescent. Since young, I was always small sized, short and slim. That sort of changed when I took interest in sports in secondary school where I became muscular and big, but of course still short. However, I was very happy being muscular and big because I was doing well in my sports. Boys made fun READ More

Steph Yeo: A perky butt can be made perkier

I had a brush with body image issues. A two-year long brush to be exact. In university, I was a cheerleader bestowed with the responsibility of a flyer, ie. I was being thrown around. The audience’s attention is usually directed up where I was with a midriff baring uniform and the mandatory mini skirt, thus I always wanted to look my best. My bases, the awesome strong ones who lifted me were girls most of the time, so I wanted to maintain a light weight as a favour to READ More