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Everytime when I go to my Uncle's house for family gatherings during special occasions, I feel pressured by my cousins.

Today is no exception.

It's mid-autumn festival today so as usual, all of us went to my uncle's house.

The family on my Dad's side is a big one so we only get to see one another only during special occasions like Chinese New Year, Christmas or my Grandma's death anniversary.

And the reason why I feel pressured by my cousins is that all of them are so slim and pretty. The girls that is.

The guys are average. But being a girl, I feel more pressured by the females.

Every single one of them has a good figure.

As far as I know, none of them, except one, takes slimming pills.

The one who takes slimming pills is a real beauty. She's really slim, has really fair complexion and a great fashion sense. Makes me so jealous.

The others don't take slimming pills and they don't exactly go on diets so I wonder how they can maintain their lean figures.

They're always cald in short shorts, hipster jeans, tight shirts... You get the idea.

For me, I'm not exactly fat.

Just that I'm not that thin.

My weight is 53kg.

Compared to most of my classmates, I'm on the heavier side since they're all under 50.

Everytime I leave my uncle's house, I'll be coming up with some new exercise or diet plan so that I can look just as pretty as my cousins.

But, it always fails since it's always some unattainable plan like losing 1 or 2kg a week.

Haiz. As usual I came up with a plan to lose weight.

I'll just eat less, and try to kick my habit of snacking when I'm studying and exercise 3 times a week.

This sounds really reasonable.

That's because I'm blogging about it. I tend to think stuff over before I write them in my posts so you can't see the unrealistic side of me from here.

Besides, not many of my cousins turned up today so I didn't feel so bad.

I guess it's just envy. I'm not sad with my weight or how I look, just that I think how much better it would be if I was thinner.

Don't worry, I'm not suffering from depression or anything and I won't resort to taking slimming pills.

I'm just airing my grouses here. I'll be alright soon and continue to love myself the way I am!

hey girl.

i'm sorta like that too. really okay with my appearance and stuff but meeting gorgeous girls always seems to want to make me improve my appearance. i tend to wonder what life would be like if i wasn't so plain too.

but i've come to appreciate that however plain i am or may think myself, i've really been blessed with good health. and that's so much more important. if you do want to lose weight to improve your appearance, make sure you do it safely, through diet and exercise. please don't take those slimming pills. the side effects are so scary!

anyhow, it's all about wearing make-up and the right clothes, and you've got the rest of your life ahead of you to practice that. ;)

take care.

Thanks! I think we just got to love ourselves the way we are. If we keep comparing, we'll never be happy.

I can tell you're a pretty girl from your photo. Keep smiling!