Self-Image Insight??

We all know that self-image is everything. How we see ourselves, how others see us, how we think others see us, how we want others to see us. It's a big part of our lives. And in Western Society (ie. U S of A) we are pulled even harder to make ourselves look 'better' in the eyes of others. But what does 'better' really mean? Skinnier? More muscular? More...dare I say, plastic? When is skinny too skinny and when do you stop lifting weights? I guess you can say when you can no longer find clothes that fit, but 'they' already solved that problem. If you have the money and the time, you can find clothes to fit any body type. What have we been reduced to? More and more Americans are running to sign up at the nearest gym, web search the newest diet fad and under go possible life threatening surgery just to preserve what this society claims to be the perfect body look? Is that healthy? Drastic diets and hard core exercise isn't necessarily healthy if you do it wrong. And for a lot of people with low self esteem and horrible self-image, they use this method as the 'quick fix'; not caring what happens in the future, they are just looking in the 'now'.
But, it doesn't matter how much work someone does on the outside, if the inside is 'broke' then the outside won't matter.
So, when an average person comes up to me and claims they are fat, I just turn and walk the other way. You can't reason with someone who holds a distorted self-image, unless, of course, you have a degree in psychology and spend you life researching possible ways to help said person(s).
I can preach it, but can I live it? It's been a long time coming, but I have to admit, I can finally say my self-image is no longer distorted and I can now see myself for who I am versus what I had always thought of myself.