Ah, good, I'm glad this thread was made, I didn't want to post in the other one.
Also, I'm just going to be honest and hold my hand up. I mean, I am male and see myself as somewhat attractive regardless, but...
Yes, I do feel under pressure. I never saw myself as fat, but I left the West and went to China... and everyone is so thin. Seriously, it's hard to find clothes, and I'm about 40cm in my waist measurements. And while my girlfriend is a lithe and beautiful creature, I have found myself gaining weight...
So now I only eat two meals a day, I have removed all sugar I am able to from my diet (I used to have four teaspoons of sugar in each cup), I walk to and from uni (up a hill, yay...) and I avoid eating late. I want to exercise, but I don't have the time or energy.
But yeah, sometimes I look in the mirror and I see the stomach slowly growing and I feel really, really bad. It's helped my posture only because I stand straight to reduce the fat. A lot of my trousers are smaller on me now and I feel fat when I hate to sit in them. And my thighs touch and that makes me feel fat as well.
However, you know what I really wish I could do?
I wish I was taller.
I'm around 5'9", so I'm not precisely tiny, but I'm usually the smallest in my group of friends, and whenever I walk around, I tend to be the smallest bloke there (even in China; seriously, they're bloody tall in Shanghai). It's frustrating when I constantly hear the "tall" part of tall, dark and handsome. Or when I know a very cute girl and she's taller than me and frankly, I don't date above my age or my height if I can help it.
Plus, I bloody hate my hair. It's so thick, it won't lie straight down nor does it curl. I just get some half-arsed afro, and regardless of how I attack it with wax, gel, combing, water or hairdresser, the moment I leave the house it goes directly to crappy bird's nest. I so dislike it.
And I am currently saving up to get my teeth fixed as soon as I can, because I didn't get braces when I was younger and I wish I had been given the chance to have straight teeth. I don't smile with teeth because of them.