You really can’t help but be overwhelmed by the amount of focus these days on how a person looks. The people who are most harmed by this shallowness are women, especially young adults, as so many of their role models are “perfect and thin.” How …
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And what does it say about psychology that I read the title of the column as weightLOSS…
I have been heavy; I have been too thin(anorexic); Now I am heavy again due to medications I am on and pain that prevents me from working out. I see over and over thin actors, models etc- no size 14 there! I love to watch Cameron Manhiem on ghost whisperer- she isn’t afraid of her weight, just does what she needs to do. Can we see more of this from hollywood???
I have been overweight for as long as I can remember, however I have NOT always been heavy. I see pictures of myself when I was a young child and I say “No way I couldn’t have been that tiny!!” My parents say I always used to be on the run, they used to call me drive-thru eater, not for the reason you might think, but it was because they would call me in for supper, forcefully sit me down…MAKE me eat, then after a couple bites I’d be right back out the door! I hear these stories of my active happy childhood, of when I was even in dance and gymnastics, and I almost cry. Why didn’t I stick to that stuff?? I would have so much better off. I look around at the girls in my school at how fit and thin most of them are, the clothes they wear (that I LOVE but can’t fit into them) and I can’t stand how upset I feel sometimes. But you can’t focus on the past right??? I’m turning my life around and I’m gonna lose this horrible weight before I’m 20.
Bobbi J- I TOTALLY agree!!! We NEED more famous people who aren’t afraid of their weight!! More for the younger ones who seem to worship famous people.
BTW, I hope you figure out how to be your happy weight, that sounds like a really hard time your going through. Wishing you luck!
Kajikit- You know i saw the EXACT same thing at first. It does make you think a bit eh?
Terrific! One more much-needed voice in the pro-body image arena. Love the title.
Gosh, I love the idea of this blog! Yes, less focus on photo-shopped, stick-thin rockstars and more focus on the rich of character. If the preteens and young adults, like me, stopped worrying about their weight and started worrying about their gades, America would be a top-scoring nation, no doubt about it.
Congrats! This will help so many people. t