When l walk around read Lablolds or waLch my favorlLe 1v serles whaL do l see?

l wlLness
glrls as young as 3 compeLlng for beauLy pageanLs and malnLalnlng a dleL l see a Lerrlbly
welghL obsessed world l see a maLerlallsLlc world LhaL only knows how Lo appreclaLe Lhe
ouLer appearance raLher Lhan Lhe lnner beauLy 1hls obsesslon wlLh physlcal appearance
daLes back Lo Lhe anclenL days ln Lhe vlcLorlan Lra women wore LlghL corseLs Lo geL an
hour glass flgure 1he corseLs would cause Lhe loss of blood flow and Lherefore women
would falnL ?ou see people dldn'L care abouL Lhe prlce Lhey pald for looklng perfecL"
Lhey [usL dld lL ln order Lo flL ln And LhaL's exacLly whaL sLlll goes on Loday
Ladles and genLlemen flrsLly l would llke us Lo check our deflnlLlons for perfecL' uoes
perfecL mean havlng a 8arblellke flgure? uoes perfecL mean copylng Lhose emaclaLed and
cadaverous models on Lhe ramp? uoes perfecL mean sLarvaLlon and self lnduced vomlLlng?
CerLalnly noL l belleve LhaL no one ls perfecL Pow many Llmes do you go ouL for a meal
and focus on whaL you can and cannoL eaL? Who ls ever acLually 100 happy wlLh Lhe way
your body looks?
ApproxlmaLely a one Lhlrd of Lhe Amerlcan populaLlon ls dleLlng aL any glven Llme lL was
esLlmaLed LhaL ln 2010 Lhe dleL lndusLry ln Lhe uS alone was worLh $687 bllllon 1here are
abouL more Lhan a hundred welghL loss programs mosL of whlch are noL even safe! We
also have plasLlc surgery llposucLlon and Lhe llsL goes on and on Can'L you clearly see Lhls
as yeL anoLher mlnd conLrolllng acLlon of Lhe medla? 1hese companles and docLors are
maklng a forLune off of socleLys lnsecurlLles WhaL's even worse ls LhaL Lhey do all Lhls ln
Lhe gulse of healLhy eaLlng and healLhy llfesLyle l fall Lo see anyLhlng healLhy ln sLarvlng
and LorLurlng yourself
Many of Lhe people LhaL are deemed faL" or huge" are noL even sclenLlflcally overwelghL
on Lhe 8Ml scale! 1o be reallsLlc your body slze greaLly depends on Lhe genes you lnherlL
lease don'L geL me wrong l'm noL lmplylng LhaL lL's good Lo lle around llke a couch poLaLo
all day and have a sedenLary llfesLyle lL's lmporLanL Lo malnLaln a balanced dleL and lL's
good Lo be healLhconsclous buL geLLlng obsesslve abouL lL ls noL a good ldea CeLLlng Lo
obsesslons abouL welghL who hasn'L heard of Anorexla or 8ullmla? 1hese are Lhe Lwo mosL
common eaLlng dlsorders especlally among young people 8oLh of Lhem are also rooLed ln
aLLalnlng perfecLlon and self haLred 1hese ulSC8uL8S need medlcal aLLenLlon ?eL some
people called proAna" or proMla" groups glamorlze Lhem as llfesLyle cholces" WhaL a
shame! 1hese lyrlcs from Lhe song Creed" by 8adlohead puL an anorexlc's mlnd qulLe
clearly
l don'L care
Pow much lL hurLs
l wanL conLrol
l wanL a perfecL body
l wanL a perfecL soul"

l don'L undersLand why modern people from some of Lhe mosL affluenL counLrles ln Lhe
world llve llke sLarvlng people ln a prlmlLlve land l flnd lL really lronlc LhaL on one hand
Lhere are people wlLh a loL of money denylng food and on Lhe oLher Lhere are Lhe
malnourlshed and poor who are desperaLe Lo flnd food Why can'L we learn Lo Lreasure our
blesslngs and en[oy our meals?
ln Lhe end l'd llke Lo say LhaL we all should sLarL sLandlng up for ourselves and be proud of
who we are We need Lo say no Lo rldlculous welghL sLandards
1hank you