More Cushin for the Pushin!
Recently there have been a slew of articles posted by many JUers about women's body image and the media and now it's my turn to respond. I am 5`2, 122 lbs, a size eight...and sadly enough by Hollywood's standards, that is considered "plus sized." Why is this, one might ask? Well, women everywhere have trashy mags such as Cosmo and Glamour to thank. They post sickly gaunt women throughout the pages and tell the readers that this is beautiful. It's like number of ribs one sees on these women translates into hotness by their standards.
Look at European art. Women's bodies in paintings in the Renissance days were curvy and voluptuous. The so called art photos of women in these magazines aren't curvy...actually to me, they look like prepubescant boys.
I would like to say that I am better than falling victim to all of this sickly body image, but I must admit, I am human in this respect. As I posted in Dharma's article, I was once a part of one of those retarded diet fads. When I met Hardin three years ago, I was happy, and in love (and still am to this day). We had a lot of fun...and that included a lot of eating not so healthy food. My weight went from 130 to 156. Shortly after that, I felt like a big bloated fat ass because I did not look like any of the super models in the magazines. I did some reading on the Atkins diet and decided to try it. In about nine months my weight went from 156 down to 115. Although that was obviously thin, I still thought I was big and fat because models who are a foot taller than me weighed exactly the same. Well, despite my weight loss, it had some physical effects on my health. I was getting headaches and always felt dizzy. I went to my Doctor and he diagnosed me with hypoglocemia and told me to ditch the Atkins diet. Over this summer, the weight started to creep back on. At first I started to freak, but then I realized hey, just eat healthily, and exercise, and who cares.
Now I am very pleased with my current build...and hey...I guess that's all that matters. Screw the media and those skinny bitches who made me feel like shit!