I am so sick of the "thin is in" stereotype. There is something to be said about being fit and healthy, but some celebrities look as if their bones are about to pierce their skin. I wouldn't constitute this look as being fit nor healthy. Personally, I think it's disgusting. Do men find this attractive? Why is it such a craze?
I think some celebrities look better with a little meat on their bones. Take Lindsay Lohan for example. What was so "fat" about her in the first place? I don't believe that she needed to loose any weight. Why the sudden weight loss?
What about Nicole Ritchie? Why the drastic drop? If I recall, her and I are about the same height. The tabloids speculate that she is down to around 98 lbs. I am at least 30 lbs heavier than that, and I'm not necesarily fat--curvy yes, fat no. How do you think that makes me feel? Pretty damn inadiquate, that's how.
I used to have huge issues with my weight. When I was in high school I never had time to eat. First off, when I was younger, I was never really big on breakfast, so that's one meal lost. Between being in the band, choir, and newspaper staff I never ate lunch. I never bought something small from the al e carte table because I was saving up for gas money. That's minus two meals. When I would come home from school I would have to go to work, and I was lucky if I had time to sit down to have dinner with my family. I didn't even realize what I was doing to myself. Needless to say I got down to about 95 lbs. That was my junior year of high school.
After a year, I wisened up and realized what I was doing to myself. I began to eat. I immediately got up to about 125 lbs. This is where I believe my weight should be. I was healthy and active, but I always made time to eat.
Then I met Hardin in the fall of 2001....
We made eating our number one priority. Every night was cheese fries topped with bacon and ice cream for dessert. Needless to say, I got pretty large. In the summer of 2002, I got in a terrible auto accident and when I got weighed in I couldn't believe I was at 160 lbs!
That's when I realized I needed to do something.....
So I did. I went on the Atkins diet and boy did that work. I got down to 115 lbs in about 9 months. The only problem was I felt dizzy all of the time. I went to the Doctor and he diagnosed me as being hypoglocemic (sp?!).
I then started eating whatever in the hell I wanted, mixed it in with exercise, and have stayed right around 130 (although I think marital bliss might have added 5 lbs...I'm too scared to get on the scale!).
Am I happy with myself? For the most part. It's a day to day thing. But, come on ladies....EAT A FREAKIN TWINKIE OR THREE!!!!!