SIZE- IT MATTERS
Its all PC to say size does not matter especially against the backdrop of young ladies mostly and more recently young men falling prey to the diseases of bulimia and anorexia. I came across an article on the Cosmopolitan on-line mag which was saying all the right things to 20 something year olds with regards to feeling good when wearing a bikini. I couldn't however help but notice that despite this very commendable effort the rest of the magazine for the most part still only features celebrities on their sexiest lists and most well dressed who aren't what I would call the larger society's sample size. The issue though here is not really the magazine but the issue of size and how people feel about their bodies and what it means. I will admit here first hand that when I am on the heavier side I can never get myself to feel happy about my body or what I wear. This is a vice on my part, however should one ever really be comfortable with a body that is more of a burden and hazard than a safe harbour. For one being overweight makes it difficult to do a lot of things mentionably more weight to carry, difficulty in breathing and difficulty in finding clothes and having them fit right. Being too thin is not desirable either well at least not according to me, you can never really look like you are wearing an item; it is more often than not a case of the item wearing you. And I doubt the processes that are supposed to take place in your body that need calories really do happen at optimum due to the under nutrition. What I am advocating is lets not call overweight curvy; hips are curves, not fatty thighs or stomach. And lets not call bones sticking out the ultimate weight either. I am all for feeling comfortable in your skin but lets do right by our selves and health by eating right and exercising and only then can we say we have our ultimate bodies.
Its all PC to say size does not matter especially against the backdrop of young ladies mostly and more recently young men falling prey to the diseases of bulimia and anorexia. I came across an article on the Cosmopolitan on-line mag which was saying all the right things to 20 something year olds with regards to feeling good when wearing a bikini. I couldn't however help but notice that despite this very commendable effort the rest of the magazine for the most part still only features celebrities on their sexiest lists and most well dressed who aren't what I would call the larger society's sample size. The issue though here is not really the magazine but the issue of size and how people feel about their bodies and what it means. I will admit here first hand that when I am on the heavier side I can never get myself to feel happy about my body or what I wear. This is a vice on my part, however should one ever really be comfortable with a body that is more of a burden and hazard than a safe harbour. For one being overweight makes it difficult to do a lot of things mentionably more weight to carry, difficulty in breathing and difficulty in finding clothes and having them fit right. Being too thin is not desirable either well at least not according to me, you can never really look like you are wearing an item; it is more often than not a case of the item wearing you. And I doubt the processes that are supposed to take place in your body that need calories really do happen at optimum due to the under nutrition. What I am advocating is lets not call overweight curvy; hips are curves, not fatty thighs or stomach. And lets not call bones sticking out the ultimate weight either. I am all for feeling comfortable in your skin but lets do right by our selves and health by eating right and exercising and only then can we say we have our ultimate bodies.
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