I was reading an article the other day and it was discussing the imminent problem arising within the US. What could it have been? OBESITY. Of course people are still frantic about the continuously rising weight of average Americans today, because it is still very detrimental. But I on the other hand have come across some equally scary eating habits. A friend of mine introduced me to a blog on Tumblr called Thinsporation. The blog is open to everyone so people post and share their stories and pictures for everyone to see. Now I love to be healthy and eat right and work out, so I normally get meal plans ans work outs from Pinterest, but apparently this blog has been spreading like wild fire to help "end" obesity. As I scrolled through this blog it became apparent to me that this was not a site to teach young girls to be healthy, but more of a destructive site to give you tips on how to starve yourself and the pictures are of anorexic models and dancers as inspiration. I realize we need to get help as a country to end obesity, but are we putting to much pressure on young adults to be "healthy" and "thin" that it is acceptable to promote anorexia and bulimia?
I think this happens a lot more than people realize and it's totally negative. It's also gross in a sense. I mean,really, why would you want to starve yourself? I think eating healthy and working out should definitely be enough, as long as it's not excessive.
ReplyDeleteI personally have suffered from horrible self esteem about my weight forever. Right now I'm trying to lose all the baby weight from my two beautiful boys. I look back now at pictures from when I was in highschool and think GOD if I could only have that body now. How could I ever have been worried about weight back then?????? I was tiny... Long story short the only healthy way to lose weight (if you NEED to) is to eat healthy and have an active lifestyle. All other approaches are an unhealthy lifestyle or doomed for failure.
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