LIVING - LIFESTYLE
2008.11.05
Waistlines are going into battle with their owners who are in constant struggle to keep it at what we know as 'ridiculously tiny'. As our battle against the gravity of fat and cellulite becomes twisted in an unhealthy sense, more young girls are beginning to conform to major slimming diets tailored for bigger women.
In a world rapidly changing with new trends and technology, the skinny trend is more alive than not, with authorities encouraging women to be fit and healthy instead of skinny.
The authorities collaborated with a Spanish health organisation to come up with a minumum body mass — a height-weight ratio — of 18 for the models.
Organisers said they wanted to “help ensure public opinion does not associate fashion, and fashion shows in particular, with an increase in anorexia, a disease which, along with bulimia, is considered … as a mental and behavioural problem”.
Organisers said they wanted to “help ensure public opinion does not associate fashion, and fashion shows in particular, with an increase in anorexia, a disease which, along with bulimia, is considered … as a mental and behavioural problem”.
It's the pressure of acquiring a flat tummy, perky buttocks and breasts and obtaining a Barbie silhouette that's driving more dissatisfied healthy weighted women to indulge in major diet plans.
Obviously, no one likes a glutton; after all, it is one of the seven
deadly sins. But a healthy girl who exercises and takes care of herself
is quite desirable for all men. Being a size 6 isn't really that
important to most guys, it's only when women start out as a size 6 and
end up as a size 14 that we become somewhat antsy.
Men do look at models and actresses with lustful thoughts, but in reality, lust and long-term relationships don't usually go hand in hand. So while the media shows off the virtually flawless 2% of the population, here we are watching the meatier women go by.
Men do look at models and actresses with lustful thoughts, but in reality, lust and long-term relationships don't usually go hand in hand. So while the media shows off the virtually flawless 2% of the population, here we are watching the meatier women go by.
So stop trying to be skinny and beef up on exercise and eat healthy. Self confidence goes a long way too so eat more of that and you'll feel a whole new world better.
