A couple of weeks ago I watched the talkshow ''The View'' and beautiful, smart and talented Tyra Banks was one of the guests on the show.Tyra was talking about women and body image and how our society is crazy about being skinny. Skinny=Beauty!
Who hasn't seen her fierce, real and honest performence in 2007 on her own show, where she told all the haters and bullies to ''kiss her fat ass''! It still makes me tear up and gives me goose bumbs everytime I see it.
Tyra Banks message is about loving and accepting yourself exactly as you are. With all your imperfections. You are beautiful, no matter what! Women and girls come in all different sizes and shapes, size 0 is not the answer to a perfect life. Love your body and who you are, exactly how GOD put you in this amazing world.
Here is my problem with Tyras message- do I believe that you have the right to be the best you can be, mentally, physically and spiritually!? Yes absoloutly but I trully believe that being obesse and unhealthy is not part of being the best you can be. It just sends the wrong message to young women.! Yes curves are sexy and we all come in different shapes and sizes, that's why we are all unique in our own special way. There are women that will never be a size 0 and it doesn't matter, what matters is that they take care of themselves and their bodies. I don't believe that a size 14 should be considered normal and average! I am sorry to tell you, but everybody who eats right and exercises will not be an average oversized size 14. I am not talking about people who have medical issues- we are talking about healthy, strong young women.
I do not accept that our society keeps on opening clothing stores for overweight people just to make them feel comfortable and make it seem acceptable. It is not acceptable to let yourself go, it is not ok to stuff your face with whatever chemical crap you want to just because it is fine to have '' a few extra pounds''. Get over yourself- curves are sexy, excess wabbely fat is not!!!!
Just like stick thin, sick looking models are sending the wrong message so is Tyra Banks with her ''fierce bodies'' propaganda. Yes, please love yourself with all your flaws but don't use food and no exercise as an excuse to let yourself go. It is not ok- you were not born fat, so do not treat your body like a garbage can.
GOD made you exactly as he intended you to be, but he didn't send all the junk food and TV shows with it. You make that decison!
Please don't tell me that some women just have fuller bodies! Yes, Jennifer Lopez was born with that butt, but she still takes good care of herself and her body. If she would eat burgers, fries and oreos on a daily basis, oh well that curvy butt would look very different, very soon...
It doesn't matter if you are 5ft or 7ft, young, old, man or women, curvy or skinny, just take care of your temple-your body, because you only have one! Life is to short to obsess about your weight, but you still have to be realistic..A healthy body+A healthy mind= Amazing LONG Life!!!
Love and Cookies
Jennifer
Love and Cookies
Jennifer
