Women's weight in todays world. WHY so much stress??
By groesbeck
@groesbeck (8)
United States
August 27, 2009 3:12pm CST
You know how you go from being a teenager and can have a pretty healthy weight and a nice looking body? You know the ones who are toned and look good, no extra flab around the tummy area. I hate how in todays world we strive so hard to be the "hot" looking women on the street. Take me for example, I was 110 lbs with no flab in the tummy and pretty toned. I feel that I looked too skinny. But 14 months ago I had a baby and since then I can't get rid of the excess fat around the stomach and hips. I mean I only weight 130 but I just can't get rid of the excess fat. Anyway, I told my husband that I can't believe how many people comment about how I have gained a little weight and such. He said that he liked the way I looked before better but I am ok now too. I just think that with todays world women are portrayed to be super model sexy all the time and men have become accustomed to that way of thinking. SO here we are NORMAL women who don't have the time to excersize because we have a job and kids to deal with, trying to figure out a way to still look like we are nineteen. When did weight become such an issue? I mean I know looks mean alot but they're not everyhting I don't think. Damn the media who make us all crazy trying to be something we are not or at least work damn hard to be it!
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@enjoyworld2003 (76)
• China
28 Aug 09
yeah u said our inner thought out. the present situation make us fell very bad . why we fat women should meet so much stress? this is unfair? there is a period in china fat women are the most beautiful one. but now all passed l we need try and try to be slim . so bad
@simran11977 (88)
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27 Aug 09
Well for me Ithink women should appricate the way god create them.And learn to love your self and feel beautiful inside and outside.Don't try to be like other women just be your self.
@DCLehnsherr (1037)
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27 Aug 09
I absolutely despise the fact that there is so much pressure on women to be thin these days. I went through a phase where I became obsessed with trying to get there, but even when I lost weight I was never happy. I was depriving myself of so much that every day became a struggle and in the end after reaching rock bottom I decided that the world would just have to accept me for who I am because I can't live like that. I haven't had children but it does pain me to read that mothers feel they have to go around looking like models. I mean I love my mum as a person, but I respect her because she looks like a mother, or what I expect them to look like anyway. my mum is obese, she hates being obese and is depressed, but she is what I expect mothers to look like and was I was younger I used to just tell her that she was more huggable, and she was. I don't like hugging peopel who feel like skeletons, that just creeps me out! When I see women who are so thin that they don't look like they even had children I worry about what their children think. I wouldn't want a mother who didn't look like a mother, and if I ever have kids I don't want to be forced to look like I did when I was younger and hadn't had kids. I would be proud of being like that, and my husband, family and society would just have to accept that! On the whole I think people should just be left alone to live how they want, and that strangers and the media should just mind their own business. We aren't on their Earth forver so lets just enjoy the time we have dammit!
As for when it became an issue, I almost get the feeling that as soon as woman became able to think she became obsessed with image. I find that sad and hope that it will change in the future after more women get sick of feeling like this and decide to live for themselves. oh well.
Nice topic and happy mylotting :)
Dranz
