Lately, I've noticed that a lot of people out there are super conscious about their weight. The desire to lose those extra pounds or work off the extra few inches of fat is very very strong. People frequent the gyms, try every possible diet out there and do crazy exercises just so they can obtain the ultimate and optimum body of their choice.
But the truth is, most people out there don't really look all that bad. So you may be a little overweight or just seem a bit bigger than the person next to you.. but so what?

People these days are becoming more and more extreme. You have the totally obese folks who look like massive blops of fat. Then you have the crazy chopsticks who are either anorexic or bulimic or both. You also have the moderately extreme cases.. for instance, girls who are a tad overweight, wearing tight fitting clothes that show off their midrifts or rather, "flabby floats". I mean, you can see it both ways really - they are either super blind or super confident.

I blame it on the media, of course.. and also this crazy superficial culture that all of us modern day homo sapiens have adopted. We see a fat person and scorn. We approve of someone with a lean and sexy body. We mock obese people and shake our heads at the anorexic. We roll our eyes at fat girls in tight clothes but drool over skinny girls with miniskirts. It's almost as though it's an unspoken rule: "Being thin is the way to go. Being thin is attractive." But then, when things get too extreme such as in the case of anorexic and bulimic kids, we turn the tables and tell them that being chubby is okay and really, the most important thing is being healthy and fit.. "Size doesn't matter at all."

Whatever la.

I find this all kind of sad. We're confusing ourselves by setting these crazy standards. I dare say that even I've been affected by this whole weight issue. People look at me and tell me I'm too thin.. so they want me to put on some weight. But if I were fat, wouldn't they want me to lose some weight? So what do they want really? Quite frankly, I'm quite happy with the way I am right now. I don't believe I'm too thin.. and neither do I think I'm fat. As long as I'm healthy and fit.. I should be fine.

Yeah right.

Images: My Fashion Life ; Jean Paul Gaultier

Labels: media, ramblings, weight

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