This is the debate on rather or not the advertisement of plus size women as beautiful and fashionable is helping or hurting the ever growing problem of obesity.
First of all, I must say that if your are not considered plus size you cannot effectively weigh-in (no pun intended) on this topic. I'm sorry (no I'm not) but it honestly feels like we (plus size people) lose their voice when it comes to this debate because people who have never face this issue have the loudest voice in this conversation.
There are three points that I would like to bring up (AGAIN) that pertains to this debate.
1. You cannot love yourself only when you are thin. This was the very first lesson that I had to learn if I ever wanted to be happy. Not if I ever wanted to be thin. Not if I ever wanted to be pretty. If I ever wanted to be happy with myself and who I am I could NOT wait until I was thin to do so. We see this over and over and over again. Loving yourself has nothing to do with a person's outward appearance. So to say that showcasing a plus size woman being confident, feeling sexy and being admired is contributing to obesity is just FALSE.
When you love yourself that is half the battle. It is so much easier trying to live a healthier lifestyle when you are doing it from a healthy mind set. It's not easy trying to lose weight, eat right, just to satisfy someone else. It's too much pressure. Honestly when you are very overweight it can be very difficult to try to lose weight even when its for your own health. When you step on that scale and then hear your doctor say what you should weigh it can be very difficult to even start when you're just doing it to satisfy someone else, even if its what's best for you.
But whenever you decide that I love myself exactly for who I am and you really mean it. It suddenly becomes very easy to lose weight because you don't have the pressure of doing it for someone else. You can actually have fun doing it.
2. This may come as a news flash to some of you but: YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE SKINNY TO BE HEALTHY! There's a lot of skinny unhealthy people and vise versa. There a many plus size women who eat healthy, are very active and get good reports from their doctors every check-up. The only difference is, they're not skinny!
3. Finally, I personally find it very offensive when one group comes out with a study with a small percentage of women as their case study and suddenly this is the norm for EVERYBODY! It's sickening! Now, because of one case study plus size women ads are the cause for obesity. Not the fact that unhealthy foods are cheaper than healthy foods and are more readily available. ( I won't even go there)
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But whenever you decide that I love myself exactly for who I am and you really mean it. It suddenly becomes very easy to lose weight because you don't have the pressure of doing it for someone else. You can actually have fun doing it.
2. This may come as a news flash to some of you but: YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE SKINNY TO BE HEALTHY! There's a lot of skinny unhealthy people and vise versa. There a many plus size women who eat healthy, are very active and get good reports from their doctors every check-up. The only difference is, they're not skinny!
3. Finally, I personally find it very offensive when one group comes out with a study with a small percentage of women as their case study and suddenly this is the norm for EVERYBODY! It's sickening! Now, because of one case study plus size women ads are the cause for obesity. Not the fact that unhealthy foods are cheaper than healthy foods and are more readily available. ( I won't even go there)
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