There’s a big difference between sitting back and saying “Anyone who doesn’t look like this is fat, no matter what. What slobs.” And recognizing that there is an issue with the method of thought about food. Don’t judge by weight, though, people. Seriously. Don’t assume that just because a girl has a little bit of smooshyness that she’s slobbish. If you have an ollld american heritage, and those are your dominant genetics, you probably have a very slow metabolism. Your family would have died through initial pilgramage-winters here. We have a significantly more stagnant lifestyle now, yes, and we are all doing less manual labor… There is, however, a difference between being obese and having a figure for bearing kids and living through winter.
I’m not a stick. I dress Very Very well for my weight. I am always extremely careful about it, but I spent around four years refusing to eat in public because I would be judged for being a fat person who is stuffing her face. I seriously went on a class trip when I was in highschool and subsisted on nothing but apples. This was a whole week. No food. I was too horrified at the notion of seeming disgusting because I had to actually consume something.
There is an obesity problem in america, but don’t automatically assume any girl with a little bit of plush is stuffing her face with sugar, chips, and fast food. This girl, who has curves and is learning to respect them and would be more suited for the perception of beauty in the renaissance, hasn’t had fast food or meat in over seven years. I eat better than anyone i’ve ever met. But I’m not a stick. I won’t be a stick no matter what I do.
Just keep in mind that there’s a difference between a girl with curves and someone who is truly obese (which means that its a dangerous amount of weight).
There are girls out there who have an hourglass figure but happen to just have a slightly larger hourglass. There’s nothing hanging out anywhere, but we still get a lot of the flack.
Don’t judge them as being irresponsible, or stupid, just because the true goal of perfection might be unattainable for them.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y127/Delightedly/curves.jpg?t=1216934838
Don’t take on a ‘holier than thou” attitude just because some of us look like the above and not Julia Roberts.
I got lucky because I found a man who thinks i’m the most beautiful girl in the world and relishes in my breasts and my hips and the curves they make. A lot of girls, sadly, don’t get that lucky.