Some of you may have seen this before but for those who haven't it is worth it to watch. This is a company I am interested in because of their approach to alter the stigma around mental and physical impairments.
Not the normal beauty
On a different note. More related to nutrition and health perceptions. The media is a force to be reckoned with. Girls, you are beautiful. Regardless of what you look like. When you understand that thought you don't hate the people that say it. I know sometimes the world gets crazy and encroaches in your lives and what you think about yourself. But just because someone looks a certain way doesn't make them more effective at what they do. The feeling that you get when watching that video, that's beauty. I don't know the man making those manikins but I know he is good looking.
To my nutritional point of this blog.
Being thin doesn't necessarily make you healthy. Some people have a higher basal metabolic rate (metabolism) and they burn energy while doing nothing. Not fair, true. Most of you can increase your basal metabolic rate by increasing lean muscle mass (because muscle burns more energy). Something I have a problem with is someone who complains but doesn't take action. If you have the energy to complain about something use that energy to do something about it.
I wanted to also say that there is a fault to loving yourself too much. Sometimes in love we hide things we think may hurt the others feelings. But really, that never works. You need to be honest with yourself. If you are "skinny" and not healthy you need to be honest with yourself. If you are "heavy" and not healthy you need to be honest with yourself. If you are "skinny/heavy" and healthy you need to be honest with yourself.
Where do you draw the line between being obsessed with a goal (losing weight, having more muscle, getting a new job) and where you currently are?
Get honest! Share your thoughts!
- Eat Wise
I liked this one. I actually shared the sentiment of "being skinny doesn't mean you are healthy" with some of my young women at one of our activities and they were surprised. At first they were like, "what?" But then they got it. Teenage girls especially don't realize what you are talking about. They just want to be skinny at all cost and they don't really think about what toll it takes on their body, so I'm glad I read your article before I went to that activity so I could share that with them! Good job brother :]
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