From Extreme Thinness To Obesity: Physical Body And Psychological Health

I once overheard a conversation between two young girls discussing how much they had eaten during the day and that they needed to work out those calories. They looked skinny and thought they had to lose some more weight. They counted everything they ate and were on a strict diet not to gain any weight. I remembered myself when I was a teenager and was obsessed with my weight, and never was satisfied with the way I looked back then. Growing older, I asked myself: Is it really me who wasn't satisfied with the way I looked? And I had to answer that question negatively. It wasn't exactly me, but rather the external ideas of the way the girls should look. With the extremely thin models being on the cover of the most popular magazines, it was difficult not to fall into the idea that you had to look like them because this is what meant to be beautiful. When you are too young, you lack the ability to question those concepts and to think more critically, especially when everyone around you is telling what it's like to be beautiful and how you should look. It takes some time to realize that all those ideas are artificial and imposed on you. I looked at those girls and smiled. I got lucky to develop a critical approach, not to accept things for granted, to realize that everyone's unique and one doesn't have to chase something ephemeral to stay happy in life. Obsessiveness with the ideal slim body might lead to a lot of problems, especially when you don't realize that trying to be some...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news