now what's with the media-obsession with weight loss these days?
i turn on channel 5 i see Villa Wellness (insanely entertaining btw. i approve). flip to channel 8 and there's this gameshow with rotund ladies competing to see who loses weight the fastest. then i pick up 8days and the frontpage is splashed with pictures of female celebs who are in the below-50 kg category. and not to mention olinda cho who is so damn petite now.
how come there are no more reports about anorexia, body-image disorders and health problems associated with crash diets already? now all we have are slimming ads, bust-enhancement ads, and plastic surgeons getting all the media exposure about their expertise in making people beautiful.
this is bad. as if girls these days are not under enough pressure from school and friends and family already, now we have to contend with impossibly female stars flaunting their stick-thin figures here there everywhere. jutting clavicles are the new accessories in vogue, baby.
so i admit. i am obsessed to a certain degree. counting calories, exercising almost everyday, regular weigh-ins - it's as if i'm the star of my own reality weightloss show. but my idea of utopia is certainly a world where females are allowed to have fleshy body parts and eat brownies & icecream whenever they want to without feeling sickeningly guilty moments later. and exercise is done only because it keeps one fit and healthy.
sadly this isn't the case. not when i have male friends (childish twits, no less) pointing out to me that i have a tummy and according to them, girls shouldn't have tummies. and girls should be "small and cute". i assume they're not referring to the boobs as well, cos guys being (stupid) guys, they'll want big boobies on a skinny frame, even if it is blatantly obvious that girls cannot lose weight without losing their mammary size.
perhaps guys prefer to date girls with bodies of 12 year olds these days? i wouldn't be surprised.
in any case, their opinions shouldn't even matter in the first place. cos it's not as if i expect them to look like allan wu, so they better shove their moronic comments up their arses.
anyway
i've half a mind to bitch like crazy about this issue but i rest my case. the thinny thin thin phase will probably stick around for some time and i'd still be caught in between getting swept away by the madness and sticking to my principles of exercising for the sake of health, and not to fit into size 27 jeans. in the meantime i will eat my greentea mooncake and run like a hamster on its wheel the next day.
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after a hella long time, i've turned on my comments. cos i'm bored and also curious to see who's still reading this space, despite it being hopelessly boring already. so drop me a message if u will. hate messages are accepted too as long you leave your name.
i turn on channel 5 i see Villa Wellness (insanely entertaining btw. i approve). flip to channel 8 and there's this gameshow with rotund ladies competing to see who loses weight the fastest. then i pick up 8days and the frontpage is splashed with pictures of female celebs who are in the below-50 kg category. and not to mention olinda cho who is so damn petite now.
how come there are no more reports about anorexia, body-image disorders and health problems associated with crash diets already? now all we have are slimming ads, bust-enhancement ads, and plastic surgeons getting all the media exposure about their expertise in making people beautiful.
this is bad. as if girls these days are not under enough pressure from school and friends and family already, now we have to contend with impossibly female stars flaunting their stick-thin figures here there everywhere. jutting clavicles are the new accessories in vogue, baby.
so i admit. i am obsessed to a certain degree. counting calories, exercising almost everyday, regular weigh-ins - it's as if i'm the star of my own reality weightloss show. but my idea of utopia is certainly a world where females are allowed to have fleshy body parts and eat brownies & icecream whenever they want to without feeling sickeningly guilty moments later. and exercise is done only because it keeps one fit and healthy.
sadly this isn't the case. not when i have male friends (childish twits, no less) pointing out to me that i have a tummy and according to them, girls shouldn't have tummies. and girls should be "small and cute". i assume they're not referring to the boobs as well, cos guys being (stupid) guys, they'll want big boobies on a skinny frame, even if it is blatantly obvious that girls cannot lose weight without losing their mammary size.
perhaps guys prefer to date girls with bodies of 12 year olds these days? i wouldn't be surprised.
in any case, their opinions shouldn't even matter in the first place. cos it's not as if i expect them to look like allan wu, so they better shove their moronic comments up their arses.
anyway
i've half a mind to bitch like crazy about this issue but i rest my case. the thinny thin thin phase will probably stick around for some time and i'd still be caught in between getting swept away by the madness and sticking to my principles of exercising for the sake of health, and not to fit into size 27 jeans. in the meantime i will eat my greentea mooncake and run like a hamster on its wheel the next day.
**
after a hella long time, i've turned on my comments. cos i'm bored and also curious to see who's still reading this space, despite it being hopelessly boring already. so drop me a message if u will. hate messages are accepted too as long you leave your name.
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