It is my day off today. I left my house at 10am to get the bus into Bristol, do a bit of shopping for my friend's birthday present before coming home, washing the kitchen floor, hoovering and dusting the rest of the house and changing the bedroom sheets. Then I had lunch, made a cake and blew up some balloons. I am a healthy, active 22 year old woman. Everywhere I look, billboards, supermarkets, TV, radio, MAGAZINES (though I don't buy them, doesn't stop you looking at the front covers) - everywhere talks about losing weight, eating less salt, doing more exercise etcetc. So I'm watching Living TV (I'm done with chores now, time for some tea) and there is a program about how thin celebrities like Victoria Beckham, Misha Barton got in 2009. How dangerous it is to be that thin and how awful they look. What's the next advert? America's Next Top Model showing 12 rake thin girls all DYING to get on the catwalk.
I don't understand. On the one hand we're supposed to be cooking from scratch but for God's sake don't use salt. Eat healthy, three meals a day. On the other you've got the celebs who talk about how much cabbage soup or whatever the hell they're throwing up and how great they look.
Media - decide. In my opinion, eat something for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Have a cup of tea in between and if your whole meal is beige, maybe add some colour. Make sure when you walk, you're out of breath. Take the stairs, not the lift. Dance around the house while you do the dusting. It can't be that difficult, to be healthy without the media forcing you to do this, but then do that when they change their mind.
And if you can see all your bones in your pelvis from the back - you have serious problems.
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