The media's focus makes us believe that thin is "in" and we are sucked up into the whole idea of beauty as being thin. Thin looks more healthy and attractive. Thin makes you look better in clothing that you would want to wear. In my opinion, being thin is not what it is all cracked up to be. Being thin has many benefits in a matter of health issues, but being fat doesn't necessarily mean that the fat person is close to having a heart attack. It all depends on the person. Fat is good, it gives you that insulation that you need during those long, lonely, cold nights because there's no one to hold you. People are too into the whole thin is "in" idea, not seeing that fat can be beautiful.
As a person who doesn't belong in the "thin" category, I strongly believe that I can be healthier without having to change my "size" dramatically. It's true that there are many health issues to consider when a person is fat, but it is also true that many thin people have just as many problems. Many people strive to become thin to be beautiful and accepted in our societies, especially models and dancers. Many of them have eating disorders. That definitely does not make them healthy. Fat people will eat what they want when they want. This way, there are no regrets. We have the chance and choice to burn up the energy we consume, but do thin people really care? When a thin person takes his or her "vegetable juice" and eats a stick of celery here and carrot there, what do they have to burn in their systems? Their energy is so limited that they don't have enough left for fun. I agree with Britt when she says that thin people are grumpy uptight people, and I believe that it is because of their lack of energy due to low consumption of carbohydrates and sugar in their systems.
Fat people such as me give us a choice without space for regrets. If I choose to eat a big, fat pastrami sandwich, I would know that I am consuming a great deal of carbohydrates, protein and fat, and I have to make a choice of whether or not I"d like to burn it off.
No matter how thin they become, they see nothing but fat. ... Some people are skinny, and some are fat. ... I get so disgusted when I hear healthy looking and beautiful women say, "I'm fat." ... It seems that many people are convinced that "thin is in." Several models have admitted to starving themselves to get thin just to fit the industry's image. ...
In American Society today, thin equals beautiful. ... If you are fat, you are viewed as being last and having no self-control and they know this. ... A lot of women know that they are thin they can get more of what they want. ... Growing up these little girls are taught to believe that fat is ugly and thin is beautiful. ... If she were around today the tabloids would have been writing exploits on how fat she was. ...
In the article, "Fat and Happy: In defense of Fat Acceptance," Mary Ray Worley uses her personal experience to support her argument against society's stereotypical view of fat people. ... Our assumptions about the desirability of thinness are so deeply ingrained that scientist find it next to impossible to align their recommendations with their findings; apparently they cannot bring themselves to say that since body size is largely a result of one's genetic makeup it's best to get on with the business of learning to live in the body you have, whatever its size"" (Schwartz 488). ...
We see this when she says "...if you're fat the boys won't like you; they won't ask you out" (pg. 62). ... Joan was thin and flat chested, and moderately attractive. ... That is how they would remember her: a girl whose hapless body was destined to be fat" (pg.63). ... Richard believed that being fat was unappealing as opposed to being thin. ... He eventually goes so far as to call her fat. ...
Being thin and fit is somewhat a sign of success in today's world. ... Parents may give a child messages that junk food must be avoided at all costs, or that all fat is bad. ... They starve themselves down to skeletal thinness yet still think that they are overweight. ... Since they lack body fat, anorexics don't get their periods and often lose their sexual characteristics such as public hair. ... They are directly connected to pubertal maturation and the increases in body fat that occurs during this phase. ...
Fatness is a bad thing in many aspects, so thinness will solve all those problems. ... They find fat patients distasteful. Fat people seem more difficult to examine, less likely to cooperate." Doctors refer to fat people as "weak, dishonest, lazy and childish." ... This burns fat as well as keeps you in shape. ...
A Thin Ideal Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. ... They always see themselves as "too fat- - this is an eating disorder. ... It was during the sixties with British model Twiggy that the media's "thin ideal- began. ... Although it is true that it is healthier to be thin than to be overweight, what we see on television is a different kind of thin. ... Society is very weight-conscious, and the value placed on thinness has grown in recent decades. ...
The "American Way" of living causes its people to be fat. One definition of the word fat, as defined by The American Heritage Dictionary, is "the best or richest part: "living off the fat of the land"". ... Who needs to be thin with medical advances such as those? ... The 90's was also the era of low fat foods. ... The disappointment is that low-fat foods have practically the same number of calories as normal foods (Low Fat Legend). ...
DYING TO BE THIN Is the world of the famous pressuring us to be thin? With one touch of a button, all we have to do is turn on the TV and all we see are our favorite stars thin and beautiful. ... My image is about how the world of television influences women everywhere to be thin. ... Alicia Silverstone has been derided for her round-cheeked baby fat and Drew Barrymore frets when she allows her exercise program to lapse. ... I think the color focuses more on how thin these actresses look. ...
