This is very true. Both women and men try to make themselves look like the models and instead of helping themselves, they are actually harming and endangering themselves. It’s great to begin a healthy lifestyle, but not when life is at risk. The dieting that is followed to achieve the dream bodies only leaves those who try it even hungrier than they were and makes them binge eat on what they believe food. But too much of the good food can actually cause more harm than good, like it is stated.The body positivity movement has helped a lot of people who have gone through the phase of trying to look like the skinny models and has helped them find the natural and actually healthy way to reach their goals.

I never really thought about this before, nor did I know it could have this result. Before reading this post, I had always thought, or seen it portrayed in movies that if someone posted a picture of something they wanted, it would help motivate them to strive to reach their goal, but it never occurred to me that looking at a model’s picture could have the opposite effect and make someone loose sight of their goal. Now that I have read this post, I can see how looking at a model with unnatural features, can cause someone to just give up: they know there is no way to achieve their impossible goal, so why even try?

It is absolutely true that most women want to look like the fashion models on the covers of magazines and on TV. Many young girls want to have skinny bodies like them. It is because they all look gorgeous, attractive and beautiful (even though photos on covers are usually altered to make them look thinner). But think about how much time they had to spend in order to make those bodies. They go on an extreme diet that involves only drinking water or eating salad. According to the research, female models in the west are thinner than ever before. That’s why women with normal weight are always on diets to be thinner. It is sad that people follow their diet plan and try to eat as little as possible which can lead to a very dangerous situation. They can have poor health and be easily depressed. I remember on my wedding day. I was on a diet for 30 days just to look perfect on my wedding dress. My only goal was to look beautiful (just the outside), I began to refuse to accept food. I completely forgot about what was happening on my health. Obviously l did lose some weight but gained back right after. No one in real life can look like the models on the covers. Think about the people in the world who are hungry and starving to death. I’m just satisfied with my shape and being healthy.

When I first saw the title I wanted to disagree, but as I continued to read I realized that this does happen. In my own experience I have taped up a magazine picture of very thin model in my room or flipped through images of skinny women and although for a moment I felt motivated to “diet” and exercise there would be times where I would feel discouraged and give up because I thought it was unattainable. In a world where women are constantly being judged or judging themselves to other females either by the standards of society or their own distraught mentality it is hard to stay positive. But if we are surrounded by images of normal figured women that could motivate us even more to change because we are no longer devastated or depressed about something that seems impossible and stick with a positive attitude.

After watching “Killing Us Slowly 4” in my Social Psychology class, I learned that models in most advertisements don’t even exist. They are photo shopped to the point where they are unrecognizable. They’re made to look thinner, their eye color/shape are usually altered, their legs are elongated, etc. Advertisers create an “Ideal woman“ so to speak, that usually affects the self-esteem of the rest of us authentic women, making us feel less attractive and overweight. Little do we know, that model does not even exist. Advertisement designers created her. A friend of mine truly strives to be perfect; she tapes a picture of an athletic model on her refrigerator, and whenever she attempts to eat an extra meal, she restrains herself, looking at the body she dreams to have, and telling herself to skip the meal and instead go for a jog. She now weighs 89 pounds (she’s 5’3). She refuses to reason with anyone who seems concerned with her health, because to her, they are merely getting in the way of her goal. These “models” are truly destroying some women in almost every aspect (mentally, physically, emotionally).

That is the way I do it too. I really want to be skinny, so I always have my favorite models on my phone screen to remind me to not overeat. It comes out that I give up on my goal and keep eating all the time. After I finish eating, I tell myself that they are ready and willing to do the work that it takes to lose weight and keep it off and I am not ready yet, probably I will be next time. Even though female models are not good healthy role models, in fact they are not healthy, but somehow I want to be pretty like them. But I have to say looking at their pictures help me by not getting fatter. I told myself to stop eating and if I gain weight I will be on a diet. I am not skinny like models, but I can maintain my healthy figure.

It is depressing to see women of all ages in America competing with the supermodel images posted by the media. Many models in photos and videos are often photo shopped or even anorexic; however, young girls especially starve themselves to reach an impossible goal by comparing and trying to obtain similar body types of those online and in magazines. My sister especially struggles with her weight and image and is a classic example of a person who hangs magazine pages from Victoria’s Secret on the walls as a daily inspiration. Women should appreciate their bodies for what they are and instead aim to live healthy lives.

I find this very interesting because this is so true! Our society is extremely brain washed about what true beauty really is. Girls now days have lots of low self esteem because of not only supermodels but because of men and how they expose women. I always grew up thinking long hair, light skin and skinny waist lines defined true beauty when really it didn’t. Women who are skinny with those body images where considered more superior and more praised. Those lies that society told us made every girl want long hair, skinny waist lines and lighter skin. Women have lost there selves in this world because our natural view of beauty is bummbarded with all these different images and lies of skinny girls that aren’t really that beautiful or skinny just edited and photoshopped to make money. Women shouldn’t feed into what society views as beautiful and start loving and excepting themselves for who they truly are and stop letting the world define them. Lady’s need to start telling there daughters that they are beautiful just the way they are and not to mind what they see in the media. Just remember women, “you don’t have to be a size 0 to be beautiful” just love yourself and love who God created because when he made you, he worked hard and dilligently.

I find this interesting because it is so true, most women do want to look like the model on the front cover of some magazine. And it makes sense as to why they don’t lose weight but in fact gain weight because those models are airbrushed, photoshopped to look that thin. It’s very sad that magazines display these kind of pictures that are not attainable and just make women and young girls want something that is not real. And I think once we realize that we know it’s impossible to look like that which makes us depressed and we end up eating more because it’s a goal that won’t happen. I agree and think also that being realistic and following healthy images is the best option.