"Loose weight fast!"
"Loose 20 pounds in a month!"
"You too can look like her!"
Society tells us being fit and thin is whats meant to be. The average model today is 25% thinner than the average American woman. Almost every single commercial break has AT LEAST one commercial sending a message about changing how you look. Today, I am concentrating on weight issues.
The thing that is considered "in" right now is "thinspiration" blogs. Thinspiration is a combination of two words: thin and inspiration. It consists of postings of pictures, stories, and articles that all promote weight loss. These are just a few pictures I found on a google search. Can you tell which ones are healthy?
"Thinspo" or "Thinspiration" is a series of pictures that promotes having a skinny body. Pictures are mainly of insanely skinny (not fit) women with quotes that promote being as skinny as your body will allow. There are normal thinspo blogs that are mainly filled with exercise tips and nutrition information, but they aren't that positive. Looking at pictures of girls that are "hot" because of how tiny they are can be damaging to your brain. Sure, you may not be thinking about starving yourself, but what happens when you do?
Pro-Ana or Pro-Mia thinspo blogs having pictures like this:
They are filled with slogans like "Do you want a cheeseburger or a flat stomach?" and "Your stomach isnt grumbling, it's applauding." Looking and obsessing over statements and pictures like this are extremely damaging to your mind, which can lead to damaging your body. I read an article about a girl who started looking at these blogs occasionally just to see what would come up next. She then started look at them daily. It escalated to almost hourly. She would read and read and read. Then one day after staring at herself in her bathroom mirror, she pointed out every thing she found as a flaw. Her weight being #1. She is 5'5" and was 140lbs. This girl is now 5'5" and 112lbs. Healthy? I think not.
Thinspo may have started out as a sort of "dream board"...envisioning yourself being your dream weight...but it has transformed into a truly evil foundation. I don't care what you look like, where you came from, who you are. I care about what you think of yourself. Sure, there is a rise in obesity in America and it is sad, and it IS good to be fit and healthy. But there is no reason you should be on a 300 calorie diet.
What do you think about thinspo?
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