Recently, I had the traumatic experience of my own mother
ruthlessly informing me that I need to go on a diet before I become too large
to fit into our new extension. Of
course, these weren't her exact words, as the extension would fit about ten
sumo wrestlers inside it, but the sentiment was there.
Adding to that, I just told the wonderful woman herself that
I had dedicated a blog to her wise words, to which her reply was, "Yes. So
go to the park and get some exercise."
Charming.
Now, I know all too well that I have possibly pilled on some
pounds. Since being at home from university, I have probably consumed my own
body weight in KFC, McDonalds and snacking on crappy food. Twice over. I'm becoming the next endorser for Woman Vs.
Food. Britain style.
Honestly, I have never been one of these outgoing people and
I have never really been comfortable in my own skin. We, especially in Britain,
are very good at finding our own 'imperfections' - and apparently, mine is my
sky rocketing weight.
I'm not saying I'm huge, despite likening myself to The
Venus of Willendorf in my previous blog. I'm a comfortable size 12 and whilst I
find many things to dislike about myself, I am ultimately happy with that. I'm not one of those girls who wears a size 8
and posts pictures on Facebook with the description reading, "Look how fat
I am!" or "I hate this picture!" If you feel that bad, don't
post the photo. Stop fishing for compliments and raining on my 'hideously huge'
size 12 parade. If I'm fat, so be it. I
like food too much to quit eating it.
According to the media, our 'reliable' government and the
general public, people need to be a certain size or shape nowadays. Who do these people
think they are to pass judgement and tell us how we should be?
Isn't Britain a multicultural country? Our country is pretty much built on
immigration, and we embrace that fact. We welcome those from other nations into
Britain, and we accept cultural differences for what they are. Britain, (grudgingly
maybe) accepts difference, be it race, gender, religion or culture.
All I'm saying is, that if we can embrace immigrants into
our country, can we not accept the people who already reside in Britain?
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| Britney Spears showing the World her 'imperfections' |
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| The 'ideal woman' |
People, and women especially, have pressure thrown at them
from every angle. The big bad media companies are increasingly seeming to take
great pleasure in telling us how to look, what to eat, how to act and blah blah
blah. The fact is, the media isn't as much the deterrent as everyone believes. Teen Mom didn't discourage teenage girls to
frolic into the great outdoors and impregnate themselves. Not even the sequel
did. So, no, BBC, ITV and every other program out there blissfully putting
images of doctors measuring pounds of fat onto my TV screen while I'm happily
adding up the calories in my lasagna, I AM NOT INTERESTED. I'm constantly being
told that I need to be skinnier, where nicer clothes, style my hair a certain
way and generally be more attractive. Have they ever heard the expression,
'it's what's on the inside that counts?' Maybe that should be promoted more
often.
Alongside that, the government is installing 'competitive
sport' into all schools in the UK. Oh David Cameron. What happened to good old,
clean and friendly physical education classes? I hope the conservative
government realise that making PE competitive will only encourage children to
fight and bully other children who may lack prowess in sports. Well, the
liberals may be able to shed some light on the whole lacking in prowess issue.
Basically, I'm saying all this 'media huff', and pressure is
absolutely ridiculous. Just embrace what you are, despite how difficult that
may be. Accept your curves, or lack of, and just be damn well happy with who
you are. At least then I won't have to put up with having my calorie loaded
meals interrupted by Supersize Vs. Superskinny. 
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