Society sucks

Society is very critical of people. I say that because women are not the only ones who suffer body image issues. Men do as well. The problem is that with a critical society, that creates critical members of society. This both concerns and angers me.

This concerns me because we are teaching the younger generations that no matter what, they are not acceptable as they are. We are teaching them that they are not good enough the way they are and never will be good enough. That to be considered even acceptable, they must change who they are to conform to what society deems beautiful.



I am sorry if this offends you, but screw that. This pisses me off. It is not the people that need to conform to societies way of thinking, it is society that needs to change its way of thinking.

Let me explain something. I am a big girl and this has nothing to do with trashing the population that is skinny or thin. If you are skinny or thin naturally, then more power to you. Not everyone's body is made to be model skinny. Hell, their bodies are even photo-shopped to be that thin in some cases.

In the past two years, I have lost around 70 pounds. Before you start snapping, let me finish. I started out at a size 26/28 and around 280 pounds (I don't know the exact weight which is why I say around 70 pounds). I didn't lose weight because I thought I was too fat. I didn't lose weight because I wanted to fit into societies view on women. Hell, I wasn't even trying to lose weight at all. I lost my job and instead of eating fast food, ordering lunch, or snacking all day long, I was eating at home, cooking all my own meals, and eating what I wanted. I am a diabetic, have been for the last 8 years or so starting with gestational diabetes with my daughter. I didn't even lose weight to help with that. My weight loss was simply because I was not eating out all the time.

I tell you all this because even after losing 70 pounds and 4 to 6 pants sizes, society would still deem me "too fat". My question is what does my size have anything to do with my self-worth as a person or as a woman?

Woman are made in all shapes and sizes, just as men are. We are all built differently. We are all beautiful. We are all sexy. We are all attractive.



All of those women weight 154 pounds. Every one of them and they are all beautiful.

I dislike and hate the thought that anyone is made to feel bad because of how their body looks. The fact that we have children as young as 10 questioning their beauty because of their body size is infuriating to me.

Marilyn Monroe is thought of as the most beautiful woman in the world. Here are her stats.



By today's society, she would be considered fat. What is wrong with us that we are judging a person based on appearance? What our we teaching our children?



Instead, we need to teach our children and each other to accept people they way they are, to accept ourselves the way we are, and to love ourselves the way we are. Now, that being said, I am not going to go eat everything in my fridge and say I am beautiful. That is not what I mean. I am talking about being healthy for yourself, whether that is a size 2, size 12, or size 18. I am talking about loving yourself the way you are, whether you like everything about your body or not. There are aspects of my body that I am still not happy with, and yes I can still stand to lose another 50 pounds or so, but frankly I accept my body the way it is. I understand the limitations of my body. I will never be a size 2. Hell, I probably won't ever be a size 8, but I am perfectly ok with that and I am beautiful the way I am.