#10

Since I'm in the process of shutting down my old blog. I've been going through and reading some old post and I'll be re-posting some of them here. Word to the wise: don't write things after 2am, you'll have many typos and spelling errors. smh
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YOU KNOW WHAT REALLY GRINDS MY GEARS??

...When people look at me and
1. assume that I hate food because I'm slim.
2. assume that I'm "lucky" because I'm skinny.
3. assume that because I'm skinny, I have no weight issues.

Newsflash: the issue is health not size!

I spent 2 years of high school drinking ensures with breakfast and dinner everyday. Ate snacks whenever I got a chance just in an attempt to gain weight... and guess what happened??? NOTHING.
I felt awful about myself because I wasn't "thick" or had curves. I wasn't a good enough (black/Jamaican)woman because I didn't have a huge butt and wide hips.

This was not just a natural feeling I had, this is what society perpetuates.

We tell people you need to lose weight, you're too fat... rather than you need to get healthy. Rather than focus on the well-being of another person we are stuck on how they might look. This "big" person could be in great shape, and incredibly fit.
We tell people you need some meat on your bones... rather than you need to get healthy.
Case in point, I'm slim, I gain weight at an extremely slow pace. I have pretty sedentary lifestyle and if i run up some steps I'm winded.

The goal should be to maintain a healthy body not to maintain a dress size.