Oh shut up! You know what I mean!
Seriously though... we do.
I was at the grocery store last night and was standing in line looking at the usual rag magazines with their usual sensationalism then I ran across the National Enquirer.
You probably can't see that picture but the two main stories are:
Then the story directly next to it is:
So apparently Angelina is barely 100 lbs. and Mariah is 177 lbs.
WTF? Really? One they say is too thin (admittedly she does look sickly), the other is too fat.
The idea of what is acceptable and what is not is really infuriating to me. As someone who has been battling her weight since 1993, I hate that there is this idea of what looks good and what doesn't.
Granted, I too fall into the "wanting to lose weight" category... I've lost about 35 lbs. so far and want to lose at least 20 more. But, believe me when I tell you it's NOT because Hollywood or the Flavor of the Week is a certain weight.
It's because I don't feel good at this weight. Jess claims to love me at this weight. All I know is I have a whole lotta ass and a whole lotta belly that I'm not happy with...
...but can you IMAGINE being watched and scrutinized like this?? How come you never see men on the covers of these magazines unless they hit an astronomical weight?
These are the pics they posted to demonstrate how thin...
...or how fat...
...these women are. WTF is the National Enquirer to say what's too fat or thin? Then you wonder why women have all kinds of fucked up perspectives about what they look like. Gawd, it's infuriating.
Then, the world is full of infuriating things... so there ya go. LOL
BTW, I think Mariah never looked better...
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I weigh about 173 pounds. I feel like that's about right for me (I'm 5'8" which is fairly tall)...poor Mariah. She weights a whole four pounds more than I do, and from what I can see, I`m about average.
I used to weigh 300 pounds, and did not feel good at all. I had surgery and lost the weight so that I could feel better, not so that I could look better (although I sure do like the way I look now).
The pressure that women are under, and that women put themselves under to look a certain way is tremendous, and is sadly reinforced by media images of emaciated women that are touted as the ideal.
Hell yeah Mariah looks good and yeah I prefer Angelina a little heavier, but maybe she likes to be that thin. You know they also photoshop too, I mean look at all of those Madonna pics that were circulating then turned up to be fake.
You however, look amazing just the way you are.
The celebrity world is totally strange about weight. Me and my mother are the same height, but she looks better at the weight she is (which is about 110lbs) and I would look horribly sickly if I weight that. My "look good" weight is around 125 - 135lbs. I am at 150lbs now and I the only thing I wish would go away is my pudgey belly...but ya know, when I wanna enjoy a buffet or something I don't wanna be worrying about my weight.
I always say: No one ever died and said "I sure wish I had cleaned more" or "I sure wish I hadn't eaten that Big Mac that one time" HELL NO! Enjoy yourself when you can and work on making your life enjoyable when you can. If that is knocking off a few pounds, do it...but don't forget to have to good times too!
Congratulations on your weight loss!!!!!!
Congratulations on the weight loss. I myself am stuck....:/ But personally, I prefer Mariah...I like women who have curves and I like to FEEL like I'm holding a person and not a paper doll cut out. Of course there are limits. I think when weight starts to affect your health then it is time to do something different. And that can mean mental health as well. If it causes you to turn down invitations or want to stay home more, then loose the weight.
Tina, you are to much of a woman to look good as a twiglet. So don't stress yourself. Listen to Jesse.
i just hate the media and how they blow everything out of proportion.
'this one too thin, to fat, to this, to that'. ugh.
i purposely don't buy or read those magazines to aid in their profit or read into their propaganda.
i think mariah looks awesome.
i was never a fan of angelina's, but she looks like she needs to get healthy, she looks unhealthy to me.
Hips, Ass, and Curves is what makes a woman attractive!
Not skin n bones. Eew.
Mariah looks healthy. She isn't at all fat. She's cute. Angelina looks great too.
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