tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12333976.post114662518946847547..comments2024-02-18T15:43:14.717-05:00Comments on Moved to LivinLaVidaLowCarb.com/Blog: No Deal To Warped Image Of What A Woman Should BeJimmy Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08590225257991702645noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12333976.post-29539270172338815512007-03-01T15:11:00.000-05:002007-03-01T15:11:00.000-05:00Oh, and since you're approving these, can you put ...Oh, and since you're approving these, can you put these two posts together? I just wanted to respond to what Melanie said. She said that you're either a genetic "freak" or fake to be thin. While it's great that she's comfortable with her size, she shouldn't insult other women. Calling them freaks is uncalled for and just plain mean. Plus, she forgot about the women that workout. Yes, believe it or not, people can change their bodies, and they can do it healthily. I highly recommend the magazine Oxygen to Ms. Melanie, a women's fitness magazine that fills its pages and articles with FIT women, not SKINNY women. <BR/><BR/>But if a woman wants to be skinny and she goes for it in a healthy manner, so be it. Don't call her a genetic freak or poo-poo her hard work by saying she just went to a plastic surgeon. In a way, that's worse than insulting someone for being fat because it doesn't take hard work to overeat and not exercise.Health Q&Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09528779122558837998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12333976.post-42368406684783074262007-03-01T15:05:00.000-05:002007-03-01T15:05:00.000-05:00I think that once people overcome the images pushe...I think that once people overcome the images pushed by the media, they'll be stronger, and it'll be harder to bring them down.<BR/><BR/>Also, men are affected by seeing "perfect" men. I had a friend who stopped eating, asking me if I thought it'd be cool if he "looked real skinny, like those models in magazines." I told him no, that he should eat, and offered to buy him anything he wanted, but he declined. We were all worried about him, especially after he passed out in class.<BR/><BR/>Another way this manifests is when guys with low self-esteem date women with high self-esteem. Because they feel like they're not perfect, and because they feel like they can't do anything, but they still want to be macho, they will try to insult or control their girlfriend or wife in an attempt to gain back their "manliness." I had this happen, where he told me to stop lifting weights. I just told him to hit the gym with me. Needless to say, I kicked that pansy to the curb.Health Q&Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09528779122558837998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12333976.post-1146708326313945062006-05-03T22:05:00.000-04:002006-05-03T22:05:00.000-04:00That was a beautiful post, Jimmy, and very true in...That was a beautiful post, Jimmy, and very true indeed. Men should never forget that:<BR/><BR/>a) What society defines as "beauty" is only skindeep;<BR/>b) Real beauty comes from the inside.<BR/><BR/>To be honest: Personally I don't even consider women that are labeled by society as "beautiful" (i.e. models) really attractive. Photography is one of my many hobbies. Let me assure you, from experience, that there is nothing attractive to a underfed model that faints every 30 minutes from malnutrition!<BR/><BR/>A nice (British?) movie to illustrate and underscore these and the other points you raised is titled "The Calender Girls". Great movie and touching: all women (and men!) should watch it.Science4u1959https://www.blogger.com/profile/14032931049767819624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12333976.post-1146700291732459282006-05-03T19:51:00.000-04:002006-05-03T19:51:00.000-04:00This show is very popular here in Australia. But I...This show is very popular here in Australia. But I don't think there is the emphasis on the trashy women.<BR/> <BR/>In ours the audience holds the cases, and they guess what is in the case when the contestant picks them.<BR/><BR/>What gets me about that picture. The lady holding up number 13.<BR/><BR/>What's with the 'Big Hair' in America I always see!<BR/><BR/>LOL<BR/><BR/>But great post Jim!!Lowcarb_davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02731513723761653022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12333976.post-1146676285965412432006-05-03T13:11:00.000-04:002006-05-03T13:11:00.000-04:00Once again you bring light to one of the serious p...Once again you bring light to one of the serious problems our society creates. We as women are told we must live up to some unrealistic standards to be considered beautiful, which is so untrue. We are ALL beautiful in our own right. Thanks, as always Jimmy, for your insight, and thanks to Shayne too, for linking us over on LowCarbScoop.com.girliefriendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04460649360066341483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12333976.post-1146657896632309202006-05-03T08:04:00.000-04:002006-05-03T08:04:00.000-04:00Hey Unicel,You are a beautiful woman and nobody ca...Hey Unicel,<BR/><BR/>You are a beautiful woman and nobody can ever take that away from you. Nothing is more delightful than knowing that God made you exactly the way He wanted you to be so he could cherish and admire his masterpiece. You are His masterpiece and NEVER forget it!<BR/><BR/>God bless you and thanks for reading!<BR/><BR/>JimmyJimmy Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08590225257991702645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12333976.post-1146635560158815102006-05-03T01:52:00.000-04:002006-05-03T01:52:00.000-04:00Hi! i'm Unicel from Philippines. At late teens an...Hi! i'm Unicel from Philippines. At late teens and suffering from a disease...A disease caused by the media, putting up skinny girls on tv and magazines that appears so perfect, resulting to a thinking that I'm the ugliest person currently existing. haha! actually i'm serious... no matter what comfort others try to tell me, or what i tell myself, it's so difficult to change how i think of myself already. But what you said, all of it, sinked in! It's just nice to know that someone thinks that way of women...Thank you for the words of encouragement you've posted for all womanhood to read, it has positively affected me a great deal! ^_^Eight Liveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00230955618927882554noreply@blogger.com