Losing weight ......

I got this idea for this post through a recent conversation with a cousin of mine and if she reads this she will know who she is, granted I do get upset when I see women take drastic measure to look like a model on the cover of vogue, why you ask? Because THEY ARE NOT REAL WOMEN!!!!! Real woman have hips and have profound bust-line, guess what most normal women don't have a space between there legs when the stand straight. Honestly that's gross! So my cousin thinks I take it personal, since she was talking about a relative (who is a normal size for a women in her lets say forties). To me its just not right what people, well women to put themselves through all this stuff just to be what society calls normal or sexy. I figure God gives you your body whether it is big, small, flat, round, square, whatever its yours be glad he put you on the earth to begin with, just take care of what God gave you, love yourself first. A lot of you may be thinking what does she know, guess what I am not a size 2 I have never been nor would I want to be nor would I even look good at that size, I am not small framed either, but I have fallen into the pull of the fab diets, the crash diets and the starvation diets, I have even made myself throw up! I paid more attention to what people told me "If you were thinner you would be pretty" like I wasn't good enough or pretty enough as I was? Everywhere I turned 'lose weight' or 'you would have more guys like you if you were thinner' all that hurts and don't think it was all from 'friends' we are talking family members! So yeah I hated myself and started to throw up in a month I lost 50 pounds guess what all those family members and 'friends' that told me all those negative things, they then complemented me saying I looked good to keep doing what I was doing, Until my mom caught me, then well like all moms she nipped that in the bud, and that's when I started to realize why am I hurting myself with all these things to lose weight? I was trying to make others happy when all I had to learn  was to be happy with myself, love myself. I am a full figured woman, I am not lazy, I eat healthy and I do moderate exercise, I have never been smaller then a size 16, I walk and a run I coach soccer and believe me I keep myself moving as much as I can. So yeah all this crap of detoxing to lose weight, no way, detox to clean your colon or to cleanse you insides not to lose weight that's torture. I also saw this new thing it was some kind of juice that made you lose weight ok and that works for everyone? NO! I know a few people that kill themselves at the gym twice a day and have not lost any weight and yes they eat super healthy we are talking lots of fiber and veggies, does it work no. People, women of the world I implore you to look at yourselves IF you need or want to lose weight then learn your body see what works don't go to extremes to lose weight believe me I have been there its not good. I will give you an example I have changed the way I cook and eat I try to avoid carbs,why you ask because I did a quick-test lets just  say on myself I decided to get rid of carbs or eat smaller portions of carbs and larger portions of protein and veggies to see what would happen guess what, I lost weight combined with walking 3 times a week. I have some Aunties that insist that eating fiber and not eating protein would work better for my body it doesn't, so that taught me to just change my life style and I also eat several times a day snacks like nuts and yogurt if I get hungry if not I don't and stick with the three meals a day. So with that I tell all you women that yeah it can be done without going to the extreme. Oh there is also another thing that chaps my hide big time, on FB I think it was a Womens Magazine that posted a picture of a thin woman and a fat women inside the hollowed out frame of each were foods, this I took as insulting one since I am FAT I truly disagreed and by the comments alot of women of the world also disagreed. Inside the thin woman's figure was salad, juices,veggies, fish, etc; inside the Fat woman's figure was French fries, milkshakes, hamburgers, KFC, McD's etc. What the holy hell was that!!!! Yes I'm FAT and NO I don't eat at fast food joints and I don't like milkshakes, want to know what I eat, whatever I cook at home, I am Peruvian/American I cook I don't eat out much and if I do then I do. But my favorite food is anything homemade and salads. So what was all that stereo typing from a national magazine? CRAP! Yeah ok some Fat women out there only eat fast food but not all of us and guess what Woman's Mag skinny chicks also eat fast food they just hide it better!!! So anyways my whole point of this is this, Women of the world love yourselves learn what your body needs and what it doesn't and for goodness sake do not torture your body, because God gave you one body not to torture but to love. Till the next time readers.... Love yourself first!!