some thoughts...

I had a conversation today... what is normal for women any more? Young girls (and some of us old ones) are still struggling with these model images that tell us we need to be tall, skinny (and I mean skinny) and gorgeous or we are not worthwhile. There is a push to not accept those standards... look at The Dove Campaign... love it! But, we have almost swung too far. The norm is becoming young girls with excess fat rolls hanging out of clothes that are too small. These girls aren't healthy. While I am happy to see them not trying to maintain an artificial magazine image, I am sad that we have gone too far and are now unhealthy in the opposite direction. It's not healthy to starve yourself, vomit after you eat or use excessive amounts of exercise to keep your weight down... BUT, it's not healthy to drink slurpees, eat chips and hot dogs and lay around on the couch watching Twilight movies all night either. We are a society of extremes... in a time when the biggest thing we need is balance.