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By Groovybabe • Jul 20th, 2007 • Category: celebrity, clothes, diet management, eating healthily, gym, self esteemI don’t normally buy glossy magazines but I bought August’s UK Cosmo because a friend has written an article in it. The reason I mention it is that there is a really good article with Jennifer Lopez about weight and the size Zero phenomenon. She says that she could never achieve that shape with her bum and boobs and asks, ‘but why would I want to look like a young boy?’ Good point, J-lo.
“It does worry me that some young girls feel they need to be a size 0 to be attractive. You can only be truely attractive if you’re healthy and happy. And you can only feel sexy if you’re confident in your body.” - Jennifer Lopez
I have always liked Jennifer’s attitude toward her body (even if I don’t like her flaunting her money quite so much) and this just adds weight to it. (Excuse the pun!) I don’t really want to aim to have a body like any celebrity’s as I would be more than happy with a normal weight version of my own, but if there is anyones figure I would like to emulate then it would be Jennifer Lopez.
In other news, this week has been such a topsy turvy week for me. A few day’s ago my body let me know that it was preparing for a period in the next week so as well as aching and paining I have been highly emotional. It’s funny, before I was dieting I never noticed when I was due on at all, I didn’t get any signs at all. And I wasn’t emotional either (well, I was, just all the time not specifially at a certain time in the month). It’s weird. I wonder if it’s due to less consumption or whether it is because I am paying more attention to my body. Probably a bit of both.
Yesterday, for the first time in years, I retreated to myself, went to bed at 9pm and burst into tears for no good reason. I then went to sleep (I took a Nytol) and didn’t get out of bed until a quarter to eight this morning. I think I was emotionally exhausted. I had a meeting with a client and it was a first official meeting and I was really nervous. Then in there I had to big up my skills and talents, something I am not very good at doing. Afterwards I had to go to my old university, which always makes me nervous because I went through so much crap when I was there. Plus I also walked about 5 miles over the whole day. And I didn’t feel good in myself.
When I was getting ready to go out I thought I looked quite good. My face is getting slimmer, my make up and hair looked good. My torso is getting slimmer too. I had everything going for me. But then when I was out I kept catching my reflection in windows, bus shelters etc and it made me realise how crap I still look and how far I have to go in my journey. It didn’t help that I was in a size 24 top when I am now a 20 and I had size 20 trousers on and while they do up and do fit they are still quite tight. I felt like an ugly clown.
Then I got home, exhausted from my day and from TOM emotions and just needed to retreat. Most unlike me! The thing that amazed me though was that I did not turn to food. I did not even want to! I would be a liar if I said it did not occur to me but that is all it was - a fleeting, passing thought. Because that is what I would normally do. I didn’t feel any impulse to turn to turn to food. I still feel a bit blah today but over eating is the last thing I want to do (it would only lead to more misery!). I’ll go to the gym later and thrash out all my stress and anxiety.
Groovybabe is 14.9 stones today and has lost 2lbs at her last weigh in.
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Awww… What an achievement! Good on you for not going on a food binge.
you have done phenomenally, and yes, the journey isn’t over, but how much better are you than you were a few months ago? imagine how great you’ll be in a year! you’ll be a changed person!
it’s really great that you didn’t let a bad day ruin your diet. that’s a huge accomplishment.
also… jlo is great regarding body image and stuff. if it wasn’t for her and black women and maybe jessica biel, i would feel so shit about my body. i’m curvy, i could never emulate that size 0 thing, never. but it’s constantly shoved in my face.
did you know that my mum argued with me the other day that posh spice is not too thin and “looks great”… WTF??? that bitch is crazy!!! i think posh is heinous looking… she’s sickly thin, she has that pig nose and pursed lips and two oranges grafted to her chest… i just thought… oh god, what must you think of me, then? she must think i’m a whale
Thanks…
Posh spice is crazy skinny. Okay, she was never fat even as a teenager but she did once look normal. She is a complete victim to the lifestyle she choses to live. Love the comment about the oranges. I saw a show about her the other night and her body image is so messed up! It was laughable…
And you are a 1000x more attractive than Posh could ever hope to be! It’s no wonder David wonders… LOL!
i remember when she first came out with the spice girls, i thought she was the hottest one… well, she and scary, anyway… now? no way! gross! the funny thing is, i’ve heard her quoted saying she must remain thin because “thats what david likes”… eewww.
thanks… my mother is a nutter.
I never ever thought Posh was the pretty one… I always thought she was plain looked and talentless too! I don’t think I thought any of them were particularly good looking.I think Mel B had a good body, Baby was cute, I admired Geri’s strong attitude, I liked Sporty coz she made exercise look like fun and Mel C I always considered had the most talent (I still think that is the case). I think she either doesn’t know her husband of ten years very well (Rebecca Loos, the woman David allegedly had the affair with, was a normal size!) or she has a very superficial relationship with him!!!
i think she has a severely distorted self image… :/
oh g-d.
“But then when I was out I kept catching my reflection in windows, bus shelters etc and it made me realise how crap I still look and how far I have to go in my journey”
i feel like this sooo much. sooo much. i sike myself up at home..an dfeel all good about myself. and then pass by a window downtown where i work and i look like Shamu.
all i can think is to keep pressing forward. you’ve done soo amazing so far. keep pushing. eventually that reflection has to change…(it has to, if nothing but for my own peace of mind)
chin up.
and kudos to you for overcoming that dip in the road. choices like that will maintain your weightloss.
Yeah, I really think if we keep doing what we’re doing then eventually we will see our reflection and think it is someone else!!! LOL! And be impressed!