Just Smile

I'm just watching a show on BBC Three about women and weight called 'Cherry's Body Dilemas'. I'm feeling rather strange that I never have and never will own a pair of scales. I really do not see the point. Surely it's unhealthy to monitor yourself on a daily basis in the place you call home. It's not like you're living in a farm. Neither do I ever know the exact amount of calories I have eaten each day, and don't see why I should if I am eating healthily enough. I don't want surgery, and when I look at my body and see it for what it is- a carriage for the soul- imperfections are not the end of the world.
To me the presenter (Cherry Healy) and the women being interviewed are inhabiting another planet. I studied fashion, and like any girl love to shop and look good, but the only time I've worried about my weight is when I went from a size 10 to 14 whilst being on the pill. Not great, but it doesn't make me a 'heffer' or an invalid, which is what these women are making themselves by constantly worrying. They are inhabiting another planet, and it's one with a 4' x 4' barbed wire fence around it.
I was so interested to hear the conversation between Cherry and three other girls about other girls putting barriers up against girls they think are 'prettier' than themselves, after talking to my boyfriend about the same thing the other day. Girl's are so very competitive and it's such a shame that their insecurities trap them into a world of unnecessary bitchiness, and that a potential new friend is turned into an instant enemy because of it. That's such a negative way to view others, and although I have at times been intimidated by a beautiful girl, I love admiring anothers sense of style and beauty- you can learn a lot from it. I'm not saying I'm perfect, I have gone through that period where you struggle to fit in and you're not sure if you're pretty etc. but I really am over all that now and I just feel bad for the women that denigrate themselves on a daily basis, when they should embrace their difference and forget about comparing themselves to others because we're all unique, so you're setting yourself up to feel bad straight away.
There's eating healthy, but to me thinking healthy is more important. Enjoy your life, enjoy your body- the only person who should obsess over your body is your lover.