LESSON 6 - Do you suffer from the "I'm so fat I need to lose weight" disease???
September 11th 2006 15:56
It's a reality and a pity that people are so fixated on aesthetics~ Looks, physical attraction... There are so many avenues to blame for this... Though I suppose ideally it's not a bad thing... You see something good, attractive, "pleasing to the eye" it makes you feel good - releases some endorphins... But one of the unforgiveable adverse effects is that it has spawned an immeasurable wave of mental illness in the people of this millenium...
The "I'm so fat, I need to lose weight" disease... Truly it is one of the most sickening mental illnesses out there. I daresay it is much more troublesome to watch someone who suffers from this disease than observing an epileptic fit or tourettes syndrome~ And you cannot go anywhere without seeing some poor soul who suffers from this disease...
Enough of my sad sarcasm... This is one of those things that really really makes me reconsider having children - especially daughters... I just can't bear to see my 8 year old daughter at the dinner table saying, "mummy I don't want to eat pasta, it's got too many carbs, can I have the Best Hollywood Diet Ever Milkshake with 99.9999% Fat Free instead?" I'm seriously gonna go nuts~! And I know that day is going to come no matter how hard I try...
I find it especially sadening when I see those people who have a perfectly normal figure. Perfect, healthy weight, and yet they pull themselves down so much just because their bodies don't mirror those they see on TV. Bodies of people who live just to look like a third world starving corpse... That's not living... Eating is a part of life~
There's this saying that my parents always iterate whenever we've spent too much on the groceries. They always tell me - "heck, we earn money to eat"... The most basic pleasure of life...
So why is it that perfectly normal people have to restrict themselves from the most basic pleasure of life? I can't figure it out... Of course I'm not saying that dieting is always useless... But it's only useful if your weight is a hazard to your health. There are loads of fat asses out there who are just waiting for a stroke or heart attack... Heck, my father is one~ Well, I guess he has a disability which is his excuse for not exercising, but it still doesn't mean he can't watch what he eats. He's got type 2 diabetes... he IS someone who should watch what they eat. He's not a brain-washed Hollywood junkie who thinks that they need to watch what they eat just because he's a size 10 and can't fit into size 8 jeans...
Bah... how ridiculous! Oh I must be skinny today, which means I must be attractive today, because the dumbass manufacturer has mistakenly printed size 8 instead of size 10... and I fit into those pants!
I mean I'm no stranger to habituation... It's a survival mechanism for us humans... Getting used to things, getting acquainted with things, learning by repetition... That's how our ancestors used to find the way back home after a long hunting trip. That's how they taught each other how to start fires, cook meat, catch fish... learning by watching and repeating and getting used to things... habituation... But the things we're getting habituated to now, it's just ridiculous... I just can't stand it~!
I watched this program once which outlined that women have been subdued by men throughout history. It doesn't take long to read up on suffrage or just the multitude of crap that the female sex has been exposed to. (Hey if you own a bible - read up on what sex God is~ heh...) Just look at yourself and the stereotypical values you hold inside your own head about what men are supposed to be like or women are supposed to be like. That's all part of history and habituation. So historically men were the chief instigators of all that we label as sexism. But now it's no longer men, but women themselves who do it. I mean that's not to say that equality is there. We probably never will have it. But now that we are better educated and know more, and know better, it's women themselves who are instigating the injustices. Just turn on television and count how many ads feature "skinny=beautiful" models...
Actually maybe it's not that simple. I guess the gist is that, girls act the way they do and hold to those aesthetics because they feel that that's what the guys want. And I guess in that sense the guys have been just as habituated as the girls... I suppose we're all humans... We're all alike in that respect...
Damn... Hmmm in that respect maybe this is just another phase of evolution... But since when did evolution mean you had to stop using your head? And I seriously don't think these people who suffer from the "lose more weight" mental disease use their heads when it comes to this... The funny thing is they are usually intelligent, talented people... Yet when it comes to weight and figure - they become morons~!
I guess I'm a part of that rabble too in some way... I suppose no matter how much I deny it, I could be counted as a sufferer of this disease when I work out - trying to become more muscular or get a bigger body... Hmmm I guess the difference is that whether I look the way I do now, or bulk up and become muscular, the base level of satisfaction with myself - with my, what they call "body image", would still be the same... Like I don't think I'll feel like I'm a better person just because I've got bigger muscles. I'm fine with myself now, but I'd like to be stronger... and look sturdy for myself. Not others, but for myself I guess... Hmmm you may think I'm still in denial~ heh...
But I've seen girls that just knock themselves down so much... I'm fat I'm fat which means I'm ugly~ I don't know, that just seems different to my approach to working out. I'm not about, I'm scrawny, I'm scrawny which means I'm ugly... I'll be ugly whether I'm scrawny or muscular~ haha... Ok maybe not UGLY~ ha but I know I'm not a looker... But I'm cool with that... But these mental patients - they don't get that...
I don't think it'd be a problem if it was an issue of bettering oneself, rather than making oneself more acceptable... because that's what I think is going on... It's not about I'm good, I like it, but I can do better, so I will... It's about I'm not good enough, because I'm fat, so I have to make myself good...
I think therein lies the danger and the stupidity and the seriousness of this disease...
So... I propose to you reader... do you suffer from this disease? And heck you don't have to be a normal person who thinks that they're fat to suffer from this disease... You're suffering from this disease now if you want your wife or girlfriend to lose weight, even though their weight is not a danger to their health~! You suffer from this disease if you think that girls can only be "hot" if they're "skinny" - I'd rather say "anorexic" more than "skinny"... You suffer from this disease if you think people aren't "hot" or can't be "hot" if they don't look like they have skipped meals after 3pm for the past 5 years~ Actually you're the CAUSE of this disease~! You not only suffer from it~ But you're causing it~! SHAME~!!! Why can't someone be good looking unless they're anorexic~!? That's just stupidity...
Fuk it, that's the end of our evolution people~! Evolution as it existed has come to an end~! It's already ended - look around you... people have stopped using their heads, using logic, using thinking... Our brains were the evolutionary marvel that got us to the top of the food chain~ If we stop using it, we're gonna lose out... Screw it all - in another thousand years the world's gonna be ruled by those monkeys with the bright red swollen asses~! They don't care about weight, they don't care about a size 4 person being "better" than a size 6, they don't treat size 14s as if they have leprosy~! All they care about is how red their asses are~ They're gonna control the food chain~!!!
Hail to the red-assed monkeys~
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Comment by Jessicca
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I agree with you that the world today has suddenly changed to the "skinny look" and I suppose many were effected from too much National Geographic clips from Africa, and what happen to the time when the african tribe looked into a fat woman as beauty?
I am not saying I look like an elephant or something, but if a person is loosing weight for a good cause, not literaly for beauty that is, should be all right because if loosing weight brings health than stripping away health is a good thing.
Yet the, "work for eating" that comes from most Asian countries should look into what you are eating these days. And not literally eat. Some would eat for the sake of eating and forgotten besides "size matter" it is more on health matter. LOL...
Anyway, I can see that you are all for character less for the trendy beauty. Thumbs up for those who looks for inner beauty!
Comment by Jessicca
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I agree with you that the world today has suddenly changed to the "skinny look" and I suppose many were effected from too much National Geographic clips from Africa, and what happen to the time when the african tribe looked into a fat woman as beauty?
I am not saying I look like an elephant or something, but if a person is loosing weight for a good cause, not literaly for beauty that is, should be all right because if loosing weight brings health than stripping away health is a good thing.
Yet the, "work for eating" that comes from most Asian countries should look into what you are eating these days. And not literally eat. Some would eat for the sake of eating and forgotten besides "size matter" it is more on health matter. LOL...
Anyway, I can see that you are all for character less for the trendy beauty. Thumbs up for those who looks for inner beauty!
Comment by Chantal
I know exactly what you mean. Even when I was a size 6 (Australian) do you think I appreciated it?? No, my stomach or my legs or whatever were still too big.
I think it's also to do with modesty. Society's so focused on people not appearing vain so instead of celebrating what you do like about yourself, you're pressured to find your flaws.
Comment by Jessicca
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Well, I am like size 10 for asian size and well, though I don't like being fat but I do have to maintain my weight for health purposes.
And I do agree that nowadays, people always attack upon our own flaws and forgotten to see the true beauty of ourselves.
Comment by ChrisM