Diet is a word in every woman's dictionary. Over many centuries, diets have become a normal part of our lives, mostly women of course. Personally I am an expert on diets. I have tried & tested every diet there is available on Google. About a month ago I tried the grapefruit diet; this consisted of grapefruit for breakfast, grapefruit for lunch and grapefruit for dinner. Delightful. Sounds crazy doesn't it? I have also tried the Atkins diet, the no lactose for 10 days diet, the only eat fruit and veg diet, & the 5:2 diet...oh I could go on forever! But as always I ended up disappointed & hungry. Here we go again I think, eating chocolate & feeling guilty that I won't be able to fit into that little, white dress on my Birthday. I could barely afford that dress with my low, student income & therefore I am determined to wear it. It's my 21st Birthday for goodness sake, so I have to look good - at least a little better than some of my guests.
My boyfriend of three years thinks I am absolutely crazy to diet. He says, "Very skinny girls aren't attractive!" Hmm "very skinny" what about just skinny? He thinks Cheryl Cole and Rosie Huntington - Whiteley are hot. Yes, I thought he contradicted himself a little too. They are both the tiniest size 6 & he finds them good looking, therefore I've reached a conclusion, men do like skinny/slim females, no matter what they say to you! Of course they don't want a girlfriend who weights more than them. But let's be honest girls, we wouldn't want to go out with a man who carried another man in his belly.
At the moment I am looking for a perfect detox diet. I am laughing at my own words "perfect diet", what is that? Why are we (women) so obsessed to find that one diet or exercise regime, that might help us shed some pounds, and if they don't work why do we get angry at ourselves, like we have failed to achieve something incredibly big? Do we diet do it for ourselves, for men or to compete with other women? Maybe it's not us; it's the silly diets that make us buy all these expensive books & health magazines, for then to go crazy when somebody offers a piece of chocolate cake.
I am becoming a little too preoccupied with my diets and exercises, but it's very hard not to! I'm a fashion journalism student so I buy lots of magazines every month & in every one of those there is a new miracle diet or a new 'DO THESE EXERCISES FOR 10 DAYS & YOU'LL LOOSE A STONE', wow really? Well let me tell you this...it never works. We just tire our bodies out by depriving them of nutritions & over exercise them. The media & the fashion industry in particular, sets women very high standards of what they should look like - we have to be skinny, toned, but not too slim or toned, with big boobs, perfect hour glass figure, great skin & nice hair...
That is IMPOSSIBLE! We all can't look like Victoria Secret models, which have dietitians, personal trainers, hairdressers, make-up artists and a tone of money to make them look perfect every day.
So after many years of battling with diets & ludicrous work outs, I have accepted the fact that I will never look like a VS model or any model for that matter. I and every woman should love their bodies & themselves, because this is who you are & you cannot change it, well unless you have millions of plastic surgeries like Katie Price.
Eat healthy, exercise a little & be happy with who you are. I wake up every day feeling lucky, as I woke up & have legs, arms, wonderful family & boyfriend. So why should I should I be feeling sad because I've gained a couple of pounds?
Today is my treat day so I'm having a pizza, without counting the calories in my head or stressing out that I'm going to get fat...
Life is short so spend it wisely having fun instead of dieting & worrying what you look like 24/7.
Hope all women get there one day :) K x
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