I saw a video today on facebook about the way that media and advertising portray women, and it really struck a cord with me. I have spent the past eight months working hard to get in shape and lose 20 pounds. And, by golly, I have just about succeeded. I have lost 15 pounds, I exercise nearly everyday, I eat better food, I feel better and yet, I still feel out of shape and over weight when I look at the women in the Athletica catalog that comes to my house. Those women don’t only appear over joyed with their lives, they are impossibly thin, beautifully sculpted, and oh so naturally tanned. I look at them and think, why oh why can’t I look like that too.
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