No one wakes up in the morning and says, 'I want to gain 150 pounds and I will start right now.'
Weight and body oppression is oppressive to everyone. When you live in a society that says that one kind of body is bad and other is good, those with "good" bodies constantly fear that their bodies will go "bad", and those with "bad" bodies are expected feel shame and do everything they can to have "good" bodies. In the process, we torture our bodies, and do everything from engage in disordered eating and all manner of diets in order to shed excess weight or become like someone else.
Walking back home from the pharmacy, I stopped to buy a roasted pear. I had just paid and was counting my change when the pear trader decided to share incredible words of wisdom, words that turned out to become a long list of traditional herbs I couldn't pronounce.
It wouldn't be the first time a total stranger walked up to me and proffered solutions to my obvious weight issue.
I've battled with discussing much less mentioning my failed weight loss attempt, but I know there are people who share my struggle.
It's not as though I haven't tried some of these solutions or come up with my own strategy; from starving, to just eating protein fruits and veggies, I even enrolled at the gym. But somehow I get fed up when I notice little or no change and end up gaining more weight than I lost.
I marvel sometimes at the weird tips and advice I've received on a number of occasions. You wouldn't believe the kind of "solution" I've been should I say unfortunate to hear.
For instance, I was getting my nails done once and the lady told me about some "magic" pills, the downside is I can't be with a man while on the pills. What kind of weight medication restricts someone's sexual activity? I was even more suspicious because between I and the said adviser, I wasn't sure whose physique was presentable.
I've been told that if I want to shed weight I should engage in vigorous sexual activities at least 5 times a week, I have to words
The 'last straw' was when a Lady asked me to buy a certain Indian powder, according to her, all I had to do was to inhale the powder and I'll be surprised with the results. I had to ask her whether she was trying to sell cocaine to me.
I have however embarked on another mission to shed some weight, if at first you don't succeed, dust yourself off and try again, right!
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Weight and body oppression is oppressive to everyone. When you live in a society that says that one kind of body is bad and other is good, those with "good" bodies constantly fear that their bodies will go "bad", and those with "bad" bodies are expected feel shame and do everything they can to have "good" bodies. In the process, we torture our bodies, and do everything from engage in disordered eating and all manner of diets in order to shed excess weight or become like someone else.
Walking back home from the pharmacy, I stopped to buy a roasted pear. I had just paid and was counting my change when the pear trader decided to share incredible words of wisdom, words that turned out to become a long list of traditional herbs I couldn't pronounce.
It wouldn't be the first time a total stranger walked up to me and proffered solutions to my obvious weight issue.
I've battled with discussing much less mentioning my failed weight loss attempt, but I know there are people who share my struggle.
It's not as though I haven't tried some of these solutions or come up with my own strategy; from starving, to just eating protein fruits and veggies, I even enrolled at the gym. But somehow I get fed up when I notice little or no change and end up gaining more weight than I lost.
I marvel sometimes at the weird tips and advice I've received on a number of occasions. You wouldn't believe the kind of "solution" I've been should I say unfortunate to hear.
For instance, I was getting my nails done once and the lady told me about some "magic" pills, the downside is I can't be with a man while on the pills. What kind of weight medication restricts someone's sexual activity? I was even more suspicious because between I and the said adviser, I wasn't sure whose physique was presentable.
I've been told that if I want to shed weight I should engage in vigorous sexual activities at least 5 times a week, I have to words
The 'last straw' was when a Lady asked me to buy a certain Indian powder, according to her, all I had to do was to inhale the powder and I'll be surprised with the results. I had to ask her whether she was trying to sell cocaine to me.
I have however embarked on another mission to shed some weight, if at first you don't succeed, dust yourself off and try again, right!
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Nneka_N_Agbanusi
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