“It's a form of violence in the way that we look at women and the way we expect them to look and be for what sake? Not for health, survival, not for enjoyment of life, but just so you could look pretty,”

—Rosario Dawson

I want to be skinny by summer I am 13 and 107 lb. most my fat is on my hip. My love handles and my thighs I want to loose a pound a day how can I do that and stay motivated?

Okay. A few things:

  1. 107 pounds isn’t fat.
  2. You’re 13; your body is growing quite a bit. That’s normal.
  3. Your body fat is there because that’s where most people store body fat. And you need body fat to live.
  4. Doctors say you shouldn’t lose more than 2 pounds a week. A pound a day is ridiculously unhealthy and won’t happen unless you’re chopping off body parts every morning.

This blog is not about dropping pounds. It’s about loving yourself and striving to be healthy, regardless of weight.

“Studies have shown that, across the pay grades, women who weigh less are paid more for the same work and have a better chance of promotion than those who are heavier. In politics, in business and in the arts, accomplished and powerful men are free to get fat and sloppy, but women can expect to be judged for their looks if they dare to have a high-profile job: we’re either too unattractive to be tolerated or too pretty to have anything worth saying. Beauty is about class, money, power and privilege – and it always has been. Women and girls are taught that being thin and pretty is the only sure way to get ahead in life, even though this is manifestly not the case.”

—I don’t want to be told I’m pretty as I am - I want to live in a world where that’s irrelevant

I've destroyed myself with calories.

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