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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (102089)	4/27/2005 12:58:07 PM
From: mph	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

I suspect that a big part of the problem is our instant gratification society. Instead of working out, people prefer to be duped by hyped up machines promising to melt off belly fat and create six pack abs through passive electrical impulses--- devices that can be used while drinking a beer with feet propped up on the coffee table next to the cheetos and remote control. Or steroids that bulk up the muscles without the hours of gym time ordinarily required. Or laxatives and bulimic practices designed to avoid calories without giving up overindulgence in food. Or products like Cortislim, which purport to assist in weight loss without a corresponding change in diet. And on and on and on. Fueling the fire are romanticized versions of the perfect body, which, if attainable at all, actually require true effort to attain and maintain. (It doesn't help those of a certain age that the models are, for the most part, teenagers, made up to look like 30 year olds.) We're a society of smoke and mirrors when it comes to body image. The only answer I can see is to encourage teens---and anyone else for that matter-- to live a healthy lifestyle, which actually means self-discipline and some hard work! (Gee, what a concept!) Oddly, the other side of the coin is the increasing obesity of youth. I don't subscibe to the notion that "big is beautiful." It's unhealthy to be significantly overweight. Insistence that there's nothing wrong with it, while it may be helpful to the psyche and avoid extreme behaviors that animate eating disorders, is no answer. It's just another form of self-indulgence, just at the other side of the spectrum from the "instant gratification" POV. Just my 2 centavos. :-)