So spring break is coming up meaning you are in a bikini showing your body off to tons of people! When this time comes around girls are hitting the gym to try to better there body and it is true! Whenever I go to the gym I see so many girls working out so they can have a HOT BODY for spring break. Working out and eating right are some ways girls are trying to lose weight but others take losing weight to a new level by hurting their bodies.
Binge eating, not eating, throwing up etc. These are all common things girls are doing to better themselves and it has become an issue worldwide. Today, the pressure to become skinny is everywhere. Body image has become a big deal on college campuses especially right before spring break. Girls want to have the best body and show it off.
The one main cause of anorexia and bulimia is low self-esteem. Girls feel that they aren’t good enough, or pretty enough and that their lives would get better if they could just lose weight. It’s so sad when you see a beautiful girl hurt their body so they can feel better about themselves… this feeling good about yourself is only a short term happiness though.
One of my best friends in high school was on cheer with me as well as a flyer. She was the cutest smallest girl ever and for some reason she thought she wasn't good enough. She thought she was too heavy for the boys to lift her up in the air. She started to lose some weight, stopped eating meat, stopped eating carbs, and only ate vegetables and fruit. She did drastically lose weight. All her friends tried to help her but she didn't listen to anyone. Everyone at school started to notice and thought she was a freak. Her skin started to look bad, her hair started to fall out, she was basically a walking toothpick. Finally our cheer coach talked to her parents and she finally realized that she had a problem and went into therapy and now she’s back to normal but because she started to binge eat her metabolism slowed down which meant that she can gain weight easily. She has become a much bigger girl than before. It’s sad to see a naturally skinny girl with a fast metabolism mess up her metabolism by trying to better her body image.
Iam sure most people know at least one person that has had a eating disorder. Its so common. I really hate seeing girls that hurt their body just to make themselves feel better. The worst part is these girls don't realize they don't have a problem. I really just want to tell them that anorexia and bulimia will not work in the long run for losing weight! Your just going to gain it all back and its just going to mess your whole metabolism up! So just eat healthy ,work out ,feel good about your self ,accept your body and LOVE YOURSELF!!!
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This post is completely true! I went to the gym the other day and the gym was jam packed with people! The pressure to be thin for spring break sucks... I mean you really want to kill your body to be thin for one week? Sounds kind of pointless. Eating disorders are all round us because of this stupid pressure to be rail thin. I feel like these eating disorders can be all rooted back to the media. T.V, magazines. I mean when i see women with perfect bodies in Cosmo or US you kind of look at yourself differently... like maybe you’re not good enough. But i really like that you brought this issue up because it is a reality if you no one believes go to the gym anytime this week and you can see for yourself!
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