Hey everyone I'm here to blog about, body image and how we sometimes see ourselves.
Body image is how you see your self, it also ties in with self esteem, some people see them several a certain way, while others see them a whole different way.
So ladies when you look in the mirror, what do you see? Your perception of how your body looks forms your body image. Interestingly, a perfectly-toned 20 year old fitness model could have a very poor body image, while an average-shaped 50 year old man or woman could have a great body image. Regardless of how closely your actual figure resembles your perception, your body image can affect your self-esteem, your eating and exercise behaviors, and your relationships with others.
WAYS TO CONTROL BAD BODY IMAGE:
http://www.medicinenet.com/beauty_and_body_image/article.htm
Stop negative self-talk immediately. While you still may not like what you see in the mirror, learning to describe yourself with neutral, objective phrases can help stop the cycle of poor self-esteem. So, instead of saying to yourself I have really ugly thighs, say I think My thighs could use some work.
Find and focus on the things you like about your looks. It's best not to link your looks to your self-esteem, but with body image so intimately entwined with self-image, that can be hard to do. The next best thing is to find something about your image you really like. "It can be great hair, great nails, terrific teeth. Find the things about yourself you can say something good about, and every time you look in the mirror, go there first and say something positive to yourself,"
Treat yourself with the same kindness and respect you show your best friend. "Would you respect and care about a person who says about you what you are saying about yourself? If the answer is no, then begin treating yourself at least as well as you are treating others in your life," says May.
Say what you mean. Sometimes, hating your thighs is all about wanting thinner thighs. But sometimes, Kaufman says, negative body thoughts are a way of expressing discontent over other issues in your life. Learn to decode these messages, she says.
Dress the part. If you're putting off buying new clothes until you like your body better don't! Whether you're bursting at the seams in duds that are too tight or swimming in over sized clothing to hide your body, you are eroding your self-esteem.
Buy what fits you, and look the very best you can. It sends a powerful message to yourself that you are worth it.Recognize that people naturally come in different shapes and sizes, and cherish your body's uniqueness.
SOME fACTS, THAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW:
Remember ladies only 2% of the world's women fall into the supermodel category.
so don't beat your self up, if your measurements are not similar to that of Jessica white!
In 1970 the average age of a girl who started dieting was 14; by 1990 the average dieting age fell to 8.In a study of almost five hundred schoolgirls, 81% of the ten-year-olds reported that they had dieted at least once.
Another study of mass media magazines discovered that women’s magazines had 10.5 times more advertisements and articles promoting weight loss than men’s magazines did.
A study of one teen adolescent magazine over the course of 20 years found that in articles about fitness or exercise plans, 74% cited “to become more attractive” as a reason to start exercising and 51% noted the need to lose weight or burn calories,
Young girls are more afraid of becoming fat than they are of nuclear war, cancer,
or losing their parents.
The average woman’s dress size is 14 and the average mannequin’s dress size is 6 or lower.""The average American woman is 5'4" tall and weighs 140 pounds. The average American model is 5'11" tall and weighs 117 pounds. Most fashion models are thinner than 98% of American women."
I believe that young girls and many women, my self included have had body issues due to the constant images that we are feed by TV shows, movies, magazines,music videos ect.
we are taught at an early age that our bodies are never good enough.....
if your less then a c-cup you need to consider getting breast implants, if your ass doesn’t look like j-lo or Buffy then you need to get butt implants.
if your tummy isn't a 6 pack, then lipo is recommend.
thin lips? plum them with collagen!
oh and don't forget if your over weight then gastric bypass is a must!
The images that are being feed to us are very unrealistic, but unfortunately since our favorite Celebs have fallen victim, to the Hollywood standard of beauty how can we fault women for not being happy with themselves, if Celebs and regular people are constantly running to the plastic surgeon office for a nip and tuck, then why are we shocked that girls who haven’t even developed yet are insecure about their body.
Many American woman are striving for a unrealistic perfection of beauty,
We need to change our way of thinking and talk to the young ladies in our community and let them know that their is nothing wrong with their bodies, regardless if they are fat, thin or in between.
There is no such thing as perfection, true beauty lies with in, remember no matter how much work you get done to your face and body it does not always mean that you will be truly happy.
Since the early days of Hip-Hop videos, there have been sexualized images of black women.
In the past 4 years there has been a shift on how these women look, the ass is the new fashion accessory lol now if it's natural then "shake what ya mama gave ya" lol j/k no one should be aspiring to be a video vixen it's a very short lived career.
Buffy the body, and a few others helped to put the ghetto booty on the national map,
many others have tried to follow suite, but they weren't born with that much junk in their trunk, so now many women are going to all time lows and involving them selves in dangerous pumping parties and even flying all the way overseas to get these injections.
Unfortunately it’s really getting ridiculous some women like lola luv have chosen to go so big that it doesn't even match their shape.
unfortunately quite a few young girls look up to many of these women, they too are aspiring to become video vixens, but in order to be a vixen you need to have a particular shape so since some young ladies do not have the ideal "video vixen shape" they are now turning to dangerous things like pumping parties.
I have heard of girls injecting them selves with water, baby oil, cooking oil, and even regular silicone that is meant for window treatment,
there have been several cases of women and transgender men dying from such behavior if you don't believe that this is going, GOOGLE!
To each it's own, but what I am basically saying is ladies love your self!
love what God blessed you with, you never know what is actually being injected in to your body it could kill you instantly, or 5 years from now. So just be careful nothing is worth your life, don't try to fit some type of unrealistic standard of beauty it is not worth your life.
Be safe take care!
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Buffy the body 36C-26-44
a lot of people say she has injections,
but who knows.
Lola luv has breast and butt implants
34C, 22, 40
lola recently cut her hair, but her
butt is still growing lol.
yes there is a such thing, as a bad butt job lol!
this lady was on the channel 8 news
talking about how her butt implants went bad lol.
Here are just a few Celebs who have turn to plastic surgery
the names and faces are endless.
kelly rowland: i think she looked just fine before.
beyonce has really grown :)
amarie doesn't even look like the same person.
after her nose job.
Baywatch's Traci Bingham's nose job, this seems to be a common practice
among many African American women in the entertainment industry.
when surgery go's bad all i can do is shake my head
at Micheal and lil' Kim :( they looked just fine before.
http://www.piercemattie.com/blogs/2006/12/pumping_parties_a_deadly_trend.html
A few nights ago I was watching a show regarding “Pumping Parties.” I was really quite blown out of the water when hearing about these parties and how they continue to increase in popularity despite the inherent risks. A pumping party is when you are invited to a host’s home and everyone is injected with silicone in the parts of the body they want to see rapid results. They pay hundreds of dollars to the injectee, who has no medical training, versus the sometimes costly price of plastic surgery and Botox. Many see this as an easier and less costly way to obtain pseudo plastic surgery results.
Pumping parties have been around for a while (and are illegal), but as the demand for physical perfection continues to daunt us, the popularity of these parties increases. What many people attending these parties don’t understand is that silicone injected that is not medical grade or done by a board certified plastic surgeon, is just plain deadly. Silicone that is injected improperly travels through the bloodstream and causes blood to coagulate in the lungs, creating circulatory obstructions that can be immediately life-threatening if not identified and treated quickly according to the Radiological Society of North America. The imaging findings of pulmonary silicone embolism include dark, hazy patches in the lung tissue on x-rays or computed tomography (CT) scans.
If you are invited to a pumping party, please know the risks involved. While your results may be immediate and the price tag associated with it may be attractive, any cosmetic procedures should be done soley by a plastic surgeon. While you may be saving yourself some money in the short-term, isn’t your long term overall health priceless?
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