What is your new year’s resolution? Guess what, every year, my new year’s resolution is to lose weight. In many people’s eyes, I might look OK but I am definitely not a slender person. I know it. My friends and family constantly remind me of this. They keep telling me to lose weight to look more beautiful. I am not sure if it is just an Asian thing.
Actually, many people, especially teen girls have somehow body issue problems. When I was a teen, I feel very bad about my body image also.
Don’t blame us for that. When we look around, especially in the media, what do we see? We see slender or skinny people everywhere. We are brainwashed to believe that being slender is the only right body image.
Luckily, more and more people realized this issue. Slowly, we start to see more diverse body images in the media. I applaud this new trend.
Once in a while, when a friend complained about her body looking at me, I comforted her: You look beautiful! If you have some weight but keep a healthy lifestyle and you are healthy, having some extra weight shouldn’t annoy you that much. Of course, if gaining too much weight does affect your health, try to lose some weight to keep healthy.
Compared to being slender with a lot of pressure, being healthy and accepting who I am is more important. I like what I look like now. I hope you like who you are too. You are so special. Cherish it!