My Voice

Dear friends, there seems to be some confusion. The point of physical education classes and working out at the gym is NOT to lose weight. The point of these activities is to keep your heart and body healthy. Just because someone is skinny does mean gym class is any less important for them. It's sad when America has become so focused on the issue of obesity that you think the only purpose of working out and being active is to become skinny and that once you have achieved this, there's no point to it anymore.
While we're on this topic, I almost must say that it's time for this skinny-girl hate to stop. Every single day I see posts on Facebook saying "Don't try to be skinny - REAL men love women with curves!" Do any of you ever stop to think how that makes women who are naturally skinny feel? Believe this or not, I know girls who eat until they're sick trying to be curvy because now that's what they think beauty is. Women, stop falling prey to the media! Do you see what you're doing to each other? ALL women are beautiful - no matter what size they wear! Heavy, curvy, skinny - it doesn't matter! True beauty is on the INSIDE and if you can't see that then you're part of the very same society you curse every day for holding you up to ridiculous standards. If you must judge each other, stop judging each other and yourselves by the size of your clothes and instead judge each other by the size of your character. THAT'S what matters.