Why the obsession with one's weight?


Was watching the Tyra show a while back, and she was starting this "So What!" campaign where she encouraged women to be proud of their bodies and their weight, and ultimately, themselves.
Why have we evolved to a civilisation that prides itself on being as skinny as possible?

I have nothing against skinny people, or curvy people. Or any other size humans come in. I think people should be comfortable with themselves! I don't know why people, especially women, go on massive quests to lose 200 pounds in a month. I really don't.

My mother always nags at me to lose my tyres, blah blah blah. She succeeds sometimes, especially when she says, "one day ah, your boyfriend will leave you, and you will feel the pinch" and I feel like burying myself under a rock; and I know for sure I am fat. :(

But I'm never really affected by that cos I don't really care as long as I like who I am? Does that make sense and is that wrong? Hmm. Am I the only one who doesn't obssess about my weight (unless it really goes crazy!) ; and am I unnatural or abnormal?


Why waste your time thinking "how many calories does this bowl of spaghetti have!" or "how much calories are in this carrot, maybe I should just eat nothing today?". I think that's a load of rubbish lah. Eat what you want lah. And if you feel a need to, work it off later. If you're brave enough, you'll just let nature take its course.


Random fact : I think gyms are evil and haunted places.


And I think the government's "Eat to Live, not Live to Eat" campaign is evil too. I live to eat! :D why restrict yourself. Huh. Why.


I'm not saying I don't wanna shed some pui ba either. I blame it on my genes. Genetically I was designed to be this way, so you know, whatever. I suck at exercise too, I readily admit, it's not easy for me like it is for other people. Qi chuan sia. So I don't really understand the logic behind people saying that their hobby is to exercise? I don't know. They say it makes you feel better. It just makes me feel like dying. Maybe one day I will understand. Maaaaybeeeee.

Or ah, perhaps I'm just comforting myself with all this talk so I'll feel better about myself. Hahaha. But just be comfortable with yourself, is what I'm saying. And I know, easier said than done, but people should try to look beyond fats huh.

I think civilisation should move on, evolve to a stage where fats aren't that important? Not to the extent where people don't care about their health anymore, but just to a stage where, in commercialism, people who are not a size zero still get to appear on covers of magazines regularly. People should just live their lives and enjoy it while they can, instead of constantly trying to drop an ounce or two.

So yeah.
Love the skin you're in.
Wahahahahaha.