It seems to me that any more people rail against the media's image of pretty with no avail. To be honest, isn't it funny how every woman complains that models and movie stars are providing a bad model for young girls? Yet.. the majority of us sit here, sucking up hours of television telling us what to wear, how to lose weight, and what 'beauty' is. Even if we say its rubbish, we still listen to it, it still lingers in the back of our minds. If we really thought that movie stars and models were molding our youth, shouldn't we boycott the formats that they come to us in? Obviously smut magazines that tote "Lose 20 pounds in one month, GUARANTEED!" or "The best look at any age" are still doing well in sales, or we wouldn't see it anymore. If you don't like what the women in that magazine portray, don't buy it. People will get the idea. Really, in this world, when it comes to the things that surround us and come into our house, we have control over it with money. Girls getting it from their friends? Well you can help her realize that it isn't neccessary to look like that girl, or wear those clothes. That she is her own person and that she has a unique body type.

I am not saying that they should be obese either. But a girl with big bones is never going to be Mary Kate, and a girl doesn't have to be bone skinny to be attractive. If we all focused on healthy, instead of 'pretty', then girls would understand that healthy is pretty. And healthy doesn't have a set size, shape, color, style, or price. I am five foot four inches tall. When I am healthy, I weigh 145 to 150 pounds. It's a little more than what the BMI says I should, but any less and I don't have the muscle mass I feel uncomfortable and I don't look attractive. I look gaunt. But I would be happy to get back to 150 pounds. Being lean and healthy is my goal this time around.  I am eating more fruits and vegetables, drinking more water, and eating only whole grains. I have only been on this "diet" for 4 days, but I already feel better and feel like I have more energy.

And feeling healthier and having more energy makes me feel pretty. And really, that is all that matters.