The Lunch Room Chat
L. says "I'm such a fat a--, this is my sixth Oreo." S. says "I look obese today." And I say, "I'm so stressed today, I'm going to binge." These are excerpts from conversations that I hear everyday at school. My friends and I do not necessarily have eating disorders, we just think about food, weight, and our bodies all the time.
Being concerned about your body or weight is just part of being a teenager. It is difficult to feel free from some type of food or body conflict. If you are thin, you want to be thinner. If you are "normal" weight (if there is such a thing), you cannot feel good because you should lose weight to be super skinny and if you are overweight—you think you are obese and disgusting.
Is it our parents raising us to be so uncomfortable with ourselves? Is it the media and TV? We watch America's Next Top Model and we see these girls that are so skinny and they represent what America wants as a supermodel. AAAAhhhh!!!! It gets me crazy. I just want to be okay with who I am both on the inside and the outside. My genetics make me 5 feet 2 inches tall. My genetics make my eyes hazel and my hair dirty blonde. I accept all that and even like it at times but can I accept the body type and weight my genetics cause?? Can we, as teenagers, ever feel okay just being us?
Being concerned about your body or weight is just part of being a teenager. It is difficult to feel free from some type of food or body conflict. If you are thin, you want to be thinner. If you are "normal" weight (if there is such a thing), you cannot feel good because you should lose weight to be super skinny and if you are overweight—you think you are obese and disgusting.
Is it our parents raising us to be so uncomfortable with ourselves? Is it the media and TV? We watch America's Next Top Model and we see these girls that are so skinny and they represent what America wants as a supermodel. AAAAhhhh!!!! It gets me crazy. I just want to be okay with who I am both on the inside and the outside. My genetics make me 5 feet 2 inches tall. My genetics make my eyes hazel and my hair dirty blonde. I accept all that and even like it at times but can I accept the body type and weight my genetics cause?? Can we, as teenagers, ever feel okay just being us?
