Have you seen the cover of Women’s Adventure Magazine?

This girl looks like a healthy, fit, active woman. She is not ultra thin and showing off all her body parts. She looks normal- like the rest of us!! (This is an awesome magazine! I’m using this one as an example of what I’d like to see more of)

Why does the media (Us, People, Self, Shape) continue to display unhealthy, TOO SKINNY women on the cover of magazines? Everywhere?!? We can’t get away from this feeling that skinny people are lurking in every single magazine we open. It’s like we (REAL women) should look like THAT (as the ideal) because this is what is shown to us in the media.

However, many, many of these actresses do all kinds of ridiculously stupid, unhealthy things to their bodies to be ultra skinny. I get my monthly intake of skinniness, smut, gossip- whatever you want to call it in the grocery stores, dental offices…and the articles are always doing a “ra ra ra” session for the actresses. So and so lost 20 pounds on X diet or so and so blonde bombshell “does Pilates”– yet they MUST be doing other things (not so healthy diets) to look like that! (many photos are completely photo edited as well)

So, what’s my point on all this? Many of the actresses portrayed in the media are willing to do unrealistic, unhealthy things to their bodies to look the way they do. Maria Carey used the “protein separation diet” which is some crazy diet that doesn’t allow her to eat carbs and proteins in the same meal). Or the Master Cleanse Diet that is only syrup, lemon juice and cayanne pepper for ten days? Giving a voice to these types of unhealthy diets causes it to be real-”like it’s an ok thing to do” and IT IS NOT!!

Fact or Fiction?

1. Walking a mile burns the same amount of calories as running a mile.

2. Eating late at night causes weight gain.

3. Taking two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar helps with weight loss.

Exercise regularly, do your strength training and core work, eat clean (check Miz Fit on that) and smile.

For further reading, check out this website: Skinny Myths.

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