Movies like Super Size Me promote healthy eating and attempt to steer America away from the fat nation that it is slowly becoming. However, there is no longer a need to produce movies against obesity.
The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show has made sure that 99.9 percent of the purely X-chromosomal persons in this country never allow anything above five calories to enter their bodies.
Watching these Angels strut down the runway in luxurious bras and underwear causes girls of all ages to become incredibly self-conscious about their weight and height.
While the audience isn't busy drooling over the models' bodies in awe, it is busy calculating calories and creating work out plans for the next six months.
Don't try to deny it – if you were a victim of the show and watched it with your friends, every commercial break consisted of you talking about how much you wish your boobs were the size of Lily Aldridge's and your thighs didn't jiggle when you walked.
The average weight for a female that is 5-foot-10 is 150 lbs. These models fall a full 40 lbs. beneath the average weight, according to www.healthdiscovery.net.
Kate Moss once said that nothing tastes as good as being skinny feels. But is that really the truth?
I always liked to think that junk food makes the world go round. I've never seen someone unhappy while digging his or her hands into a bag of Doritos or sneaking a piece of cookie dough before putting the tray into the oven.
I'm starting to doubt my life's theories.
After this year's show, Facebook statuses such as ‘I will NEVER eat again' and ‘dieting until I make my way to becoming a VS model' were popping up on my news feed. I came to a realization that our society is shifting from one eating disorder to another.
Girls that used to beg for Burger King and McDonald's are now vomiting in toilets and eating steamed broccoli for all three meals of the day. We're supposed to hate brussel sprouts and love cake. That's how our generation was raised. So why are we letting these super models get under our skin?
"The girls are so beautiful [and] it definitely makes me feel crappy," said Stefanie Benison, junior health and human services major. "I don't understand why I can't look like that, the girls make it seem like everyone should look [that way]."
The models' bodies weren't the only aspect of the show that led girls to change their statuses to emotional and angry statements. When Adam Levine took Anne Vyalitsyna's hand as she sashayed down the catwalk and kissed her on the cheek, all of our egos went down at least five notches. Cool, we get it – you're skinny and in love, but at least we can have dessert.
I'm not sure if the world remembers that these girls get paid thousands of dollars each month to look this way, according to www.jobbite.com.
Being so thin is one of the most difficult jobs and the Angels have personal trainers and dieticians that work with them every day to make sure that nothing ruins their physical appearance.
After an hour of sulking in misery about the fact that I will never rid of my cellulite, I realized something. I'd rather have some junk in my trunk and be happy, than cut food out of my life and give everyone the ability to count the bones in my body.
Email: keren.baruch@ubspectrum.com
