Thinspiration is this trend going on online and in the real world where pictures of sickly thin women with "cut" abs have words that supposed to inspire someone to either work out or starve themselves. The thing is, often more times than not, the women in the pictures are models or athletes who have bodies that aren't realistic . . .such as the woman in the first picture, which is by far not the worst I've ever seen. Yes, she's a beautiful woman, but her body isn't easily attainable by most women without physically harming themselves or being born naturally pretty thin. While it's good to want to be in shape, these ridiculous photos are harmful to women and young girl's mental and emotional health and should be banned and taken down. I know that being a hefty young lady, these photos almost make me ill to look at and sometimes the quotes are just . . .judgmental and deprecating.
Reality is that as long as one is healthy and feels confident in their body that having a thigh gap, collarbones that make you look like a holocaust victim, and an 18 inch waist is unhealthy both physically and mentally. I'm at a little over 200 lbs. I'm not healthy. I'm not hideous but I'm not gorgeous either. The second picture is my ideal body frame for who I am. That is my "thinspiration", not some unrealistic model with bones poking out obscenely and some crappy quote printed on it. Those words do not inspire me and they do not deflect me from my goal.
For any woman who feels like they need to lose a pound, or ten, or 100, I beg that you don't give into the peer pressure of "thinspiration" and that you lose the weight as I hope to do: gradually, healthily, and because you want to, not because society pressures you to do so.
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