Jettica
Shoot to thrill
I was looking on Tumblr the other day for before and after weight loss pics. Lots of what I found was really motivational, even thought they were mainly of healthy girls getting more toned through stuff like the 30 day shred.
I kept coming across a tag... 'Thinspo'.
Essentially, a lot of girls on Tumblr (and, no doubt, elsewhere on the interbloobs) post pictures of really skinny girls to spur them on their their weight loss endeavours.
I often look at pictures of skinny/thin/healthy girls and think that I could look like that, or wear clothes like that. It's great motivation. But as I looked further into these blogs I saw that these girls were already 125lbs (and young and short) and eating no more than 300 calories per day. Their ultimate goal weights were shocking.
I'm sure it's just a handful of girls because some of the blogs I came across were by girls who were eating healthy and didn't have ridiculous goals.
There's talk of purging, the chew and spit technique and lots of 'pro-ana' chat. It's disturbing and I feel sorry for these women who can't see themselves for what they are... Bloody gorgeous.
It made me sad.
I suppose the point of this thread is:
I kept coming across a tag... 'Thinspo'.
Essentially, a lot of girls on Tumblr (and, no doubt, elsewhere on the interbloobs) post pictures of really skinny girls to spur them on their their weight loss endeavours.
I often look at pictures of skinny/thin/healthy girls and think that I could look like that, or wear clothes like that. It's great motivation. But as I looked further into these blogs I saw that these girls were already 125lbs (and young and short) and eating no more than 300 calories per day. Their ultimate goal weights were shocking.
I'm sure it's just a handful of girls because some of the blogs I came across were by girls who were eating healthy and didn't have ridiculous goals.
There's talk of purging, the chew and spit technique and lots of 'pro-ana' chat. It's disturbing and I feel sorry for these women who can't see themselves for what they are... Bloody gorgeous.
It made me sad.
I suppose the point of this thread is:
- Have you ever come across these blogs, what do you think?
- And do you ever look a pics of hot, fit, thin women to help you focus on your weight loss journey?