Tag Archives: distorted body image
Life would be perfect if I wasn’t so disgustingly fat
Many years ago a woman and her daughter joined my Weight Watchers meeting. She introduced herself and the told me she was disgusted with her body. “I’m disgustingly fat. I don’t know why I let myself go like this, ” she said. Her young adult daughter was with her. She said, “I’m getting fat and want to […]
“Being healthy is overrated. I’d just rather lose weight.” Jackie critiques MTV’s True Life diet episode
“Being healthy is overrated. I’d just rather lose weight,” says 16-year-old Marissa. Jackie: I can relate to that statement. In fact, I said it once or twice myself in my youth! I’m watching True Life on MTV. The story is “I’m on an extreme diet” They are following two young people who want to look good. […]
Put Your Cellphone Away When You Eat!
I walked into a restaurant the other day. There was a table with 6 people eating together, or were they eating together? Each one was bent over a smartphone. There was no interaction among the people sitting at the table. They were all mindlessly putting forkfuls of food into their mouths while engrossed with their […]