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Food and our bodies

Like others in the past I have tried to watch what I eat, other times I just give into it. But recently I have been trying to make more of an effort to eat healthier but also have what I want at the same time as that I feel is what’s right for me. But yet as I buy things there is people around me that tell me that what I want isn’t right, It has to much sugar etc
Because of the society that we live in people are all for watching what they eat, counting calories or not allowing them selves to have what they want to eat for fear of feeling fat or not likening the way there body’s are. We don’t let ourselves enjoy food, It’s either seen as to much or to little.

I haven’t always enjoyed the best relationship with my body but as of recently there has been a change in our situation. But yet woman of all generations still feel like they have a way that there   bodys should be and judging how others are around them. For young girls growing up now and in the future how do we explain to them why so many women and men have so much hang ups about there bodies and the way they are seen by others.

From mothers judging what there daughters eat, to friends judging each other it’s a situation that is out of control and guilting people has to stop. Everyone is on there own journey with there bodies and it’s not about making others feel bad because quite possibly they are doing that themselves.
Whether you are a young girl who idolises someone famous or someone who thinks they have to look a certain way to fit in. We as individuals and socially on social platforms we have to make it ok for food to be ok.

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