"Oh, I love that celebrity's outfit. She looks so good. I want it. I want to be her. I want to have those legs. I want to wear that sparkly dress to a party. I'm jealous."
I'm not that girl. I don't want to look like someone else necessarily. I just want to make myself look healthy and toned. "The best version of Kristin", we could call it.
But I read an article on People.com that made me think about this more than I wanted to...
I did not watch the Victoria's Secret fashion show. Why? I don't care. Simply put, right? Why do I care if some 5'11" super model with an accent is wearing a bra made of diamonds? It doesn't matter to me.
I don't know why anyone would think, "Oh my, I want to be that girl. Life isn't fair, it just isn't fair. Why aren't I that skinny??"
Because if you were that girl, your entire life would revolve around every calorie you consume. And you wouldn't be consuming a whole lot of calories.
In this article, last year, Adriana Lima said that she does this crazy diet for this one show and then goes back to normal afterward. Like she's an athlete in training. Uh, okay, awesome. So why are we watching anyway? It's not like they're scoring touchdowns...or doing cartwheels on a 4-inch balance beam. They are no healthier or physically fit than you or me. They just seem to look better as they walk down a runway in crazy costumes we can't/won't/don't-want-to buy anyway! At least at Fashion Week, those are the styles coming to the stores (eventually). Then again, I don't really know what they modeled the other night because I didn't watch.
If I've learned anything this past year, it's that skinny does not equal healthy. Sure, I'm thin. But I like to think that is thanks to my metabolism being ramped up because of the muscle tone I've gained. I've more or less discovered that the best way to a flat stomach is: 1) core work, like planking 2)kicking/punching via kickboxing and 3) no fried food.
This article talks about how Adriana Lima (this year) got back to that runway 8 weeks after having her second child.
I understand that this is her job. And her job just requires different things of her than, say, my job does *eye roll*. (I wish my job paid me to work out.) But what I really don't get is that magazines, news outlets, and the like are spilling the secrets and glamorizing the act of eating nothing but greens, lean proteins, and water and working out 6 hours a day. That's the part I'm uncomfortable with. I think that we all kinda knew that this is what the VS models went through in the weeks leading up to the show (something about no solid food 9 days prior?), but why do we have to talk about it? Why do we have to say we're jealous? Because you, friend, would not be a happy camper if you had to live off of protein shakes for over a week (sugar-free, no doubt).
I feel like I tried to make a point here. Not sure if I did. What do you think? Do you watch the VS Fashion Show every year? We watched Breaking Bad re-runs (and Elf) Tuesday night instead.
Oh, and I couldn't wait to save this for my Sunday Funny Stuffs post. It needs to be seen by everyone...in the world...as soon as possible.
You're welcome.
