Tuesday, 25 December 2012

Anorexia

Before any of you start jumping to conclusions, I am not anorexic. If you saw me, you would see that plainly. But it's been a couple days where I've been thinking about reasons for why girls especially resort to not eating in extreme measures.
There's the usual self-consciousness, caring what other people think, and since society believes that in order to be accepted by the world you have to look a certain way, namely look stick thin, girls don't eat at all.
There's also the athletes that need to keep their weight in check, and are super aware about it that they just stop consuming food.
Then I started to think about the unconventional ways. Like me. If I stopped eating, it would be because in order to lose weight, that'd be the only option for me.
I don't like to exercise. My mom says that in order to do something out of habit, you have to do it every day for at least 30 days. Unfortunately, that doesn't work for me. For example, I am a Christian, and the Bible is our rule book, something we use to understand God and get closer to Him. I read my Bible every day for about 5 months in 2010. And then I stopped. And haven't really gone back to it. I mean, I pick it up every once in a while, flick through the pages, read a verse, then put it down. That's it. So, I thoroughly have to enjoy what I do in order to make it a habit. I do not enjoy playing sports, going out for a walk, running on a treadmill, etc. So how could I lose weight if I don't enjoy physical activity?
I could make a conscious decision not to eat; I'm basically saying I could become an anorexic...The thing that stops me from not eating, however, is that food tastes so good. I don't think I could forgo my palate to not eat, it'd be a waste to not try every flavour out there in the world, to miss the foods that get put in front of me.
In conclusion, I can't not eat :P
Love.

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