Losing weight should be motivated by a desire to live a healthier life style more than a way to find your confidence and “look sexy.” I know women think being thinner is the ticket to more self- confidence and being more attractive to the opposite sex. The problem is that confidence just like happiness comes from within.
I don’t think women realize that research shows men find curvier shapes more attractive. According to the research, looking at curvaceous, the hour-glassed shaped body triggers the pleasure reward circuitry of the brain in a man. Studies across all cultures show that men consistently find curvy women to be more attractive. This is attributed to the subconscious drive of continuing the species: curves and shapely hips, an hour glass shape is subconsciously associated with greater fertility and health in a woman.
Recently I was shocked at an article People magazine had on how Angelina Jolie and other celebrities have an obsession with thinness . Honestly in the most recent pictures of Angelina, she looked like she was sick she was so thin. Obviously there is something else going on here that women just do not get. Read this blog post if you want to get in touch with a bigger more meaningful reason to lose weight.
Our cultural obsession with thinness is reinforced by the models we see on the runways that get thinner, younger and more strange looking every year. This obsession was created by the fashion industry who decided to use super thin models to take away the distraction of the body. If the model was super thing, she became a walking mannequin to show off the clothes not the body.
I think a correction is in order here. A recent research poll published in Ladies Home Journal on women’s satisfaction levels with their lives showed only 27% were satisfied with their health and wellness, and as would be expected, women 19 to 25 feel the most pressure to look beautiful. What we need to realize is that not only happiness, but also beauty comes from within.
We need to find another way to let our beauty blossom. Beauty has more to do with how you glow and what your subtle energy is like than it does now much you weigh. I also think when you cultivate beauty from within it is easier to be the right weight naturally.
Want to know how to how look healthier and sexier? Smile, it turns on the glow factor. Self-confidence is the absence of self-consciousness…focus on seeing the beauty in everyone. It works. Take a look at the downloadable hypnosis MP3 I have on self-confidence to get this on a subconscious level.
I would love your feedback. Do you agree or disagree with this? Connect with me on Facebook and share your comments. Do you think our cultural obsession with thinness is unhealthy?
Eating right by finding the bigger purpose