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diet pills

Posted by Stacy on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 7:17 AM

Sometimes you wonder (well at least I know that I do) about how celebrities lose all the weight so fast, especially after having a baby. You see a celebrity pregnant one day and then 3 weeks later they are super skinny again and they say it was hard work and dieting (some even say they don't diet). But it makes you wonder if any of them are resorting to diet pills to make the weight disappear. It also makes you wonder how far people will go to lose weight whether it is 5 pounds or 50. You always see actresses on television or in magazines promoting a diet like jenny Craig or weight watchers or even diet pills, but you have to wonder if the way that they are promoting to lose weight is actually the path that they followed when they lost all of theirs. I find it hard to believe that the same way Jessica alba lost all of her baby weight will work for me one day when I am pregnant, as much as I wish it would it seems like celebrities go above and beyond and will not stop at anything to be skinny.

Is this a bad message that is being sent to teenagers and young adults? Always seeing skinny celebrities and if they aren't skinny (Kristy Alley) they are trying to get that way. When did we decide that you have to be skinny to look good and feel great about yourself? Even stars that have been known for being proud plus size celebrities are losing weight and showing off. So is that what we need to become, skinny to feel good? I know I buy into it as bad as that might sound. There is not one week that goes by (maybe not even a day sometimes) that I don't think I should lose weight and I'll be happier. I read somewhere that people took a poll about money and the results said that once you have enough money to provide for all of your needs and not have to worry about struggling to pay bills or support your family, the more money above that certain line doesn't make you any happier. I wonder if that's how it is with weight. We all think that if we are really skinny we will be happier and better people but maybe if we just get to the point where we are healthy, losing more weight won't even matter.