There have been a few posts recently about losing weight and I've seen a lot of inaccurate comments made. I just thought I would give some factual recommendations
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yet i eat about three meals a day (i hate breakfast foods of any kind, so i don't eat breakfast. I usually end up making food at like midnight though when i get hungry), drink coke none stop, and don't count calories of any kind. I ride about every other day, and have been for about ten years. My weight has never caused any sort of health concern. If you see me in person, my bones are not sticking out ( picture ), you can't see my ribs, i don't look "unhealthy". The muscles you use for riding are very different than the ones you use for jogging, or any sort of "gym" exercises. If i go jogging, (and i have very strong legs), the next day i am so sore. So i don't know why people would work out outside of riding to make them FIT for riding. It's kinda something that devlops over time on it's own. Even the arm muscles you use are slightly different from lifting weights. And watching their diet to be great riders is absurd, because the equestrian world has an equal number of "heavier" or "obese" riders. Being a great rider doesn't have to do with your weight, but experience and commitment.
In the past few years the modeling industry has actually improved. In fact, in some countries (due to american laws it's harder to apply this idea), an agent/manager will not sign you to their label until they make you have a medical exam to prove you do NOT have an eating disorder, and in most parts in europe, if your bmi is under 18 you cannot work as a model.
People blame models for promoting "thinness", but a lot of people don't realize what exactly models go through. It's a tough business, being told you're not tall enough, your lips aren't right, your nose is too big, your bone structure isn't "edgey" enough for certain designers, your legs will promote a problem because they have scars and will ALWAYS have to be photoshopped. You get told your shoulders are too wide and your fingers aren't straight enough for modeling handbags and jewerly. If you are a weak person, it is the worst industry you can be in. Really famous models actually are working to promote HEALTH in the modeling industry because they are normally the ones who aren't unhealthy or too skinny. A lot of girls who are insecure go into this business, get their asses chewed out about their flaws, and can't handle it.
I feel that body image being now focused on "too skinny" has made it seem like it's ok to be "too fat". There needs to be a healty balance.
I was in a grocery store and this obese (really over weight) lady was there with her over weight daugther and a girl walked by who was skinny, but not under weight and the mom said 'see that's why your body is ok like it is being skinny isn't healthy'. Being too big for your organs to support your body isn't healthy either.
I once met a designer who told me what he looks for in a model is her face and her walk. If she is a skeleton with an amazing face and walk he will not hire her. He looks for "someone small boned but healthy looking. Someone real who would buy (his) clothes"
As a former model it is really hurtful being blamed for the issues the fashion industry causes. It's not the models fault. It is their JOB to sell the clothes and they are under as much pressure as the rest of the world to have a certain look. Hell, they get TOLD to their FACE what is ugly about them.
I honestly have to say though that it's probably 50/50 in the modeling world when it comes to weight issues. I was IN it. I witnessed the too skinny of people and the girls who were beautiful and told they weren't skinny enough but strong enough to forget it and move on. It's just annoying when people say everyone is the same and unhealthy and hurting themselves. I'm not hurtnig myself. I've never had any health issues. And i'm not the only one who was/is in the fashion industry who is healthy. I've never TRIED to look like someone i've seen in a magazine. I've never tried to lose weight.
from the outside the industy is blamed for what seems liek every womens issues and it seems like it's just starting to become an excuse. I know a lot of women DO look up to it and try to achieve a certain look, but it's not the sole reason.
let's just say you're naturally 110 pounds and you can drink coke and eat whatever you want or wahtever...if you've never tried to diet or never had to lose weight then you don't understand what's it's like for someone to want to lose even a few pounds. and those girls in the modeling industry...they'll do anything to get down to the size they are told or feel they need to be. there are plenty of documentaries and news reports of this.
sure, not EVERYONE is unhealthy in the modeling industry. the cameraman/camerawoman is usually healthy.
The muscles you use for riding are very different than the ones you use for jogging, or any sort of "gym" exercises. If i go jogging, (and i have very strong legs), the next day i am so sore. So i don't know why people would work out outside of riding to make them FIT for riding. It's kinda something that devlops over time on it's own. Even the arm muscles you use are slightly different from lifting weights. And watching their diet to be great riders is absurd, because the equestrian world has an equal number of "heavier" or "obese" riders. Being a great rider doesn't have to do with your weight, but experience and commitment.
In the past few years the modeling industry has actually improved. In fact, in some countries (due to american laws it's harder to apply this idea), an agent/manager will not sign you to their label until they make you have a medical exam to prove you do NOT have an eating disorder, and in most parts in europe, if your bmi is under 18 you cannot work as a model.
People blame models for promoting "thinness", but a lot of people don't realize what exactly models go through. It's a tough business, being told you're not tall enough, your lips aren't right, your nose is too big, your bone structure isn't "edgey" enough for certain designers, your legs will promote a problem because they have scars and will ALWAYS have to be photoshopped. You get told your shoulders are too wide and your fingers aren't straight enough for modeling handbags and jewerly. If you are a weak person, it is the worst industry you can be in. Really famous models actually are working to promote HEALTH in the modeling industry because they are normally the ones who aren't unhealthy or too skinny. A lot of girls who are insecure go into this business, get their asses chewed out about their flaws, and can't handle it.
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I feel that body image being now focused on "too skinny" has made it seem like it's ok to be "too fat". There needs to be a healty balance.
I was in a grocery store and this obese (really over weight) lady was there with her over weight daugther and a girl walked by who was skinny, but not under weight and the mom said 'see that's why your body is ok like it is being skinny isn't healthy'. Being too big for your organs to support your body isn't healthy either.
I once met a designer who told me what he looks for in a model is her face and her walk. If she is a skeleton with an amazing face and walk he will not hire her. He looks for "someone small boned but healthy looking. Someone real who would buy (his) clothes"
As a former model it is really hurtful being blamed for the issues the fashion industry causes. It's not the models fault. It is their JOB to sell the clothes and they are under as much pressure as the rest of the world to have a certain look. Hell, they get TOLD to their FACE what is ugly about them.
I honestly have to say though that it's probably 50/50 in the modeling world when it comes to weight issues. I was IN it. I witnessed the too skinny of people and the girls who were beautiful and told they weren't skinny enough but strong enough to forget it and move on. It's just annoying when people say everyone is the same and unhealthy and hurting themselves. I'm not hurtnig myself. I've never had any health issues. And i'm not the only one who was/is in the fashion industry who is healthy. I've never TRIED to look like someone i've seen in a magazine. I've never tried to lose weight.
from the outside the industy is blamed for what seems liek every womens issues and it seems like it's just starting to become an excuse. I know a lot of women DO look up to it and try to achieve a certain look, but it's not the sole reason.
http://www.livescience.com/health/071011-bad-fashionmodels.html
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sure, not EVERYONE is unhealthy in the modeling industry. the cameraman/camerawoman is usually healthy.
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