Happy Monday! Today I have one of my favorite bloggers, Amira, guest posting for me today! I absolutely LOVED this post and I know you will too. Make sure to go to the website she provided, it's amazing. Andddd check out Amira's blog, I know you will become an instant follower :)
Enjoy!
Hello gorgeous readers of Hollie Takes Notes!
I'm Amira from Shades of Gray
and I am taking over Hollie's blog for the day while
she's in NYC
{lucky girl.}
With summer quickly approaching,
the thought of getting into a bikini anytime soon is
frightening.
Months of hibernation have not
left me feeling my best.
And while I definitely want to
make healthier food choices
and get off my butt and exercise
more often
I often think about how hard women are on themselves
when it comes to their bodies and the way they
look.
{But mostly their bodies.}
I blame society for that.
I heard a statistic once that the models on tv
represent only 3% of the women in this world with the same
body type.
This means that 97% of
us will never look like the images
of the women we are bombarded with daily
in movies, tv, and magazines.
97% will feel like they've fallen short.
And that makes me sad.
In a college course we watched the documentary
Wow.
{If you have 4 minutes, watch this
clip.}
A friend of mine on Facebook shared the link to this really great project:
You get to choose your dimensions:
height, weight, shirt size and shape,
and see real photographs of women
with the same measurements.
This might help to put into perspective what you
actually look like
{and not what you picture in your head}
{and not what you picture in your head}
And if you're brave enough,
maybe you'll post your own.
maybe you'll post your own.
I think curves are beautiful
and I want to feel more comfortable with mine!
XO,
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