I am 19 years old. Almost 20, but that's besides the point. I'm writing this article because I don't think it's fair for people in society to decide the things that make others fat or fit. You don't know how much time that person that you are looking at works out.
Or even the countless seconds, minutes, hours, that one single person spends counting carbs. The truth is in today's times we walk around judging everybody based on the way that they look. "She's fat, he's muscular, she's a stick, he's scrawny." We all do it. There's no way to stop it, but I think that a lot of us make these observations because we are uncomfortable with the way we look ourselves.
I'll be the first to say I'm uncomfortable with the way I look. I've always been on the heavier side. Even when I played sports and stayed active I was still a little chunker.
In fact most of my family was. However, no matter what I did I just couldn't loose the weight. I never got bullied for it, but being bullied would have made it even harder. I don't think that people think when they make comments about other people's weight. Sometimes this makes people feel worse about how they look, which causes them to lack the motivation because they feel like no matter what they do nothing will happen.
Some people also result to surgery to help them loose weight. I used to think this was scary, especially when people I love were doing it. However, now I am on board with this. This doesn't make people weak or unable to do it on their own. In fact, I think it's the opposite.
I think that if people need help like this to get healthy then they should do it. If it gives them their "second chance" at the life they want to live then why do people put them down?
We should be giving them the support and love they deserve for finally standing up for their health. I'm proud of the people I know who have had surgery and now they are becoming happy with themselves and the way they look. So who are people who haven't had surgery to say things like "Well we all have to workout and diet too, but you don't see me having surgery." Comments like these make this world the type I don't want to live in.
I want to live in a world where nobody gets to decide how athletic or fit somebody is but themselves. We live in a world where people say "Don't judge a book by it's cover," but the truth is everybody is judging you in this world and if you don't look the way they want you to the discriminate you.
Going back to my personal story, I am overweight. I have considered surgery (still thinking about it). But it would be my personal choice. Also, some people have other medical issues that make it hard to loose weight. Such as me, a 19 years old girl who has PCOS.
Some of people can't help the way we look because we feel like we've tried almost everything. The truth is you never know what the people around you are going through. Everybody has their own battles, some are open about talking about it, but others fight them on their own. Next time you judge somebody based on the way they look, take a moment and learn something about them. I don't mean ask them why they look the way they do, but if you give somebody a chance you might be surprised.
