A lot of my friends have had issues with weight and their bodies. It’s important to know that nobody believes their body is perfect, even the models we awe at in photographs admit it. So don’t envy their bodies, love your own by staying healthy!
“The modelling industry made me hate my body” -Cara Delevigne
“I hated looking in the mirror” -Jourdan Dunn
So shake off your insecurities, they did it!
258 Days Left
The deal was set.
He embarked on his program:
worked out every day,
ate healthily, watching his
alcohol and calorie intake.
Building up muscle, removing fat.
All because he had seen a picture
of himself, a few years earlier,
looking fitter than he was presently.
And, after months of exhausting effort,
he stared at himself in the mirror.
And saw major improvement,
a transformed body in front of him,
but for what?
So that he could look back at pictures,
years from then, and be jealous of
his newly attained, fit body;
and repeat the whole procedure once more.
310 Days Left
The concerned eyebrow arches
are hidden behind the smiles
as they watch her
eat the food on her plate.
The waft from the kitchen
has always drawn her in,
and her parents are happy
to see that today, she actually ate.
And then they clean up the dishes,
her parents kiss her goodnight
and send their good wishes, walking
up the stairs to their bed. She
lets their happiness last.
When the coast is clear, she sneaks down
to the kitchen. She hoards the goodies:
the chocolate, cake and cookies,
knowing that her parents will only
be glad to know they’re gone because
she no longer fasts.
Done, she licks her lips, closes the jars,
throws out the packages.
She helps herself up,
walks up the stairs, listening closely
for her parent’s snores in the bedroom.
She takes her toothbrush, enters
the bathroom, and sticks it down her throat.
Hurling, she knows all the while
that tomorrow she’ll have to face her
mom-who thinks she’s stable- and her
dad’s encouraging smile
at the breakfast table.
Writer's 365 Day Challenge 