Fat Talk Free Week

From the OperationBeautiful.com site:


This week is Fat Talk Free Week. Fat Talk is negative self-talk and it has NOTHING to do with being overweight, average weight, or even underweight. Like Operation Beautiful, Fat Talk Free Week has everything to do with how you see yourself and treat yourself. Watch the new FTFW video for more:



As part of Fat Talk Free Week,women all over the country are pledging to stop fat talking for just one week. Hopefully, this week will become a month, a year, a LIFETIME! We don’t need Fat Talk in our world, at all.

Did you know…

54% of women would rather be hit by a truck than be fat.
The average American woman is 5’4” tall, weights 140 lbs, and wears a size 12 or 14. Fashion models are thinner than 98% of American women.
Barbie, the best selling fashion doll in the world, has unattainable and unhealthy body proportions. If she were alive, her waist would be smaller than patients with anorexia nervosa, and she would be unable to menstruate.
1 in 4 women have avoided engaging in a physical activity or sport because they feel badly about the way they look.
81% of 10 year olds are afraid of being fat. 51% of 9 and 10 year old girls feel better about themselves if they are on a diet.
Seventy percent of young women say they want to look like a TV character.

PLEASE take the pledge to stop Fat Talking this week.


Namaste',
~Amanda W.

Comments

Venessa Thomas said…
Thanks for sharing that with us. I noticed how I had negative beliefs about my body yesterday when I was talking to my friend. She said that my stomach was so flat and she started pushing her "rolls" in and I said no I want to get rid of some of this fat and she was so amazed that I thought I was "fat" because I weight only 120 pounds. Let's honestly stop talking about fat. My comment to my friend was so stupid and probably made her feel like she was fat, since she weighed more than me. Great post!
Lela said…
This is SO important. Thanks for sharing!!

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