blog entry #7

Blog #7 Read the following article and discuss.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/25/magazine/25wwln-medium-t.html

 

Thinspiration videos, are mainly made by people with anorexia or bulimia. They are normally about eating disorders. People who are ready for help sometimes find it here while watching other people tell their story. While others deny anorexia and bulimia as being mental illness and say it is a “life style choice” instead. They hope to get respect from others. Whether you want to lose or gain weight thinspiration has a lot of different tips on how to do either one. There are now people trying to pass a law forbidding these videos and comments from being posted on the internet, because they feel that it is killing them along with other men and women who watch and act upon what they have seen. Exercising  instead of eating meals  is the path of life these people have chosen and it is honestly killing them faster and faster with ever squat, sit-up, jump-n-jack, push-up, etc. they do. They make posts and however many likes they get they do so many of each kind of exercise to reward themselves which is not rewarding at all. After reading this and looking up the meaning of thinspiration my eyes are now open to these cases and I am in hope that everyone that do this become aware of what it is truly doing to their bodies and turn their lives around for the better. Laws against this would totally help lead these men and women back into the right direction.  You can be in shape without harming yourself. Just watch what you eat… if you do not want to be really big, cut back on the sugary foods and drinks and maybe go out for a walk or jog a few nights a week but do not go into the thinspirators state of mind you just might be setting yourself up for death.