When you look at classical paintings, what kind of women do you see? The only skinny are the skeletons. Until a few years ago we were chubby and happy. What are we today?

If you don’t know who Twiggy was, it’s time you did. Twiggy was this British model who looked like a

twig, hence its nickname. After it became a total success during the ’60s, women and men were

crazy, embrace this body type and make it our new model. His body shape became the norm.

Thanks to Twiggy, everyone started dieting. The madness had begun. food and pharmacy

Industries, doctors, nutritionists, researchers, Hollywood, etc. they jumped on the bandwagon and Marilyn Monroe was soon forgotten.

From then on, nothing prevented women from wanting to be skinny. And then to do things

Worse yet, Jane Fonda arrived and “muscle is beautiful movement.” I remember once seeing a birthday.

card that says something like this: “Before Jane Fonda, 40 was the age when women could relax with their bodies.

We have suffered from this social imposition of being skinny and shapeless for over 35 years! for more

35 years we’ve starved, over-eaten, bounced back and forth, turned into yo-yos, suffered under self-

self-esteem, developed eating disorders, became bulimic and anorexic, lost her lust for the pleasure of

eating, developed self-hatred, sought an identity based on our poor self-image, became addicted

working out, she’s had more plastic surgery than we care to admit, and so on.

In our quest for the perfect slim body, we have given up hope and instead, many have also gone to the

other side of the scale. Since we cannot win the skinny game, we have become addicted to television, obese and sick.

Nowadays there are two types of people, especially women: the ultra-thin, fond of exercise and the

obese, couch potato. There is no middle ground. According to the norm, we all weigh at least 20 pounds.

over weight! But really we are just showing a body naturally.

This game we’ve been playing lately has no winner; we are all losers and very unhappy.

Now is the time to stop.

The good news is that slowly but surely women are waking up and realizing that a body made of sticks

It is the illusion of a few and that false reality has given way to the true reality: women have curves. Think of the freedom you will have when you realize that it is okay to carry your body in a rounder shape. This is the way we have.

Let’s stop fooling around and accept ourselves as we really are: more like Marilyn and much less like

twig. Sure, let’s exercise and eat balanced and nutritious meals, using mostly organic and fresh foods.

meal. So, let’s look in the mirror and admire our curves. They are our model. They are part of us. Only then will we be at peace with ourselves and find true happiness.