The Pursuit of Bodily Perfection

I just read an interview with Susie Orbach with the title of this post.

Here are a couple of her statistics:

Only 2% of women felt able to say that they were beautiful despite beauty being an incredibly important category for women.

Half of 16- to 21- year -old girls would consider having surgery to change the way they look...

More than 1 in 10 girls aged 11 to 16 would consider having a gastric band or cosmetic surgery.

WOW!! Should those stats freak us out just a little bit??? I think so. Ms. Orbach goes on to say "When people start to mess around with their hunger signals, their eating goes seriously amiss. They develop a distorted relationship with appetite, satiety, and what, when and how much to eat. They view themselves as though they are objects that need perfecting."

Does this describe you? Is this part of the reason you want to loose weight?

I think there is a case to made for wanting to be a healthy weight --something that is comfortable for you -- a body you can move around in. But can/do you accept yourself the way you are today? Or, like we have talked about in the past, are you waiting for something magical to happen when you hit your goal weight?

For the weekend: Please give your weight loss motivations some consideration. What are you really trying to accomplish and are you enjoying the process?