I strongly disagree with people who are overweight, don’t exercise and eat fried chicken for 2 out of 3 meals a day complaining of girls in magazine being skinny. On the flip side, there are many people who become so skinny that they run into other health problems.

I am not judging anyone, as a matter of fact I am yet to meat someone who loves ice-cream more than I do, as a matter of fact, most of my friends will agree that Ben and Jerry’s should probably give me a lifetime membership. But then I also know that loving food does not equal eating whatever I like, whenver I like, and furthermore, the more I eat, the more I have to work out. And as painful as it is, I need to make a conscious decison to maintaina healthy lifestyle and a healthy weight…. not wide hips and a big butt because “I’m an African woman”.

The problem I see is that a lot of women do not know their bodies….there are women who weren’t meant to be skinny – their body is not supposed to be that way and when they go skinny – they always suffer for some weird illness or the other, while there are some women who need to loose some weight. The issue is knowing your body and knowing when to stop and when to go!

Pammy