Reasons to be Thin!

you'll be thin

Nobody loves a fat person

You'll rake in compliments

you'll be taken more seriously

You feel like crap after eating

Clothes will look better on you

Your won't get sweaty on hot days

If you don't eat, you won't binge

Vitamins will be rapidly absorbed

People will be concerned about you

Your stomach bulges out when you eat

You can run on sheer mind power alone

Other girls will want to look like you

you'll be able to fit into tiny places

Self-starvation shows strong will power

You'll feel light as a feather and pure

you'll have a space between your thighs

you will be called sexy instead of cute

You'll look like a supermodel or actress

People will talk about how skinny you are

Your thighs, butt and hips will be slimmer

the floor won't creak or shake when you walk

You won't get anxious over what you've eaten

you'll be cool (temperature) in the summertime

It's harder to work out with food in your stomach

Your skin will be taut and toned (no stretch marks!)

you'll be able to wear whatever style bikini you want

It proves you aren't addicted to food like everyone is

you'll be able to wear shorts without worrying, period

you'll be admired and envied by your friends and enemies

The longer you fast, the easier it is to continue with it

Skinny girls can flaunt their good looks. They are superior

you'll have the confidence to do and wear whatever you want

people will describe you as thin, refer to you as the thin one

phys.ed. won't be such an extremely stressful part of your day

you'll be able to sit on people's laps without being embarassed

you won't have to wear baggy clothes every day to cover that fat

you can flirt with people without a doubt that they're flirting back

Skinny is strong. Fat is weak. It's your call which one you want to be.

Getting skinny will make all your dreams come true. Life will be so much better.

you'll be able to stretch and not worry about your shirt lifting up, showing your rolls

you'll be able to dance without worrying about your fat jiggling with every move you make

Being skinny will make you more popular and special. Not everyone can control their weight

Everyone will admire you when you are skinny because you will be that much closer to perfection

you'll be able to wear shorts with sneakers without worrying about your legs looking like stumps

you won't have to worry about what position you're sitting in, you'll look skinny from every angle

Facts about the Real World

A generation ago, the average model weighed 8% less that the average American woman. Today, she weighs 23% less.

If Barbie was a real person, she'd have a 91cm bust, 46cm hips, which is the equivalent of a size 12 bust, size four waist and size eight hips - not exactly average! But even Barbie has come a long way since her early days when she came complete with a set of scales at 110 lbs (49.5kg) and a diet guide that said, "How to Lose weight: Don't Eat"!

A 1995 study revealed that 90% of white American teenage girls were dissatisfied with their bodies, but their Afro-American sisters had a much better body image - 70% of them were satisfied with their shape.

Models get a lot of help to look that good. A fashion shoot includes professional hair and make-up, clothes co-ordinated by stylists, flattering lights and photo techniques and computer enhancement to get rid of zits and dark eye circles.

In a Dolly Magazine survey it was found that even though only 7.6% of the girls surveyed were actually overweight, 47% thought they were. And 7.6% were underweight but only 3% considered themselves underweight.

In Australia, models are usually between a size eight and 10 but over 60% of Australian women are a size 14 or larger.

Each year, Australians apparently spend million on the diet industry. However, more than 90% of these dieters who lose 11kg (23 lbs) or more have reportedly gained back all the weight they initially lost within two years.

Last year, the NSW (New South Wales - Australia) Department of Health announced that there are 7,500 people (95% of them women) in NSW with eating disorders and 400 new cases are diagnosed each year. To make matters worse, up to 20% of anorexics will die from the
disease.

Normal women have 20% body fat but actresses and models have 10% to 15%. Females require 20% body fat for fertility and healthy skin, teeth, eyes, hair and bones.

At least 30% of Australian women are on some kind of diet on any given day of the year, and girls as young as eight years old are also dieting to lose weight.

There are three billion women in the world who don't look like supermodels and only eight who do.

In 1972, 25% of women said they were dissatisfied with their overall appearance. That figure has more than doubled to 56% today. And 60% of teenage girls think they'd be happier if they were thinner.

Marilyn Monroe was apparently close to an Australian size 14 in shape, but she was considered to be the sexiest woman in the world by many people - especially the male population. In 1962, she was invited to sing Happy Birthday to President John F. Kennedy in Madison Square Garden and wore a dress that was so slinky she had to be sown into it!

If mannequins in shop windows were real women, they would be too thin to menstruate.

Each year, LA surgeons perform over 100,000 facelifts and 80,000 breast enlargements. More than half of the plastic surgeons registered in America practice in Los Angele