As most girls have observed recently, after three months of hostel life, we are putting on a lot of weight! The guys find our girls unreasonable talking about weight-reducing over and over again. Why we are obsessed with a good shape? Perhaps the statement that women equate appearance with self-esteem is true to some degree. We are socialized to see ourselves as objects to be looked at. Therefore, even I, a girl who criticize sexual stereotyping severely, can’t resist the temptation to follow the trend to suppress my appetite and exercise in order to gain a good shape.
Why is losing weight so difficult? Speculatively, one reason is that as female, we are more sensitive and emotional. Sometimes we can’t distinguish the differences between being hunger, scared or anxious. When we feel upset, we tend to overeat then we will feel better. The habit of making ourselves better by eating can be strongly entrenched and is harmful both physically and mentally. We overeat whenever we feel depressed. After binge eating, we become obese and get frustrated with our appearance. The self-loathing and depression dive we to overeat again! What a vicious circle!
We girls are consistently facing the dilemma of being slim while we find it hard to deny ourselves the pleasure of a full plate. The only outlet seems to be exercise excessively. We can still vent our emotion by eating. However, we work out to offset the weight we put on. Even this seemingly ideal solution takes great resolution to carry out. From my personal experience, I used to do a morning jogging before the bridging course beginning on Jan 5th. Nevertheless, later on I found it hard to coordinate with the school bus schedule and I didn’t want to be exhausted during the class in the early morning. So I gave up. Then I sought to join the boys in their long-distance running every afternoon at 5:30. However I was embarrassed for they slowed down their pace to tend for me. I didn’t want to be a burden and the most important thing is that this kind of exercise is to severe for me. Currently I am trying rope jumping. I just wish myself good luck this time …
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Well, judjing from your wxperience, I may conclude a new reason for you girls mostly having difficulty losing weight; that is you lack determination. I think there is no easy and rapid way to lose weight. What you need is a long plan and a solid determination to maintain this plan. By doing this way, for a certain long period of time, I believe you can see some progress yourself. I used to be very fat. Shamefuly, I was always disdainfully laughted at. In order not to be a pathetic fatty boy, I decided to lose weight. It is usually impossible to be restricted to meat for a long time. However, I did it. And also this is the reason that I consider determination as a very important factor in losing weight.
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