Created in the image of God
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Women all over the world struggle to accept their bodies, it
may seem as though only the petite ones are insecure about their bodies but
fact is each and every women around the world, skinny or over weight, black,
asian or white struggle to accept themselves exactly as they are.
In the world of today you no longer find grown women only
with these kinds of insecurities but children from as little as 9 years old
complain about their bodies, which is sad because at that age they supposed to be
playing around, having fun and enjoying their childhood, body shape and size is
suppose to be the last thing on their minds.
Thinking deeper I can understand why they got caught up in
this sick trend of trying to look perfect.
We are continuously exposed to television programmes that
feed us their thoughts on what the “ideal body is”. Our parents are constantly
buying all these products to remain younger, plastic surgery has become normal
and looking like your ordinary self is just not on.
At a young age children are exposed to this kind of
lifestyle, when their parents enter them in pageants and beauty contests, where
they learn to put on makeup, tan their soft clear skin and blow out their hair,
fight for beauty and constantly upgrade their look just to win the title of a
beautiful queen. At a vulnerable and tender ager they are taught that looking
like your ordinary self won’t make you pretty. So sad!
No wonder people all over the world grow with insecurities,
but that’s another days topic, today we are talking about different shapes and
sizes of women and accepting your body, loving yourself and being happy.
A study done on 3000 different women in London revealed 6
different shapes of women. The butternut squash, apple, carrot, pear, broccoli and
aubergine.
BUTTERNUT SQUASH
The bust area and hip area are the same size but the waist
is smaller by + - 10 inches
APPLE
The waist is equal to/or larger than the hips and bust area.
BROCCOLI
The bust is the widest part and hips, waist are about the
same size
CARROT
Bust and hips are wider than the waist.
PEAR
Waist is + - 10 inches smaller than hips and the bust area are
not as large as the hips.
AUBERGINE
Bust area is small, has large hips.
The female body is a product of a women’s skeletal structure
and the quantity and distribution of muscle and fat on the body. Oestrogen also
plays a huge and vital role on how a women develops her unique body parts
during pregnancy and puberty.
Even with that said, there has been a lot of debate on what
should and what shouldn’t be considered the ideal body for a woman, with attraction
and health being a factor. This all differs from culture to culture but because
culture is always changing so it can keep up with times, slowly we are all
becoming part of one culture, globally.
So that you do not get confused with these different types
when it comes to finding your unique body shape, I’ll try to show you how
similar they are, but different names.
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Hourglass more or less the same as butternut
squash
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Spoon more or less the same as pear and
aubergine
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Triangle more or less the same as broccoli
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Rectangle more or less the same as apple
So do not pull out your hair and trying to figure this out, it’s
not rocket science. Take some time out and see if you can do a better job than
me.
More on shapes and sizes of different body’s, here are
pictures of the alternative categorization of woman body shape.
Incurved waist,
wide hips
Incurved waist, narrow hips
Straight waist, wide hips
Straight waist, narrow hips
Though there had been a study done and 6 body shapes were
found and revealed, two women who go by the names Trinny and Susannal argue to
have 12 body types.
Those pictures are all supplied by trinny and susannal.
To conclude im going to say, love you body, you were made in
the perfect image of the Almighty God, with love and care. You are therefore
far from imperfect; in fact you are the most beautiful person on earth because
there is only one you. Teach our siblings and children to love their unique
selves and embrace it, you only live once.
Take pictures of yourself naked and instead of focussing on
the places of your body you do not like look at the ones that you like and
focus on them slowly moving to ones you don’t and ask yourself why you do not
like those places, then if it’s nothing you can change with a simple cream,
starting accepting it, it was there for a reason.
Ladies love yourself, you are beautiful.
You are a mother, sister, bestfriend, father, aunt,
daughter, mother Teresa and most favoured by God.
Embrace your birthday suit, love it, respect, cover certain
areas and treat it like the temple it is.
God loves you as you are and once you start loving yourself
you’ll know and understand why God favours you above all his creations.
