What?.....oh, we're talking bout Size?! What Size?

It's the ultimate discussion topics among..err..girls. women par exact.

oh, ok. THAT size.

No, No...not THAT size. (whatever you're thinking about :p hehe)

We're talking bout the size of EVERYthing. every inch.From head to toe that is.

It does matter doens't it? each inch?

Hm... YEa. IT. IS. I believe.

And so would majorities of people would think.

Don't deny it. Everytime girls gather round, if it's not gossiping or shopping, this issue will emerge, don't ask me why. There's always been the urge. You boys would certainly have been in a situation where you goes like,"Why are you girls talking bout that all the time?!". Don't be a hypocrit, I know you guys are in fact equally concern bout your sizes as well, don't you? Hehe.

Some people, well, in fact most women are not satisfied with their current weight and, there must be something about their body that they're not comfortable with. Myself is very much cautious of my weight. I'm not genetically skinny. Being fat, is in the gene. my every auntie goes *sorry for the pick-o-word* 'swollen' after they delivered their first baby. My weight has been increasing steadily over the years. one kilo for each year. I wonder what would happen later on. ~_~.

But anyway, I'm happy with my current weight. Had been trying to put off some..but never made it. well if it HAD had succeed one day--yes, it had, once or twice--,It was because I was hardly sleeping for 3 days, or,was ill, or, was having diarhea for sometimes. Of course, then, I'd shriek happily , "Iyeeii!!"...and would immediately go jogging to Sabuga, to burn some more and always, I'd be flaked out-of-breathe only after 3 laps jogging. Urgh. And go eat afterwards. Hh...Hehe. So I'll stay tune. I HAVE to be happy.

Heh? It's not the issue, though.

I hate mannequins. beauty magazines. ads. anything goes with 'diet' : diet-tea, diet pills, low-fat-sugar, in coffees, in waffers, in biscuits, fashionTV.Their ads. tsk. They surely promote low self esteem! Despite the default BMI calculation that your weight should equal to your height minus (100 + 10% your height), due to constant exposure to things stated above, girls nowadays would dream for another 5 to 10 or moreover for those walking on the catwalk, might dream for even 30 kilos lower(!) than suggested. I wonder how it sounds, having 30 kilos below you're supposedly fit. I bet It'd go "click clack cluck" everytime you move! Not to mention all the risks : Bulimic, anorexic, Myelin shrunken by aspartam, Impotency, and of course, all the favour you tounge would miss for not eating G-O-O-D Meals, and they have to pay more for those diet packs!!, twicefold the grieve! Beauty if no doubt, painful. But is it that worth it? What's your aim exactly? If it's not for mere health and being fit, what else? for the sake of what people 'see' of what's ideal? Hard. H a r d .

Undeniably, people perception on the 'ideal' --if there's such thing as ideal- size has shifted time to time. Imagine Maria Antoinette, or any Greek sculptures. They'd have a figure of a 'nowdays' fat lady. It represents wealth back then, and no doubt, it's perceived as beautiful--Of course! d-Uh, they're making sculptures outta them!. But now, it's simply not ideal. Why? since when? I also wonder.

Have you tried weight machine that goes say your state of weight after you put in coins? The machine would say OUT LOUD, whether you're 'overweight', 'OK', or 'slim', according to your height and weight. I've tried that once in a hip plaza downtown (saahh..blah!). First humiliation,putting the coin itselves would make "Cling cling" soundFX, crazily LOUD, loud enough to make anyone in 10 meter radius turns their head, thinking "who's on the machine?", and watch. Then you'll be observed and after few pause, there goes the statement. I, in that circumstance would hope have that I'd be called "slim" instead of "OK". Why? I dunno. I guess slim is finer than OK. How come? Is it just me? If it's not, why most dress always looks good in slim people? Is it because the designer's made em based on manequin's figure or catwalk models? Yea. No wonder. It might be, uh, tragically.

Supporting the global concern on body size, Discovery channel had done some research. I'd watched the program long time ago, but here's what I remember. They asked buncha peoples to categorize several portraits into 'not so beautiful' and 'beautiful'. They concluded there are patterns : They specified several attributes such as 1)symmetry. People having each parts of their body symmetrical to the other side, supposedly are more beautiful. It also occurs in vast kinds of bugs, where they prefered mates with symettrical patterns on both sides. 2) Rare. People with figures or colours uncommon to their environment, are regarded more beautiful. That's why 'bule' are adooorred here. and we might as well be if stranded in other coloured region. ihihi..and 3) Other features, such as high cheek bones, narrow lips, pointy nose are also add values. Blah.

Other than that, they'd also observed several people which are regarded 'beautiful' globally. Of course the candidates for the observation goes to celebrities such as Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Cameron Diaz, you name all beauties!, They'd concluded that there are absolute 'beauty' number : its 1.67 Everything goes with 1.67 (One point six seven). Your lower arm should be 1.67 than your upper arms. Toe to waist should be 1.67 longer than waist to head. Your head diameter should be 1.67 to your neck. etc etc etc...Amazingly They've got the map for all the measurement. See? Beauty and Ideal size is now very much defined. It's that complex.

What boys are thinking might be different to what girls. Each sexes perception on the ideal size is different from what the other gender would perceive on their 'ideal' size. While girls would be happier being more skinny, bulging bones, boys would go to 'more curvy' hawhah...In fact, I believe boys--underconsciously--prefer big hips and boobs, because you guys are searching for ideal 'mother', promoting bodies for delivery and breastfeeding. Mere hypotetical, though.

One thing, belly dancing is not as fun without the flabs. *grin*. I really think so, don't you think so?

I can't deny I'm obsessed with my size. But I louuurrve eating, and I have big frames, so diet wouldn't lead me anywhere lighter. I suppose, 'being in ideal size' is, erhm..no flabs, slightly toned, being able to run 10 laps in a row, and not getting exhausted for the whole day, looking always good in dress rooms, not having to cut off extra length on a pair of new trousers (except for Guess' jeans, they're excruciatingly high heeled!!), having your dream shoes ALWAYS available in your size, no flaaanggee.., no cottage cheeseee..., no choclate crave....no...Oh, stop it. you're losing it Brit.

*sigh*

*)photos worked out from kicey's . I ALWAYS ADORE HER WORKS. One-o-my idol-photographer. ^_^

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