Weight loss: you will never look like the girl in the magazine
Although we're all susceptible to subjecting ourselves to the self-criticism that stems from struggling to shape a slender silhouette, constantly comparing our 'fuller' figure to the 'perfectly' proportioned physique that's plastered over an abundance of publications can cripple more than just our confidence.
In fact, fixating on the 'flawless' figure that we feel pressured to portray can not only drive us to develop a detrimental dietary disorder - we're tempted to turn to the strategic rules and regimes that force us to forbid real food in fear of getting 'fat' - but a distorted body image that refuses to register the reality of our own reflection - we fixate on the 'flaws' that are merely a figment of our insecure imagination as our psychological preoccupation with portraying 'perfection' pushes us to the point of paranoia.
Instead of instantly intensifying the insecurities that stem from your shape and size by scrutinizing the bits of your body that you've learnt to loathe, remember that the 'perfect' physique that you're physically (by subjecting yourself to self-starvation and/or dangerous diets) and psychologically (by bombarding your brain with toxic thoughts of body negativity) punishing yourself for 'failing' to portray, only exists in the warped world of photoshop. Although the chiseled curves of celebrities may look free from the flaws that you fear, their appearance has not only been artificially airbrushed in an attempt to achieve the perfect portrayal of the product that they are promoting - the perfect portrayal that can only be achieved by the average person if they have access to photoshop - but tactfully tweaked in order to ensure that you invest in their exaggerated example of 'perfection' by buying the pills, plans and products that fail to exceed expectations.
Top tip: become blinkered to the body that's branded 'beautiful' by learning to love a reflection that resembles reality.
Real women may worry about their wrinkles and wobbly bits, battle to banish bothersome blemishes (and a post pregnancy pouch!) and fail to flaunt flawless foundation that doesn't cake, crack and draw attention to the aggressive adult acne that they're desperate to disguise, but pin pointing these problems will only boost belittling behaviour, cripple confidence and cloud common sense. We may not always be able to 'fix' our physical flaws (do we really want to waste our time trying when life is so short?!), but we can control our psychological perception of our physique by becoming blinkered to the 'bad' bits (and the body that's branded 'beautiful' by a self-obsessed society), making peace with our imperfections and learning to love a reflection that resembles real beauty, and a real woman who is defined by more than just her dress size.
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