STRING CHEESE or DIRI KOLE???

     So today I wanted to eat my chinese food that I left in the refrigerator and I was reluctant to eat it. Why was I?? Because I'm a Haitian girl and I love my FOOD, but my surroundings don't eat the same food as i do. I was going to go into more detail but I rather respect people's privacy.

     Which comes to my blog today. What is a healthy body? If you want to get technical, a healthy BMI (Body Mass Index) shouldn't be over 24.9 (cdc.gov/healthyweight/assessing/bmi/) . If you're over 25 you're considered overweight. If you're over 29.0 you're considered OBESE. So who determines a healthy body? Is it height/weight?? I'm 5'5" and they say I should be between 145-160. I'll tell you guys right now, when I was 150 I looked like a skeleton. So what determines a healthy body? Is it clothing size?? Over the decades, the industry has changed sizes. So what a size 6 is now wasn't a size 6 15 years ago...

    Growing up, i've always been slightly more "thicker" than most girls. I have a pear shaped body so the weight distributes to my lower half more than top. So my thighs have always been big, my butt has always been big, and my hips have always been big. This is just my genetics. My waist is 28" and my hips are 44"!! Yeah ridiculous but this is what i've been born with and I have come to terms with it and accepted it!

     I understand the culture I was raised in and afrocentric beauty. You can't really define what is beautiful in today's world. Everyone is different. Everyone comes in all different shapes and sizes. So, I microwaved my chinese food and ate it and smiled. And realized that even though I'm not in my usual environment, I can't allow other people's eating habits change the way I eat. So if you're reading this, what I want you to take out of this is that you are beautiful and don't let any situation determine or define who you are!

xoxo ,
Jess