body Image

Hey there ladies,

I had two ideas for articles either in at large or in the word.

Both have to do with self image.

The first is just the in's and outs of Body Image in the Bay Area and what drives it from the average to the extreme. Here is what I started writting:

So I just turned 34. I spent last night watching "fix me" plastic surgery shows. And when asked my age on the phone yesterday I automatically spit out 32! And then had to correct myself much to my dismay. For me that was a wake up call. Yes, I was in denial. It happened to me.

I though I would take this "opportunity" to look in to (and write) about body image and aging in the Bay Area. Hopefully I will learn something useful for not just myself but also for someone else.


The second would be told from a personal point of view, one more so than the other. And would be more of a serial piece done of the course of the next year. Or maybe written over the next year and then published. Here is what I started writting:

Thinner: The Quest to Get Health and be happy with ones self

Okay, it should really be "MY quest to get healthy and not fat and be happy with MYself". By I am trying to take a larger view... which you can see in articles like "Body Image in the Bay Area{link}" I also believe I am one of many, many other thirty-somethings out there coming to terms with aging, imperfection and mortality. So to that end I pledge to be brutally honest with you the reader while I take you on my little adventures.

A bit of history.... I am 34, female, 5"2' and 237 lbs. (as of 12/28/04). Now, boys and girly you are all thinking "wow, what a cow" but to put it into perspective 5 years ago I weighed in at 320! With a hard core family history of diabetes that usually takes affect in the early to mid thirties. Little symptoms like having almost constantly cold hands, feet and face send bits of panic through me as does the occasional numbness in my hands and feet. EEEEEk. Now most of you are all... go to the doctor now. Well folks, like a lot bay area creative professionals I have no health insurance. And I would prefer to have some before I get diagnosed. So like it or not I am choosing to explore eastern medicine and lifestyle changes while bidding my time until I can afford insurance (hopefully next year).

The start - A sharp voice answers the phone with a fairly thick non sepecific asia accent "yes...???"