Love your Body?

All those Dove "Love Your Body" ads are great and all. Let me start by saying that.

But really? Should everybody really love their body?

"Love your body"- that's great. LOVE your body. If you love something you treat it right. Like exercising, getting enough nutrients, stretching, not eating junk, sleeping enough- those are good ways to treat your body right.

But people seem to, hmm... misinterpret the message of "love you body". They take it as "accept your body as it is". And this is where I'm picking a fight. Obesity is a HUGE issue. (no pun intended). It's an epidemic. Obesity kills more people than eating disorders. Think about that. I'm not saying we should all strive for unrealistic or unhealthy bodies. But somebody saying "I love my body" while eating a bag of chips and drinking Coke... that's laughable.

I feel like whenever I say things like "no really, fat people should lose weight." that people get angry at me, and accuse me of buying into the body image that the media wants us to. But isn't the healthy body weight for females like 18-23%? So... why doesn't everybody over 23% stop "loving their body" and instead put down the chocolate bar and do some squats? Just sayin'...

We can't all be tall, or blue eyed, or not-stubby-fingered. But we CAN all be healthy and fit.

What are your views on overweight people?