Just want to give props to Colbie Caillat for her new video 'Try.'
Body image is an issue that 100% of my female friends have dealt with. I work out to eat because I love food more than just about anything and could never part from it. Sadly, I know way too many people who have tried, or are currently on, crazy extreme diets just to get thin. Heck, despite my obsession with eating, I've done a crazy thing or two (darn you hydroxycut and your mood swinging ways). And it's not just girls. Worse, many of these men and women look fantastic and are likely suffering from body dysmorphia. Sometimes I wonder if I deal with it too. I think we all probably do to some degree, at least at some point.
Colbie Caillat's 'Try' video shows various women singing the lyrics to her new song. The words are powerful: "When you're all alone, by yourself, do you like you? .... You don't have to try so hard. You don't have to bend until you break"
The women all start with copious amounts of makeup and through the course of the video, remove the weaves, the wigs, the make-up, etc. and are natural.
Okay don't get me wrong, I love make-up. I really, really love make-up. I love putting it on and experimenting.
The reason this song is so powerful is that it encourages people to like who they are, where they are, in the now. You don't have to be satisfied! You can always want more. That's where lifting comes in for me. But, just because I have goals for an improved me, doesn't mean I should dislike who I am in the process of getting there.
Food for thought. Thanks Colbie.
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