Sally's World

My husband has a fast metabolism, he doesn’t gain weight, he is fit and healthy and can run 5k with barely breaking a sweat, he plays football, and even though he eats like a horse, and is in his forties, he’s still trim. Bloody sickening really…I hope it catches up with him one day, just so maybe he’ll throw a bit of empathy my way.

Well, I’ve been having a moan about gaining some weight and said I thought I’d join a gym, maybe slimming world or weight watchers!!!

My darling husband said “you don’t need all that.”

Naturally I smiled, thinking he was telling me I was fine as I was, I waited, wide eyed for a compliment on my lovely body…until….

“No, you don’t need to spend money on all that rubbish, you just need someone to stand behind you and scream RUN!”

"And perhaps cut down on the cakes," he added in case the last blow didn't score a direct hit!

Wow, now I feel really great about myself!!! NOT!

Better get those running shoes!

If kate Winslet looks at herself in the mirror and thinks she’s fat, what hope have the rest of us got. Okay so she’s not the thinnest of all the stars…but that’s a good thing. She’s one of the few who actually look healthy.

Kate states, “I feel fat and unhappy sometimes. As a young girl, I never felt attractive. I was fat and unhappy at times and that kind of thinking stays with you your entire life. There's always going to be a part of me that worries about not looking as slim as other actresses."

I know we are all self critical, there is undoubtedly some part of us we might like a little different, a bit flatter, a bit smaller, a bit slimmer. But to suggest that she is fat is a little over the top.
My daughter saw the report and said “she’s not fat though is she mum?”
“NO!” me and her dad said.

As grownups we can see it, but as a fourteen year old, impressionable child, I fear my daughter is going to pay more attention to what stars say. I’m very careful not to make derogative comments about my own body in front of my daughter, we tell her how people come in all shapes and sizes, and as long as you’re healthy, it doesn’t matter if you’re a size six or a size sixteen.

And we can’t stress enough to the kids that it is important not to compare yourself to other people.

But I remember being fourteen and fifteen, and I have no false illusions about my children thinking I know better than Victoria Beckham or Angelina Joley!

I was a little disappointed when I read the interview, because Kate Winslet is one of the ones that always seemed down to earth and less worried about her weight and image than most.

I know some of you are going to argue that by saying this it shows people that we look better than we think, and that we sometimes have a false self image. But my daughter, her friends, my nieces and goddaughters all got the same message from it...you have to be ultra thin to be glamorous!

And quite frankly, if kate's fat, I'm a whale!