Beyond Bulimia

OK so I’m not supposed to take diet pills.  I’m not supposed to think about diet pills.  Diet pills and I are not friends. Diet pills bad.

 So why do they torment me?

I counted 17 commercials that promoted a diet pill of some sort, all promising to help you shed “Pounds of body fat!” in a two hour period (I work at home…TV’s background noise). 17 commercials for weight loss supplements in two hours.  And here’s the kicker…I was listening to preschool channels!!

In between ads for the newest Barbie Jeep on Playhouse Disney there were ads for Lipotrim or whatever its called.  Switching to PBS Kids didn’t make it any better.

I’m supposed to accept my body the way it is, something they taught in therapy.  To love the person you are in the body you have.  Well that would be much easier to do if commercials didn’t come on every 5 minutes asking questions like “Are you overweight?” “Do you have unsightly body weight?”  “Do you suffer from a slow metabolism?”.   All of which I answer with a fervent “Yes!”

And the before pictures these commercials use ALWAYS resemble my body much more than the after pictures do.  (I’m starting to think they digitally enhance those before pictures or something…)

So how in the hell am I supposed to avoid diet pills?!?!?

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