I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number you get in a diamond...

Sam recently posted a blog about Beth Ditto, and how awesome she is because of her love of her body. I think about body image constantly, and what causes women to have such a hard time with it. Obviously health is important, but all of these women are healthy, beautiful, and bigger than a size 8.

I was in a store the other day, and heard parents ripping their daughter apart without even knowing that they were doing it. I can remember exactly how that felt; the dressing room as a young girl and nothing fitting correctly. Shannon just recently told me how she wrote into Yoplait, telling them that their commercial about real women wanting to lose weight by eating their yogurt absolutely disgusted her, because the "real women were all about a size 2.

I'm so done with feeling bad about myself and watching others feel the same way. I'm compelled to do something about this. I've yet to figure out what it is, but I want to make a difference in the lives of young women who are plagued by this.

Here's a little inspiration.
BEAUTIFUL women.




Jennifer Hudson



Mia Tyler



Sara Ramirez



Meghan McCain



Queen Latifah



Marilyn Monroe



Toccara



My personal favorite, Ms. Mae West...
"I never loved another person the way I loved myself."