MY OPINION

I was reading a national paper last night, and there was an article about an online squabble between Tess Holliday and Piers Morgan.

Now I don't know either of them of course, but it struck a cord with me... cos as ya all know, I've been morbidly obese.

Piers was aghast that a famous magazine was 'celebrating' how amazing/awesome/inspirational a Plus Sized model by the name of Tess Holliday was.

Piers Morgan thought the exact opposite, and he went online to voice his views.

ABOVE: This was the front cover photo in Cosmopolitan magazine.

Now, I sure in hell don't think she's inspiring at all.

Lovely that she thinks she's all that, and is 'happy' with her body. 

But get real!

I've been there, I've felt how goddam horrible it is to be big!  There's NOTHING lovely about it at all.  And as Piers has said, it's NOT healthy.

It's not projecting a healthy physique at all.

Below is an excerpt from the discussion:


Piers: This is very sad,' I tweeted. 'She badly needs better friends, who are going to be more honest with her and explain she is dangerously overweight and should do something about it.'

You replied: (Tess Holliday) ...'The last 2 weeks you've been obsessed with me. Makes me feel like you're almost into thicker girls & too afraid to admit it.'

Piers: OK, well first, I love women of all shapes and sizes.

Second, I'm not obsessed with you, I'm worried about you.

We can keep having a pop at each other on Twitter, and fuel the supposed 'feud' between us.

But ultimately, I'm not criticising you for a bit of social media fun or to score a few cheap points at your expense.

I'm doing it because I genuinely feel you are promoting a very dangerous message, and because I am genuinely concerned that your own life will be in danger if you continue down this path.

If your own friends are telling you that you look 'damn good' in a photo that is so obviously deeply unflattering, then as I said, you need better friends.

A real friend would be telling you what I am telling you.

Tess, the most inspirational thing you could do right now is start to LOSE weight, not put even more on.

Imagine what a powerful message it would send to the millions of other Americans with morbid obesity if you could do what Tom Watson has done?

The bottom line is that there's nothing remotely powerful or inspiring about a 5ft 3in person breaking the scales at 300lbs.

It's just a guaranteed pathway to sickness, misery and possible death.

So I urge you to stop pretending your body is radiating some great 'positive image' to the world.

It's not.

Wake up, shape up and be the brilliant role model you COULD be if you just stopped listening to those fools who want to celebrate your morbid obesity.

You can do it, and I will be the first to salute, and celebrate you if you do.

Kind regards

Piers."

ABOVE:  There is NOTHING healthy about this girl's body!

And NO ONE can tell me she's 100% happy in her own skin.  I know the misery associated with being so big your life is impacted by it at every turn.

It's all very well being 'politically correct' and not voicing your honest opinion, but today... I decided to put my head on the chopping block.

And I suppose that's where I'll stop.  I just wanted to comment on this, cos it touched me personally.

Today we are expecting Steve, Bex and the kids later on in the day.  

Lacy is going to visit tomorrow to see everyone.

Fingers crossed that goes well, Keera hasn't seen Lacy in over a year.

I'm going to get the housework done first thing this morning, then do more sewing.  I want to have a really good stash of soft toys made,  before the three markets I have booked to attend in October.

ONWARD...

ABOVE:  Dog Number 4 done.
On to the next one!

Well!  I'm very surprised on one has shot me down in flames for my opinion on 'Morbidly Obese' models!
Relieved to say the least.

It's been a busy day so far, I've washed and hung outside a total of 4 loads of washing, and done sewing in between.

ABOVE:  I have 5 dolls on the go right now... and hope to have at least one or two finished by the end of the day.

Stew has been flat out in the garden all day!
He's pruned our side of the hedges, with hand clippers as our electric hedge trimmer is dead.
He's also pruned the two olive trees...

ABOVE:  They were far too high, and dense.  So he's given them a good chop back.  I wanted to chop one of them down completely, but he wasn't in favour of that option.

He's now doing some weeding before mowing the lawns.  Poor man, it's such a big section to keep tidy!  

But we do love it.

Steve, Bex and the kids should be here soon, when they arrive I will stop working in the sewing room and take a break and spend time with them.

Family have arrived, it's suddenly noisy!  And I love it.
We have ordered fish 'n' chips for dinner, cos we have both been busy all day.

I'm going to sign off for the night now... catch ya tomorrow.