Why I Love Demi Lovato

Okay, so similar to The Big Bang Theory, I forgot to list Demi Lovato on my list of singers I love. Something to which I am very disappointed in myself for. How could I forget Demi Lovato??? I listen to her music all the time! I model my hair and style after her (a mix between her and Selena Gomez, but still). I'm disappointed in myself. So here's my list on why I love her so much!

1. Sonny With a Chance was a funny show sometimes. Yes, I used to be a Disney Channel nerd (I've amended my ways, no worries). But seriously, it was funny. I especially loved that Sonny's ringtone was of a cow mooing. Yep. I want that.

2. She can be a really good actor sometimes. I've never seen this full episode, but I have seen these clips I'm about to show you. She's very talented. It almost makes you want to cry for her.

3. I'm secretly addicted to this song. 

4. She's clumsy like me, and doesn't care. Love the 3rd time the best.

5. She's a wonderful role model. (look it's Demi with my other favorite person Ellen!)

6. I'm very much addicted to this song.

7. I love her hair and her style, very very much.

8. Not so long ago I suffered through many of the things that she did. We are so similar in ways that I do not wish to share on this blog. Demi Lovato is my hope. When I am suffering like she did, I follow what I've learned from her, to never give up. 

9. Camp Rock anyone? Anyone? Yeah me neither. It's just too cheesy you gotta laugh. And Joe's hair in this clip... too funny! And props to her for being a good singer, and for having a romantic moment onstage with her parents watching. :) 

10. She's younger than me (though I like to pretend we're the same age) and she's a role model for me. She's an inspiration to me. I think she's an incredible person. She's so strong and beautiful and has become incredibly successful. She is exactly who she wants to be and has pushed past all odds and trials to get where she is. If you can't congratulate her on that, you have little to no heart. 

--Kaylee

Distorted Perception

Ugh. So today the FLiP video I was supposed to do was called Optimal Fitness CST (chest, shoulders, triceps). It's a 90 minute video.... I gave up after 20 minutes. Seriously, I haven't worked out or done anything remotely active in months. So to bring myself to do a ninety minute workout doesn't seem pleasant, and proved to be too difficult for me. I did a bunch of crunches and push-ups afterwords to make myself feel better about myself, but it didn't really work.

Why is our society so focused on being thin? I had to teach a class on eating disorders and was shocked at all the facts.

"Up to 24 million people of all ages suffer from an eating disorder in the US"

....24 million in the US alone! And part of the reason why we're so obsessed with being thin is because of the celebrities being thrown at us on the covers of magazines! Something I learned while researching this though, was that those images are hardly ever real. In fact all magazines use photoshop.

Now I would say that Faith Hill looks great in either picture. So why do the magazine editors feel the need to make her arm slenderer? Our perception of beauty is severely distorted. I don't know if any of you saw the Dove videos that went around youtube. It showed a woman being transformed through makeup and photoshop until she was hardly herself anymore.

No wonder our perception of beauty is distorted.

Well I think all my readers are beautiful. In fact, I want my readers to come to me and say that they know they are beautiful. Because you all are. Sometimes it's just hard to admit it. That's kind of what the FLiP program is about. It promotes positive thinking. Tamera's goal with this program is to train you to think positively about your body. Every video, she's constantly tell you to smile through the pain, train your body to like what your doing. Although I couldn't finish the video today, these videos are made to help you feel better about yourself. Tamera's videos are a really good workout for someone feeling down on themselves. I think they are fun and you can feel that you're really working yourself! I suggest you check it out, because this...

...is in no way an accurate way to analyze your own body. You are beautiful, even without photoshop. http://tamjams.com/flip_start_with_happy

And just for the fun of it... let's end with a musical number!! :)

--Kaylee