Society has been setting unrealistic beauty and body standards for women for ages now. And over the past few decades, extreme diets became all the rage. When you search on YouTube, you will find innumerable videos on ‘How To Lose 10 Kgs in 10 Days’. But now many of us know how unhealthy such crash diets are.
But when a person of influence talks about how they lost an unhealthy amount of weight in a short span of time and seem to be very proud of doing so, it becomes a trigger for many others to do the same. And such was done by Kim Kardashian, who is one of the most followed personalities on social media.
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Kim set an unrealistic body standard a couple of years ago – a huge butt with a small waist, slender arms but fuller thighs. And now, in her recent Met Gala appearance, she spoke about losing 7 kgs in just 3 weeks to fit into her dress – the iconic dress which Marilyn Monroe wore back in 1962 to sing ‘Happy Birthday’ to former US President John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
To fit into the dress, Kim Kardashian reportedly followed the Atkins Diet to the tea. She cut off carbs and sugar completely for 3 weeks, wore a sauna suit twice a day, and ran on the treadmill.
“I did a strict Atkins diet. Strict, strict, strict. It was such a challenge, it was like a role, I was determined to fit it. I would wear a sauna suit twice a day, run on the treadmill, completely cut out all sugar and all carbs, and just eat the cleanest veggies and protein. I didn’t starve myself, but I was so strict,” she was quoted saying.
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However, many people online weren’t thrilled. They slammed her for openly talking about an unhealthy weight tactic when there are women out there suffering from weight and body-image issues. Have a look:
The fact that @KimKardashian, knowing the mass influence she has on humans around the world, would publicly announce, and “essentially encourage” rapid and dramatic weight loss for a “look”, is incredibly disappointing, extremely problematic, and ultimately really sad.
— Asia Ver (@AsiaVeryHawt) May 3, 2022
Idiot of the day award goes to Kim Kardashian for her dangerous and irresponsible comments about rapidly losing weight to wear a dress for five minutes. Promoting horrendously unhealthy behaviours and actually boasting about it? It's almost like she fully forgets she's a celeb
— 𝔎𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔢 (@KatieLouGordon) May 3, 2022
i know it’s not the first or the last time kim kardashian will talk about weight loss & body image in horrible ways but the video of her proudly saying she lost 16lbs in 3 weeks to fit into her met gala dress does not sit right w me. there’s no way to do that in any healthy way.
— cath (@cathalyse) May 3, 2022
@KimKardashian we live in such an unhealthy society that telling people how much weight you lost in a certain timeframe is about to make the diet industry have a hay-day
— madilyn (@MadisonYellow) May 3, 2022
Sorry but @KimKardashian has daughters and sons that will see her extreme weight loss methods and think that is normal. Not to mention her “fans”. Promoting dangerous unhealthy behaviour that will fuel ED sufferers. She is so tone deaf it’s unreal.
— Sel (@MancSel) May 3, 2022
Kim Kardashian in Marilyn Monroe’s dress was not iconic, more so disappointing. She looked beautiful, but she lost weight in such an unhealthy way to fit in, which is a horrible example — and Marilyn Monroe had much more of a positive impact 🥲
— Casey ❁ (@caseymarieq) May 3, 2022
Kim Kardashian’s comments on losing 16 pounds in 3 weeks are vile. Glorifying rapid weight loss when so many young women follow and admire her, no wonder eating disorders are rife. She should not be broadcasting it ever, let alone to her followers. #MetGala2022
— Rachel Murray (@raymurr614) May 3, 2022
i’m gonna say it and no one can change my mind:
fuck kim kardashian for deciding she NEEDED to wear a historical dress & then publicizing her extremely unhealthy weight loss to achieve that. the kardashians are already responsible for so many unhealthy beauty standards. fuck this— aly!! 💖 is STREAMING WD (TV) (@ninjaravioli7) May 3, 2022
Losing 16 pounds in three weeks is NOT HEALTHY. There is no healthy way to lose that much weight in that amount of time. That needs to be understood. Kim kardashian never misses a chance to gloat about weight loss that will further worsen the mental health of the fitness industry
— 𝔉𝔬𝔵 𝔤𝔬𝔡𝔡𝔢𝔰𝔰 (@sailorfox31) May 3, 2022
Kim Kardashian’s comments on losing 16 pounds in 3 weeks are vile. Glorifying rapid weight loss when so many young women follow and admire her, no wonder eating disorders are rife. She should not be broadcasting it ever, let alone to her followers. #MetGala2022
— Rachel Murray (@raymurr614) May 3, 2022
Do you agree with what these people have to say?