Believe it or not, there was a time when the fuller you looked the more beautiful you were perceived to be.
During the Renaissance for instance, obesity was seen as a symbol of wealth, as only the very rich had the money to eat their fill.
Renaissance painters such as Renoir and Rubens have even immortalized such beauty in their paintings of voluptuous women portrayed in such elegance that even the people of today could not deny their beauty.
But this cannot be said for today.
Today magazines are covered with women who look like they haven't eaten in ages.
Their long limbs and high cheekbones are further accentuated by their physique.
They are the picture of beauty and women have been trying to recreate that look with drastic weight loss measures ever since these waif-like creatures have graced the pages of fashion magazines.
Being skinny is beautiful because it is a form of extremity that is hard to achieve.
It represents health and discipline in a time when a glass of soda contains more sugar then your average candy bar.
Weight loss has never been sexier.
It is exactly the opposite of how it was during the Renaissance.
People during that time didn't have enough money to eat.
Nowadays people don't have enough money for liposuction.
Because food is so readily available, so delicious and relatively cheaper the only thing that stops you from eating your fill is discipline.
It is basic human nature to want what we can't have.
Weight is no exception.