broke Birmingham lost a whopping 170 pounds in four years and she wanted to
share her story with Shape magazine Elle magazine is known for weight loss
stories in response to motivate readers to get healthy and fit
and so she said magazine her before and after picture but she got a really weird
reply from shape
they told her hey you know what your after photo
shows you without a shirt on and unfortunately we can't publish it can
you please send us another photo
with your shirt on and she felt that it was a little questionable they did this
and she felt that she was trying to hide the truth about what extreme weight loss
really looks like
nothing a quick look at what the picture looks like you get an understanding
for why she thinks that shape decided to censor her and her picture
to left after the weight loss yeah okay
and it's just that's the leftovers him
which you know a lot of people don't think about of course and shape magazine
probably doesn't
what you think about when you try to lose weight and a
I don't know that look to to be fair to shape magazine
you rip I I'm think it might say something unacceptable out do you really
want people see a man
didn't do shape what people say no idea she
shape does not what people think yeah which is exactly why they decided not to
publish it
now they're of their rebuttal to all the criticism that they've been getting
was that they don't typically publish photos
a women without their shirts on after they lose the weight
but that's actually not true there's evidence indicating that they pose
plenty a before and after pictures
a women without their shirts on but as long as they
paper you know the conventional wisdom and the
beauty expectations that people want in society today
they'll be okay with publishing it but they don't publish something that looks
bad
and I think that there too reasons for that the first reason of course
is of course money right they don't want to publish something that might make
readers cranes that might make readers not want to look at it
so that there's that element to it but I think that there might actually be
an element of good intentions and so hear me out on that
I think that for people who are obese and they're trying to lose weight
I mean obviously that process is extremely difficult it's an uphill
battle
and then to know that after you finally get to that point where you're healthy
and you look good
you're gonna have all that excess skin you're gonna look that way I think some
other people have shaped think that it's gonna deter people
from going the extra mile losing the weight I think that that's their
mentality I don't think that's necessarily true but
they might worry about that nonetheless I think shape
should be honest with their readers and tell them with the reality is so where
will you
I'll shape guilty or not to run up to drop
no on
of course in session a look
as I look at that picture ever oh my god if I lose water weight among a lot like
that
you probably what you're going to have access kit so that sells disastrous
and so I can see shapes point like it's a little discouraging
by even ice warning that even in my in the back of my head I feel like
shape are losing although I'm there may be errors in banana cream pie or
something
I break and and so some people say looking in surgery and get that
taking care of the idea I don't want people don't have money for that surgery
it's considered a cosmetic procedures yellow health insurance wouldn't cover
it and it is cosmetic and look
much worry about losing weight is the hell ramifications you saving years your
life possible right so it's great that she did
and I don't get me wrong I love the woman who sent in the picture she lost
her in the first place
she wonder presented as it really years
so of course that's very clear I P so weird favor
I'm only real quick point on that how courageous is it up her to
blog about her journey and on top of it make that kind of picture public I think
there are women out there that would feel super uncomfortable with that so
you know I'm for free a woman
I would feel uncomfortable with that I would show my so we really like that and
and I'm just keepin it real is she is and I love for for you know I think it
takes a lotta
kar genetics did a great job in it and that's what it looks like and
people should know the truth right well now that would are you against
you know what shape magazine's doing here so I'm a little split on as you can
tell
those who just checked per se may seem not guilty man
now we may not wanna see I get it but different like shape
decided to do this in the first ones we've been conditioned we are you we
burger
look at that let's be honest and go um
I know that happened to black people don't because we don't show it now if
you want to change society and have us all
see what the reality is I don't think that should be a cosmetic procedure and
when someone does that kinda way
that should be part of what they get done just because thats
meanwhile I'll eat something like that are you sure should yeah I mean you
should get made a similar industries and and
and the way our system works to not let people do that
so for them to not wanna short it does I think maybe kinda just got some people
number two I don't think you might lose enough weight did you have that
I'm how it works Iowa shareholders yet but
yeah a lot 170 pounds I mean II a lot a way to lose
not quite that much I ag's
yeah I'm think guilty maybe the accom- the should read in
but me think and marketed differently like in a different page and add
have it as a featured maybe like this is a real
they will like a minute real sex video
yet some lame but I think this like maybe up with their integrity to help
I kinda like Anderson Cooper's her keep them honest
Yahoo as I should I think it a lot away Shape Magazine does a disservice to
people who want to lose weight
right because one of the hardest part about weight loss is how easily people
get discouraged right because it's not an easy process
healthy weight loss is usually like a couple pounds a week
maximum right and it's a long process that takes a lot of time crash site a
really bad for you
and then on top of that you see news magazine that pushes unrealistic
image what weight loss is so you see that models on the covers
you're gonna look like those models because you know what those models don't
even look like those models their Photoshop they look like that
so they're guilty on not be have fun on that point but then also what this point
out with the with the woman who lost the way
I have an issue with the fact that they lied to her right there
reasoning in their excuse was a complete another lot so I think they're guilty
for that
they do publish one without their shirts seems like they look super hot
exactly so they are guilty in that I saw a picture villa
they do got alright so I am you're going guilty than a slight yes
you know what I was so ready to vote not guilty because
seven magazine a do whatever they want with it if their free site missiles many
issues
home might are you but you guys for me man
amenable guilty because if your whole magazine is dedicated to weight loss
you could have been taking a big case you said to get a little sexually like
171 issue to say is what it actually looks like
otherwise that I'm you know that I'm concerned that it's all one big lie
great man in a mass in your put that on my cover and you gotta do that all the
time
give a little takes a reality now and so at world agree to
we love her for being brave and putting it out there we support her
but but in this case racks even gonna go ahead and vote
I guilty on shit well
sorry yet Manuel once that
slip of paper comes out it's official