HereWeStand wrote:I'd love to see a world where LGBT+ representation doesn't have to be a thing because characters are naturally varied and their personalities don't revolve around their identities/orientations. Like, someone could be anything but the plot doesn't touch it because it's not considered a big deal. Eh, maybe in the distant future once we've gone past this social stigma of LGBT+ people.
This. Unfortunately, it still seems early until this happens, but thankfully, LGBT characters are becoming more and more represented on screen as years pass by. However, the treatment they receive seems to create a "death/unfortunate pattern" that doesn't do them justice nor equals them to a "regular character".
I was overweight until two years ago, I'm about 5'5, weighed 168 at my maximum and now I'm around 125. I lost it all by seriously exercising (I would walk to and fro the gym, and when you included the hour I spent on the machinery I was burning about 800+ calories), but also keeping in mind what I ate. I don't really believe in diets but I do think calorie counting can help if you aren't too serious about it...that's when it gets dangerous. If you keep in mind that you have to burn 3,300 calories to lose 1 pound (which is a pretty good weekly goal), then you can work it from there. As long as you don't exceed between 1,200-1,400 calories a day and exercise for at least an hour, you can shift quite a good amount of weight. Right now I only eat about 1,300 calories a day and I make sure that when I exercise, I burn at least 750 calories. That helps me maintain the weight I have and I only do it for five days a week.
The journey to seeing yourself for who you really are always comes from within, but it's foolish to deny the fact that you want outward acceptance from others, for them to see you as who you want to be seen as. A lot of self-acceptance comes from actually looking the way you feel you should, not just