Obsessed with My Body - C4 Documentary

First of allApologies for the radio silenceAnd for worrying youIt wasn't an intentional thing not to postBut I did feel the need to be quiet for a couple of daysThank you for your comments and emails of concern I am back....
I watched a show last night called Obsessed with my bodyIt was a documentary about vanity in malesAnd the explosion in fitness and health among young menIn the documentary Various young guys were interviewedThe camera followed one guy as he went about his daily routineSpa treatments Followed by a hair doDuring which the hairdresser asked him if he was going out that nightThe guy said he wasn't That he was just going home to try n clothesHe admitted to taking hundreds of selfies a day And posted the ones he deemed good enough on social media During the documentary This guy went back to his home town to see his family He showed us his old schoolWhere he used to be bullied mercilessly His nose had been broken Twice It soon became clear That bubbling under the surface of this guys vanity Was a lot of hurt A lot of painAnd insecurity He admitted that he used his looks as a shield And seemed afraid to let anyone see the real himHe broke down in tears as he told us about his brother who had drowned My heart went out to him
The documentary also followed the huge fitness craze amongst men at the moment We were introduced to two cousins Who were in the process of trying to build  up a fitness empire on YouTube They have 8000 followersAnd post inspiring videosThey were both in amazing shapeYou can't deny that And they seemed like nice guys I just don't think it's healthy to put so much focus and emphises on looks
Then there was 16 year old DuncanDuncan was from ScotlandA body builder We followed his story as he was competing in his first body building competition He worked hard at his fitnessAnd on the day of the competition He went to get his fake tan done The results were hilarious He was literally the color of mahoganyBut apparently they need to be dark while on stage So the lights pick up the definition on the body
The last guy who was interviewedSpoke about his battle with anorexiaAfter some cruelComments from a class mate about his weightThis young guy stopped eating And lost 35 pounds in 3 months He is now weight restored And on the mend But it's taken blood, sweat and tears to get there 
I thought this documentary was eye opening Like a lot of people doIt's easy to forget that men worry about their bodies tooI think in my four years here on bloggerI have only ever come across one make blogger Who has since disappeared This also bears out in treatment Although the documentary stated that last year, 300 000 males in the UK were treated for eating disordersIn all my time in treatment I only ever met one maleAs hard as it is to be a female with an EDI fear it must be even more difficult to be a make suffering with an EDEDs are historically seen a rich white girls diseaseOf course this is a stereotypeAnd categorically untrue EDs do not discriminate And can effect anyone Any race Any gender Any ageIt can happen to anyone No one is immune
A big craze at the moment is fitnessIt's everywhere All over social media In magazines TV shows In this country There is a show called Operation TransformationWhere six members of the public try to change their lives by losing weight and getting fit And at the moment there is a noticeable increase in the amount of people out walking and running The shops are full of active wear clothingThere is also a campaign here to try as a nation to lose one million pounds Now I'm all for getting fit and healthy But there is a line A very fine line Where if you cross itYou become obsessed with itIt used to be mostly women who felt the pressure to tone upBut now it seems that men have the same, if not more pressure, on their shoulders Where males are concerned It seems it is the bigger the better Where as we girls seem to buy in to the idea that small is bestIt's the thing that unites both men and womenWe want to look out bestAnd our image has never been so important Because we put our lives on line for all to seeOn FacebookInstagramTwitterIt seems that something didn't really happen Unless it was captured on camera And posted on Facebook 
They say a person makes up their mind about someone in secondsWe assess others in jig timeTheir appearance Their body languageTheir hairTheir clothesWe decide if they are some one we want to knowIf we are attracted to them If we don't like themAnd all before even speaking to someoneEverything is visual nowadays We take photos of everythingOur foodOur pets Our childrenOur holidays Our outfits And we all look at everyone else's photos tooIn a kind of a 'who has the best life?'competition 
When I was in rehab for the first time There was a pro boxerWho got obvious reasons I will call The BoxerHe was bulimic And felt massive pressure to make weightI can remember him at meal timesHe would eat his own foodAnd anything you left on your plateHe was also a cocaine addictAnd came in to treatment very thinAlmost doubled his body weight in four months I wonder how he is now
I think that images of models and very thin actresses and celebrities can exacerbate an EDBut I don't think they cause one solely by themselvesI think there are many factors that contribute towards someone developing an ED
With all that saidI was wondering about youHave you come across many males in the ED world?Was their experience different to ours?Why do you think that we don't hear from a lot of men here on blogger?Inquiring mind want to know....