Losing weight

If I could explain to you,
how much I rely on your support,
would you continue to hurt yourself,
and watch my face contort?

Maybe if I showed you,
that I could die without you...

If you could even fathom,
the pain I'm in...

But nothing I say,
has any effect.
You could go either way,
I do expect.

But maybe if I told you,
that your pain wounded me...

If something I said,
showed you what you REALLY mean to me...

If your belt fit your pants,
then you might have a chance,
but nothing you eat,
has meaning.

I know this.
You know this.
It's killing us both.

Values as shallow as the billboards we proclaim them on
All bright colors and glossy smiles
So happy! So fun! Superficially
That's all that matters.
Look at their faces.
Don't you wish your life was that good?

Beauty's only skin deep, people say
But so often
It's only skin that matters anyway
Superficial, yes
But how much of our lives is not?

Work so hard to get so thin

Wheat
Egg plant
Ina beans
Green Bean
Hungarian Rice
Tasty Weat

Weightless

By Blaise Gervais
Burlington High School, Grade 9

The drops slide down my body
Salt mingling with the pure, honest streams of life
They weave together sliding over the scars,
Of sorrow imprinted on my skin,
Washing away the blemishes
of guilt and regret.

As the water slithers
Like silvery snakes through my scalp
It tickles the nape of my neck

The Big Fat Lie

By Caitlyn Reilly
Dover School, Grade 6

Some people think that being skinny is the only way to be popular and have friends. That is the big fat lie. being overweight isn't the end of the world. It's not like if you are 1 pound over you'll be an outcast. So for all those girls who think that being overweight is the worst possible thing, It's not. It's the big fat lie!

Some people think that being skinny is the only way to be popular and have fiends. That is the big fat lie. being overweight isn't the end of the world. It's not like if you are 1 pound over you'll be an outcast. So for all those girls who think that being overweight is the worst possible thing, It's not. It's the big fat lie!

Some people think that being skinny is the only way to be popular and have fiends. That is the big fat lie. being overweight isn't the end of the world. It's not like if you are 1 pound over you'll be an outcast. So for all those girls who think that being overweight is the worst possible thing, It's not. It's the big fat lie!

Some people think that being skinny is the only way to be popular and have fiends. That is the big fat lie. being overweight isn't the end of the world. It's not like if you are 1 pound over you'll be an outcast. So for all those girls who think that being overweight is the worst possible thing, It's not. It's the big fat lie!

Losing Weight

By Lydia Garland
Dummerston School, Grade 7

Losing Weight

The pressure today to become skinny is too great.

Girls feel like they need to do anything to be popular.
I would know; I used to be one of them.
According to some schools, you need at least these three things to become popular:
1. You have to have the "I'm so much better than you, so why bother trying" attitude.
2. You have to have the popular football boyfriend.
3. And you MUST have the Look, and a lot of girls don't have it.

Losing Weight

By Kelsey Johnson
Hartford High School, Grade 10

Girls feel like they need to do anything to be popular.
I would know; I used to be one of them.

According to some schools, you need at least these three things to become popular:
1. You have to have the "I'm so much better than you, so why bother trying" attitude.
2. You have to have the popular football boyfriend.

Ultimate Weight Loss

By Eli Millman
Fairfield Center School, Grade 8

When I say “losing weight” what is the first thing you think of? I am willing to bet you think of FAT. Whether it is starving yourself, exercising like mad, or diet pills, you think of excess blubber.

Her Empty State

By Chloe Dickinson
Woodstock Union High School, Grade 10

Reflection

By Chelsea Lumbra
Fairfield Center School, Grade 8

When you look at your reflection, what do you see?
Do you see perfection
And smile with glee?

Or, do you make yourself throw up, day after day
Wanting to be thin
Thinking it’s the only way?

Do you workout to no end?
Every chance that you get, doing push-ups and crunches
Hours in the weight room do you spend?

Weightless in Motion

By Samantha Burns
Fairfield Center School, Grade 8

Pressure builds up
Can’t break it down
Overflowing the full cup
Turn it around
Look back
Look back
Look back
And smile
At the tracks
You’ve laid for miles
Tears released from your eyes
Weightless emotion
You’re free
Now fly