Is feeding tube now a bride’s best friend?

honeymoon and then some.

More importantly, instead of being happy and excited while planning their big day, these women are voluntarily spending their pre-wedding days attached to a feeding tube. And, while these brides are ostensibly losing weight to look great in their dress and blow their grooms away, I think most men would much rather prefer a healthy, happy bride over one who is pale and wan touting a tube up her nose. Sure, the wedding pictures might last a lifetime, but the wedding memories will last a lifetime as well. Is it worth losing 10 pounds to look back at your wedding only to remember the fatigue, embarrassment and doctor’s visits leading up to the event?

While the feeding tube diet is extreme, I hope it serves as a wake-up call for women everywhere across the country. Most of us wouldn’t opt for this diet, but we do participate in other body-shaming behavior. We skip meals and turn down dinner invitations with our friends, only to miss out on good times with our loved ones in an attempt to have a so-called perfect body.

We have to release ourselves from these unrealistic ideals that even supermodels can’t achieve without an airbrush. And, more importantly, we have to support each other and take ownership of our own insecurities. It’s not about him. He likes the curves you loathe. It’s about us. And only we have the power to change our attitudes.