Beauty defined?

In the society we live in, the word beauty is already defined for us. Our society perceives beauty as being skinny, fit, toned, etc, thus people would go to extreme measures to achieve this "beauty". All around us, in magazines and movies, we see tall and skinny models and thus we long to look like them. To achieve their "look" we can see people trying to lose weight. There are two ways to lose weight. The first way is losing weight, the healthy way and the second way is skipping meals, the dangerous way. The first one is what we should follow. Yes, we all want to look and feel good about ourselves, thus if shedding a few pounds is what we need to do then by all means go for it, but we should choose the healthy way. Eating sensibly and working out is all we need to do. Follow the food pyramid; eat the right size portions and make sure you drink lots of water. Healthy eating is not about following strict nutrition rules, staying unrealistically thin, or depriving yourself of the foods you love. Rather, it’s about feeling great, having more energy, and keeping yourself as healthy as possible. Choose the types of foods that improve your health and avoid the types of foods that raise your risk for such illnesses as heart disease, cancer, and diabetes. Expand your range of healthy choices to include a variety of delicious foods. Learn to use guidelines and tips for creating and maintaining a satisfying, healthy diet. Also keep a journal. Write down all the things you eat and the serving size, thus one would be able to know what and how much they are consuming. Exercising is an essential part, but do not go overboard on this. Work out at least 3 times a week for half an hour. Choose a workout that you feel is fun, that way you will actually want to keep on continuing with this, like riding your bike, dancing, swimming, playing soccer, etc. Despite saying all this, people tend to follow the wrong path. They are so obsessed in loosing weight, that they skip meals and eventually will starve themselves to get their desired "look". This will lead to serious eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia. In short, appearances are important but it is not the most important thing to a person, thus don’t be influenced so much on what society perceives beauty to be.  

Ipod mayhem!

As technology improves each day, things getting better and more advanced, teenagers are always trying to get their hands on the newest trend of software. From computers to phones, everything is on the go. It seems to me that the technology gadget which is always changing is the Ipod. Even if you feel you have finally got the latest ipod, wait a year and Apple will come out with another one even better than the previous one.

This is exactly what happened to me. I got my first ipod in 8^th grade and I was very excited about it, as it was the black ipod classic 30 gig. It was a terrific ipod but a half a year later they came out with the new 6^th generation ipod classic. It was lighter than the previous and its surface was made of material that was smudge resistant. Also when you turned it on, they had a better home screen. Of course I still liked my ipod but I wished it had the new features that came with the 6^th generation ipod. As new ipods came out like the itouch, I felt like I wanted a new ipod. Finally last year I bought the ipod touch. It is an amazing ipod that has a touch screen. Even though I got the new one, I learned my lesson that technology is something that no one can predict and it is always changing.

You might have recently seen the new ipods that apple has come out with. For the ipod classic, Apple has increased its memory to 120 gig. For the new ipod touch, they have included built in speakers. Lastly for the ipod nano they have an accelerometer which is very useful. Whenever you want to shuffle your music, you just give the ipod a shake and the music is shuffled. If you are thinking of buying a new ipod it is a really good time to buy one, but remember don’t be immersed in the idea of having the latest ipod. In short, my point is; don’t spend your entire time waiting for the next best ipod, instead be thankful you have one and remember despite all the new features that come with ipods, they all have their original use of listening to music.