Being yourself

Most times when you watch a movie or flip through a magazine you usually see the same thing, a Caucasian woman that is tall with the perfect hair and the perfect body. The thing magazines and movies don't tell you is that most people in the world don't look like that, we are usually too curvy, too flat, or too short compared to the models. I'm here to tell you that skin color, height and weight are not the things that make us beautiful; it's your character that speaks.
Character is most commonly defined as the things we do when no one is looking and that definition is right on. You could be the most stunning girl to ever walk the planet but if you treat everyone around you like trash except for the filthy rich than you might as well be the ugliest thing most people have ever seen. Looks can distract people for awhile but unless you plan on moving every few months people are going to start catching on. But, if you are proud of how you look and you treat people with respect people are going to want to be around you.
Also, if you are tired of an aspect of your appearance don't run out and get cosmetic or weight loss surgery which makes the variety that our country is rich with will diminish very quickly. If you don't like how your hair looks anymore you can try a different shade or a different cut. I donated 12" of my hair to Locks of Love and I can't believe that I hadn't tried the pixie cut sooner. Most people at my school didn't even recognize me which was kind of fun. You could try wearing different jewelry, a new shirt, or try some new makeup as long as it still hold true to who you are. Never change who you are.

New Year's Resolutions

Well 2012 is only a few hours away so I thought I would write about New Year's Resolutions. Resolutions can be great ways to stay healthy or to get healthy, but they can also be very dangerous.
Here is a poplar resolution among teenage girls that can be good or bad depending on the person: dropping a dress size before prom.
This resolution can be very good for a girl because it can be a great motivator to get into shape, like the girls I have seen working out in my school's weight room after school. But it could also be very dangerous for girls because they could crash diet or contract another very serious eating disorder to get the body they want.
My advice is to cut back on junk food but to let yourself indulge every now and then. Along with eating right lift weights and go running, there are lots of good workout plans online if you look hard enough. If you are having problems getting motivated, challenge a friend of yours with the same resolution to see who can lose the most weight before prom.
But if you do challenge your friend make sure you set these simple ground rules: you have to lose the weight healthily which means eating healthier food and working out. No scary diets that only let you eat one baby carrot a day or anything like that!! If you follow these safe rules you should be able to find that perfect dress in a smaller size in no time!!

The Truth To Wisdom Teeth Removal

You always hear from your friends, "getting your wisdom teeth out is so painful!" But it actually isn't all that bad. I had mine out yesterday and the worst part about it was waking up afterwards and finding out my face was numb. The day after isn't to great because your mouth is sore but on the bright side you get to eat tons of ice cream!
If you are getting your wisdom teeth out in the near future or your just worried about it in general you can feel free to post a question or concern for me to answer. But remember, everyone exaggerates.

Changing for a Guy

Does he love me? Or love me not? We all pulled the petals of a flower and said those words in our childhood at least once. Now we think it when we walk by him in the hall, see his newest status updates, and late at night when we're falling asleep. We may be falling head-over-heels but we shouldn't change who we are just to try to get him to think the same things.
The first things we seem to always change for a guy is how we dress and how we put our makeup on. When you look in the mirror next time don't think, "Will he like this?" and instead think, "If he doesn't like this then there is something wrong with him!" If the guy doesn't already think you're beautiful, then he isn't worth your time.
The next thing we change is our attitude; becoming super girly or the biggest butthead in school. You'll either start giggling at everything he says (which gets REALLY annoying) or you'll start treating people like dirt just so he notices you. If he already like you, then the new you is going to be a MAJOR turnoff.
So, girls, here is the bottom line, either he does like you or he doesn't. If he doesn't, stop trying to change and start looking for a guy that is really worth your while.

Makeup tips

I know the most recurring thought in a teenage girl's mind is how does her makeup look? Is it running? Does it make her look like a Barbie doll, and so on. Here are my tips on how to make sure you always look your best.
1: Pick the right colors: Neon colors do not look good on anyone no matter who you are. If you want to use colors like blue or orange use light, pale shades so that it looks natural. If people are turning their heads to look at how bright your makeup is, it's not a good sign.
2: Don't use too much: Piling on eye shadow, mascara, or lipstick isn't helping you at all. Putting on too much makes you look like a clown or sometimes for sale. Highlighting your natural beauty and trying to look like circus folk is definitely not the same thing.
There are two most basic but important rules to applying your makeup: don't change your looks for a guy and remember to feel comfortable in your own skin.

What is Marijuana?

Marijuana is a very powerful drug that can literally mess with your head. Marijuana is a mixture of the hemp plant's dried stems, leaves, seeds, and flowers. There are around 400 different chemicals in this mix and some cause cancer. More teens get addicted to marujuana than any of the other illegal drugs combined and they also have a greater of developing depression in adulthood.
If that isn't enough to change your mind about experimenting with marijuana then read this, people who are addicted to marijuana are more likely to develop schizopherina and/or paranoia. Remember, there are many names for marijuana including grass, weed, pot, dope, and Mary Jane. Even with all these names you must remember that it is all the same drug and it will hurt you mentally and physically starting from your first joint.
My source for this post is www.abovetheinfluence.com

Sleep Depervation

Now that school has started up again and the homework is being piled on I know it's hard to find the time for the one thing our bodies need the most, sleep. When we are sleeping our body is restoring itself from the day before and preparing itself for the day ahead. Our minds are taking this period to calm down and sort things out. Without sleep our lives turn into utter chaos: your attention span shortens, your temper is much shorter, you lose interest in stuff you love, and your grades will go downhill. It doesn't help your apperance any either, (bags under you eyes). To stay feeling and looking healthy do yourself a favor and get some sleep!

Seat Belts

Today I'm going to give you a brief talk about seat belts. I know most people think they're dumb and useless. But I'm here to tell you otherwise. People who are in accidents without their seat belts on are more likely to be injured then someone who has theirs on. I rolled my pickup earlier today with my seat belt on and walked away from it. If I didn't have it on I might not have been so lucky.

Seat Bealts: They will save your life.

Tanning Dangers

I know that summer time is coming soon and lots of you girls are thinking about how pale winter has left their skin. But here's my advice for the day, "don't use tanning beds!" First off, they're extremely expensive; it would take more than your summer job to pay for just one month. Second, lying in the sun is safer than a tanning bed because their UV rays are way more extreme. Third, they make acne and bacne worse because they increase inflammation. Fourth and prehaps the most important, tanning beds are PROVEN to cause cancer. So if you want a tan do it the old fashioned way, the natural way.

Dating the Bad Boys

I know what most of us think of dating bad boys: danger, excitment, and adventure. But really it's fights, cheating, and broken hearts. Boys who live wild aren't faithful, have anger issues, and need to be in control. They won't respect you, they just want someone and they can have several girls at once. Just be wise, date someone who will care for YOU!!

Catching an Eating Disorder

I know what you’re thinking, “There’s no way to catch an eating disorder.” But the truth is that if you hangout with someone who has an eating disorder they can give it to you. If they don’t eat certain foods it will make you feel bad about eating it in front of them, if they only eat a certain amount of calories you could start too. You may still think it can’t happen to you but here’s how your judgment could be clouded: the thought of being judged. Not wanting to be thought badly of by your peers can lead to being just like them. Just remember: being yourself is all that matters and if someone doesn’t like it, well then it’s their fault for not seeing your beauty.

Peer Pressure

As a lot of you know the crime rate in the country is has been going up, but here’s something you may not know: the juvenile crime rate in the country has been going up dramatically. There are many reasons for this but there is one major one that I’m going to talk about: Peer Pressure.
Peer Pressure is when you don’t want to do something but others will make you, either by words or by force. Peer pressure with words is when people threaten to make up stories about you or tell your whole school you’re a chicken. Peer pressure by force is when they hit or shove you and threaten to do worse.
A lot people who suffer peer pressure will do what they’re told because they don’t want the stories to come out or don’t want to get hurt. But the truth is there is a way out, telling an adult even a teacher could get it stopped. If that doesn’t work, going to the police is the smartest thing to do. Another tip is to travel in numbers, they less likely to beat you up if you are with people. Remember, even though more kids are getting into trouble, you don’t have to be forced into it.

Dating Older Guys

I know that a lot of girls think it’s cool to date guys who are older than them, but there are always limits; I’m going to tell you what those limits are. Here’s limit number one: If he is talking about commitment when you’re not even in collage yet, he’s too old. Number two: If he is so much older than you that you sneak out to be together, he’s still too old. Number three is probably the most important: If he feels ready to have sex, he is defiantly too old.
I know that lots of girls think they can handle dating older guys but the truth is that many of them aren’t. They want to feel more mature but they can be downgraded by an older guy’s expectation. Another thing is that a lot of older guys will just use young girls for sex and for a sense of control. Here are places a guy will look to manipulate you: Work, Coffee Shops, and at stores. If you work with an older guy who says he likes you and to prove it he stalks you here’s what you do: tell your parents and your boss. If it’s any other situation you should still always tell your parents, they’ll help you more than anyone else. Remember, a year or two age difference is all that major unless he is in collage and your in high school, but never date anybody who could be mistaken for your father, because that’s just weird.

Girl's Dreams

A lot of girls look into a mirror and tell themselves that they will never reach their goal, and I’m here to say that all goals and dreams can be reached if you try. Many female celebrities are born famous, but many others had to try unbelievably hard to achieve their dreams. Take Cleopatra for instance, a young women who had to fight her own brother to win back her country.
Many of female winners of American Idol had to may have a popular parent but they had to bear the harsh judge’s comments. Jordin Sparks has a famous football player for a father but had to put up with a judge not liking how curvy she is. Plus, all the girls who auditioned for that show had to sing on national television, I don’t know about you but I think that would really hard.
Many women in the military had to get past the hard training, the sexist men, and leaving their families. I think women like Cleopatra and Jordin show us that in the past and present, women have been strong and have always followed their dreams.

Girl's Education

I’m reading a book called Three Cups of Tea, written by David Oliver Relin and Greg Mortenson and it is about Greg Mortenson. Greg built schools across the most remote regions of Pakistan and his schools let girls get an education. In the book he shows that in the Middle East lots of people think women should not be educated even though it says that they should in the Koran. While on a plane Greg sees a group of teenage Islamic girls dressed in their best clothes being herded around by men, those girls where sold to men to be prostitutes. Uneducated girls that were very beautiful were sold from their families and taken across the Middle East to have sex for money and then give the money to their masters. If the girls tried to run away, keep some of the money, or refused to have sex their punishments were either to be beaten or killed, even though lots of the girls died from severe beatings. Lots of these girls will or now have sexually transmitted diseases or have died from the man beating them during the sex. I think that all American girls who have or are getting their education should be thankful for their education and be sorry for the girls who where victims of this because they have no education.

Tobacco

Here is a horrible method of weight loss, what is it? It’s tobacco. Tobacco is a drug known far and wide, you’re probably asking yourself why girls would use tobacco and the answer can be plain and simple, weight loss. There is an ingredient in tobacco (that I do not know the name of) that can make you lose weight but there can be some deadly costs.
Those costs are, your appearance will be altered with things like hair loss, yellow fingernails, and wrinkly skin and your lungs will be filled with tar which makes almost impossible to breath, cancer, or emphysema, even death. If any of things happen to you, you’ll have pretty much have no chance of changing them back. Tobacco increases your chance of cancer in many places such as breasts, lungs, mouth, tongue, and in the bones. Cancer has no cure yet so if you get it you have to start treatment to slow the process if you can go 5 years without cancer cells showing up in your bloodstream you are considered cancer free. So the next you are in the grocery store or in a gas station and you walk by the cigarettes or chew remember that tobacco is a killer and you want to live to see 2009!

Crash Dieting

Do you know what always used to be talked about until pregnant stars stole the spotlight? Crash dieting. Crash dieting is driving teenage to starve themselves to lose weight.
Sometimes young girls think that a diet where you eat nothing, or very little, is fine because they just want the bodies some celebrities have. Then they end up in the hospital getting food from a tube, and they wonder why they lost so much weight and still look nothing like the pictures of stars. Here is the reason why; it’s called airbrushing.
Airbrushing is the tampering of people’s pictures so that a person looks taller and skinnier than they really are. The media is responsible for this and sometimes I wonder if the people who work for big-time magazines that airbrush the pictures realize the could be responsible for the next teenage girl that ends up in the ER. So next time you look at a magazine and see a picture of a beautiful celeb on the cover and you start to wish that you looked exactly like her, remember that we are all different and that you are beautiful just the way you are.

Teenage Pregnancy

The August 2008 edition of the magazine Cosmogirl has an article called “Pregnant on Purpose” written by Nancy Redd, and it has made me very worried. It says that 80% of teenage mothers are single parents and that only 1.5% of teen moms earn their college degree before they turn 30 years old.
But why are so many teen girls getting pregnant before they’re ready to support their babies? The answer could be very simple, Hollywood. More and more people are starting to think that teenage girls are copying what their favorite celebrities are doing, like getting pregnant at a very young age, such as Jamie Lynn Spears. They think acting like their favorite celebrities makes them cooler, but it is most likely ruining the chance to live the life and had all planned out for themselves.
But there could be another reason that girls are going out and becoming early mothers, boys. Some girls could be getting pregnant with their boyfriend so that he won’t dump them; it’s pretty much trying to hold the guy against his own will and that doesn’t always work. Sometimes the guy will get so scared that he will walk out or maybe he will propose and then you learn he’s not your type but since he’s the dad you feel forced to marry him.
I feel that some celebrities are trying to seem cool by having lots of kids, but the sad thing is I don’t think they know how much pressure the media is putting on girls. I think the media is glamorizing pregnancies so much that now girls need to get a reality check and realize that they aren’t millionaires with lots of nannies and designer maternity clothes and figure out the easy way like asking a parent that child birth is really hard. I think we should stop getting completely absorbed in stars’ lives because even though they make it seem so glamorous, usually it isn’t that way for us.

Welcome

Hello, I am a teenage girl, and I am on a mission to show you the pressure, stress, and even some of the emotions in a teenage girl's life. So come along with me and look through the eyes of a teenage girl.