I think it is fabulous! Plus size should be called real size. Though she is still a model, exceptionally proportioned and beautiful, she is a much better role model to women and girls. This link below shows many studies in detail of how after looking at fashion models in magazine and other media who are traditionally 20-30 percent underweight causes depression in women.

underweighthttp://healthpsych.psy.vanderbilt.edu/media_and_body_image.htm

The saddest thing is how much time women spend worrying about their bodies. If we could harness this energy and unfortunate angst, think of the happiness and things would accomplish! Being overweight or obese might cause health problems but accepting and loving your body just the way it is brings mental wellness and does not preclude you from exercising a little more and eating a little less if that is goal. Because that is all it really takes, a hundred calories less in food and a hundred calories more in exercise and you would see a difference. It is shift and lifetime commitment, diets don't work!

If you feel good about yourself you actually will eat less. How many times have you eaten in despair because you felt fat? Do you find yourself saying, “To hell with it, I am fat already, I am going to eat!” I know I am not alone here.

It is about acceptance. We live in a world where high- fat, large portions of food are literally shoved down our throats and this is juxtaposed with all these images of "super thin" beauty. It is a set-up for depression.

It always s amazes me that we get so excited seeing a beautiful women naked with a perfect body that does not look like a concentration victim. Here is to you Lizzie, thanks for taking off your clothes! And all the other women out there just love your body!

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