I, of course stated my opinion on this thread and it was as follows: "I am happy with my body. With that being said, I can still strive to improve it, but that does not mean I am not happy with it. On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being the highest and the most happy, I am not at a 10. I would say I am at an 8. There is no one I look at and say "this person has a perfect body" who I would rate a 10, and I would want her body. Now I would say that I wouldn't mind having abs like Gina Aliotti (pro figure competitor), but I would not want her body because I am happy with mine. I think it's just natural to try to be better and improve, whether it's with fitness or other aspects of your life. I think about it as an athlete and my sport is Figure Competitions. I am competing to better myself. Of course I want to win first place, but the sport is so subjective that I am happy when I see from year to year I make improvements. Great athletes like Tiger Woods, Michael Phelps or Michael Jordon don't stop practicing and say "well I am the best and there is no room for improvement".
Maybe it's the people with the low self esteem who feel that they cannot attain a goal (losing weight or whatever) who do give up and then try to make people who are trying to better themselves give up on their goals?
Finally, I love working out, and I feel great after working out, so even if I wasn't competing I would workout. I've workout my entire and I have eaten healthy my entire life and I don't feel that I am missing out on anything!
Several other members responded, and it was alarming to find some women who were not only unhappy with their bodies, but envied the anorexic skinny bodies of celebrities. Someone actually posted that she thought Allegra Versace had a nice figure. I had no idea what Allegra Versace looked liked but for those like me who don't know, I've attached is a pic.
It's unfortunate when someone can see this picture and say that they wouldn't mind looking like that! I've met too many women who have told me that at they had an eating disorder. My mom's friend's daughter died recently of anorexia and it's so sad to see someone die this way.
I am lucky to state that I have never had an eating disorder, I've always appreciated the more athletic physique with muscle tone, maybe one of the reasons is when I was growing up, I hated when people told me I was skinny. I've met several people who when I've mentioned that I lift weights their comments often are "you don't want too much muscles, you will look like a man"! I never known how to respond to this? I have been lifting weights for years (yes more than 5 pound dumbbells), and I don't think I look manly. Isn't it interesting that it's perfectly okay for someone to say "you look too muscular and like a man" yet when someone is so skinny to the point that they look anorexia or obese that no one says a thing to them?
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