Fitness/Self-Image Post

[threadwalker]

I got my digest from USA Triathlon and found the following article. It's about athletes with body-image issues written by a sports dietician. I found it interesting to imagine athletes who think they have to lose weight. It also discusses why we think we are fat and sums up a lot of my thoughts a lot better than I can.

Mostly I'm still bemused over people who are probably quite healthy and inside their BMI, but who are unhappy with their weight. Just reinforces that happiness comes from inside, not outside, and weight-loss is not the magic stroke that creates self-confidence or feelings of security.

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/cms/article-detail.asp?articleid=1665

Comments

[lifeofglamour.livejournal.com]

Nice article! I like the dog breed analogy. :-)

[dame-cordelia.livejournal.com]

Good article. The author is right that we shouldn't spend a lot of energy comparing ourselves with others.

I do like the shape I'm currently in better than the shape I was in a year ago, but that's quite different.

[thread-walker.livejournal.com]

"To compare is to despair" that one stuck with me

[fighter-chick.livejournal.com]

Yupper. It's all about what you think of yourself. I'm halfway through a week with my eensy-tiny mother, who has commented every day that she's "got a weight problem." Which she does, in the sense that she has a problem with her weight. She's perfectly healthy, and her BMI is well within normal range. But she's thought she was fat since she was 31 years old, and it's a habit and a comfort zone now. Sigh.

Disturbing...

[dakini-bones.livejournal.com]

But they are no more insulated from out misogynist culture than the Barbie-bimbo types.