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Author: Cora
Date: 07-02-02 22:34
Hey
I was walking around at the mall today, with my good friend, and I stopped in front of a mirror. I almost died. It was the most depressing sight that I had ever had to come across.
Well, not only was I depressed about the extra weight, but also the fact that my body type is completely awful. I am sure that you have no idea. I must have the worst body type in teh world. Seriously. It is not exactly pudgy, not at all skinny, slightly fatty and hal;f muscular. I look totally weird. I keep on thinking that sooner or later, as I slowly progress through out my work out routine, I will get not only a better body type (shape) but also a porportional body type. To me, I look totally out of porportion. It makes me want to cry sometimes. Becuase for some reason, I had a dream of wanting to someday be a model as a early teen. But it made me feel like I would never be able to fulfill this dream because of my type.
But then, I decided to sart exercising to see if there is any sort of change in the look and curves of my body. I can only hope.
Can weight loss and lean muscle make your body type and visual body type change completely? Can someone with such an awful type be lean, thin and pretty?
Thanks.
Cora
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Author: GymMachine
Date: 07-03-02 05:12
it doesnt atter what body shape u have now....if its lean and has some muscle 'tone' then it WILL look good...i have the same problem right now...i have muscle but am kinda soft looking still..it will fall into place how many people u see that have a bad body shape yet are still thin and toned?..it will come with time, just dont get put off..even if it takes years
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Author: Melanie
Date: 07-03-02 07:51
Cora,
If you are a teenager (you are 16, right?), your body is not yet fully formed. Many teenagers have awkward-looking bodies, and then they grow out of it by the time they are around 20.
The model types are NOT typical bodies. Many times they are below healthy weight. A model-type body is not something to strive for if you want to be healthy.
When someone loses weight and gains some muscle tone, their body will definately look more attractive, no matter what the body type is. So, yes, you should start healthy eating and exercise program, for its visual benefits, and most importantly for health benefits.
Melanie
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Author: Katie P
Date: 07-03-02 09:16
Well I know that exercise and diet changed my body to an extent, but some things just never change. I will always have big legs. They're sleek and muscular now rather than fat, but they're never going to be skinny little mini-skirt legs. I will always have muscular, shorter arms. I will never have waify little stick arms no matter how hard I try. I will always have a tendancy to put on weight as "love handles" so I have to stay thin or I look really fat through the middle.
I will never have big boobs - ok well maybe I will, but only a surgery and $6000 later. My eyes are too close together - even surgery can't change that!
But exercise and diet have made a big improvement in my body. I will NEVER look the way I would like to. I will never be 5'2" and 100 lbs. That's just now how I'm made and I'm getting to the point where I'm ok with that. We all have flaws. Most of us could never be models - models are freaks anyway.
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Author: julie
Date: 07-03-02 09:50
usually models dont look as good as models. They are airbrushed and computer enhanced (or dehanced for that matter) to look a certain way. Everyone one is beautiful and if YOU believe that about yourself ......others will SEE it. Trust me!
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Author: Michelle
Date: 07-04-02 07:44
You're still too young to really know what sort of body you'll end up with (its not called the clumsy years for nothing), so do not despair.
Anyway, most teenagers strive for that model-type body as an ideal. However, no matter how much a certain number of us diet and exercise, we will never reach that "ideal' simply because not everyone is genetically programmed to be built that way.
To be a bit technical about it, there are 4 general body types (the medical community enumerates three, but the fashion/fitness community names four - and as far as I'm concerned, the latter seems more useful in terms of body image perception):
1. The ruler - these are the long, lean, minimally curvaceous types, aka models, marathon runners and such. When they gain weight, its usually around the middle, and they usually have a hard time building up muscle bulk in their extremities.
2. The cone - or the apple as some people put it. These are the top-heavy people, who tend to gain weight and muscle more easily on the top half. These are the ones with even significant weight gain seems to have the perfect legs anyway.
3. The pear - reverse of the apple; a lot more common in women than men. These are the women with the great-condition arms even with the extra padding on the hips and thighs.
4. The hour-glass - curvaceous; gains weight and muscle with relative ease on all extremities and keeps the middle relatively lean; great for contact sports.
The general rule, though, whatever body type one might have is that the leaner one is, the better one looks. So all we can really do is try to be the best that we can be given what we have: eat right, exercise (maybe tailored according to body type - aka, pears should avoid exercises that will further muscle/bulk development in their lower bodies), learn to dress to put our best assets forward, etc.
We are only as good-looking as we perceive ourselves to be. As I often use as an example, Jennifer Lopez - everyone said she had too big of a butt to be really pretty. But instead of letting herself be put down, she got herself into a great shape and used her so-called disadvantage as an asset.
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