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Originally Posted by ssipes
Maybe the solution to your problem lies in your brain, not your thights -- as in unbrainwashing yourself out of thinking that a normal and healthy shape is "gross". It is not normal (for most women, anyway) to not have fat on the inner thighs.
I have to agree with Dani, if you are pining after your 18yro bod at 22, you are going to have a miserable life.
Sedonia
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On the surface I'd agree but I have to quibble a bit
, yes, I do, I can't help it.
There fat and there's fat. I don't think acceptance of being overweight or out of shape is such a good idea and I do think we've been kind of leaning in the direction of "every shape is beautiful" (on the fatter side) perhaps a bit too much. Striving to get your body in the best shape you can is not a bad thing as long as you are realistic about it. Being realistic requires some education about how the body works. Yes, it's true that a certain amount of fat is good but that % is actually a lot lower than most people are in the US and Canada these days.
I hear a lot of complaints that people are desiring to be skinnier and skinnier but I'm not really seeing that reflected in the general population or even in many of the "celebrities"; Marilyn Monroe (poor Marilyn, always hauled out for these discussions) is often touted as proof of how we've gotten skewed towards the skinny but if you actually look at her for most of her career she was a lot thinner and less in the chest and butt areas than many of the women touted to have great bods these days. Quoting sizes is really irrelevant because the sizes have changed. Lynda Carter, of years ago wonder woman fame was another who was said to be bigger and curvier, if you can get your hands on a pic of her in that outfit you'll see she was tiny compared to most celebs today.
OK, blathering now. All I'm saying is it's not necessarily a bad thing to work on body stuff that bugs ya, even if it's stuff that wouldn't bug anyone else, afterall we have to live in our own bodies.