(As a tall, thin and glistening woman walked by) "Oh, look at her. She's so skinny. She probably hasn't eaten since Clinton was president.""You know she's had work done — nobody could look that perfect without some help.""Listen to you talk! I would kill for your thighs.""Oh, please — look at these flabby things! And you're one to talk, Ms. Perfect Abs.""Perfect? Maybe perfectly awful."
These women looked amazing but, like many of us, they were so focused on their imperfections, they weren't seeing what I was seeing. And it's not just women who are hard on themselves. Men have their own issues too, as illustrated by this conversation between my husband and one of his buddies:
"Dude, I'm getting fat."
"Dude."
(Shrugging) "Let's go get a beer."
Whether you're a man or a woman, chances are you don't have the perfect body. Chances are even greater that you've done things to get the perfect body, such as leg lifts, crunches, squats, lunges, hours on the treadmill, hundreds of salads, thousands of glasses of water — all the while hoping that you'll finally get rid of those love handles or those chunky thighs.
What you've probably figured out is that all the exercise and dieting in the world may not be enough to achieve that perfection so many of us desire; we're still a product of our genes. The question then becomes, "How much can we really change and what do we do if we can't get that perfect body?"
How Much Can You Change Your Body?
We all approach our bodies differently. Some people scrutinize every detail to see what they have or haven't achieved. Others studiously avoid looking at themselves unless they absolutely have to. We see people at the gym or on the street and think, "Why can't I look like that?"
One reason is that many aspects of your body are determined by factors beyond your control, and that starts with your body type.
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