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Yeah, I read that. She did reference significant personal issues, but did not go into details as to what it was or how she handled it, except for her nutritional guidelines. She talks like someone who has been involved with 12 step recovery, even though she purposefully avoids the 12 step language, for her own description. I completely understand where she is coming from regarding the OCD/disordered eating, been there myself. In my experience, those issues can not be "controlled" with nutritional guidelines alone. I'm glad whatever she did, works for her. I've found that I had to get to the root of the issue before the "nutritional habits" can be successfully applied. White knuckling it only works for a short time.
If she had some type of eating/body image disorder, I can certainly see where her refusal to post pictures of her in a bikini, comes from.
it is funny how many posts there are on the issue. some people believe her and some people dont. i guess women who dont look good in a bikini take comfort in her rant since they can say "so what if i have a gut, im strong!" the rant doesnt make any sense to me. if she looked good shirtless (or as good as she thinks others expect her to look), she wouldnt be hiding it.
My opinion is that most people in commercial gyms go there for looks and vanity.
Caring about how you look doesn't make you vain anymore than wanting a nice suit, pair of shoes, hair cut, car, house, whatever.
You can want to change the way you look, without being obsessed with appearances. Unless you walk out the door looking like who gives a ****, you're just as vain as 99% of people who go to the gym. The regular old weekend warriors who just want to lose a few pounds, not get magazine cover ripped, not carry a couch up a flight of stairs by themselves. Just lose a few pounds, and feel a little stronger. Those are the people who keep Golds Gym in business.
And even if they did do it for looks, you act like looks don't matter. I mean, if you'll **** anything that moves, that's fine, but not most others. Not if you have a choice. Or confidence.
Caring about how you look doesn't make you vain anymore than wanting a nice suit, pair of shoes, hair cut, car, house, whatever.
You can want to change the way you look, without being obsessed with appearances. Unless you walk out the door looking like who gives a ****, you're just as vain as 99% of people who go to the gym. The regular old weekend warriors who just want to lose a few pounds, not get magazine cover ripped, not carry a couch up a flight of stairs by themselves. Just lose a few pounds, and feel a little stronger. Those are the people who keep Golds Gym in business.
And even if they did do it for looks, you act like looks don't matter. I mean, if you'll **** anything that moves, that's fine, but not most others. Not if you have a choice. Or confidence.
Fair. I may have implied that looks don't matter, but I did not mean to come across like that.
Let me re-phase. Most people go to the gym to improve their looks, which isn't necessarily a bad thing.
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