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The reason why I started this thread is to hopefully convince a lot of the younger (sub 40 something) members who constantly complain about how hard it is to lose weight, or how its difficult to find time with kids to focus on health. Because if this woman can do it at her age, with all those kids, ANYONE can do it.
OP, my personal 2 cents on this is that if you'd wanted to motivate the people who struggle to lose weight, you could have chosen a more realistic goal. Most women who want to get in shape don't want to be body builders, and they don't want to look like the woman in the photo. That photo isn't realistic anyway, since that woman had to buy her boobs. If you truly want to help women, rather than posting your fave pin-up, pick a more average model, like actress Valerie Bertinelli, for example. She did an ad for Weight Watchers about 10 years ago, that showed her nice and slim in a bikini, after many years of being overweight/borderline obese (during which time she stayed out of the public eye completely). She was 40, and looked younger than her age, and great. That is something women can, and do, aspire to. Very few women aspire to looking muscular like a guy. They don't consider it attractive, and that type of distorted look is much harder to achieve, anyway. Women can relate more to what Bertinelli achieved.
OP, my personal 2 cents on this is that if you'd wanted to motivate the people who struggle to lose weight, you could have chosen a more realistic goal. Most women who want to get in shape don't want to be body builders, and they don't want to look like the woman in the photo. That photo isn't realistic anyway, since that woman had to buy her boobs. If you truly want to help women, rather than posting your fave pin-up, pick a more average model, like actress Valerie Bertinelli, for example. She did an ad for Weight Watchers about 10 years ago, that showed her nice and slim in a bikini, after many years of being overweight/borderline obese (during which time she stayed out of the public eye completely). She was 40, and looked younger than her age, and great. That is something women can, and do, aspire to. Very few women aspire to looking muscular like a guy. They don't consider it attractive, and that type of distorted look is much harder to achieve, anyway. Women can relate more to what Bertinelli achieved.
That's a really odd picture of Bertinelli because my first reaction on looking at her belly was that she was flabby. But she's also skinny enough that you can see her rib cage. I don't know what to make of it.
Her first time in a gym was at 30 years old and after she already had three kids. She rarely does cardio. This is all resistance training and proper eating.
40 is not that old, certainly not too old to see serious gains with relatively little effort. But why do resistance-heavy users feel the need to evangelize resistance and put down cardio with such zeal? I think they both have a place in any good workout regime, and also that too much of either can be a problem. In any case, if you find something that works really well for you, by all means do that, but why the need to preach it to others?
That's a really odd picture of Bertinelli because my first reaction on looking at her belly was that she was flabby. But she's also skinny enough that you can see her rib cage. I don't know what to make of it.
She could stand to lose another 5-10 lbs., but this would still be a great goal for overweight women. Some women's rib cages stand out more than others, too.
That's a really odd picture of Bertinelli because my first reaction on looking at her belly was that she was flabby. But she's also skinny enough that you can see her rib cage. I don't know what to make of it.
Flabby? Really? And people wonder where women get body image issues.
There is no great mystery or secret to being fit and a healthy weight. It takes discipline, including a healthy diet and consistent exercise, especially after 40. And it isn't easy and it isn't genetics. It is plain ol' work.
Flabby? Really? And people wonder where women get body image issues.
Don't worry, it's just a few people who say those sorts of things to make themselves feel more adequate. If more people understood that, their body image issues would be minimal regardless of what they see or hear.
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