I was reading the covers of the tabloids while at the grocery store today and there was one about a particular celebrity and how she stays in shape. Granted she has a great body, but I thought....Ok so you are a 40 year old actress with boat loads of money. Yes, you may work long and hard on your movies, but I am sure you are given time to workout. Then of course you have months if not years off since you made a ton on your last movie and can equip yourself with a big ol' home gym and pay an awesome trainer to whip you into shape. You probably don't have to hit wally world for groceries since you can pay top dollar for all organic this and that. And if motivation becomes and issue, you realize that being in awesome shape is your job which you get paid millions of dollars for and are suddenly motivated again. The picture was of her apparently jogging barefoot on the beach - more motivation there. But she was wearing white linen shorts and a tank top with what appeared to be a regular bra underneath...hmmm. Sorry Jen, I have seen pictures of you in a bathing suit, you need a jog bra and go get some running shorts. No, she wasn't running to workout there, maybe running from the photogs. You probably know who I am talking about and she didn't get that body running on the beach like that.
So why am I writing about this? I don't know, I guess since fitness is my business it irritates me when magazines make it seem like doing a couple exercises on the ball will get you there. Getting into and staying in shape is hard work. Especially for the average woman who is working and taking care of kids and the house and whatever else may be on her plate. The average woman who can't afford to buy all healthy organic food and put together a fantastically balanced meal every night. The average woman who at the end of the day may only have the time and energy left to get the family ready for the next day.
Oh yes, you may think, sure Dana easy for you to say when I have lost more weight than I gained when I was pregnant. Well I am fortunate that I get paid to workout at least a couple hours a week and several more hours I spend in the gym working other people out. On top of that I have either been given (genetically from my dad) or over the years developed one heck of a metabolism or the fact that the hours I am not working in the gym I rarely sit down. But with that said, I know that I am not typical and for most people it is a constant battle.
SO I guess I want to say, let's stop looking to these celebrities for the answers or for how we should look and get down to the business of making positive steps each day.
OK, getting off the soap box.
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I really, really wish I had appreciated how much easier it was for me before lupus. And yet at the same time I wish I didn't have such an all or nothing mentality... I want to look like the body on the beach and can't seem to accept any less. So after two weeks of working out and pain I haven't lost one pound and I am thisclose to saying screw it. But maybe I will put on a tshirt and run around barefoot since that seems to work :)
I think we all just need to be the best we can be and not try to look like an airbrushed model. And the ones that say they can eat whatever they want are lying.
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