jillybean
Cathlete
I have been thinking about this A LOT lately. I think that although there are common elements to lean bodies (exercise, clean eating, moderation) I think that the bottom line is - different things work differently for different people. For example, I have seen posts that say "I finally leaned out because I upped my cardio!" Another post that same day might say "I lost 7 lbs. by cutting my cardio!" I guess whenever I see a post about weight loss, I find compelled to follow what that forum member did exactly. However, I have to take about a million things into consideration. I am 5'7". Although I am not big-boned, I am zaftig (to put it nicely), hips, boobs, yadda yadda. I would have been popular in the 50's. Today I am considered chubby (and I would be the first one to call myself chubby). I have to focus on making my body the best it can be, not making my body into Cathe's or Aquajocks's, or Honeybunch's or Connie's (or many of my other heroes from this forum). Of course, I can strive to be as fit, positive, well-balanced and energetic as these ladies, but I will never have the genetic make-up of these ladies, so why should I try so hard to workout the exact same as them? Did this make sense? This all started when I read a particular post that referenced doing all of MIC as well as upperbody weight work all in the same workout. I automatically felt guilty because when I do MIC, that is all I do that day. Do the rest of you constantly compair yourself to other posters? Or is it just me?