I'm just wondering in what weird universe is Tyra Banks considered "fat"?! That kind of attitude is really messing up young girls' minds and a lot of the eating disorders are a result of that.
Me, I have completely different body-image issues. I'm not likely to get an eating disorder, though. (Don't have to worry about that!) - I was more likely to obsessively save money for breast implants. (Had the surgery scheduled even! But my car broke down and I had to get a new car, which I'm glad it happened BEFORE and not AFTER! Since I wouldn't have had the money to get a new car after. And there are the problems with the implants themselves too...) Now I'm wanting to save money for liposuction - haven't heard anything bad about that. Yes, I could lose weight, but I wouldn't lose in the proportions I want to, so I want a little assistance to lose where I want to but not where I don't want to! (It's bad when there are parts you want to lose weight off of, parts you want to stay the same, and parts where you want to gain!)
I think exercise is good for everybody though. I mean, yes, it can be overdone too (I overtrained a bit when I was doing competitive speed walking - not because I was trying to lose weight but because I was trying to win races! I am a very competitive person and have to tone that down in order to save myself from injury!)
Actually, the competitiveness (and perfectionist) in me is a lot of the problem. I want to be THE BEST. I want to have the best body of any woman in the room (or the world, for that matter!) In academics, I want to be the top student. In athletics, I want to win every time. And I don't even want to concentrate on just one thing to strive to be the best - I want to be the best at everything! OK, I know it's impossible, but I'll still strive for that as much as I can, because that's just me. Fortunately I have toned this down some. I've had to in the athletics part because of the overtraining. Now I'm just out to have fun and get some exercise. I need to do that more though.
I just ordered a striptease workout DVD. That should be fun - a workout that will be sexy, too! :tongue: