Another Perspective on the “Ideal Body”
Doutzen Kroes, Jamie Eason…. I could post more pics of more women who inspire me, but these two are shining examples of what my “ideal body” is. Yes, these women are models. They are gorgeous women, but frankly that’s not what inspires me. These are women who very obviously work hard at looking the way they want to look. Not stick thin fashion models (well, Doutzen is a fashion model, but at 120 lbs, she’s definitely at the upper end of their size spectrum) these are beautiful, physically FIT women who OWN their workouts.
I don’t necessarily look at these women and think “I want to look like her,” though I can occasionally detect that thought somewhere in the back of my mind. :) What I think when I look at these pictures is, “Wow, I wonder what her workouts are like….” Whatever they’re doing to look their best might also help me look my best!
Hollywood’s and New York Fashion Week’s
standards of perfection are very different from my own, but I definitely have an image in my mind of the ideal body, and I’m determined to work hard until I’m as close to it as I can get myself.
I don’t want to fall into that trap of going to the mall or whatever, looking at the women around me and thinking, “I look average, I look like all these other women, so I must be ok.” What’s the fun in looking just like every one else? That is *not* what I’ve been working so hard for. Not that I need to feel “superior” or get extra attention, but I definitely believe looking my absolute best *does* boost my self-confidence which improves every aspect of life. 
After all, if you were building a house, you wouldn’t go to the run-down section of town looking for inspiration. If you have a medical question, you don’t ask someone who flunked out of medical school. And if you’re trying to get in shape, you don’t look at the women at the mall for inspiration. Find someone who is where you want to be and follow their example and learn from what they’ve done!
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I agree to a point, but I am cautious about looking at another person as motivation when our bodies are quite different and are not going to ever look the same. I find inspiration in more muscular, stronger looking women, so I know what you are saying. I love seeing a picture of a woman and thinking “She works hard” instead of “She must never eat to look like that.”
Yes, that’s EXACTLY where I’m coming from!
I also realize that no two bodies are ever the same. Even in the two pictures I posted above, the two women are quite different from each other. But both beautiful, muscular, and toned. I *am* motivated by the way they look, but more so by the work they put in to look that way.
i love bodies that are muscular too.. that is what i stive for..
and you read my last blog i let go of the so called ideal body image .. good blog
Thanks. I was just thinking, there are plenty of women out there who provide excellent examples of what we’re here striving for. I mean, MOST of us.
“Ideal” can mean different things to different people and I just wanted to share my personal ideal and my reasoning behind it.
I love this blog! Girl you are making me think too hard!
lol Nancy!
I mean, I just look at it like, if I wanted to be a dr, I’d want to find the best dr I could find and learn from HIM, not someone who couldn’t do it himself. You know? Getting in shape takes a lot of knowledge too, especially if you want to look great and do it right. Why not find a good role model for that too? 
By the way, Jamie’s started writing articles for Oxygen magazine, which I LOVE and totally recommend; great information and butt-kicking workouts that can mostly be done at home. 
intersting post girl the shorter blonde is certainly hot