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Five things a woman can't change about her body (without help anyway)

Posted on Jul 10th 2007 11:30AM by Tanya Ryno

Filed Under: Womens Health, Diet & Weight Loss, Fitness

Body image is a person's perception of his or her own physical appearance. When your body changes, so can the image of yourself ... the problem is that there are some things you just can't change with diet or exercise. So try to focus on something else and forget about these:

1. Your Knees: Knobby? Knock-kneed? Rather than focus on bones and tendons that you can't change, target the areas nearby that you can tweak, such as your calves and thighs.

2. Your Breast Size: Certain exercises -- and sometimes when you're pregnant -- you can get a little more lift or cleavage, but you can't trade up a cup (or more) without surgical assistance or a very good bra.

3. Your lips: Unless you're willing to subject yourself to needles and cosmetic fillers, your best bet is a little gloss and a smile.

4. Your overall body type: You're going to look better if you work with your shape rather than try to make it into someone else's. Don't try to get Gisele's body if you are 5'1"... she is 5'11".

5. The width of your hips: If you've got extra padding, that's one thing. But if you inherited your mother's curvy hips, embrace them, because they're here to stay.

Develop a positive body image, no matter what you were born with, and a healthy mental attitude is sure to follow.

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Tags: body image, BodyImage, breast size, BreastSize, hips, knees, lips, overall body type, OverallBodyType, positive body image, PositiveBodyImage

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Crabby McSlacker 7-10-2007 @ 3:03PM

I'm trying to imagine this article turned around: "Five things that a man just can't change about his body," and trying to picture men getting all worked up about it.

Not that some men don't obsess, but why are we women so hard on ourselves? Getting healthy should be the important thing, not worrying about how our knees look!

(For those of you who aren't totally sick of Crabby, her grouchy health blog is at http://crankyfitness.blogspot.com/)

looksbooks54 7-10-2007 @ 3:27PM

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Penny 7-10-2007 @ 3:41PM

I am just starting to love my curves as I realize this body is the one I was given and I have to make the best of it. I think we obsess over our body and everything else because somewhere we received the message that who we are is not good enough.

Just think, the people we compare ourselves to are often more insecure they we are. When you start to obsess just think of the positive aspects of having that trait...i.e. more fat more likely to survive longer in famine, big lips- everyone wants what you have, small breast- at least you can buy the cutest little bra...

Just my thoughts!

Allie 7-10-2007 @ 4:01PM

So long as you keep in healthy shape (the shape that's right for YOU), you should love and embrace your body exactly as it is made :)

Elizabeth 7-10-2007 @ 4:06PM

I love myself just the way I am. No amount of surgery can do one thing, change my attitude. A good attitude gives us confidence to appreciate ourselves and to do the best we can to help ourselves one day at a time. I love myself!!!!! You go, girls!!!!!!!!!!!

OLD GUY 7-10-2007 @ 4:47PM

IVE BEEN MARRIED TO MY HS SWEETHEART FOR 31 YEARS. THE LOVIN IS THE BEST YET, AND THE "CURVES" SHE HAS GAINED IN 30 YRS AND 3 BABIES HAS SEEMED TO MAKE HER MORE AH, ADVERTURESOME. YEAH, THATS THE RIGHT WORD.

JennySanFrancisco 7-10-2007 @ 4:51PM

Re: Comment #2 - You're right! When it comes to their own physical features, men seem to be concerned about hair and not much else. Hmm, I take that back--hair and penis size.

doc 7-10-2007 @ 6:48PM

Five things you can't change about the media:
1. They will always push the liberal agenda.
2. They will always prey upon the insecurities of women.
3. They will always cater to the male sex drive.
4. They will always champion the underdog and minorities, even when they are wrong.
5. They will always shine a bright light on that which most people would rather not see at all.

Big D 7-10-2007 @ 5:16PM

I couldn't agree more with all comments. After 3 incredibly difficult years, I lost all my curves. Yes, I am obsessed with getting SOME of it back but my attitude is positive, thank you, quite positive. Kudos to all of you.

J.B. 7-10-2007 @ 5:16PM

Yes number 7 is correct men's ONLY concern is their penis size. So sad, because there priorities are so screwy. women don't even care about that and yet they fret over
the size. Start dressing neat and attractive, smell good clean up your act, thats is what turns women on.

jan 7-10-2007 @ 7:37PM

Too bad men don't obsess about their big, fat guts(YUK)! And they all think they can get the playmate of the year no matter what they look like. If the media would stop playing into their male fantasy lives, the rest of us normal women, who by the way are not anorexic, bulemic, alcoholic crack whores, could just get on with our lives and be happy. Giselle probably can't stop looking in the mirror at herself!!!!

newte4 7-10-2007 @ 7:46PM

Needs to be repeated!!!!!!!!!!!!

10. Five things you can't change about the media:
1. They will always push the liberal agenda.
2. They will always prey upon the insecurities of women.
3. They will always cater to the male sex drive.
4. They will always champion the underdog and minorities, even when they are wrong.
5. They will always shine a bright light on that which most people would rather not see at all.

michele 7-10-2007 @ 9:28PM

I'm happy just to see a clean-shaven guy. I absolutely cannot stand that grungy stubble or those disgusting goatees. A well-groomed guy with clean neat hair and NO FACIAL FUZZ absolutely turns me on.

Kathy 7-10-2007 @ 9:38PM

Amen Jan! I think men sincerely believe they all should be living in a beer commercial. I lived in a complex where this man (big ugly gut and all) hung out at the pool every weekend just waiting for 20-somethings in bikinis to all run around the pool giggling and throwing beach balls at each other. Really! And finally moved because "he must have the wrong apt. complex." No idiot. You have the 'hey...Budweiser wouldn't lie to me' mind frame. And look down dude. Can you see your feet? No? Then lose the gut.