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[jumpinglegacy]

Today someone on my f-list posted about how she wants to lose her love handles so that she'll look good for the beach season. I responded with the following, and I wanted to share this with you gals as well

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[synj_munki]

Marina Wolf Ahad, founder of Big Moves dance company, recently posted a great article on Kate Harding's Shapely Prose:

28 Days to a Bikini MIND
http://kateharding.net/2008/05/20/guest-post-28-days-to-a-bikini-mind/

[jumpinglegacy]

Wow, that is probably the best post ever! I am SO passing that on to EVERYONE! Thank you so much for the link!!

[synj_munki]

yup. Shapely Prose, Junkfood Science, and Feministing are on my daily reading cycle against the B.S. offenders.

[walksbeauty]

This was GREAT!!! Thanks!

[xviragox]

That was kind of you. Cheers!

[walksbeauty]

Yay! We all need to embrace this attitude! Thank you!

[need_anoutlet]

That, and wearing a bathing suit that fits helps too.

[bigeyedphish]

Um...I disagree with you where you say "if you have 'love handles', it 's probably because that's the way your body is meant to be". Yeah you should love your body no matter what it's size and shape but just because you have love handles or are severely overweight doesn't mean that is the way you are supposed to be. Eating habits, exercising habits, etc are all factors that you can have control over. It's not good to just let your body do what it wants while you sit on your ass and eat whatever you want.

[belenen]

actually, 'love handles' ARE meant to be on some bodies. Not every body, but different bodies are different shapes, naturally, and love handles are not unhealthy, in and of themselves. 'Healthy' does not have one certain body shape. There are people who eat well and exercise and have love handles, just like there are people who eat well and exercise and are 'overweight' according to the charts. Healthy is in how you feel and what you can do, not in how you look.

[bigeyedphish]

Never said they did have to be all one specific shape. I just said not ALL body shapes are "how the body is supposed to be" or that all body shapes are healthy. While it is great to love your body how ever it looks, it doesn't necessarily mean you are healthy or shouldn't try to get in better shape (that doesn't necessarily mean lose weight).

[belenen]

I was referring specifically to the love handles. Some healthy body shapes include love handles.