Thoughts on LIfestyle Change

As much as I am a fan of unusual success, the idea that winning, or losing in the case of weight loss, is an unusual or unique result, is unattractive. In 2010 when most of our readership is wealthy beyond belief of previous generations, how can we still see success as out of the ordinary?

Weight issues reflect a degree of thriving as a society far beyond prior world expectation or belief. This challenges us to 'see' weight balance and perceived body image, as well as health, in a different light. This is new to most of us. Our social history and family have not yet fully abandoned the idea of abundance in this world as it is today, meaning food and lack of exercise, as marks of success.

The upper classes have known the distinction for some time. The former Duchess of Windsor was famous for her saying that you can never be too rich or too thin. The new celebrity class embraces this image and just as success in other arenas are admired as 'unearned' so this is the case for women. As with airbrushed cover shots and body doubles for film, the body of choice in this era is still generally presented as a natural attribute except for the wave of reality weight loss shows and celebrity where much of the process is spelled out.

This is important: obsessing with every detail will not make you a star just another person on the weight loss circuit.

The desire to 'reveal' how it is done is not actually helping that much. Success comes from knowing where you want to end up, as in a great life that is not focused on continuing to obsess about weight issues.

Have you noticed how someone say Jennifer Hawkins as an example, starts as a pretty girl with potential and with each day of attention, work and promotion, grows into the rare exceptional beauty. This used to be called blossoming and happens to anyone with this much positive focus and attention given in a supportive environment.

As a side note the new male is not expected to be thin but well muscled and to work out. Here it is still generally understood that the male celebrity, excluding athletes, will understate how much 'work' is required to make that body possible. The idea that it is 'natural' is generally presented even if unintentionally. While the lack of understanding of the masses of how the celebrity look is achieved somehow gives it an aura of rarity, it isn't.

Action: Compare your personal experience and view to the world view of the celebrity class. How are they different and how does each of them make you feel?