From the comments:
If Evangeline Lilly has less muscle and more fat than your average *anything*, I'm in the wrong place. She looks like a bobblehead, she's so thin. And she's got shoulder muscles and obliques that I couldn't have ever. Is she 'softer'? Softer than what, a baseball?
Until we quit blogging about our menus and workouts and photographing our food, all the while proclaiming we're carefree and happy about our eating and body, we're just not there yet.Evangeline Lilly has less muscle and more fat than ME during hard training, for example.
Or than the fitness competitors that many of my blog readers idolize and try to emulate.
I've learned that training harder and dieting more isn't always the answer, and I like to share what I've learned. That's all. If you already know it or don't need to hear it, I'm happy for you. You're way ahead of the rest of us heavy lifting, insane dieting, macronutrient calculating, kookballs.
I've been on a crazy journey from anorexia, to overweight binge eater, to an athlete training hours per day through injury and exhaustion, and now to the happiest and most relaxed I've ever been with food and exercise. I like to share the journey. I guess you're right. I could just say, wow I'm done, and stop blogging, but how does that help anybody else make the connection? And is anybody ever really done learning and growing?
I find it helpful to talk about my nutrition and training philosophy as it evolves. Putting it all out there keeps me focused and honest, and hopefully helps someone else. Now "helping" may mean somebody says, "Wow, she's nuts. I don't want to go down that road."
Hey, if you can't be a role model, be a cautionary tale. ;-)
