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Originally Posted by da Sage
I think most of us have problems balancing our workout time with our dance time (and everything else that needs to be taken care of). I am sure I would be much thinner and stronger if I had been working out instead of dancing all this time!
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Hi da Sage, I think we spend too much time equating being thin with being healthy. Much of this comes from watching professional dancers who fit the general concept of what we think is beautiful...more to the point it's probably healthier to change our perceptions of what we do rather than change who we are.
Since I use light weights in my workout. My workout time and and dance time is the same..not two separate events.I will tell you I'm not any thinner..in fact I weigh more now than I did when I was younger..but I look and feel vibrant, strong and healthy. My body has been reshaped not to the ideal of a thin beauty,it's not in my genes to be thin..I have curves around around the toned muscles. This is my ideal, if I weighed 120 lbs I would look anorexic, it's just not in my make-up to be thin. My ideal weight is to be between 145-150 lbs. The trick is too use what I have to my best advantage..I have a booty to shimmy and strong arms to float veils without effort...my bust highlights chest pops and my curves melt into undulations.....it's called working it girl!!!
Yasmine