A very honest and inspiring post from Figure It Out-An Honest Insight Into Sports Model and Figure In Australia, every female should be following this page!! People get into this industry thinking its a quest to find themselves but I sit on the other side knowing that many too will actually lose themselves. Is there a sense of accomplishment in getting to the stage? Sure!!!! But there is a flip side like most things and for figure and sports model comp that is that some girls are left with deeper feelings of inadequacy because that stage physique CANNOT be maintained. Once they have allowed their self worth to get wrapped up in that, they are left with an unquenchable thirst to measure up again. They no longer feel good about WHO they are, as a person.... they define themselves and only hold themselves accountable for what they look like. This is something that we must encourage to avoid and not buy into. People that truly want to help people in this industry have something more to offer than their own images every day. Ok so if you are going to constantly and frequently bombard your social media with shots of yourself, include the good with the bad. There are some amazing people out there in the big wide world of fit-fam, who DO truly want to help people. Who ARE making a difference. Who allow people to see their weaknesses. Their realness. Their bad hair days. Their non-filtered photos. Those who make contributions of real value and HELP people get healthy. Who offer workout tips for working mums. Or clean & easy recipes. Vegan tips. Quick tips on how to effectively hit target muscles and improve flaws. Or simply words of encouragement that show its ok to be human. Its ok to fail. Its ok to not fit their particular model of perfection. I am not saying that in order for people to help that everything is agreeable flowers and rainbows. Helping is about telling the truth (hence why FIO is boith super positive but sometimes touches on the dark side too in order to keep it real) because it has value, not to be hurtful. Sugar coating isnt necessarily beneficial and I find value in honesty, even when its a hard conversation. Some others may not value that, and thats ok. We can agree to disagree. But part of my conviction in helping people is pointing this out: much of what so many look up to, what they aspire to achieve, that represents health and fitness in their eyes, is nothing more than a facade.
Posted on: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 21:14:30 +0000
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