Is wanting this "bad"?

I have been watching this new talk show. This woman is 42, I believe, and has had one child. She has her own line if healthy eating books, snacks etc.. I don't believe she has ever been overweight but her goal is to teach people how to stay skinny and healthy. I believe this is a different spin in the weight loss world.
Her name is "Skinny Girl" Bethenny Frankel. Putting aside any personal likes or dislikes of her life style etc. I desperately want my body to look like hers. So freaking cute!! One day.... but I have to do it it wont just "happen"!!!

I know who she is.  I like her *****y attitude ... her "Skinny Girl" line of alcoholic drinks?  Not so much.   She does have a killer body, a very athletic build and I know she says she has to work at it to stay slender. 

I'm confused by the title of your post? Why would having a role model and striving to achieve the same results be bad?

Depending on your body type, wanting hers could be bad.  I want to be tall and that will never happen.  However, wanting to be my absolute best self and accepting my body's, imperfection  is seriously sexy.  The truth is that we don't get to be perfect, none of us do.  The very best we can do is get our bodies healthy and as physically fit as possible.  That is the first part, the second hard is much harder.  We have to learn to love the body we have.  Not just learn to live with it, but to love it.  I am a 43 year old woman who has had two kids and has lost 60-100 lbs. seven times in her life.  I had plastics to fix what I could and accepted the rest.  I don't need the lights off, and I am willing to wear a bikini in public.  This is the best body I am ever going to get, and I am happy to have it.  Nothing about it is perfect, but everything about it is sexy and strong and mine.  I don't get many complaints. :)

Elina's is a great post.  Whether its genetics or just maintaining that body, everyone is different.  It is important to be happy with where your body takes you!

I have her book. I honestly think she borders on having an eating disorder. She mentions eating three bites and leaving the rest. I also think in her book she will chew food and spit it out.

I've read her books and followed her ever since she was on Real Housewives of NY - she's had a horrible childhood and had issues with food.  She was a "healthy chef" when competing for Martha Stewart's Apprentice - came in 2nd and then a chef when on RHNY.  She advocates eating healthy but not denying yourself - have a few bites of something if you are craving it.  Works for some - didn't for me.  She's made a fortune on her Skinny Girl drinks - good for her!

This is part of what is so wrong with our perception of beauty, it has been massaged and manipulated to the point where no one can ever achieve that standard of beauty. 

http://www.upworthy.com/see-why-we-have-an-absolutely-ridiculous-standard-of-beauty-in-just-37-seconds?c=ufb1

This is how our images are manipulated to make us think that this is what we must be like.  Be are beautiful and sexy without needing perfection and real men like real woman who are confident in their bodies and their personalities. 

Elina****ched that and it did open my eyes. I posted it on Facebook to hopefully open others.
Thank you.

I am 55 and short and just lost 113 lbs.  I  have batwing arms, a slightly saggy butt, droopy boobs, and my tummy is kinda gross, but I am thrilled with myself.  Naked I am a little scary, but when stuffed into a good bra and the right clothes dang i look good for 55, I look better than alot of normies who didn't abuse their bodies the way I did. 

I have been telling my husband I want a boob job, we were watching TV today and some celeb with giant boobs was on there.  He asked me if WHEN I get my boob job I was going to make them bigger or smaller.  I said 'are you paying?"  he said sure.  I love that man.  I guess my point is, my body is sure not perfect, and it never will be, but I have come so far, I celebrate where i am now.

 

Anne