Is your Goal FASHION or FITNESS? (perfect woman 171lbs)

Yes. I'm going for "perceived sex appeal". So I should grow 6 inches in height and put on 50lbs. Ok, now I know. Thanks.

Fitness, definitely.

It's nice being able to wear smaller clothes and have a bigger variety of places to shop. But it's even better to not worry about getting tired or keeping up with other people. I've also picked up a very physical hobby in the past 6 months (see profile picture) and being fitter has allowed me to progress. I LOVE pole and I don't want to give it up, so that is a huge motivating factor for me to keep the weight off and improve my fitness levels.

As far as fashion goes, eh. Like I said, it's nice and all, but I'm pretty clued in on where to get fat girl fashion. I don't think I would have suffered in that regard if I stayed fat. And as far as the *media* goes, I couldn't care less about it.

Well on the long run its fitness thats gonna matter but for now I guess I will go with fashion

Fashion I guess. My BMI had just crept over 25 so a cut back week would have been all I needed to bring me back into "healthy". I want to feel like me again, to feel confident when walking around naked in the house, to feel attractive to my husband, to look good in a bikini, to fit in last summers clothes when the sun finally shows it's face. I am 36 now and worry that if I don't curb the weight gain I'll soon stop being a little plump but healthy and soon start being a "fat" mummy. My weight has crept up and up since having Ellie 3 years ago. I now weigh more than I did at 9 months pregnant.... that can't be right.
Oh and I weigh a little less than the 1920s perfect woman and I am 5ft 7inches.

BEAST-NESS!!!!!!!

Well.. both of it.

I started out of Fashion reasons and I surely won't deny that they are still important to me. For the first time in years I am around a weight I feel comfortable. Even though it were "just" 5-10kg more, I always felt highly uncomfortable.

But besides this, it starts to annoy me how weak I feel. I have little power, especially in my arms and this is something I want to train, where I want to get better. I want to feel strong and alive.

So for me, I cannot 100% distinguish between those two, so let's just say it's for getting healthy :happy:

I'd say fitness mostly. I just want to be strong and perform well in my chosen sports. I want to actually do things rather than just look like I can.

How I look in terms of how I myself want to look is important too. I have aesthetic goals, but I couldn't care less about how I "should" look, or what society or other people think.

Fitness, which is just as well as I'm 6.5 inches too short and 73lb too light for that perceived perfection!

I'm so close to 1912 ideal! Thing I'd have trouble finding jeans to fit with a 30 inch waist and 40 inch hips, though!

Lol! The 1912 height/weight ideal is my goal, essentially - I'm just 1/2 an inch taller. Honestly, while I know that most of the long-term advantages will come from fitness, my main motivation is fashion, right now - I want to wear (or not wear!) what I want, without feeling self-conscious about how my body looks.

ditto. They go hand in hand. But body image is huge (no pun intended)

Fitness is the long-term motivation, but fashion, or at least self-confidence about my looks, played a part in getting me started. I have a couple of amazing cocktail dresses that I want to fit into again, and I wasn't keen on realizing I cringed whenever my husband touched my belly. (FWIW, he likes my little round belly and I think that's awesome...but I'm happier now that's it's a little less round.)

An odd article, given the fashion at that time was for tiny corseted waists. Though I love that she is suffragette - Hurrah the strapping Amazon feminists.

Fashion for me. I'm vain and shallow.

Fitness!

Fitness for me. I want to be strong and healthy. But it wouldn't hurt to be a little happier in the clothes I wear too.

Interesting article. I'd say for me its FASHION, but fitness is important too!

Fitness, definitely.

It's nice being able to wear smaller clothes and have a bigger variety of places to shop. But it's even better to not worry about getting tired or keeping up with other people. I've also picked up a very physical hobby in the past 6 months (see profile picture) and being fitter has allowed me to progress. I LOVE pole and I don't want to give it up, so that is a huge motivating factor for me to keep the weight off and improve my fitness levels.

As far as fashion goes, eh. Like I said, it's nice and all, but I'm pretty clued in on where to get fat girl fashion. I don't think I would have suffered in that regard if I stayed fat. And as far as the *media* goes, I couldn't care less about it.

'I love pole' :laugh:

Seriously though, thighs like yours are my goal.

I'd say fitness, because I have physical health problems that mean I have to look after my bones and eat well, but I am also thrilled about being able to shop pretty much anywhere (I can't afford designer clothes, haha) and not have to worry about them going up to my size anymore.

Haha, omg, I don't think any part of my body has *ever* been anyone's goal! Thank you My thighs are super strong, but the pose in the picture makes them look better than they are, I think. Loaaaaads of loose skin on my thighs. >.< (Also, LOL, pole... *snort* I really am a 12 year old boy sometimes)