thanks for the comparative notes here... also today on my "feed" https://gurwinder.substack.com/p/the-perils-of-audience-capture?ref=thediff.co) we've an eating disorder in the house so... take care (they say it is more an OCD thing that hits the souls with strange voices, the food thing just turns it into a vicious circle of not thinking straight. So take care.
It's weird, but I tend to say the opposite: Treating one's body as a project is absurd. Having no better things to do than shaping one's own body is depressing. I say this because I was once one of the people who live like that, and concluded it was wasteful.
Although I came from the opposite side, I share your conclusion. Functionality is the goal. But I must say that I often conclude that being less fit is the most functional option. It would be great to be able to run more than a few hundred meters, but my knees aren't fit for that. Should I then study everything about bad knees and learn how overcome that problem? I prefer to just avoid running any longer stretches and instead keep my knees for walking and climbing and other movements I find useful. It would be great to be able to do pull-ups and chins regularly, but I prefer to save my elbows for work I really want to perform. I definitely agree that an optimally functional body is the thing to strive for. But I'm not sure that an optimally functional body is the same as an optimally fit body.
> I share your conclusion. Functionality is the goal.
Although that *was* the last line, that wasn't exactly my conclusion. I'm not trying to say we should, or you should, have any goal or do any thing. Instead, I'm describing an observation I have about neurotypical psychology: Psychological health goes along with feeling a deep connection with the body.
Not every neurotypical would place fitness at the top of their list of things they care about, but if they are psychologically healthy, they will place it somewhere other than the bottom. They will probably understand that for some people, a connection to the body prompts them to improve it beyond minimal functionality. They won't completely neglect their bodies, and then distract themselves from the gnawing sense that all is not well by joining the body positivity movement. If someone has to stand in front of a mirror and say "I connect with my body, my body is wonderful," then they aren't really connected to it, and they don't really think it's wonderful.
thanks for the comparative notes here... also today on my "feed" https://gurwinder.substack.com/p/the-perils-of-audience-capture?ref=thediff.co) we've an eating disorder in the house so... take care (they say it is more an OCD thing that hits the souls with strange voices, the food thing just turns it into a vicious circle of not thinking straight. So take care.
It's weird, but I tend to say the opposite: Treating one's body as a project is absurd. Having no better things to do than shaping one's own body is depressing. I say this because I was once one of the people who live like that, and concluded it was wasteful.
Although I came from the opposite side, I share your conclusion. Functionality is the goal. But I must say that I often conclude that being less fit is the most functional option. It would be great to be able to run more than a few hundred meters, but my knees aren't fit for that. Should I then study everything about bad knees and learn how overcome that problem? I prefer to just avoid running any longer stretches and instead keep my knees for walking and climbing and other movements I find useful. It would be great to be able to do pull-ups and chins regularly, but I prefer to save my elbows for work I really want to perform. I definitely agree that an optimally functional body is the thing to strive for. But I'm not sure that an optimally functional body is the same as an optimally fit body.
> I share your conclusion. Functionality is the goal.
Although that *was* the last line, that wasn't exactly my conclusion. I'm not trying to say we should, or you should, have any goal or do any thing. Instead, I'm describing an observation I have about neurotypical psychology: Psychological health goes along with feeling a deep connection with the body.
Not every neurotypical would place fitness at the top of their list of things they care about, but if they are psychologically healthy, they will place it somewhere other than the bottom. They will probably understand that for some people, a connection to the body prompts them to improve it beyond minimal functionality. They won't completely neglect their bodies, and then distract themselves from the gnawing sense that all is not well by joining the body positivity movement. If someone has to stand in front of a mirror and say "I connect with my body, my body is wonderful," then they aren't really connected to it, and they don't really think it's wonderful.