Exercise has numerous health benefits. it conditions your heart and lungs and your body fight disease. many people believe that exercise can you look better too. for example, cardiorespiratory exercises can slim your waist and strength-building workouts can enlarge your muscles. stretching can shape and tone your body. is having an attractive physique important? why or why not? what dangers, if any, do you see in pursuing an ideal body type? what does an ideal body type for a man or a woman look like to you? what sources in your environment and social circles influence how you define ideal body type? share a real-world story about how the pursuit of an appealing physique succeeded or failed for an individual. borrow the story from the news or share an experience of your own.

I don’t think an attractive physique is that important because staying healthy and happy through maintaining an ideal weight based on BMI is more important than having an attractive body. The modern beauty trend forces women to be too skinny and millions of girls and women are trying to lose weight even if their weights are in a normal range. When girls are too obsessed with their weight and try to lose a lot of weight within a short amount time, they encounter many physical and emotional problems such as unbalanced nutrition, tiredness, stress, and binge eating. To me, an ideal body has healthy skin tone and ideal weight. I would not want to spend my time tracking calories all day just to have a perfect hourglass body shape. However, many ads on TV and the Internet use celebrities to show how a health or diet product can make them feel young and stay skinny. Also a woman with a slim body and makeups and a man with 6 pack-abs are always on the cover of women and men’s health magazines. Such skewed media environments and social phenomena create a false image of ideal body type and affect people’s confidence over their own body shape. However such an environment can be a good motivator for some overweight people. Lexlee Hudson featured on People magazine lost about 180 pounds. When she was a freshman at a college, she got stressed and ate poorly. She gained about 180 pounds within a year and started having mental and physical issues such as pre-diabetes, high blood pressure, and social withdrawal. She followed a diet plan recommended by a dietitian. She started setting alarms for every few hours to remind herself to eat healthy snacks, and swapped out unhealthy foods with vegetables. Within the next 2.5 years, she went back to her pre-college weight. She ended up becoming a health coach and helped people make healthy choices in their lives.

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