Have a Magazine Cover Body in Seconds

At the risk of sounding like a slug for a parent – now that our kids are 6 ½ and 2 ½ years old we finally had our first family pictures taken about 6 weeks ago on the beach in Hull, Massachusetts.

Just this past week we met with the photographer to see the proof on her computer. As you know…everything is digital now!

The first sets of shots were taken with the four of us on top of a huge rock with cliffs and ocean as the backdrop. We were all sitting on a big navy blue towel as to protect our “nice” clothes and be a bit more comfortable.

As our photographer was about to open the file to show us this set of pictures she remarked, “So I took the towel out.”

The opening the next file of pictures that depicted a totally different angle and backdrop she says, “On this one I took out the condos that were behind you, brightened your jewelry and oh Andrea you had a hair across your face because of the wind so I got rid of that too”.

Next Shot – the boys are walking down the beach toward the sun while holding hands. “I took the people on the beach out of the picture as to leave just the boys”.

These pictures came out absolutely amazing!

As we were driving home I thought to myself – what the heck do they do to all those models on the covers of magazines?!

Sure we all know this but we still strive to look like what we see on the covers of fitness and beauty magazines. Is that realistic? Are we not setting ourselves up for failure? It is human nature to compare ourselves to the person sitting next us or the person on the other side of the gym.

We don’t need to be striving for perfection when in reality it does not exist.

I want to encourage you to take what God gave you and make it the best you can. Be proud for starting and sticking with it. Celebrate each and every milestone no matter how small it may seem to you.

We are all at a disadvantage because we can't jump into a photoshop program on our computer and then jump back out seconds later looking the way we think others want to see us or like any magazine cover model.
Don’t give in and don’t give up! YOU will be an example for others and they will be inspired to be consistently exercising and eating well.

Blessings,

Dave