Michael, Great post. I think everything you said is right on. I remember I was 19 years old before I learned they airbrushed photographs in magaizes to hide any "flaws". Before that I worked out all the time and couldn't figure out why my body didn't look like that. It was a huge weight off my shoulders. Occasionally still, I can have off days where I look in the mirror and see that I don't add up to that perfect media image. My hips are rounder, I have a little belly. And yet I look around at my friends, co workers, the women in the locker room at the gym and most of them don't "add up" to that image. Maybe it is time to change that image....bring back Marilyn Monroe!