Chidaliro Thupi

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Chaka chilichonse, amayi pafupifupi 25 amasonkhana m’maŵa dzuŵa litatuluka kuti ayende ulendo wa ola limodzi. Wowonera kunja kwa msonkhanowu sakanakhala ndi chidziwitso chokhudza maubwenzi am'mayi awiriwa ochokera ku Los Angeles ndi katswiri wazamisala waku Kansas kapena mlangizi wathanzi waku Baltimore.

Komabe, chiyambire 1996, gulu la akazi ameneŵa ochokera m’madera onse a ku America latumiza mafoni ndi maimelo, kupsompsona okondedwa awo, kenako n’kutuluka m’tauniyo kukayeretsa maganizo ndi mitima yawo kwa masiku anayi ku Shape’s Body Confident (yomwe poyamba inkadziwika. monga Thupi Labwino). Cholinga cha masiku anayiwo? Kupangitsa amayi kuti asinthe mawonekedwe a thupi lawo.

Choyambitsidwa mu 1996, Chikhulupiriro cha Thupi la Shape chimazungulira momwe azimayi amadzionera eni eni komanso matupi awo komanso momwe angalimbikitsire malingaliro amenewo. Tsiku lililonse limaphatikizapo kukambirana mitu yokhudzana ndi zithunzi za thupi, masewera olimbitsa thupi (kuchokera ku Spinning mpaka kukwera maulendo a yoga), kuphunzira njira zopumula, ndi kumvetsera okamba nkhani monga kugonana, kadyedwe kake ndi kulimbitsa thupi.

M'mawa kumayamba ndi kuyenda kwa gulu kapena kukwera maulendo ataliatali. Ophunzirawo amakumana kuti akambirane pagulu lotsogozedwa ndi katswiri wazamisala komanso katswiri wazithunzi za thupi Ann Kearney-Cooke, Ph.D., director of the Cincinnati Psychiatric Institute. Ambiri mwa alumnae akuti amapeza mgwirizano ndi kutseguka komwe azimayi ndi omwe adakumana ndi nkhondo zofananira thupi gawo lofunikira kwambiri pulogalamuyi. Amayi amakhudzana ndimalingaliro kuyambira manyazi, kudziimba mlandu ndikukwiya ndikukhala ndi chiyembekezo, chisangalalo ndikudzivomereza.

Chifukwa zomwe amayi amakumana nazo zimayendetsa masewerawa kuyambira kale anorexiki kupita kokakamiza kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi kapena kudya mopitirira muyeso, aliyense amatha kumvana ndi wina mgululi. Ndipo polimbikitsa kulemba kwa magazini pawokha, kuwonera ndi kukambirana m'magulu, Kearney-Cooke amathandiza amayiwa kuzindikira madera omwe akuwadetsa nkhawa ndikuwunikanso machitidwe omwe amapangitsa kuti matupi awo asamayende bwino. Amaperekanso ndondomeko ya tsatane-tsatane pakubwezeretsanso mawonekedwe abwinobwino omwe ophunzira atha kupita nawo kunyumba.

Kodi Body Confident imagwira ntchito? Ili ndi funso lomwe mwina liyankhidwe bwino ndi amayi omwe abwerera kwa zaka zambiri. Monga mudzawonera powerenga ena mwa maumboni amphamvu a alumnae, vuto lenileni lomwe onse amakumana nalo limakhala lakuya kuposa matupi awo. Vuto limenelo ndilo kudzimva kuti ndi ndani. Izi ndi zomwe zidawachitikira mchaka chotsatira masemina awo oyamba a Body Confident - komanso momwe Body Confident idathandizira kwambiri kuti kusinthaku kuchitike.

"Ndinatuluka kupsinjika maganizo."

- Julie Robinson, Los Angeles

Mu 1996, a Robinson adachita nawo gawo loyambirira la Kukhulupirira Thupi, lomwe lidachitika amayi ake atangomwalira kumene. "Imfa ya amayi anga idandipweteka kwambiri chifukwa ndidazindikira kuti sindinathe kusangalala nawo kapena ubwana wanga," akutero. "Sindinathe kudzithandiza ndekha ndipo ndinkafunika kusintha moyo wanga."

Robinson adasiya semina yake yoyamba ya Thupi Lodzipereka kulumbira kuti asintha malingaliro ake, thupi ndi mzimu. Makamaka, adafuna kuthana ndi kusadzidalira komanso kukhumudwa kwaposachedwa, mikhalidwe yomwe adagawana ndi amayi ake omwalira. Robinson akuti pulogalamuyo inamuthandiza kuti atuluke kupsinjika maganizo pomuwonetsa momwe angatulutsire mphamvu kuchoka ku zovuta zake zakuthupi. "Nditangodutsa chisamaliro changa, panali zambiri m'moyo zomwe ndimalola kuti ndizisangalala. Nditatha Kudzidalira Thupi, ndidavomereza gawo ili langa lomwe lili ndi moto komanso chikhumbo," akutero. "Sindikulolanso kuti mantha andisokoneze. Izi zidalipo nthawi yonseyi, koma sindinaziwone chifukwa ndinali wokhumudwa."

Robinson adachitapo kanthu pokonza kalabu yamabuku kuti agwirizane ndi malingaliro ake ndikupanga njira yabwino yothandizira. Mwakuthupi, adaganiza zokhala ndi zolinga zenizeni kuposa kupita kumalo ochitira masewera olimbitsa thupi masiku asanu pa sabata. Chifukwa chake iye ndi mnzake adaphunzitsidwa ndikumaliza triathalon mu 1997. Kenako, patatha chaka chimodzi atapita ku msonkhano wake wachiwiri wa Body Confidence, adatsiriza kumaliza ulendo wapa njinga wa Edzi wopita ku San Francisco kupita ku Los Angeles.

Pambuyo pake Robinson adachira atachira mayi ake atamwalira. Adagawana nawo anzawo ku Tucson kalata yomwe adamwalira atamulembera amayi ake. “Kalata yanga yopita kwa amayi imawauza za zinthu zonse zimene ndimasangalala nazo tsopano,” akufotokoza motero Robinson. "Ndafika nthawi m'moyo wanga yomwe sindinakhale naye. Nditha kupatsa ana anga chisangalalo cha moyo tsopano chifukwa ndili nawo."

"Pamene ndinadzikhulupirira ndekha, ndinamva kuti ndingathe kudzisamalira ndekha, ndipo ndinamva ngati thupi langa silinali loipa kwambiri."

- Mary Jo Castor, Baltimore

Kwa zaka zambiri, Castor adadziwa kuti china chake sichinali bwino pachithunzi chake. "Nthawi iliyonse ndikayang'ana pagalasi, zomwe ndimangoona zinali ntchafu zonenepa," akukumbukira. "Ndinapita ku Body Confident chifukwa ndimayenera kukhala pamtendere ndi thupi langa."

M'nyuzipepala ya 1997, a Castor, omwe amalimbikitsa kulimbitsa thupi kwa moyo wawo wonse, adafotokoza bwino nkhawa zawo pofufuza za mawonekedwe a thupi pa Kukhulupirira Thupi kwawo koyamba ndi zabwino zomwe adapeza chifukwa: " kuti mmene ndimamvera pa thupi langa zilibe kanthu kochita ndi thupi langa. Mukadumphira mozama kenaka n’kutulukanso m’mwamba, mutenge mpweya woyamba uja ndi kuyang’ana pozungulira, zonse zimaoneka zoyera ndi zatsopano.”

Chinthu choyamba chimene Castor anachita chinali "kuyamba kumvetsera kwambiri zomwe ndinkafuna kuchita komanso zochepa zomwe ena amafuna kuti ndichite," akutero, pokumbukira malangizo a Kearney-Cooke oti ayambe kuganizira zofuna zake - ngakhale zitatanthauza kutenga nthawi. kutali ndi abale ndi abwenzi kwakanthawi. Castor adafunsira katswiri wazakudya, ndipo lero, amalemera sitima pafupipafupi ndi amuna awo, amadya zakudya zopatsa thanzi ndipo amayang'ana kwambiri mayi watsopano yemwe wamupeza.

Masiku ano, Castor akachitika pagalasi, akuyenera kunyalanyaza ntchafuzo. “Ndidutsa zimenezo tsopano,” iye akutero. "Makamaka zomwe ndikuwona ndikuti ndilimbanedi."

"Ndidayamba kuthamanga njinga."

- Beth McGilley, Ph.D., Wichita, Kan.

Mwana womaliza mwa ana asanu, McGilley amayi ake adadzipha pomwe McGilley anali ndi zaka 16 zokha. "Kukhala mwana wopambana ndiye udindo wanga," akutero zaka zapitazo amayi ake asanadziphe komanso atadzipha. "Ndinali mthandizi komanso wosamalira ndipo ndimanyamula zolemetsa kwa wina aliyense, chifukwa chake sindinkafuna zambiri."

Msonkhano wa Chikhulupiriro cha Thupi, limodzi ndi chithandizo, zathandiza McGilley kudziyikira patsogolo. Wophunzira wina wa Thupi Lodzidalira atamuwona m'kalasi ya Spinning mu 1997 ndikumuuza kuti ayese njinga zamoto, McGilley mwachangu analowerera pamalingaliro. "Ndinali wokhululuka ndipo sindinasamalire moyo wanga, choncho chimodzi mwa zolinga zanga chinali kuchita dala zothamanga njinga," akutero.

Ataphunzira, McGilley adalowa nawo timu yakomweko ku Wichita ndipo adalowa nawo mpikisano wake woyamba ku Oklahoma City. “Mpikisano wanjinga unandithandiza kuthana ndi mavuto a m’moyo, kuphatikizapo zimene ndinakumana nazo pamene chisudzulo changa chaposachedwapa,” akutero. "Kukwera motsutsana ndi 20-30 mph mphepo kumakupatsani chidziwitso chodziwa komwe muli -- kudzikakamiza kupitirira malo omwe simumaganiza kuti mungapite. Kukwera njinga kwandipangitsa kuti ndikhale ndi mphamvu pa thupi langa ndi ine ndekha."

Mu mpikisano wake woyamba wanjinga mu 1998, McGilley adabwera wachinayi pamsewu wamagawo atatu. Iye wakhala akuthamanga kuyambira pamenepo.

"Ndinaganiza zothamanga theka-marathon."

'' - Arlene Lance, Plainsboro, NJ

"Kunena zowona, sindimayembekezera kuti nditulutsa kalikonse mu pulogalamuyi. Ndimangofuna kupita ku spa," akutero a Lance wopita ku Body Confident mu 1997. "Mwamwayi, zinali zoposa zomwe ndimayembekezera."

Lance akukumbukira mkonzi wamkulu wa SHAPE wamkulu Barbara Harris akulimbikitsa gululi powauza kuti "kondani thupi lanu pazomwe lingakuchitireni."

"Izi zidandilimbikitsa," akukumbukira Lance. "Nthawi zonse ndimamva kuti ndili ndi mphamvu zochepa, ndipo ndimadzimva kukhala wofooka m'thupi. Chifukwa chake, pamsonkhano woyamba wa Thupi Lodzidalira, ndidadzikakamiza: ndidathamanga. Ndidatenga Spinning. Ndinapita kumagulu atatu olimbitsa thupi. ndipo zinandilimbitsa mtima.”

Pamene adabwerera ku New Jersey, Lance adaganiza zokonzekera kuthamanga kwa theka la marathon. "Ndidachita, ku 13.1 miles, ku Philadelphia," akutero. "Popeza ndakhala ndikuchita masewera ampikisano, ndimamva bwino. Ndine othamanga, wamphamvu. Ndimawona thupi langa pazomwe lingandichitire."

Chidaliro chimenecho chalowa m'mbali zina za moyo wa Lance. "Pa semina yanga yoyamba ya Body Confident, ndinali nditangoyamba kumene kusukulu kuti ndikapeze digiri yaukadaulo ndipo sindinkatsimikiza kuti ndimaliza," akutero Lance. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti kumaliza theka-marathon kunandisintha. Pomwe kudzidalira kwanga kunali kotsika, ndimavutika kutsatira zinthu kuyambira koyambirira mpaka kumapeto. Koma sindinasiye sukulu [adalandira digiri yake chaka chatha], ndipo tsopano ndikuyembekeza kupita ku digiri ya bachelor mu zachuma."

"Ndinaphunzira kulimbana ndi matenda anga."

-Tammy Faughnan, Mgwirizano, NJ

Mu February 1997, Faughnan anapezeka ndi matenda a Lyme, matenda otupa omwe nthawi zambiri amayamba chifukwa cholumwa ndi nkhuku. Matendawa komanso mankhwala okhwima a maantibayotiki omwe amachiza matendawa adamupangitsa kuti achepetse minofu, kunenepa mapaundi 35, ndikupilira nyamakazi yofooketsa, kupweteka mutu komanso kutopa kwambiri.

"Ndidasochera thupi langa," akutero. "Kunali kudzuka kwamwano pomwe thupi langa silinachite momwe ndimafunira."

Faughnan adapita ku Thupi Lodzidalira akuyembekeza kuti aphunzira njira zothanirana ndi matendawa. "Pulogalamuyo isanachitike, mawonekedwe anga anali opanda tanthauzo," akukumbukira. "Ndinafunika kuchita chinachake - ngakhale kulemera kunali gawo chabe la momwe ndimaonera thupi langa. Icho sichinali chinthu chachikulu; kudutsa tsiku lililonse kunali, kutha kusuntha manja ndi miyendo yanga ndikugwira ntchito m'moyo watsiku ndi tsiku. anali. "

Pa Body Confident, Faughnan adaphunzira momwe angatengere masitepe amwana kuti achitenso masewera olimbitsa thupi. "Nthawi ina ndimaganiza, 'Ngati ndingoyenda pang'ono, bwanji kuvutikira?'" Akutero. Ndiyeno, pamene akuyenda m’maŵa wina ndi gululo, iye analimbikitsidwa kungoyenda mkati mwa malire ake, m’malo mokankhira mopambanitsa kapena, choipitsitsa, kusiya konse.

Anatsatira malangizowo. "Pamene a Lyme's adapezeka, ine ndi mwamuna wanga tinapita kumphepete mwa nyanja. Sindinkatha kuyenda, choncho anangoyimitsa galimoto pafupi ndi madzi," akutero. "Chaka chotsatira, ndikudalira Thupi Langa, titapitanso, ndidayenda panjira yolowera, mamailosi anayi, ndipo zidandigwetsa misozi.

"Kudzera mchilimbikitso cha azimayi ena mgululi, ndidaphunzira kusalimbikira thupi lomwe ndinali nalo ndili ndi zaka 21, koma kuti ndikhale ndi thupi lathanzi ndili ndi zaka 40," akutero. "Chikhulupiriro cha Thupi chidandipangitsa kudziwa kuti ndili ndi mphamvu zambiri pamoyo wanga komanso thupi langa ngakhale ndili ndi matendawa."

"Ndinaphunzira kumvera mwamuna wanga."

- Chandra Cowen, Carmel, Ind.

"Zaka zingapo zapitazo, ndinkamva chimodzimodzi ndi thupi langa monga momwe ndikuchitira lero. Mwakuthupi, pali zinthu zomwe ndikufuna kukwaniritsa," akutero Cowen. "Koma monga mkati ndi momwe ndikumvera - zasintha kwambiri."

Zaka zaposachedwapa zasintha kwambiri banja la a Cowen. Mu 1997, mnzawo wabanja lake anamwalira pangozi yagalimoto. Kudzera mchisoni, Cowen adapeza kuti amamvera mwamuna wake kwambiri munthawi yovuta, m'malo mofulumira kukwiya monga kale - luso lomwe wagwira ntchito molimbika.

Njira yatsopano ya Cowen ndikuthokoza mwa zina chifukwa cha malangizo a Kearney-Cooke mumagulu amagulu. "Kudzidalira Thupi kwandithandiza kuphunzira kuyankhulana bwino ndi amuna anga, ndipo tsopano ndamulola kuti achotse zinthu pachifuwa pake," akutero. "Izi zimandithandiza chifukwa sindimapanikizika ndikungoganiza kuti wandikwiyira."

Kulimbana kochepa pakati pa ubale kwapangitsa Cowen kukhala munthu wodekha, wowongolera momwe amamvera zinthu zikavuta. "Tsopano ndili ndi malo ena ndikakhala ndi nkhawa, monga kucheza ndi ana anga, kukwera njinga yanga kapena kugwira ntchito pabwalo, zomwe zimandipatsa kunyada komanso kuchita bwino kwambiri.

"Kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi kumathandizanso," amaganiza. "Sindiye komwe ndimafuna [ndikulemera], koma ndimamva bwino mkati mwanga. Ndakula kwambiri."

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