# What would you do if you had a "perfect" body? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 15, 2001, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-a-perfect-body/76362 "2001-08-15T09:52:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-a-perfect-body/76362/41 "2001-08-16T04:32:37Z")
Drive men into paroxysms of lust. Well I do that now but it takes a lot more work. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-a-perfect-body/76362/42 "2001-08-16T05:05:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Medea’s Child \* > Me? With a perfect body? You mean long shapely legs and a flat tummy? > > Purr… > > Low rise jeans, ankle high leather boots, shirt that comes just to the bottom of my ribcage and my hoodie. Um, but you have LSLs (unless you’ve changed drastically) and the FT (see previous). ::duh-ROOL:: ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-a-perfect-body/76362/43 "2001-08-16T14:58:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by betenoir \* > \*\*Drive men into paroxysms of lust. > > Well I do that now but it takes a lot more work. \*\* I like the sound of that. “paroxysms of lust.” Would that be followed with a “surfeit of satisfaction” perchance? Just wanted you to know that your quip made my day. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-a-perfect-body/76362/44 "2001-08-16T17:22:08Z")
> [@](#): > > You do your part. Ever considered using HGH(human growth harmone) supposably in small amounts itcan make you feel younger, more energetic and with your workout regimend sustantial more muscle size and cut? Thanks, Bill, but supplementation is no substitute for a balance of hard training and careful nutrition. Steve Reeves never used supplements nor did any of the great bodybuilders of the 50s and 60s. I have no desire (or genetic ability) to attain the freakazoid size of Dorian Yates. Looking good with my shirt off like the guy in the Diet Coke commercial is enough of a goal for me. ---
**Author:** ![theendisnear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a4c791/32.png) [@theendisnear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theendisnear)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-a-perfect-body/76362/45 "2001-08-16T17:38:19Z")
Two chicks at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-a-perfect-body/76362/46 "2001-08-16T17:49:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by goboy \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > You do your part. Ever considered using HGH(human growth harmone) supposably in small amounts itcan make you feel younger, more energetic and with your workout regimend sustantial more muscle size and cut? > > Thanks, Bill, but supplementation is no substitute for a balance of hard training and careful nutrition. Steve Reeves never used supplements nor did any of the great bodybuilders of the 50s and 60s. I have no desire (or genetic ability) to attain the freakazoid size of Dorian Yates. Looking good with my shirt off like the guy in the Diet Coke commercial is enough of a goal for me. \*\* Preach it, brother. Go, **goboy** , go! ---
**Author:** ![buddy1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6a8cbe/32.png) [@buddy1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddy1)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-a-perfect-body/76362/47 "2001-08-16T18:39:17Z")
I’d become a dancer/stripper at CHIPPENDALES! ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-a-perfect-body/76362/48 "2001-08-16T18:45:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Wildest Bill \* > \*\* > You do your part. Ever considered using HGH(human growth harmone) supposably in small amounts itcan make you feel younger, more energetic and with your workout regimend sustantial more muscle size and cut? \*\* Please people, please please please, _do not mess around with your endocrine system_! I’d give just about anything to have a normally functioning endocrine system, and it makes me sick to think that there are people willing to throw it all away in pursuit of a better looking bod. You cannot just play around with your hormone levels and expect everything to be just dandy. Anyone with a genuine hormone imbalance should be under the care of a competant endocrinologist, and anyone else would do well to leave things as they are. Unneeded (and unskilled) tampering can have very, very bad results. ---
**Author:** ![Wildest\_Bill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Wildest\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wildest_Bill)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-a-perfect-body/76362/49 "2001-08-16T21:22:59Z")
I wasn’t talking about huge amounts of HGH but I have heard doctors even are prescibing this stuff. And in small amounts it is suppose to be anti ager. Don’t flame me or nothing that is just what I have heard. And no I havn’t done it. And I agree goboy I wouldn’t want to get the size of Yates either. I wouldn’t mind getting the size of Diesel from the Fast and the Furious. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-a-perfect-body/76362/50 "2001-08-16T23:54:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Wildest Bill \* > \*\*I wasn’t talking about huge amounts of HGH but I have heard doctors even are prescibing this stuff. And in small amounts it is suppose to be anti ager. Don’t flame me or nothing that is just what I have heard. And no I havn’t done it. > \*\* It doesn’t take huge amounts of a hormone to throw your body out of whack. The endocrine system is a delicate one, and believe me, you _do not_ want anything to go wrong with it. Some people have used HGH to combat aging, but this has not been proven safe and many people who have tried it ended up suffering from undesireable – and permanent – side effects, such as having parts of their body grow to unusual sizes. I’m talking body parts like hands and foreheads, not ones that someone might want to be a little larger. ---
**Author:** ![whatisnaughty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bc79bd/32.png) [@whatisnaughty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whatisnaughty)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-a-perfect-body/76362/51 "2001-08-17T00:01:30Z")
The Perfect Body - Most likely very closely resembling Gisele’s…(in my opinion of course) I would be very, very, happy and wear whatever the hell I wanted. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_A\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@Just\_A\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_A_Girl)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-a-perfect-body/76362/52 "2001-08-17T00:25:15Z")
Well, since this is hypothetical, I’m going to take it further and assume that I can keep this perfect body (a small waist, long legs, and better boobs) at any cost. Therefore, I would eat…ANYTHING I WANTED. Oh yeah…and I’d be naked a lot. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-a-perfect-body/76362.md?page=2)