Examining my own heart, this topic has been with me for some time.   Have you ever noticed when women get together, they often start comparing themselves with each other?  Whether it's their homes, children, husbands, weight, talents, insecurities, etc...  It's a negative kind of habit, people don't leave encouraged but discouraged.   2 Cor 10:12 12 For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise . KJV I'm sure we could all come up with quite a few reasons why we think it unwise to compare.  Couldn't we just be content with being who we are?   I just did a chapter in Boundaries with our book club and it asked questions regarding envy.  I've never been an envious person, EXCEPT when it came to women who could deliver multiple babies and still have a great figure.  God has been talking to me about  this envy and He is delivering me from it.  The focus should not be on someone else, but on why I feel the way I do, and what I can do about it!  Proactivity.    Gal 6:4 4 But let every person carefully scrutinize and examine and test his own conduct and his own work. He can then have the personal satisfaction and joy of doing something commendable [in itself alone] without [resorting to] boastful comparison with his neighbor. AMP   Gal 6:4 But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. [Prove his own work] Let him examine himself and his conduct by the words and example of Christ; and if he find that they bear this touchstone, then he shall have rejoicing in himself alone, feeling that he resembles his Lord and Master, and not in another-not derive his consolation from comparing himself with another who may be weaker, or less instructed than himself. The only rule for a Christian is the word of Christ; the only pattern for his imitation is the example of Christ. He should not compare himself with others; they are not his standard. Christ hath left us an example that we should follow his steps. (from Adam Clarke's Commentary, Electronic Database. Copyright © 1996, 2003 by Biblesoft, Inc. All rights reserved.)   Although this particular Scripture is referring to people who might think they're BETTER than another person - by comparison, I think the principle still applies.  Comparing period is unwise.  When I've compared my body with another woman's I've almost always fallen short and have left discouraged.  What's the sense?  Shouldn't I just be asking myself, why I look the way I do and what "I" can do about it?  It's really common sense...   Just a thought.