Healthy Eating

By ron

February 22, 2007 8:34 AM | Link to this

I see very few real people that are like the pile of bones in a skin bag that models have become.Models today don’t even look as if they come from this planet.

By Pam

February 22, 2007 8:37 AM | Link to this

The real problem is some people believe that if you aren’t skinny, then you must be fat. As if there is no healthy, in between. Compare Paris Hilton and Beyonce Knowles or Cameron Diaz and Jennifer Lopez. The truth is there is no comparison. Curves look WAY better than sticks.

Yes, there are some people that take the curves to an extreme too and are unhealthy and indeed overweight. However, just because you don’t look anorexic doesn’t mean that you are fat.

By nkeitha

February 22, 2007 8:37 AM | Link to this

Reality needs to set in. The average American woman wears a size 14. I think that it is time for looking and being healthy to be in STYLE!

By skyline

February 22, 2007 8:43 AM | Link to this

The average American woman is also overeweight.

By Big and beautiful

February 22, 2007 8:48 AM | Link to this

I think the ideal of stick-thin idols actually contributes to the phenotype of the disease(yes, disease)of obesity. The yo-yo dieting can have an effect on the abnormally enhanced appetite of girls with the disease and cause it to spiral out of control. One thing the medical establishment must understand: just as anorexia is a disease so is obesity. The simple fact is, we get hungrier faster and stay hungrier longer. It is a physiological imperative.Until the medical esablishment admits that and stops calling it “lifestyle” there will be no progress on this. My lifestyle is pretty good. I am a competitive walker and longtime vegetarian (17 years), yet I still have a disease that is twice as painful just because of the “lifestyle” stigma. Enough! Stop holding up thinness as the ideal!

By Jacket05

February 22, 2007 8:52 AM | Link to this

I’m not a fan of women who are crazy skinny as I do think that some curves are good looking. But I agree with skyline that most american women are overweight, as are probably even more men. I also am realizing that its harder to keep the weight off while working in an office. Still no excuse for being overweight. Just change your diet…not that difficult.

By NoFatHere

February 22, 2007 8:56 AM | Link to this

I see nothing wrong with being skinny. I am skinny by nature - and I eat like a horse. I am 5 feet, 7 inches and weigh about 115. No matter what I eat, I stay between 114-118. I do get very sick and tired of seeing women around my office struggling to breathe from just walking to the copier. It is disgusting. Mind you, these are the same women eating McDonald’s every morning for breakfast, more fast food for lunch and whatever else we have around the office. Their health affects me as my insurance rates are going up, because of their claims that stem mostly from their poor health choices. I am all for all types of bodies - size 2, size 14, I don’t care. But make healthy choices and take care of your body.

By melo

February 22, 2007 9:07 AM | Link to this

Just a question, Is modeling about the beauty of the model or is it about the clothes? Modeling is no beauty pegeant, so why do we associate models with beauty?

Being skinny is not even health nor beautiful, it is just sick.

I love all my beautiful black sisters who consider themselves beautiful and are confident of themselves.

By Michelle

February 22, 2007 9:08 AM | Link to this

Fortunately the modeling industry is beginning to take steps to curb this kind of destructive anorexic behaviour. It’s about 10 years too late, but at least it’s something.

By SusieHomeMaker

February 22, 2007 9:13 AM | Link to this

Marilyn Monroe, the world’s most celebrated sex symbol of her generation, was a size SIXTEEN. No one EVER called her over weight. Now since the advent of Twiggy, being flat chested, flat a*******ed, and straight as a board is supposed to be sexy!! YUK!!! I’m a healthy size 10 with CURVES, a waist, breasts, and (gasp) behind!! I don’t wanna look like a walking bag of bones! I’m happy with who I am — hollywood be damned!!

Most of those Hollywood skinnies are suffering from bouts of anoerxia! Imagine, being rich enough to afford anything in the world, but too scared to eat a piece of toast with butter on it. Somewhere, someone in a third world country, who doesn’t have enough to eat, is looking at Americans, and shaking their heads.

By ForMelo

February 22, 2007 9:14 AM | Link to this

Melo,

What about people like me - who are skinny by genetics? You said:

Being skinny is not even health nor beautiful, it is just sick.

Does that mean I am ugly because I am naturally skinny/thin?

By Eric

February 22, 2007 9:27 AM | Link to this

The runway model types are FAR too thin… HOWEVER… a skinny woman can be beautiful… a big fat woman CANNOT.

By Lynn

February 22, 2007 9:39 AM | Link to this

After each child I had 30 lbs to lose & lost them was what I did. I’m not a matchstick at 5’2 & 118 lbs, but I feel much better than I did carrying around that extra baggage.

By Georgia

February 22, 2007 9:43 AM | Link to this

Eric Why can’t a big fat woman be beautiful. Beauty is on the inside and in the eye of the beholder. Your remarks are prejudiced. I sure hope you never struggle with weight. Most of the men I know like women with meat on their bones.
I’m neither fat nor skinny, I consider myself to be an average WOMAN. What I am is HAPPY with myself. And that’s what matters.

By nkeitha

February 22, 2007 10:02 AM | Link to this

There is a HUGE difference between being naturally thin and being wafer thin because you only eat carrots all day. Look at Nicole Richie and one of the Olsen twins, they took being thin to a whole new unhealthy level. They were just bones and looked sickly and unhealthy. Then look at Kelly Ripa (spelling) she is thin, however, she looks healthy. The problem is, young girls see these “Celeberity Idols” and they want to be like them. Even the naturally thin girls want to be thinner like Nicole Richie or one of the twins. These young girls don’t realize the difference.

My mom is naturally skinny, she is 65, 5’5 and weighs 110. Me, I am 31, 5’7 and 180. I am not fat, and I am very healthy. I wear a comfortable size 12, and I am in great shape. I struggled with an eating disorder for years. I took the laxatives, and made my self throw up anything I put in my mouth. I also tried to live off 400 calories a day. Now, I am very educated, I have a Doctorate degree, however, even though I knew better I still wanted to be what society thought a woman should look like.

By Pedro

February 22, 2007 10:12 AM | Link to this

Fat Girls Stink.

By GaNative

February 22, 2007 10:13 AM | Link to this

I prefer a woman of substance (meat on her bones). I think women like Kirstie Allie and Anna Nicole Smith are sexy. Skinny girls don’t do it for me.

By John

February 22, 2007 10:24 AM | Link to this

I am a thin guy and always have been. I also watch what I eat and exercise, but I always just laugh to myself at the people who always say how thin I am but they continue to eat at there desks all day at work Most are terribly unattractive as well. I guess it would be to rude to say: WELL YOUR FAT!

By Top Model

February 22, 2007 10:34 AM | Link to this

Since when is it okay to bash skinny women because it’s more “PC” to call someone “sticks” or “boney.” I am naturally thin and can eat what I want but it doesn’t give people to right to say anything about your shap just because you aren’t fat. It just goes to show that many of those with weight issues take their insecurities out on those who haven’t done anything to them. In turn, if you want to call people skinny, don’t get offended if they turn around and call you fat. :)

You hear the “eat a burger” thrown at thin women all the time. That’s offensive to all thin women who aren’t starving themselves. If I’m ever in London, I’m going to eat at that restaurant for free everyday.

By skyline

February 22, 2007 10:46 AM | Link to this

People seem to think that as long as you eat what you want, you are doing the right thing. That’s not correct at all! It is important to maintain a healthy weight - neither too thin nor too fat. It is also important for additional health reasons to eat right (unprocessed food that your body can use to function better) and exercise. There is an idea here that either one is very thin (anorexic) or very fat (obese). The model issue really doesn’t apply to most Americans other than as it relates to body image. If you are of normal weight in this country, it seems, you are considered anorexic. Basically, a lot of people are in denial about the fact that overweight is unhealthy, and that if you eat correctly and get enough exercise, you won’t be overweight - in fact, you will probably be “thin” and that IS healthy. This applies to 99% of people.

By limh

February 22, 2007 11:05 AM | Link to this

Americans have become so delusional about body weight that they consider people like Paris Hilton freaks. Paris Hilton is probably about what a normal woman’s body was designed to be. Human beings eveloved biologically as nomadic gatherers, who were mostly vegetarian. The human body is deisgned for walking, periods of fasting and a varied vegatarian diet, not sitting in front of a TV eating Whoppers. American society tends to think that anything that the majority does is right, be it religion politics, etc. Since most Americans are overweight, we now see something like a “fat pride” movement emerging and the associated bashing of anyone who is thin as deviant. Nkeitha, sorry, 5’7” and 180 pounds is not healthy. Size 14 is not healthy. The fact that so many Americans are this size is irrelevant. It doesn’t change the fact of clinical obesity.

By thelonelyrunner

February 22, 2007 11:07 AM | Link to this

Many Chronic diseses that plague Americans today (Heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, cancer) can be attributed to being overweight or obese. Yes, there are studies that suggest that if you are fat and fit that it’s okay. What gets lost in translation are the health benefits of being at a healthy weight, that is, what is healthy for you. What are the health benfits? Normal blood pressure, glucose, body fat, strong bones, good lean muscle mass. Thin does not always mean healthy. If you are thin, yet eat crap, are anemic, have weak bones and can barely lift a 3 lb dumbell(no muscle mass), then you aren’t healthy. If you are fit, thin and metabolically healthy, you will probably live longer than any overweight person, period. When I grow up, I want a BMI of 23. Crap, I am 41, I better get going!

By Earl

February 22, 2007 11:09 AM | Link to this

Yes.

Conversly, Fat = Ugly.

It’s really that simple.

As a corrolary, Average = Plain.

By Shea

February 22, 2007 11:18 AM | Link to this

Beauty is in the eye, folks… Even if we ALL ate healthy, there’d still be people of different sizes, weights, etc… The human race wasn’t designed to be in the one size fits all category.

By DebbieDoRight

February 22, 2007 11:27 AM | Link to this

Susie HM is right!! There are people in 3rd world countries shaking their heads at this idiocy!!

By RJ

February 22, 2007 11:40 AM | Link to this

Being overweight can cause a lot of health issues. However, being underweight can as well. I have friends that have had children and are still wearing a size 5. That’s their body’s metabolism. My husband eats and eats all day long, much like many say their co-workers do, yet he gains not an ounce. I’ve been with him almost 20 years and he may weigh 5 lbs more than when we first met. But, that’s HIS metabolism.

Beauty is definitely in the eye of the beholder. I’m so glad that curves are now in. I love mine! As a black woman I’ve always had to deal with the large hips and round bottom, but it never bothered me. Having curves makes me feel like a woman and not a 12 year old.

By Haha

February 22, 2007 11:41 AM | Link to this

Models are MODELS for a reason. When you go looking for homes, cars, etc., they don’t show you the “average” one on the block.

People keep saying “real” people don’t look like that. Newsflash: Those ARE real people. Just say, “I don’t look like that” and keep it moving…

By true confessions thin is king

February 22, 2007 11:43 AM | Link to this

It’s astounding when you compare newspaper photos of the American public several decades ago compared with today. You could call it “The fattening of America.” Or take a look at Europeans generally currently; much thinner than we are. I think my fellow posters have pretty well explained it’s a combo of desk jobs replacing the more physical jobs of the past, our affluence, too much of everything, our capitalist economy including proliferation of snack food as a product to sell to us, absence of physical education in school, computers and video games. So many factors. I confess I was raised in a home where thin was beautiful and have spent my life in its pursuit. Result = an eating disorder. I have experienced the same as John and Top Model, above, besieged with endless comments about my thinness from middle-aged women with weight issues. Top Model - I’m right there with you, hope they’re not too offended when I fire back a comment about their large size. I’m put on a pedestal for being thin - can’t they find anything else positive to say about me? If only they knew how I work at it and gone to support groups for help, but when was the last time they took the trouble to plan in advance what will go into their mouth today, or took a walk/bike ride/swim?

By Kerry

February 22, 2007 11:45 AM | Link to this

How can you say a person who is a size 14 is not healthy? That’s baloney! You don’t know how tall that person is. This is the problem. If a person doesn’t fit a certain number, meaning size, then they are unhealthy. hogwash. There are different levels of weight and I am quite sure the doctor of the woman in a size 14, who may be, hmm 5’7, is not telling her she is clinically obese.

amazing the mind or some people…

By must confess thin is king

February 22, 2007 11:45 AM | Link to this

I must add to my previous post, however, lest I gave the impression I think skinny is attractive - no, not at all. I can’t believe how some skinny minnies in Hollywood look absolutely dreadful in the strapless dresses, halter tops and tanks they all seem to parade around in. Doesn’t anyone tell them it’s not pretty to be nothing but bones sticking out and looking like a concentration camp survivor?

By Insurancebabe

February 22, 2007 11:56 AM | Link to this

In response to Nofathere, she was critical of her coworkers for driving up her insurance rates at work due to their excess weight, she needs to be aware of the fact weight tables fo both ways. If she was not part of a group and applying as an individual for insurance, she would probably not be accepted for not meeting the weight charts. She is also a health risk per insurance. Obviously she prefers to judge and lacks compassion, so she really isn’t in a place to ask for it back for herself.

By Top Model

February 22, 2007 11:57 AM | Link to this

To “thin is king”

No one needs to tell thin women in Hollywood that “bones are not pretty” that is YOUR opinion and it shouldn’t matter to the women YOU find unattractive. I’m sure you wouldn’t want all the people who find YOU unattractive telling you to your face when the mood strikes them.

People who are naturally thin and are happy with themselves are the most beautiful people in the world. Heck anyone who is happy with themselves are. If they are unhealthy, which is a SEPARATE issue, let them or their doctor worry about that…not you.

Sincerely, Top Model - tall, thin, healthy and HAPPY!

By Top Model

February 22, 2007 12:02 PM | Link to this

To RJ and the other one who are happy with their curves…be that way. You can be happy with your curves without making side remarks to ones who may not be as curvy. (and thin women can be curvy too, don’t get it twisted.)

By lc

February 22, 2007 12:18 PM | Link to this

i am incredibly offended by limh comments. i am 5’9 and weigh 145 pounds, and wear a size 14. are you gonna come after me because i don’t weight 115 pounds or more after the size 14 thing? if paris does it for you buddy then congrats, but just because you think she’s the norm, doesn’t mean everyone else does. “normal woman’s body was designed to be”? ok.

By Georgia

February 22, 2007 12:26 PM | Link to this

I too am a healthy size 14. I’m not fat, not skinny, just right. I am in great shape, I eat very well (no fast food, no sodas, very little alcohol), I exercise daily, drink close to 2 gallons of water a day and take good care of myself. My body is a size 14 and I’m happy with that. You may see it as unhealthy, but trust me, I am healthier than most Hollywood celebrities and models. And I don’t care. I like me, and I’m that one that has to live with me. If you don’t like it, well then that’s your problem. I’m healthy & happy.

By girl

February 22, 2007 12:29 PM | Link to this

I am a woman, am 5’9” weigh 175 and wear a size 12 pants. I also for the past year (just recently stopped the meds) was on anxiety/depression medication due to post traumatic stress disorder for a traumatic incident that happened to me. The combination of the medicine, and my depression and inactivity contributed to a weight gain of 20 lbs over the past year.
I’m interested in your comments. All right all of you, critique me. Am I “obese”?

By limh

February 22, 2007 12:33 PM | Link to this

Kerry, the clinical definition of obesity is being 15% or more over an ideal weight, that as you point out would depend on a person’s height. A lot of people who wouldn’t recognize themsleves as being overweight would meet that criteria, partly because their perception of normal weight is distorted in an upward direction. I don’t need to look at a picture of someone to know that a female 5’ 7” and 180 pounds or a size 14 would qualify as clinically obese. And yes, despite what you say, that person’s doctor, if competent, should be advising a patient with those characteristics that they are clinically obese. That doesn’t mean that you necessarilly would feel unhealthy or have overt symptoms of illness. It means that you are stressing your body’s skelatal, circulatory endocrine and respiratory systems, among others, in a way that over time is likely to have negative affects. Again, this blog shows how much in denial people are about being overweight.

By Gordy

February 22, 2007 12:38 PM | Link to this

Come on, everybody. Can we be honest at all? Girl, you are obese. It’s nothing personal. Just the facts. If you people want to tell yourselves that fat is beautiful, go right ahead. Let’s continue to lie to ourselves and each other, because the truth is just too harsh to face.

By Fatty

February 22, 2007 12:44 PM | Link to this

I’ve been fat, I’ve been skinny.

Skinny is better.

By slim

February 22, 2007 12:49 PM | Link to this

My work place is extremely friendly to fat women—the lead collector (a female) is sleeping with her (married) boss.

Not so surprisingly, they keep hiring some of the fattest women you’ve ever seen. The lead collector does the hiring, and she definitely does not want a rival for the boss’s affection.

By Tim

February 22, 2007 12:56 PM | Link to this

To be honest, skinny has it’s place. If you’re 27, 28 or younger. It’s good to be stick thin, but that’s for kids these days. A real man wants a real woman, and that means she has serious curves to rest you hand on or around. But having slopes or a mountainous region isn’t all that becoming either, in fact, if a guy cares about the woman he’s with and vice versa, then you want that person to be a healthy size & weight. 5’ 4” - 175 or less is not an unreasonable weight and size for a woman, thusly, a woman should be within twenty to thirty pounds of what a Dr. might say is an ideal weight. At least for me. Otherwise, she’s liable to get tossed through the ceiling when she ridin’ high.

Holla!

By limh

February 22, 2007 1:00 PM | Link to this

I am 5’ 10” and about 168 pounds. I am thinner than probably 90% of other men that I see. However, I just looked at a chart on the web for myself. According to this medical “ideal weight” chart, I am above the upper range of my ideal weight of 163 by 5 pounds. At 187 pounds (a very common weight for adult men of my height) I would be considered medically obese. It’s not hard to fall in that obese range at all, but it still ain’t healthy.

By Renee

February 22, 2007 1:16 PM | Link to this

Notice it’s all of the fat people complaining about “being to thing?”

Less than 1% of extremely skinny people die of being skinny. Over 50% of exteremly fat people die of being fat.

Skinny wins!

By Pedro

February 22, 2007 1:38 PM | Link to this

Skinny girls whine in bed.

By Pedro

February 22, 2007 1:47 PM | Link to this

Yall some big girls tipping the scales at 175 pounds. That’s pretty hefty. 145 pounds is all you need. A 175 pound woman is man sized.

By Beth

February 22, 2007 1:50 PM | Link to this

The ‘big is beautiful’ stuff is a bunch of hooey. You can be big and beautiful, but I think people just use it as an excuse to pig out. Big doesn’t equal any more than skinny or average automatically equates with beautiful.

Personally, I prefer being thin. Normally I’m wearing size zero or one but recently gained up to size three or four partly to shut up some people in my life. Which really bugs me. I don’t go around to the overweight people in my office and tell them to put down the sandwich, or poke them and tell them they’re fat, so why do they feel it’s OK to tell me to eat a pie or poke me and say I’m too bony? Double standard to the max, man.

Anyway, I’m not diggin’ this extra 5-6 pounds. I’ll run around a little bit more, I guess, and drop back down to 5’5 and 115. I had to throw in some extra meals to make the gaining happen, and I suppose if I just cut back to my standard 4-5 meals, I’ll be OK.

I figure I’m beautiful and all, and I just so happen to be thin. I don’t like being fleshier, but I don’t think it makes me ugly or anything. If anything, guys are talking to me a little more, which is OK, I guess. :shrugs: I wonder what the world would do if it weren’t so busy focusing on folks’ size…

By Tim

February 22, 2007 1:52 PM | Link to this

Renee is right. Who lives longer? Not the fat people.

By SW

February 22, 2007 1:57 PM | Link to this

My size four mom died of a massive heart attack. Her size 4/5 sister died of breast cancer, slim women die too. Reality check people.

By Beth

February 22, 2007 2:04 PM | Link to this

Yeah, but SW, it’s not like obesity ever saved anyone from that breast cancer or heart attack. I’m sorry for your losses, but it’s not like going around proclaiming that Big is Beautiful!!!11 and macking down on Whoppers would have saved your loved ones.

I’ll take skinny for 100, please Alex — there are enough things around to threaten my life without adding morbid obesity to the mix.

By SW

February 22, 2007 2:05 PM | Link to this

Someone should dig Karen Carpenter up and tell her that skinny women don’t die. Same for the skinny Brazilian model that just crapped out from anorexia, she looked great in a Prada toe tag. Kate Moss looks loke a peed off herion addict, oh wait, she is a heroin addict, so is Nicole Richey. Skinny women die too, its just easier to carry them to their graves.

By Sarah

February 22, 2007 2:14 PM | Link to this

I bet most of the men on here blasting women for being fat have saggy man boobs and a hairy gut hanging down. Men, look in the mirror men before you speak.

By Tim

February 22, 2007 2:16 PM | Link to this

On average, heavier people do not live as long.

By alfonso the great

February 22, 2007 2:21 PM | Link to this

Yes. Now lose weight fat butt.

By Tariq

February 22, 2007 2:51 PM | Link to this

I’m on the smallish side for a guy (5’8”, 160lbs, small frame) and more or less always opted for “curvy” ladies. Particularly as a brother, we usually go for “thickness”. But my current girlfriend is 4’11 and 100lbs , size zero - she’s not “sick”, just a naturally small person. All I can say is … I’ve been missing out! It’s nice to be able to get my arms around my lady’s, um, parts and I don’t feel like I have to put on weight like before (unhealthy) to feel comfortable with who I’m with. I’ll leave the curvy ladies for the football/basketball players. Personally, I’m sticking to the petite cuties for now on.

By Pedro

February 22, 2007 3:00 PM | Link to this

A Fat Girl tore up my SLEEP NUMBER BED. She was too heavy and now it doesn’t work anymore.

By amc

February 22, 2007 3:01 PM | Link to this

I am naturally thin *5’6”, 118 lbs) and so I understand how it can be a misconception that you don’t eat. I eat whatever I want to and don’t gain a pound. You have to realize that those models are tall and naturally thin (they all have the same lean body frame). I think that they may exaggerate their thinness by eating less which make many of the current models look very sick. I’ve come to realize that weight and appearance isn’t the only major thing to be concerned about. I have heart disease and many other chronic diseases that run in my family so I will exercise for other benefits regardless of losing weight. My heart is a muscle and needs exercise.

I know some of the most prettiest big men and women. When I see their family, most of them are big which makes me think that body size is genetic.

Just think, would God want us all to be running around here looking the same? There again, I believe he wants diversity in all parts of life.

By ilikethicker

February 22, 2007 3:04 PM | Link to this

Sickly thin models do not represent the natural beauty of woman. They represent the overpsyched delusional world perpetuated the so called fashion trend. A healty woman has curves and that’s why I prefer a curvy lady to a bone sticking out rail thin girl who is about to be taken down had there been a gale force wind on the road.

By Rebecca

February 22, 2007 3:08 PM | Link to this

SW - you’re just in denial, aren’t you?

We know skinny women die - duh. BUT, fat women die more often. As I said earlier, only about 1% of extremely skinny people die while 50% of extremely fat people die.

Get a clue.

By Rebecca

February 22, 2007 3:09 PM | Link to this

re: my previous post: due to their weight.

(all people die, eventually)

By Skinny Not By Choice

February 22, 2007 3:13 PM | Link to this

Some of us skinny women out here have it hard. A lot of times I recieve comments from people about how slim I am. It would make me feel horrible because people thought there was something wrong with me. I eat healthy and I’ve never been sick. I am slim by genetics. If I was to work out it would become muscular which I personally don’t think is cute. Most of the time the people who made the skinny comments were oversized women who wished they could be a size 3. I never would talk about someone else’s weight whether they were a size 0 or 24. Because it’s not about the size you are on the outside, it’s about the person you are on the inside.

By RK

February 22, 2007 3:14 PM | Link to this

18 BMI? That’s not unreasonable.

But does skinny = beautiful? Fat surely doesn’t.

By Monique

February 22, 2007 3:16 PM | Link to this

Oh well — as my healthy friends say, if there was a massive catastrophe that happened in America / world, (like in the movies), the morbidly skinny people would be the first ones to go because they have no body fat to live off of!

Also, ever notice how hard it is for some morbidly skinny women to get pregnant? They have to go through a big fertility ritual because their bodies aren’t equipped to carry children. Morbidly skinny women are evil!!

By Lynn

February 22, 2007 3:18 PM | Link to this

Kids are the ones struggling the most with this issue. I noticed my 5’4 daughter at 115 lbs. wasn’t hardly eating & when I asked why, she was on a diet. She’s a size 1 for pete’s sake and said well mom, if your 42 and can wear my jeans, I must be fat cause all old people get fat. I went to the store & bought her a M&M cookie ice cream & she hasn’t been on the diet since & still weighs the same. Now I have to watch her just to make sure she eats. Kids are harsh to overweight children and they think their getting fat because their growing…ohhhh…teens????

By Monique

February 22, 2007 3:20 PM | Link to this

Amen amc!! Amen!! Why is it that more FAT people are married than the so-called skinny ones? If they have it so good, why are they the LAST ones to walk down the aisle?

Oh and by the way, all you skinny people, wait until you hit 40!!! THAT’s when the big ums will have their revenge!!!!

By RK

February 22, 2007 3:22 PM | Link to this

Why are more fat people married?

Because they settle?

By Eric

February 22, 2007 3:23 PM | Link to this

Georgia, I didn’t say ‘average women’ or ‘meat on their bones’ couldn’t be attractive… I said big fat women can’t be (I’m sure big fat mean can’t be either. We’re not talking about whether they are good people or nice to puppies or law abiding… we’re talking about their physical merits and a big fat person CANNOT be attractive. Period.

Plus unless you have a legit medical problem that cause your obesity… then you must just be a lazy sack who won’t eat write or get any exercise. Who wants to be around a person like that?

By Andrea

February 22, 2007 3:27 PM | Link to this

Beth, who do you think you’re kidding? How conceited can you possibly be? Beautiful?!? Puh-leeeez!You probably look like someone in the last stages of HIV. I agree that obesity is unhealthy but what’s wrong with a woman having feminine curves? Not eveyone is meant to be a stick insect; God created us ALL in His own image & His image runs the gamut from skinny to not-so-skinny. It’s easy for the naturally thin to adopt a self-righteous attitude about folks who are plus-size but some unfortunate people CAN’T exercize (i.e. if they’re wheelchair-bound) & have no way of burning off calories. You are all ignorant, mean-spirited bigots who have no compassion for the illnesses & injuries of others. You men (men? I use the word loosely!) who continually bash large women are most likely closet homosexuals & possibly pedophiles if you prefer a female with a shape like a 10-year old boy.

By Monique

February 22, 2007 3:34 PM | Link to this

Don’t worry the trend will change again. In the 50’s Monroe was a sexy, curvy size 16. In the 60’s it was Bridgitte Bardot and Racquel Welch, sexy curvy women also. In the late 60’s Twiggy came in and the tide changed. Give it a couple of years, and all you skinny folks talking smack will be the ones who will be “unattractive”! It’s just a matter of time!!!

By Pedro

February 22, 2007 3:41 PM | Link to this

FAT girls don’t walk, they wobble.

By Lynn

February 22, 2007 3:44 PM | Link to this

Monique, we can all join you at McDonald’s when that happens and go to DQ after for a special treat.

By Andrea

February 22, 2007 3:46 PM | Link to this

So, Pedro, what does your BOYFRIEND have to say about fat girls? By the way, has anyone heard the song “Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)” by British pop star Mika? Now THAT is a young man with a good head on his shoulders! And, Monique, I like to think you’re right, but WHEN will it happen? Well, I guess I’m TOO FAT to be fashionable. I’m a healthy size 14-16, depending on the cut of the garment & my boyfriend thinks I look just fine. I’ve had other men tell me “Don’t ever go on a diet. I love your curves!”

By Eric

February 22, 2007 3:51 PM | Link to this

So where is the ‘evidence’ that more fat women are married?

Or could if be after they get married, people (men AND women) don’t have to look as good so they let themselves go, THEN get fat?

There are plenty of sexy, non-skinny women who are incredible (Scarlotte Johanssen somes to mind) but she is NOT fat.

By Beth

February 22, 2007 3:54 PM | Link to this

Andrea,

Um, what the hëll? Where do you get off insulting me? Thanks for comparing me to an AIDS patient, that was particularly mature.

Yeah, I’m thin, naturally. Yeah, I eat. Yeah, I don’t have a problem with that. Yeah, I think I’m beautiful. I also don’t want to be fat. And?

I wasn’t implying that my thin frame automatically equals “beauty”…any more than a huge frame equals automatic beauty just because the person is non-anorexic. There’s a whole lot more to aesthetics than just being a non-skeleton…and also, I’m all for embracing health, but let’s not delude ourselves into thinking that being non-underweight is some kind of cure-all.

Let me put this another way: live, and let live. I don’t bash other people who are overweight or obese and tell them what to do with their bodies. I might not wish to be that size… but that doesn’t mean I don’t find some of them attractive. And there are people who are my size or thinner that have less-than-attractive features or nasty attitudes that I find completely distasteful.

My point is, I take beauty on a case-by -case basis, but when it comes to myself, I prefer me thinner. Maybe there’s something wrong with my head, but I prefer myself at 115 or thinner, and that’s just the way it is. I wish the people in my world would leave me alone about it, because I certainly don’t harass them about their buffet-style eating habits.

Am I wrong here? Is there something factually inaccurate? If it’s just that you don’t like my opinion, maybe it’s time for you to take a donut break. [That’s the problem with society, folks are too busy scarfing down food to drown their sorrows and are too busy meddling in other people’s affairs.]

By lovelyliz

February 22, 2007 3:54 PM | Link to this

By Hollywood/modeling standards, a size 6 which is still below the national average is fat, but as long as the we the consumer supports these industries that is the standard of beauty we will get.

By Donna P.

February 22, 2007 3:57 PM | Link to this

I am a woman of 41 and am 5’8” and weigh 125 pounds. I watch what I eat and exercise regularly. When I was 16, I didn’t think I was good enough to have a boyfriend because I wasn’t thin enough so I went on a diet and got down to 100 pounds. I was 5’8” at that time too. My ribs were showing, I was hungry all the time, and couldn’t think straight. Look some women are naturally thin and some women are naturally plump. Women should learn to like themselves as they are. I personally don’t think Nicole Richie, the Olsen twins, et al are attractive. I found my happy weight at 125. I wear a size 8 or a size 10 depending on the clothes. My husband of 11 years likes the way I look. He has seen pictures of me at my 100 pound weight and is disgusted by them. He said I looked horrible and couldn’t believe that was me. There are all kinds of men out there and they like skinny, plump, or overweight.

By Monique

February 22, 2007 3:58 PM | Link to this

Lynn: How very “thin” of you to say that!! FYI — I’m 6’2, and 155; I play basketball and volleyball and run track. I don’t care for McD’s (I’m vegetarian), and DQ has roaches in their shakes. How quick you are to judge me by my pro-big comments and you don’t know squat about me!! That must be a “thin” woman’s agenda — keep the thin is in crusade going as long as you can hon!

By lovelyliz

February 22, 2007 3:59 PM | Link to this

When I was in the Navy running 3-5 miles everyday and I was a size 12/14. Unhealthy-NO!!!

By Dan

February 22, 2007 4:05 PM | Link to this

Lets not forget the Marilyn Monroes 16 probably equates to an 8 today. Companys are always adjusting the size because if a woman can fit into a garment with an 8 on the label or the same with a 10, which do you think they will buy. Why do you think they size that way rather then by inches. Btw if you are wearing a 16 and are not approaching 5-10 to 6ft you are overweight. Whether or not hollywood or the public think that is beautiful or not wont change that fact

By lovelyliz

February 22, 2007 4:07 PM | Link to this

Isn’t it interesting that the skinnier our role models get, the fatter we get?

By Monique

February 22, 2007 4:08 PM | Link to this

At least big women don’t have to BUY their boobs!! Theirs come naturally!!

By Jacket05

February 22, 2007 4:11 PM | Link to this

I think the difference is people’s attitudes about it. Sure if you are one size but can run 3 miles and eat healthy, then that is your healthy weight/size. What bothers me more than anything is those that complain about being “fat” while they are sitting on the couch stuffing themselves. Get off your a* and do something about it. But at the same time, those that are happy being larger, dont claim to be healthy b/c you are not. You may be happy, but not in shape.

Weight doesnt mean a thing, I’m a 5’9” male who is 210, but I have a body fat % of 11 and can run 5 miles fairly easily. But standards say that I’m overweight. Same goes for girls, my current girlfriend is 5’0” and 115 who wears a size 6. My old girlfriend was 5’1” 135-140 who ALSO wore a size 6. Weight doesn’t mean anything.

By Pedro

February 22, 2007 4:11 PM | Link to this

With the lights turned off, you could be banging a fat girls armpit and not realize it.

By Lynn

February 22, 2007 4:13 PM | Link to this

Monique, your the one that implied we all get big after 42 & that’s a stereotypical comment if you ask me. I’m 42 & don’t have big ums. And trying to keep the thin crusade going? I don’t think so. If fat people wanna keep stuffing their faces then that’s their choice. I just don’t choose to have lard around my heart.

By Andrea

February 22, 2007 4:14 PM | Link to this

When I was younger & not as enlightened as I am now, I bought into the whole yo-yo dieting thing. I was cranky, miserable & wasn’t enjoying my life. Sorry, my idea of fun isn’t nibbling on half a lettuce leaf, having headaches & always feeling hungry, when I COULD be enjoying a delicious meal at Golden Corral (By the way, when I go to GC or anyplace like it, I make it a point to mostly fill up on fish, chicken, soup, turley & veggies. So, by the time I’m ready for dessert, I’m too full to take more than a token bite or two. Plus, I take my time & eat slowly so I fill up faster.)

By KJ

February 22, 2007 4:15 PM | Link to this

This page needs a glossary:

Curvy = Fat Thick = Obese BBW = Get the harpoon, Ahab

By Top Model

February 22, 2007 4:20 PM | Link to this

Andrea

What a hypocrite you are. You talk about God making us all in his image and how it’s wrong to bash heavier women and then turn right around and call thin women “HIV looking” and shaped like 10 year old boys. Your jealousy is showing. If you could be naturally thin without having to diet and watch what you eat, I bet you would.

Stop hating.

By Nikita

February 22, 2007 4:22 PM | Link to this

Correction: At 5’7” and 170, miss thang is not obese. she’s overweight. there are clinical guidelines and her BMI is in the upper 20s, which is overweight.

As for weight and attractiveness, obviously it’s not attractive to be ill, so both morbid obesity and anorexia are pretty darned un-hot. I’m an overweight girl myself, and I’m married to a guy who is underweight, but I appreciate anyone who looks healthy.

By Noelle

February 22, 2007 4:23 PM | Link to this

Beauty has very little to do with weight. Only the extremes on either end have a direct affect on beauty. If you’re too thin or too fat, you just look sick. Most models and many other celebrities are so underweight that they’re just as much in health danger as people who are borderline obese.

On the other hand, an “average” is not necessarily “healthy.” Sure, the “average” American woman is a size 14, but two-thirds of Americans are overweight, so that doesn’t mean size 14 is healthy by any means.

Really, it’s not about weight. It’s about being as healthy as you can be (which will probably put you within a healthy weight range for your height), but more than that, it’s about being happy with yourself and comfortable with your body. If you’re thin and hate yourself, you’ll be just as ugly to others as if you were fat and hated yourself.

By Pedro

February 22, 2007 4:25 PM | Link to this

What is BBW? Big Black Woman… Big Booty Woman… Big Breasted Woman… Big Butt Woman… Big Blonde Woman…. Bottle Blonde Woman… Big B*** Witch…

By Monique

February 22, 2007 4:27 PM | Link to this

Lynn: Touchy, touchy, touchy!!! You’re thin, but are you happy? Or do you REALLY want an extra piece of pie?

My mom was on the “thin” kick too. She wouldn’t eat this or that, or even LOOK at a piece of chocolate cake. She would always TALK about it though and then she’d breathe deeply and lust longingly after it; but she always denied herself the pleasure. She died in an auto accident at 45. What’s the point?

Life’s too short. Eat the dang cake.

By Pedro

February 22, 2007 4:29 PM | Link to this

Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes all the way to the bones.

By Pedro

February 22, 2007 4:31 PM | Link to this

I think Carolyn O’Neil is hot. She’s not skinny, she’s not fat.

By Lynn

February 22, 2007 4:33 PM | Link to this

So I’ll gladly give you my piece of pie…I hate sweets, but you touch my Miller Lite & I’m gonna bite hard.

By Monique

February 22, 2007 4:38 PM | Link to this

Lynn: DEAL!!! (I don’t like alcohol)

By Andrea

February 22, 2007 4:38 PM | Link to this

Yeah, Pedro, I guess you’d know all about ugly. ANd, BTW, anyone who uses terms like “stop hating” is either ghetto or trailer-park. Monique, sorry about your mom & yes, point well taken!

By Beth

February 22, 2007 4:39 PM | Link to this

Alright, y’all, the rest of us can go home — Noelle said it best. Scroll back up and read what she said if you missed it — she’s making a lot of sense.

By Pedro

February 22, 2007 4:42 PM | Link to this

For desert, I prefer LAP PIE. It’s non fattening and has no calories.

By Saint Peter

February 22, 2007 4:43 PM | Link to this

Andrea, please find another hobby. Your blanket stereotypes are making baby Jesus weep.

World without end, amen, Pete

By Lynn

February 22, 2007 4:43 PM | Link to this

What about those fruity little drinks? Some come with ice cream!

By Beth

February 22, 2007 4:47 PM | Link to this

Pedro, I agree with you about Carolyn! She’s my healthy-body-size hero! And boy, did she open up a can of worms here today! :D

By Pedro

February 22, 2007 4:53 PM | Link to this

I’ve seen girls so fat that when they croaked, it looked like they needed a jack hammer to get em in the casket.

By Top Model

February 22, 2007 4:56 PM | Link to this

Can I call it or what? Just as I suspected Andrea no need to worry about what you eat at Golden Corral or yo-yo dieting. Your most urgent need is the ugliness you have on the inside.

By Top Model

February 22, 2007 4:58 PM | Link to this

Did I call it or what? Just as I suspected Andrea, you shouldn’t worry about what you eat at Golden Corral or about yo-yo dieting. Your more pressing need is to work on how ugly you are on the inside.

By Andrea

February 22, 2007 5:03 PM | Link to this

My, my, Top Moron, a wee bit jealous because some of us actually enjoy our lives instead of practicing self-denial & passing judgement on anyone who doesn’t fit your stereotype of a perfect (??) body??

By Top Model

February 22, 2007 5:06 PM | Link to this

What do I have to be jealous of? I’m naturally thin and in great shape. I don’t have to pass on dessert at Golden Corral. That is life enjoyment right there!

I’ve just noticed that you blamed yo-yo dieting on your moodiness and crankiness. What, pray tell, is your excuse today?

Keep up with the name calling. It just further enforces the stereotypes that bigger girls are bitter.

By Love all women

February 22, 2007 5:19 PM | Link to this

I am a 35yr old man and I love ALL women, skinny, curvy, puggy, fat. My wife is 5’6” and 135 pounds. But when I was single I would rock any girls world. Honestly I like small breasts and skinny to puggy. I have only been with 2 fat women in my life but hey they could rock ur world sexually.

I dont like them too skinny which any women under 115 pounds is toooooooooo skinny..thats gross..crank or coke chick gross….

I personnally like them 115 to 160 with small breasts…

By DeCori

February 22, 2007 5:24 PM | Link to this

I think that being skinny doesn’t mean being beautiful. I see ugly skinny girls all of the time. I don’t think fat is beautiful either. I think beauty comes in many shapes and sizes physically, but it all equates to a healthy median to me.

By Pedro

February 22, 2007 5:38 PM | Link to this

Love all women, of course a fat girl will rock your world sexually. They don’t know when they might get some more so they seize the moment. I’ve always said, if you ever want t good fugg, find yourself a fat girl.

By Pedro

February 22, 2007 5:42 PM | Link to this

DeCori, I agree about skinny girls can be ugly. Remember Tori Spelling before she bought her face?

By Tommy

February 23, 2007 8:10 AM | Link to this

skinny= crack w*******….remember that, you skinny little blonde snobs…

By Jerome

February 23, 2007 8:14 AM | Link to this

Someone said that the average woman’s size was a 14. I am so glad that my wife isn’t average!!!

By Eric

February 23, 2007 8:31 AM | Link to this

Skinny girl with average face is FAR better than fat girl wih average face

Sorry, but there it is.

By Vic

February 23, 2007 9:29 AM | Link to this

Beefy is better! Give me a BBW (big beautiful woman) anyday over a skinny woman.

By female

February 23, 2007 9:31 AM | Link to this

Weight is a number that is just part of the equation people. You have to also look at the overall health and the percentage of body fat. A pound of muscle takes up less space than a pound of fat. You can be 180 with a bodyfat percentage of 15% and fit into a size 12, or be 120 with a bodyfat percentage of 30% and STILL be a size 12. Get over the number on the scale and start looking at what counts: bodyfat percentage, cholesterol, blood sugar, blood pressure, etc.

By Ed

February 23, 2007 9:34 AM | Link to this

Give me a woman with some curves, I don’t think women that maintain their birth weight looks that sexy.

By empathetic mama

February 23, 2007 12:49 PM | Link to this

I just hope the larger gals who seem to be ok with their size are truly ok with it, or secretly unhappy but have accepted they just have to live with it because they can’t find a way to do something about it. Like some of the gals I work with, the “jolly fat person” stereotype applies here b/c they all joke around constantly but things they say sometimes give away that they are unhappy with their size.

By Carolyn O'Neil

February 23, 2007 1:14 PM | Link to this

WOAH! Guess we hit a nerve here…and that’s a good thing. Did you know that by just standing up straight you can appear five pounds thinner? I say posture and how we carry ourselves and smile…. equals beauty, too.

By Cletus Snow

February 24, 2007 12:22 PM | Link to this

Men are not interested in fat or skinny women,most prefer a more mogerate form.My wife is 5’4’and weighs between 120 and 130 thats great,I see skinny women all the time, theres one in my office that like a refugee from a concentration camp, if she weighed 20 more pounds she would be beutiful, theres also a couple who need to lose a few pounds.If I had to make a choice between pleasingly plump and a bag of bones I’d take plump. Some of the skinny ones look like they’d rattle if they ran, I would not hug the ultra skinny, I’d be afraid I’d break something. I’ll stay with the mid size.

By faye

February 24, 2007 4:25 PM | Link to this

I wish we had healthier looking role models - too skinny does look anorexic and sickly - I’m not talking healthy slender - if your knees bulge out more than your legs, if your shoulder blades look deadly, if your ribs make you look like a concentration camp victim, and if your head is so out of proportion to your body that you look like a lollipop - then yes, that’s unattractive - that include most of the Hollywood starlets and runway models.

For a better type of physical beauty, look at the MOMIX dancers (recent Hanes ad) - they are heavier than all of the above, but I dare you to tell me they are unhealthy (look at their MOVES!) and who can think those bodies are too fat - they’re BEAUTIFUL!

By bill

February 24, 2007 5:33 PM | Link to this

I think the whole skinny/fat thing is positively being driven by the overweight women of the world. It seems to me that the ratio of overweight women to attractive women is about 10 to 1. It’s the same old marketing ploy trying to convince us that the old pork chop is good looking. It ain’t true sister…..

By Ummm

February 25, 2007 4:11 PM | Link to this

Rebecca stated that “fat people die more often.” Does a fat person die more than once?

By Nikita

February 25, 2007 8:21 PM | Link to this

I’d also like to note that we can’t all be skinny, but we can all be healthier. A minor reduction in calories combined with small changes in lifestyle will result in weight loss, better cardiac capacity, better sleep at night, etc. More changes = more results.

And as a fat girl, I’m pretty happy with my size but I’m also taking steps to avoid being in a high-risk category. I’m not jolly — but I’m also not worried about my self-image.

By Graham

February 25, 2007 9:12 PM | Link to this

The problem is Low Self-Esteem. People are taught that there is a right and wrong way to look without knowing what’s right for them. Men are frequently left-out of the victim field, but it concerns them as well. Some men may be attracted to large women but do not want to be labled as “I’m with fatty”. Education in this country needs to show people how to be healthy both mentally and physically (which the two are related) by teaching them to think and not to listen to what everybody else says.

By catlady

February 25, 2007 9:32 PM | Link to this

I have lost 80+ pounds in the past 3 years. I am proud and happy about that. I may or may not live longer, but I feel better about myself and expect to feel even better as I lose the last 15 big ones. Now, I will not be skinny, and I will never be pretty, but I will be a smart woman with an average-sized body, which seems pretty good to me after 33 years of being severely overweight. Let’s affirm and support the many flowers in God’s garden, and encourage them to take care of themselves to be the best they can be.

By stophating

February 25, 2007 11:41 PM | Link to this

To everyone that hates fat people I just want to say skinny people die too. They may be more healthy but what is stopping them from getting hit by a bus with a carrot stick in their hand or getting shot at?

By Penny

February 26, 2007 1:08 AM | Link to this

I really hate the way that we women destroy our self-esteem over the unrealistic image of the perfect size. I was very thin as a teen and was in my 20s before my genetics caught up with me. I’m 5’5”, weigh 175 and wear a size 10 jeans and 14 shirt. A lot of my weight is pure muscle. I have discovered that if I live off salads, don’t eat bread, skip the sweets and give up adult beverages, I can maybe get into an 8 pants. Instead, I strive to eat right, work out and be generally active while keeping my eating habits in moderation and wear a size 10. I’ve learned that the extra struggle just isn’t worth the quality of life loss. What fun is life if you beat yourself up for having that occasional piece of birthday cake at a party? I’ve been blessed in so many other ways, but being the trendy shape and size isn’t one of them.

By Peggy

February 26, 2007 8:47 AM | Link to this

Fashion models look like they’re one overdose away from death. This is the fault of the stylists. When designers say there’s nothing they can do to change the way a model looks they’re saying they have no creative power over the industry. In magazines models are often posed as if they’re too exhausted from lack of food and too many drugs to sit up. Some look as if they’re dying, some look already dead. They are mannequins, plastic, sightless, dead. This is the ideal we allow our young girls to worship?

By ~willowsilverwolf~

March 6, 2007 2:55 PM | Link to this

I’m going to take as an un-biased view on this as possible and it’s quite long so bear with me ^_^

yes there are women that due to their genes are naturally skinny and yes there are women that due to their genes are naturally more curvy. The majority of the time it all falls down to the individuals metabolic rate.

yes is is true in some cases as you get older you put on more weight because your metabolim slows down. It is also true that in some cases as you get older you loose weight becase of muscle detereation.

you get the extreams in either direction.

some women do become ill through the want of the media induced ‘perfect body’ and suffer from diseases such as anorexia, and bulimia. you also get women who are unhealthly skinny because they train themselves not to eat or simply because they have a distorted image of what they actually look like (they have to be and stay that thin other wise they see themselves as fat)

and for the other side

some women do become overweight and obease because they consume too many calories and do not do enough exercise. However, there is medical evidence now that suggests that there is a ‘fat gene’ that can be carried though a families genetics and regardless of how little person eats or how much exercise they do they can only loose weight up to a certain point without further medical help. and don’t forget that anorexia isn’t the only eating disorder, there is also a compulsive eating disorder where cells in the brain tell people who suffer from it to eat regardless of wether they are hungry or not- for them it is not a choice and it can be just as agnoising for them.

We cannot just blame a person for their circumstances. As it has been mentioned there are people who because of some disabitliy are unable to exercise.

We must also have a look at the types of environment we live in. Today the car is not considered a luxuary but a necessity and because of todays daily scheduals of some people they are unable to walk the two miles to a shop (though i doubt in many cases it is that far for most people anymore) to get some milk and bread. They are simply too busy working, looking after the kinds, taking them to after school clubs and trying if there is any time left to have a social life of their own.

The problem is the amout of quick and easy fast food options there are out there, the case where your late for work and dont have time to eat some cerial (or youghart or toast or fruit or porrage) so they grab a macdonalds breakfast thing or some pastery on the way to work. A very common situation for alot of people. or the sinario where you miss breakfast and have too small a lunch and by dinner time you are starving because you have not had the required amount of caliories for the day to keep your body active and thus overeat to make up for what you haven’t eaten.

I think people need to take a much more active role in what they choose to feed themselevs because alot of it does fall down to choice.

It does make me feel very sorry for women who are not only obease but also for women who are unhealthly slender and for all those people out there (not just women) who have been made to hate themselves by the propaganda of the media and fashion houses.

I’m 19 years old (almost 20) and at a size 16 and being 5’8” I know myself that I am overweight and I take a healthy attitude to this. I don’t try and starve myself, but i eat proper meals. I eat when i am hungry which is on average two times a day and every meal is made up of fresh vegitables:

This is an example of one recipe I created - in a small amount of oil I lightly stirfry a red pepper, 1/2 a courgette, a few small tomatoes, bean sprouts and mushrooms and add a tablespoon of sweet chilli sauce. I heat up a sweet potato in the microwave and pour the cooked vetables ontop and sprinkle it with sunflower seeds. A highly nutritious, filling and tasty meal. I get my five a day all in one go and I don’t feel bloated or lethargic afterwards.

I very rarely eat fast food, not only because it is full of unnecessary sugars and salts but because the amount of excess grease and oil they contain usually makes me feel ill. I don’t drink any kind of soda, again they are full of sugars (even the diet ones they just call the sugars by a different name) and colourings and are terrible for your teeth. I mostly drink hi juice squash (which means there is actually a hi percentage of real fruit juices in it and i dilute it with lots of water) I do alot of exercice, walking round university campus and walking into town (about a 30min walk) and back again (which is all up hill and is very good for a cardovascular work out).

My figure is what I guess falls in the pear shaped catagory though I have a small nipped in waist which makes me appear a more classical hour glass shape. I always get alot of positive male attention when i go out clubbing. I have a loving partner of two years who adores my waist and the curve of my hips.

Of course there are thing I would change if I was given an innumerable amount of wishes, but then thats just a human, trate - you’re never happy with what you’ve got.

I always wanted long straight light blonde hair, but mine is waist long golden blond and wavy/curly (for any artists out there check out Botticeii’s ‘The birth of venus’ for an idea of what my hair looks like) it’s extreamly high maintanence.

Overall i’m pretty comfortable with my appearence.

I just wish that people would stop being so judgemental. The only reason why I think there is so much press over unhealthly slim women is because it is these steriotypical women we are expected to look like. If instead of thin women there were obease women on the catwalk there would be an equal amount of press as neither is a healthy role model.

I agree with the statement that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. If you are a larger figured lady dressed well with a confident, happy, friendly and out going persona, you are going to seem alot more attractive (not just in a sexual way) than a thin, aggressive, mean looking, tatty dressed recluse. and the same goes for the other way round. It’s all about how you choose to present yourself. Make the best of what you have and enjoy what you have, you’ll feel so much more confident when you accept who you are and start looking at the positive side of things.