Fat People's View on Skinny

That sounds like a figure that is nothing to scoff at. Very GRRR.

Meh.

I am comfortable with it. Which is what is most important. Less pointy edges according to my husband.

I have one so called friend who told me that I was fat (or had gotten fat as far as she was concerned) last time she saw me, with a snicker as she said it. And if I am, so I am. I am comfortable with it, which is what matters the most. People will comment one way or another. There are some things I am not happy about, but I don't know anyone who is completely happy about their bodies. If you're comfortable as you are, then that is how you should remain.
 
I am comfortable with it. Which is what is most important. Less pointy edges according to my husband.
Then slap him on his pointy head: the word is "fewer" not "less".
Tch. ;)
 
Bells how can any woman be considered fat at size 4? You would have to be 3 feet tall to be fat at size 4!

Ok fess up Bells are you a midget? :p
 
Bells how can any woman be considered fat at size 4? You would have to be 3 feet tall to be fat at size 4!

Ok fess up Bells are you a midget? :p

Nope. Not a midget.

I guess she was comparing me to what I was like before. I would probably fit more into the size 6 category. I'm not sure how US sizing works these days. So for her, after seeing me before and seeing me now after being away for a long time, I was "fat". She is probably what would be considered a size 0 and considers anyone not her size to be "fat". In other words, it was her way of being a bit bitchy to remind me that she thinks I let myself go.. she disapproves that I had children, so it was a way to get that little dig in..

She couldn't understand that I was never happy as I was before and it was stress that caused me to be that skinny. But apparently, that is what I should be striving for. That I don't is a mystery to her.
 
Well even a size 6 isn't fat. She sounds as if she has issues. I mean how can she disapprove of your having children? You're not a child. I don't believe in 'one size fit all', there are women who are naturally a size 0 and they don't have to really have to work to stay that way.

Kate Moss recently had to explain a weight gain meanwhile she's still size 2:

“”I’ve just started wearing bras. It’s a miracle. Great timing for my lingerie collection. I’ve just grown breasts … I am a woman now. It’s true. Honestly, I’ve never worn a bra in my life. Ever! It’s so awful, even my friends are phoning me up and saying, ‘Are you pregnant?’ And I’m like, ‘No! I just put on a couple of pounds and they went in the right place.’ Isn’t that weird? Now I can fill a B-cup.”

http://evilbeetgossip.film.com/2009/02/16/kate-moss-says-shes-not-pregnant-just-gaining-weight/
 
Well even a size 6 isn't fat. She sounds as if she has issues. I mean how can she disapprove of your having children? You're not a child. I don't believe in 'one size fit all', there are women who are naturally a size 0 and they don't have to really have to work to stay that way.
A 6 is by no means fat. I just read that Katherine Heigl is a size 6. And she has a ridiculously nice package.
I also used to date a girl who was a size 0 and 2. She was 5'11" and weighed about 135 lbs. Granted she was slim, she was by no means anorexic.
 
A 6 is by no means fat. I just read that Katherine Heigl is a size 6. And she has a ridiculously nice package.
I also used to date a girl who was a size 0 and 2. She was 5'11" and weighed about 135 lbs. Granted she was slim, she was by no means anorexic.

A size 6 is huge. Plus size models usually wear size 5 and 6 :rolleyes:. It's true though, when I was modeling they would be so mean to the women who wore size 5 and 6. Unless they were in their 40s then it was acceptable, not preferred, but tolerated as in they didn't call you a fat grotesque pig they just thought about it. But you can't base fitness on the size of your pants. I used to play basketball with a girl who wore a size 12, but you'd be hard pressed to find excess fat anywhere on her. She was massive, but not fat. (Except for her breasts they were massive too) :D
 
those are very smart teenage girls, they know what they are talking about. :) You should watch for your health.

But what if they are American "teenage girls"? Certainly they could not "know what they are talking about", right Draq?
 
Another "agreed". It's about what's in those pants... :D

I have a 34 inch waist, but I cannot fit into most 34 inch pants for two reasons: the size of my legs and the size of my ass. It's not fat... it's muscle from all the hiking I do.

I have to buy 36 inch pants and wear a belt.
 
Curves are dependent on breasts and a taperd waist not dress size. If Kim Kardashian went down to a size 2 she would still look curvy, just within smaller packaging.

I've got to find a different thread, or at least take a break, this one is just too "titillating"... :rolleyes: :D
 
Cutsiemarie: A size 6 is huge. Plus size models usually wear size 5 and 6

Well actually no. Plus size models are usually size 12

'Requirements Can Include:

Between 5'8" and 6'0"
5'9" is pretty much minimum for larger markets though Wilhelmina in NYC does represent a few girls who are 5'7" and 5'8".

Size 12, 14, 16
Sizes 10 and 18/20 are also used, but are not as common.'
 
Randwolf this should make you tittilate you further

http://www.bakedinny.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/kim-kardashian.jpg

Ms. Kim Kardashian's Measurements are 35D-26-40

Note she is curvey and not 'fat' because of her slim waist. Perfect hour-glass measurments
Now we're cookin' with gas... ;)

Have you noticed (rhetorical, I presume that you have) how much the "ideal" body shape changes over time / culture? Especially for women? What is hot today was not last year / decade/ century, and vice versa. I guess there is no lasting consensus as to what the "perfect curves" should be. Personally, I find all different shapes inviting, with the exceptions of the the actual extremes - anorexic and, uh, "glandular challenged" individuals such as those in the bikini photo.


What about you, personally? Do you think you would be just as comfortable being with someone who weighs 80 lbs (~aprox 36 kg) as you would be with a 400 lb'r (~200kg)?

In what sitation(s)? Work / employment? Romantically? Platonic friends? Part of the "clique"?

If you had a magic wand, where would you weigh in? (Kinda makes you think about things from a new perspective...)
 
Cutsiemarie: A size 6 is huge. Plus size models usually wear size 5 and 6

Well actually no. Plus size models are usually size 12

'Requirements Can Include:

Between 5'8" and 6'0"
5'9" is pretty much minimum for larger markets though Wilhelmina in NYC does represent a few girls who are 5'7" and 5'8".

Size 12, 14, 16
Sizes 10 and 18/20 are also used, but are not as common.'

Sorry for misleading you, I was referring to the company I modeled for, no 'catwalk' so there was no actual height requirement. And for the designer I worked for the plus sizes were 5-7, he didn't make bigger sizes than that (2-4) were his ideal. "These clothes weren't meant for the everyday woman, so need to portray her." That's what they used to say to the feminists who came and protested.
 
Well I posted above that size 4 is perfect for me (between 110 and 115. I'm maxed out at 120p). I become extremely nervous at any signs of weight gain, though I wouldn't call myself neurotic I have been hard-wired in a society that frowns on meaty women, so for me being a size 6 only leaves me feeling uncomfortable. I have oftern wondered what it would be like to be endowed with an over-eccentuated hour-glass shape but that is a matter of genetics, which is why Trya Banks can gain 30 pounds after modelling and still look great. Believe me when I say if I gained 30 pounds I wouldn't look sexy.

Personally I have always liked my men either stocky or completely fit. Nothing bothers me more than a flabby man, he can be stocky but not flabby. Skinny men are out! Completely! I think mick jagger is a male toothpick. Generally I don't think women care about weight in a serious way, there are other visual cues that are much more enticing for a woman than the size of a man's pecs or how tight his ass is or whether he can fit into a teeny weeny pair of jeans.

Friends, I couldnt care less if my friends or colleagues eat themselves into a size 20, anorexics bother me though as they tend to be control freaks, not much fun.

I think though generally curvy women are much sexier than three dimensional flat boards. Twiggy and Kate Moss have unappealing body shapes, if I had to choose between Giselle's figure and Kim Kardashians I would pick Kim's. Curvy though is more difficult to maintain than stick figure. Curvy has to work at keeping everything tight and tend towards weight gain. Sticks remain sticks forever even if they do gain the odd few pounds.

What do you think about these women for example?

http://www.curvystyle.com/Crystal.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3202/3116016265_5b0ed405c3.jpg

http://www.curvystyle.com/fluvia1.jpg

You see even though I think they are pretty or beautiful looking women as far as features go, I would hate to be in their bodies. Men on the other hand might think pretty, so what if she's not petite. At the end of the day I don't really think it matters, sexy is sexy no matter what, but we all have to feel comfortable in our bodies no matter the size.

Cutsiemarie: It doesn't matter if the designer only used up to size 7 models which is quite large in high fashion for catwalk, fact remains that to be CLASSIFIED as a plus size model you have to be at least size 12. Like those girls in the pics. Both are high fashion models for people like Jean Paul Gautier etc. and they are 12 or 14 which is a plus size. Its an industry and there is a set criteria.
 
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You can kiss my ass.
1. I wasn't directing this at YOU.
2. I can't stand it when someone makes a Sam-esque type comment/insult towards the U.S. when their own country has more than its issues.

Then maybe you need to address the troll otherwise known as draqon about this, not me.

all countries have dark pasts, i'm saying there's nothing to gain in that kind of argument, as well as saying get off your high horse.

it wasn't directed at me, but it still annoyed me. saying 'but dragon started it' is a poor excuse.
 
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