As I end my journey of my first year of college, I have to ask myself, why does every girl feel the need to be skinny?? I myself am not fat, but I do have a few extra pounds. I live in a dormitory with 30 girls on my floor, and every single one of them, every day, complains "I'm too Fat", "I need to go to the gym." Many of these girls are not fat by any standards. A few of them are even very skinny. I don't understand why everyone has to buy into the media perspective of everyone being a size 0 with like 2% body fat. I was put into gymnastics as a child, and my coaches made me anorexic because I would work out all hours of the day, and being the picky eater I am, would not eat the foods that I should have been eating. There are always reports in the media of how the media should stop giving girls a false sense of self, but yet no one has done anything. Even boys now feel the need to be skinny. I just don't understand what americas obsession with being skinny is. Can't we all just be healthy weights and be okay with it?
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I agree completely. The growing trend with men going anorexic has been concerning me especially, as my cousin B has been refusing to eat lately in order to fit into some emo jeans.
I think that one needs to stay physically active, but the goal should be for tone, not for skin and bone.
people don't like themselves enough to know that that is what they really want. we subscribe to the idea that if others like me i'll be ok and especially if others think i am hot or handsome or any of that other crap. yeah tv, the whole media thing that is huge but it starts a little closer to home
I think it's the media that shows all of the girls who are very thin and unhealthy looking and they show that that's what's beautiful. Being that we are young, we are going to look at that and think that's what we have to look like in order to be beautiful. I, myself and skinny. I'm 5'9" and 125 pounds. I like my weight, I wouldn't try to get any smaller, but I do hear a lot of people wishing that they were as skinny as me. I don't want to say this, but a lot of those girls are white. Look at the white girls in the media: Lindsey Lohan, Hilary Duff. They were beautiful the size they were and then they got mad skinny and look sick. Then look at the black girls such as Beyonce, Lil Kim. They are rounder, curves, plump; that's what black guys like, that's what black girls want to look like. NOt in all cases is this true, but in a lot.
Completely agree with funny story...
I am thin. Not overly so but I watch what I eat (obesity due to a dramatic drop in metabolism runs in the family). Everyday I eat a salad at lunchtime and I get YELLED at for it. I'm "too thin", I am NOT too thin. My BMI is 21.0, perfect! I eat PLENTY but I tend to eat healthier foods and I get yelled at for it! If people were just a little bit more like me we wouldn't have the problems we have in America.
~Miss. Murphy
I think the more important question is, why do we (women) let the weight issue bother us? My guy friends seem way less concerned about their weight than I do. I never see them avoiding mirrors or horrified that they had to buy their jeans a size bigger. Why do we torture ourselves? And if you know the answer to that, how do we stop? *frown*
I thought i was chunky..and I was alittle but nothing to really be worried about. I was 5'7 and i fit a size 12. not to bad...then i cancer...from watching my wait i kept being told to eat and try to gain wait. I lost 50 pounds in 4 months...At first I loved it...then i say myself in the mirror...i wasnt skinny i was a pile of bones...it was pretty it was sickening...I gain about ten pounds back, but still i size six...i will never complain about my size because i remeber how i couldnt eat because of my stomach, and i remeber how sick i looked. I realized...i love my food, it isn't worth it.
Maranda Ash
I hate this standard that the media sets for people. I don't see why people do many of the things that they do. Why can't people be happy the way they are? What causes some people to have low self-esteem?
I'm skinny and I can tell you firsthand that the only thing 'cool' is my body temperature all of the time. I'm always cold!
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dont be skinny, be strong. and ladies do you have any idea how hard it is to gain weight when you train for strength? Dont insult us guys that fight and work very hard for that 5 pound muscle gain, let alone that "bulky look" you women are all so afraid of.
dont be skinny, dont get squishy and soft either. get strong and attract that man who is looking for a good woman to raise children with. I dont want to raise children with a woman that cant defend my offsprings. this may sound caveman-esque, but that is what men are inside, deep down inside, cavemen. If you want a good caveman, be a good cavewoman.
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Its not that skinny is cool. Skinny is pretty. The tight body complementing every curve whereas fat hides the curves. It then becomes layers. Guys like curves, therfore guys like skinny because its more beautiful.
DISCLAIMER: I am not being rude. I'm stating my opinion. No personal attacks are meant. Please give some leniency on how you take my words. imagine me saying them with a smile. ^__^
In my mind, skinny isn't at all beautiful. It implies someone is sick, has malnutrition... The female body has to have something like 15% body fat in order to be reproductive. Women that are skinny don't have that, and so aren't going to be as attractive.
Thin, on the other hand, is borderline. My man loves me the way I am, and I am by no means thin. I'm not fat, either. I just have plenty of curves. Skinny =\= curves.
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i dont understand some people's needs to be skinner either if theyre not fat to begin with
but im not one to talk tho. i dont really like how i look either but i dont feel like im fat tho. i just feel like if i would get into better shape i would be happier with myself
i think that not a lot of girls just focus on being skinny, i think with some its more about liking how they look. and not stopping until they get the body they want.