muria wrote:
I agree with April – i too am a size 8 who’s tried absolutely everything to put on weight without success. People don’t understand how hurtful it is to hear comments such as “skinny bitch”; “snap in half” and a lot worse and how it can affect our self esteem. I was ruthlessly bullied in school due to my weight and now in the grown up world i don’t understand the double standard of how its totally acceptable for people to make derrogatory comments to people who are slim whilst it’s unacceptable to do the same to people who have a few extra pounds. Shouldn’t people be treated the same no matter what their size?
This hypocrisy runs hidden throughout society and I had occasion to ‘enjoy’ it at first hand when on two separate occasions I was told: on one I needed to lose weight and on the other i was too thin – I was wearing the same clothes and weighed the same on both occasions by some freak coincidence but my weight obsessed relative was absolutely adamant about one of the extremes on each occasion :you_crazy:you_crazy:you_crazy:you_crazy
I dont get it anyway – if I listened to those mad charts my Dr had I would be almost 15 kg lighter than I am at over 6 feet tall [and I look like an emaciated refugee at that weight as I have had occasion to find out once when I was very ill]
Having said that there is a weight beyond which I dont go as it causes my back to ache constantly and I feel lethargic.
Lets hear it for being a good weight for our heights and bone structures and being happy with our weight as it is raaaraaaraaa
Some folk are naturally thin and some are not – so what? As long as they are happy and not morbidly obese [melon shaped with limbs attached] lets leave them to it :weee: Its none of our business 😉
