Sat, Mar-09-13, 12:14
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New Member
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Plan: Atkins, VLC
Stats: 150/150/120
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Progress: 0%
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Glad I found this forum group, wondering about something
I'm really not sure how to word this question. But since this is the body image board I'm sure many will be able to relate. I have a friend who broke up with her fiance and lost about 15 lbs because of depression and not eating. She was thin to begin with, and now looks like a runway model (despite the circumstances it happened under, shes super happy now and I think secretly loves that it made her so thin) I think its safe to say that most women would love to look like that, but why is it so stigmatized to look so thin? Is it because she may look unhealthy? What if she had a little muscle to go with her low body fat percentage? I guess my question is, why is it okay for a woman to go to the gym and say, I want to be 17% body fat, and if she achieves that, do we say OMG she looks so thin. She has no fat on her. No, we say oh she goes to the gym, its okay for her to be that thin. She works out. Why does there have to be a "healthy" weight, and who the hell decided what "underweight" is? I technically have a "healthy" weight according to BMI charts (which are TOTAL BS by the way) I am 5' 5 1/2'' and weigh 140 on a good day. I would love to be 120 because even though I'm technically not obese or overweight, I feel like a fat cow because I have about zero muscle mass. So all my weight is seriously fat. So, who's to say that if I want to get to 115 because that's where I feel my best, why is that demonized? Sorry if my thoughts are all over the place, but I just feel like if you get on one of these forums and say your height and weight and it seems "normal" people are like, well thats why you're not losing weight. You don't have more weight to lose. Umm, yes. I do have more to lose. Thanks for your medical assessment. lol once again, sorry if my question is very vague, I'm just wondering why its such a social crime to want to look so thin.
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