Do thinner people feel more righteous

[Anonymous]

So many posts here on how chubby ppl are a downgrade. I think I only read one post that said chubby women were ok, but chubby men weren’t. All the others see weight as a downgrade.


How many ppl are truly naturally thin in middle age? Without doing crazy things to stay thin?

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

Most of the thin people I know who are 45+ do extreme things to stay that way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So many posts here on how chubby ppl are a downgrade. I think I only read one post that said chubby women were ok, but chubby men weren’t. All the others see weight as a downgrade.


How many ppl are truly naturally thin in middle age? Without doing crazy things to stay thin?


My family are like the Skywalkers of diabetes and joint replacements. Carrying extra weight exacerbates those problems and many others. I’m in my 50’s and I mostly eat clean (margaritas and Mexican food on the weekends) workout regularly, etc. Staying fit, or the things that I do to stay fit, don’t seem unnatural to me. I don’t judge others I just try to do what’s right for myself and my family.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So many posts here on how chubby ppl are a downgrade. I think I only read one post that said chubby women were ok, but chubby men weren’t. All the others see weight as a downgrade.


How many ppl are truly naturally thin in middle age? Without doing crazy things to stay thin?


My family are like the Skywalkers of diabetes and joint replacements. Carrying extra weight exacerbates those problems and many others. I’m in my 50’s and I mostly eat clean (margaritas and Mexican food on the weekends) workout regularly, etc. Staying fit, or the things that I do to stay fit, don’t seem unnatural to me. I don’t judge others I just try to do what’s right for myself and my family.

Skywalker here adding one more point - my staying fit doesn’t change the outcome. The last I heard, the death rate is holding steady at 100%. You do you and don’t worry about what other people think. Skywalker out.

[Anonymous]

I'm a naturally skinny middle-aged man. I know I'm lucky, but I also am trying to work to put on some muscle to avoid being a frail old man.

My wife is a fit, relatively thin, middle-aged woman. She'd never say it to anyone else, but she points out to me that it doesn't come naturally. She exercises about an hour a day (plus several hours of daily walking), and whenever she gains a few pounds she cuts out all sugar for a few weeks.

I also wouldn't say it except anonymously, but I greatly appreciate her doing that.

[Anonymous]

I grew up a chubby kid/teen. I assumed that if I were thin, I would be much much happier. Over the years I have met plenty of people who are unhappy despite being thin. Imagine that!

So while I am a lot more fit and healthy now, it takes a lot of hunger and white knuckling to be thin for me. I decided I would eat healthy food and be active but not starve myself. As a result I’m not thin, but I’m also not huge. It works for me. AND I’m happy and in a great marriage.

[Anonymous]

I'm a genetically fit 40-something woman. I consider myself to have won a genetic lottery, not to be better than anyone else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most of the thin people I know who are 45+ do extreme things to stay that way.

Most people in my friend group are reasonably fit. I don’t know anyone who does anything extreme. I mean they work out and periodically track calories/macros, but that doesn’t seem extreme to me.

[Anonymous]

I am 52 and naturally thin. I always have been. I do nothing extreme. I don't even "work out" regularly. I am active (meaning I'll do things like swim laps in the summer, skin in the winter, enjoy hikes on vacation, and walk my dog etc.). So not a couch potato. But I don't have a gym membership and haven't had one since I was maybe 30. I eat more than most women my age as far as I can tell. People are very suspicious. Don't know it's just DNA I guess.

When I was 16, I was a bag of bones and completely flat chested and got zero attention from any boys. Does that make people feel better?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I grew up a chubby kid/teen. I assumed that if I were thin, I would be much much happier. Over the years I have met plenty of people who are unhappy despite being thin. Imagine that!

I've been too fat and too thin, and unhappy at both, but I was rarely actually happy when too thin. The extreme lifestyle required to maintain that level of thinness on my frame was absolutely miserable. I'd rather be fat and happy and let the jerks tell on themselves about it.

[Anonymous]

Another naturally thin woman in my early 40s. I do work out 4-6 times a week now - for the first time in my life, even. I was a total sedentary, eat like a Gilmore Girl, skinny person before recently. I would still never think of myself as more righteous than someone with a different physique. For one thing, I'm working out for my own health and happiness, not for anyone else's enjoyment. And secondly, there are many people (men and women) at my gym that are not thin but regularly outperform the thin ones. And finally, there are many ways to be a good person that enriches the lives of others, and being thin really has no bearing on that. I mind my own business when it comes to other people's bodies.

[Anonymous]

This is why thin people are SO mad about GLP-1 medications.

[Anonymous]

No, I do not feel righteous.

I have been skinny my whole life (in my 50s now) and I couldn't care less what weight you are. I have friends in all shapes and sizes.

I cannot stand, however, to be around women who talk about food, their weight, and working out incessantly. I had one close friend like this (super fit actually) and I had to just phase out spending time with her one-on-one b/c it was literally the only thing she cared about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is why thin people are SO mad about GLP-1 medications.

Thin person who posted right above you - I think you're right, and those are emotionally immature thin people. The rest of us either don't care or are happy that our loved ones have found something that works for them.