Ladies, are you heavier than your mother?

[Anonymous]

I am slightly heavier than my mom was at my age (44), but only because I don’t smoke. My mom suppressed her appetite by smoking and she ate like a bird for as long as I can remember. She eventually quit but then died in her early 50s so I don’t know what she would’ve looked like as she got older. Her sisters are pretty heavy apple-shapes now but neither of them were ever as active as I’ve been my whole life.

[Anonymous]

My mom is under 5 feet and 88 lbs dripping wet so never.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Was at a social this weekend, saw four mothers and their adult daughters. All of the daughters were much heavier than their mothers. The mothers were all in their late 60s to early 70s. Funny enough, the elderly women were doing all the cooking. All of the daughters worked outside, but these older women worked when they were younger too. The older women each had had more kids than their daughters.
Not sure what has changed in families, but this was dramatic. I'm saying like 50- 100 pound difference in weight in all cases.
One woman joked about it and said that her goal was to get to her moms weight.

No, my mom used to weigh 87 lbs. Moved to Detroit and became immediately obese. I'm a healthy 0/2p, but not a 00P.

[Anonymous]

Nope. My early 70s mom has been overweight for 40 years. I’m mid-40s and slender.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:dododo

This was your way of reviving a six year old thread??

[Anonymous]

My mom is in her mid-60s and is about 5’6’’ 132 or so. I’m 5’3’’ 122.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cancer has brought back my mother's svelte figure. Who knew it could be so easy?

Don't be an ass.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I haven't looked through all the responses so someone may have posted this already, but The Atlantic had a great piece on why -- even eating the same amount of food/exercising the same amount-- women were smaller 20-30 years ago: http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/09/why-it-was-easier-to-be-skinny-in-the-1980s/407974/

My mother was ridiculously tall and thin until she had kids, and then her shape changed dramatically. I've always had to watch what I eat and am very active; I think that in the long run, I'll actually fare better. She was much thinner than me at 20, but I bet I will be thinner at 40 than she was.

This is pretty interesting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cancer has brought back my mother's svelte figure. Who knew it could be so easy?

Don't be an ass.

Be kind. I think the pp you quoted was just using sarcasm to cope with her mom's devastating diagnosis.

[Anonymous]

I have the same BMI as my mom. We're both slim but with problematic stomach areas.

I've observed that in my ILs' family, where the moms are fit, the daughters tend to be really out of shape, and vice versa.

[Anonymous]

Nope. I'm actually seeing this phenomenon with younger mothers and daughters, though (like moms in their 40s w/ large teen daughters).

I'm really concerned about the long-term health of younger generations, who are being told that extra weight is "beautiful" and "healthy" while we continue to pump out new pharmaceuticals to deal with something called "fatty liver disease" (WTF?) and diabetes, instead of actually suggesting that people make changes to their diets.

[Anonymous]

No. My mother was overweight to obese her whole life and I've always been thin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nope. I'm actually seeing this phenomenon with younger mothers and daughters, though (like moms in their 40s w/ large teen daughters).

I'm really concerned about the long-term health of younger generations, who are being told that extra weight is "beautiful" and "healthy" while we continue to pump out new pharmaceuticals to deal with something called "fatty liver disease" (WTF?) and diabetes, instead of actually suggesting that people make changes to their diets.

Agreed and if you say one word about weight you are shaming them and screamed at that people know they are overweight and there is nothing they can possibly do about it and they've tried all the things and don't you know they've tried all the things and it's not their fault at all and you don't understand and just be quiet and on and on.

It's become completely normalized in way that is messed up.

[Anonymous]

If any of us were skinnier than my mother, we'd be dead.

So there's that.

[Anonymous]

Yes, but I'm taller and have an athletic build.