At what age does being skinny start to look bad?

[Anonymous]

Crazy this thread is almost 10 years old and people still interested

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think you need to compare skinny skinny with skinny in shape. I’m a Pilates instructor and 43 and definitely thin by standards but it’s toned muscular thin. My thin comes from working out, not starving myself. I eat healthy and indulge when I want because I know my exercise levels allow it. Women need to start picking up heavy weights and get off the treadmill and peloton and recognize that toned muscles are so much sexier than skinny legs.

Yeah, muscles look good, but some women (and also men) just don't have that sort of build or genetic disposition to get toned. I know some people that are just terribly lanky no matter what. And I think some people have to be really thin if they have a lopsided fat distribution... or else they look kind of odd.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Crazy this thread is almost 10 years old and people still interested

Not really. This is one of DCUM’s favorite topics.

[Anonymous]

I am 5'6 and weigh 115 lbs at 49 years old. Not told that I look haggard but am Black. If I weighed 10-15 lbs less would surely seem scrawny. You have to be truly emaciated - not just slim or skinny - to look bad at any age.

[Anonymous]

If I could rewind the tape I'd be skinny until 35 then add about 3 to 5 lbs every 5 years- this way everything gets a little plumped up over time.

[Anonymous]

Vera Wang still looks quite thin and beautiful (for her age) at 75.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You know, like a scrawny old woman. 40? 50?

When you're dead.

[Anonymous]

Mid 30s