Women who watch their weight...

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Who is Mika?

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Anonymous wrote:Who is Mika?

Brzezinski from Morning Joe on MSNBC

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Anonymous wrote:I think your mom was using it as code for uptight and controlling. Which may be a little accurate as a lot of type A people exercise a lot and monitor their food intake. It’s maybe not what I would look for in a friend but not a bad quality jn a Speaker.
Also, fwiw, the show Frankie and Grace, there are a lot of jokes about how thin Jane Fonda’s character is and how little she eats, mostly by Lily Tomlin’s kooky aging hippie character who eats (and smokes pot) constantly. It comes off as a pretty good-natured send-up of the two opposing stereotypes of boomer white women. (There’s one where Jane fonda’s character gets really drunk and starts eating cake which is pretty funny—she’s lke “Is this what cake tastes like??? Why haven’t I been eating it ALL THE TIME?” Or something like that.)

I have often heard staffers and journos describe Pelosi as officious. I definitely think of someone with that personality as very effective yet a pain in the butt. They’re also the type of people most prone to highly monitor food intake. Grace from Grace and Frankie is definitely an example of that. It’s not a bad thing, it’s just a high maintenance and universal high standards energy. That’s the discipline of people who “watch their weight” but it is also what people think of when they think of uptight, high strung people. There’s definitely a correlation.

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Anonymous wrote:I admire Pelosi, but she does look like the kind of woman who watches her weight very carefully and probably eats very carefully. You generally don't stay that lean (as a female) after 40 if you don't.

Of course Mika watches her weight - she's in an industry where women are punished for getting too fat, or gossiped about for getting too skinny. I assume that nearly all women in the public eye like that watch their weight because the alternative is to watch their income go away.

I kind of see where your mom is coming from. I get a little uncomfortable around women who have a certain thin, brittle look to them. I assume they will be a little anxious, a little humorless. Not eating takes a toll. (and I'm a daily exerciser who other people consider thin, but I also have a known love for snack cakes.)

Your logic is by far the dumbest I have heard in a while. “Skinny people are humorless.” Wtf does weight have to do with humor?

Apparently eating snacks makes you a lot of fun

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Anonymous wrote:I hope I look as good as Nancy Pelosi when I grow up. For now, at 52, I'm slowly putting on a few pounds but I am eating very little and still workout four times a week. It just happens. I'm still lean for my height and age, but a belly comes for all of us at some point. When I mentioned somehow gaining five pounds to my doctor, she glanced at my chart and said, "Well, that's to be expected now." Shrug.

I watch my weight, but it has creeped up. I'm 5'4 and weighed 123 lbs when I got married at 28. I'm 51 and weigh 135. I'm actually in better shape and still wear the same size because I am more toned now. I asked my doctor about it and her response was if I tried to be 123 at 51, I would be the hungriest most miserable person on earth. She advised against my attempt.

I'm 52, 5'4" and weigh 126. I've only gained 5ish lbs since getting married at 30, but I have a chubby belly now. Ugh. I don't get it. Headed over to the fat belly thread...

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You have to watch your weight to stay skinny past a certain age. You have to have a certain personality to care about staying skinny past a certain age.

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23:03 you and me, both. That c-section hang never went away.

My mom watches her weight at 70. She’s just high maintenance when it comes to food. No this, no that, hold the fun stuff. She reminds me to watch my weight too...And that I gained 5lbs during the pandemic...

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Anonymous wrote:You have to watch your weight to stay skinny past a certain age. You have to have a certain personality to care about staying skinny past a certain age.

Not true for everyone.

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Anonymous wrote:Nancy Pelosi just doesn’t watch her weight. She places a high priority on her entire look. She spends $$ on her clothes, has zero wrinkles or gray hair even during the pandemic. At 80, this chick is HIGH maintenance. Imagine what she spends on an annual basis.

Lol this is so true.

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My mother is 78 and still working at a non-profit. She is really careful about eating properly. She loves her work and doesn't want to retire.

I bet RBG and Pelosi are in that category. Some might see it as a weakness, I see it as a strength.