Why are woman obsessed with being thin

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So interesting the number of thin women commenting that they don’t exercise despite exercise being tied to overall health and well-being. Why don’t you exercise???

Exercising makes me hungry and they have proven that it doesn't matter about exercise. It's all about food and calories. Completely. Your body compensates for the exercise. So I'm going to just languish on fainting couches and stay thin and melancholy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What's a bmi??

short for Bahnmi sandwich. get out more

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's a bmi??

short for Bahnmi sandwich. get out more

Yum. Makes me hungry for LBs and KGs! (Lobster bisques and Keebler grahams of course)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's a bmi??

short for Bahnmi sandwich. get out more

It's Banh Bi, fool. Not Banh Mi.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Were you exposed to teen magazines in the 90s? Also, tabloid/gossip magazines used to estimate celebrities' weight and shame any that dared to be in public with any visible fat on their bodies. It was part of our culture and it was very unhealthy.

My daughter is on Insta.

I don’t think there’s been any change from what you describe really. Every girl and woman wants to look good; that’s just normal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's a bmi??

short for Bahnmi sandwich. get out more

It's Banh Bi, fool. Not Banh Mi.

Only if you speak with Vietnamese accent, fool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So interesting the number of thin women commenting that they don’t exercise despite exercise being tied to overall health and well-being. Why don’t you exercise???

Maybe they are walking around in the mall, gardening or work as nurse/fedex delivery gal. Exercise doesn’t need to be in the gym.

Not sure why you sound so testy. The posters I’m referring to said “I’m thin and don’t exercise”. I’m wondering why they don’t exercise….but thanks for chiming in, I guess…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So interesting the number of thin women commenting that they don’t exercise despite exercise being tied to overall health and well-being. Why don’t you exercise???

I think it's only two posters saying they are thin and don't exercise. Not a particularly interesting number.

And lots of people don't exercise, including lots of people who are not thin. The reasons are myriad -- not enough time, don't know how, find it boring, it's uncomfortable, lifestyle not conducive to exercise (so many people have sedentary jobs and car commutes that provide few opportunities for being active). Everyone knows exercise is good for you, lots of people still don't do it. This is not unique to thin people.

I really struggled to exercise regularly in my 20s -- I was not raised to be an active person, my parents are extremely sedentary, and I was also told a million times as a kid that I was "just not athletic" because I'm small and not fast. But I kept trying different things and eventually was able change my attitude towards exercise where now I look forward to it because I know it will make me feel better, physically and mentally. But I think a lot of Americans are like my 20-something self -- just not acclimated to exercise and struggle to motivate. If you are thin, it's likely even harder to motivate because so many people use the goal of losing weight or looking better as motivation for working out, so if you are already thin and like how you look, you need something else. For me it's how it makes me feel.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So interesting the number of thin women commenting that they don’t exercise despite exercise being tied to overall health and well-being. Why don’t you exercise???

Exercising makes me hungry and they have proven that it doesn't matter about exercise. It's all about food and calories. Completely. Your body compensates for the exercise. So I'm going to just languish on fainting couches and stay thin and melancholy.

This is excellent.

[Anonymous]

It’s just marketing. Give people an unrealistic standard, then sell them products that don’t work. Most of the stuff we freak out over were never an issue until a bunch of marketing dudes decided it was so they could make money.

I’m happy to see the body positivity now, but I think skin expectations have gotten completely out of control. Between makeup, filters, injectables, 12 step skincare routines, glass skin, face lifts, etc, there’s now a standard basically only babies meet.

[Anonymous]

Every woman wants to look good. What’s surprising about that?!?

[Anonymous]

I don’t know my BMI (nor my exact weight) off the top of my head but I’ve been in the 17-19 range since high school. I’m happy with how I look despite hearing countless rude comments all my life like the OP’s. I don’t like hearing that my body is unnatural or gross (a grown adult said that about my arms the other day) - no one enjoys that! Idk why people think it’s ok.

I don’t consciously try to lose weight/maintain it, but i enjoy exercising, have an active job, and also have a smaller appetite than most people I know. I used to try hard to gain weight/muscle to increase my strength but it worsened my acne, period cramps, and i generally just felt sick all the time. Just 10 lbs more did that.

Being heavier/curvier is an unrealistic and unhealthy standard for me, just as being thinner can be like that for other people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So interesting the number of thin women commenting that they don’t exercise despite exercise being tied to overall health and well-being. Why don’t you exercise???

Being has nothing to do with being healthy.

Being muscular makes you less thin.

You need to fuel a good workout, which will make you gain weight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Every woman wants to look good. What’s surprising about that?!?

But thin isn’t always better looking

[Anonymous]

For any or a combo of the following reasons:
Either
- healthy and genetically inclined to be thin

Or
- trauma
- anxiety
- coping mechanism to feel in control
- conditioning, fear of being fat and the shame they’ve been conditioned to associate it with