If you have to go hungry/workout intensely to be a certain size, why do you do it?
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Anonymous
What do you consider thin? |
Anonymous
| Interesting. I was super thin most of my life, and gained about ten pounds in my late 30s. People treat me better now that I'm heavier. Women used to make the nastiest jealous comments, and men would say insulting things about me needing a hamburger or being too thin. People were always watching me eat, and I hated the attention. I still look thin, just more normal. Have normal periods as well for the first time, and my body feels more resilient during periods when I have to skip meals, like at work--previously I would get faint when my meals were delayed, now I can roll with a fasting period if needed. I certainly would not starve myself in order to go back to being looked up and down by jealous women all the time. |
Anonymous
Damn I’ve been thin all my life and I haven’t had that interaction (oh wow you are so thin type crap) maybe since my 20s? Or maybe I just don’t notice? The good thing about getting older (I’m in my 40s) is not having to constantly seek validation from others. Bc that shite is fleeting. OP-I work out and eat fairly healthy but don’t restrict or go overboard with exercise. I like working out bc it helps me cope with stress. I make healthy choices but don’t deprive myself. If you have to go hungry and are a slave to the gym, you are doing it wrong. |
Anonymous
This is so 90s, it hurts. |
Anonymous
| Do you guys realize how bad your breath is? I’m a nanny and one of the kids told me she avoids cuddling with her mom in bed because her breath is so bad. She ‘forgets’ to eat until 4:30pm and then goes around the house all day with horrendous breath. |
Anonymous
23 bmi or less. |
Anonymous
The country was far less OBESE then. Bring back the 90s. |
Anonymous
There is a nice happy healthy medium between obese and the heroin chic look of the 90s. |
Anonymous
| I have to go hungry and exercise daily to maintain my size 18 frame. I do it because I don’t want to be heavier. I am starting with a personal trainer this fall to see if I can make and headway. |
Anonymous
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Starving yourself and eating rabbit food are both miserable.
If you're going to be miserable either way might as well starve yourself so you reach your goal faster. I'm not dieting to be healthy, I'm dieting to look better. How I get there doesn't matter to me, so I might as well get there as fast as possible. |
Anonymous
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I was fat, I managed to get to a size 8 after being a size 16 for like, I dunno, 10+ years (I'm 37). I've always been heavy. I've always FELT heavy.
I just feel better, lighter, healthier, more able to move, more able to participate in the world. Just freer. I recently gained back about 8 pounds and I could just feel like, the tightness of the clothes and the extra fat and it made me so stressed out. I honestly almost panicked at the idea of going back to that version of myself that got winded leaning down to tie my shoes. I eat less, I'm hungry more, but I'm also living better (in many different ways, but for the record, my husband has loved me at all weights so it's not about that). That is worth it. |
Anonymous
But you can’t starve forever and be healthy. So as soon as you start eating, you gain. |
Anonymous
What heroine chic? Those girls were 20, almost teenagers. There's something wrong with you if you're not thin at that age. |
Anonymous
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The quotation is
Nothing tastes as good as SKINNY feels from Kate Moss. |
Anonymous
| Starving yourself will backfire. Your metabolism will crater and then when you start eating again you will gain weight. You need to make sure you fuel yourself in a healthy way - lots of protein, vegetables, few carbs. Plus strength training for long-term maintenance. Just doing cardio will do nothing for you long-term. |