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Anonymous
250 lbs and 5'6" is in the NIH category for "EXTREME OBESITY" for both men and women. This isn't subjective. Look it up. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/obesity/bmi_tbl.pdf |
Anonymous
Same poster here. This person is off the charts - literally: http://www.consumer.gov/weightloss/bmi.htm |
Anonymous
| 5'8", started at a too heavy 217lbs, am 25 weeks, now 227. |
Anonymous
| Ok I don't get it. I worked my butt of to be 147 lbs at 5'9. I am a (barely) size 6, more often a size 8. I actually have abs, my legs are muscular, so are my arms. But then I read that a 160 lbs woman much shorter than me is wearing the same size? So am I supposed to really just draw the conclusion that size doesn't matter? Hey, it's wonderful that you ladies are happy at 160 lbs but lord knows I was not. I just don't understand sizes sometimes. |
Anonymous
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To me, six pages of comments on a height / weight issue seems sad to me. On the one hand, you have the people confessing to / venting about lifelong battles with their weight. This is not the sad part. The sad part is that for every encouraging reply to these posts, you've got someone telling them off for their weight or for daring to feel ok with themselves at 160, 200, 250 lbs.
The sad thing is that most of these six pages are filled with rancor and meanspirited, hateful responses. Why are some of you so damn mean? On the other side of that screen is a human being, not a punching bag for you to take out your life's frustration's on. Be human in return. Be kind. What you say is not just words on a screen, you know? I'm skinny -- I'm still skinny now, at 31 weeks pregnant. I'm going to be skinny after the baby gets here. It's not because I work at it. I eat krispy cremes and whatever else I want. Then take my best friend. She was heavy to begin with and gained 80 lbs with her pregnancy. Yeah, she ate -- A LOT -- but she didn't eat crap... And she felt bad about herself with every damn bite. I am so glad that she doesn't come on this website because something like this would hurt her SO BADLY. I've seen her cry in the car after being at the grocery store and seeing someone ogle her cart and judge her for the fucking twinkies she has in there. Yeah, some people are heavy. Some people are skinny. If you CARE about them and really must say something, then maybe try just to help them focus on healthy living and bolster their self esteem. (Or, maybe, preferably, just butt out). If you want to be mean, go stare into the mirror and tell yourself what kind of person picks on the heavy kid in class? Answer: YOU. |
Anonymous
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love your post. But if you have been skninny all your life, you have no idea what it means to be heavy. I have been both and either way I was obsessing over my appearance. I wish we could change this alltogether, but fact is everyone checks a box when they see a person. (skinny ( ) fat (x) ... skinny (x) fat ( ) )
I actually don't think this thread was much different from what you see on a daily basis. |
Anonymous
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5' 2"
145 lbs |
Anonymous
I'm the OP. I've had a lifelong battle with my weight, at the high end of "normal" the whole time. I was thinking about how much smart women think about weight & size and started the thread after an inspiring conversation with another friend who changed her life at age 40--going from over 250lbs to about 140 (she's 5'9") through exercise and counting calories (a do-it-yourself diet). That friend has kept the weight off for 5 years now. If you saw her at the gym or in a fitting room, you would think, "boy she's so lucky, she has good genes" and you would never know how hard she has to work to achieve her figure. So, rather than bashing one another, I think we could help encourage one another to feel good about whatever size we are, and that it helps to have some perspective on the wide range of folks out there who are struggling with weight and size in their own worlds. |
Anonymous
me too. Would love to be 20 lbs less but generally happy with the way I look and feel. |
Anonymous
Yes you should just draw that conclusion. You could have a much smaller frame then the 5'6" 160 lbs lady. You could have less muscle mass. You could hold your weight in a different area of your body. There are so many variables and to focus on size is nothing but narrow minded shallowness. How is your comment doing anything to help encourage to OP? It's not, by any means. |
Anonymous
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I'm 5'8" and 120 lbs.
I might get flamed for asking, but has anyone out there actually struggled to regain weight after pregnancy? I got down past my pre-pregnancy weight a few months post-partum and have actually had trouble getting back up to my current weight. I think the breastfeeding and exhaustion were just wearing me out. I'm better now, but if I get pregnant again I've thought about seeing a nutritionist after the baby comes. I've always been very thin (and my DD is a string bean too!), but it did get a little worrisome at some point. It's not a body image thing at all, I guess just a matter of calorie input and output while nursing. Anyway, kudos to everyone who tries so hard to be their best self! I'm sure all of you are beautiful people. |
Anonymous
sigh, wish I had that problem. Proof that all bodies are different and genetics plays a big role. |
Anonymous
well it is that exact narrow minded shallowness that I was getting at. Some of the posters mentioned their size 6 and 160 lbs weight as though to say that they are not actually overweight, when in fact by numbers they would be. Again there is nothing wrong with that, but I do question why size is relevant as a measurement of your overall body fitness. I know too well how discouraging it is to try to find clothes when you are a size 16. There are many stores that didn't even carry that size and it depressed me. and to the OP who also quoted me, I wasn't trying to bach anyone at all. I wish everyone the best and the willpower to change whatever they want to change. But as a person who has been on both ends, I have to say that I don't think this will ever change. Models will likely always be skinny, women will always strive to be the smallest size possible. I have never picked on a heavy person in my entire life. (I was a chubby teenager and didn't get thin until my late teens, then gained 60 lbs in my mid 20s) But had I been skinny all my life, I probably would have thought differently about them. |
Anonymous
This was my case, too. I'm 5'8" and weighed less when my second child was a toddler than I did before I had kids--down to low 120s after having been low 130s. At least one doctor warned that I was slightly underweight and wanted to make sure I wasn't dieting. I speculate that part of weight loss was the fact that I was no longer on the pill, but who knows. Now that I'm a couple of years past breastfeeding, I've gained a few pounds back but am still in the 120s (without diet or exercise). So you're not alone! |
Anonymous
| PP again. By thinking differently I mean things like: "Why doesn't she just work out and eat less already" or other narrow minded thoughts. |