How do old wealthy women stay so skinny?

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Anonymous wrote:Don't get why people think old and skinny are attractive or healthy. One illness and those depleted old bags of bones are going to be in the box.

At least their corpses will be pretty. /s

My elderly neighbor was plump. Not fat, just plump. She got cancer and now is near skeletal. I can't imagine if she hadnt had that extra weight.

Yes this is a thing I have read or heard or read and heard, that often times the difference in mortality rates with for some diseases is extra weight. I stay fat just to be on the safe side.

In all seriousness, my mom had this issue. She was 105 pounds her entire adult life. Then she got cancer. It was awful.

[Anonymous]

I'm going to take this from the opposite end. It's less about wealthy women taking a particularly extraordinary effort to be thin, but that less-wealthy women have more obstacles and challenges to prioritizing health.

Wealthy married women, especially those who married into wealth and don't have to work for it, can put their health above all. They can shop 100% organic, carefully prepare all of their foods or have a household cook do it, they can join expensive gyms, they have leisure time to devote to fitness and self-care.

Less-wealthy women (including middle class and UMC women) would probably love to have this lifestyle, but it's more difficult when you are chained to a desk at work to impress your boss to get the raise you badly need, when you have to buy in bulk at what's on sale at Giant instead of artisinal organics from Whole Foods or the Farmers Markets, they probably have to commute far to their jobs from lower COL areas, they are responsible for picking up their kids from wherever, the demands of their jobs and parenting make cooking quality meals every night not impossible, but requiring more willpower than that of a "leisure class" woman, and the amount of me-time needed for daily extended exercise has to compete with the job and household and kids.

I'm not saying less-wealthy women can't be slim and fit. I'm saying, there are more priorities to compete with personal fitness than someone who has all the time and money in the world for self-care.

And I'm not even saying this from the perspective of a bitter, fat woman. I'm actually a thin lower-middle-class woman who could probably do better in her career if she spent more time at a desk at work instead of prioritizing working out....I probably take too much time out of my day to exercise and spend more than I should on healthy food, and I'm in a precarious financial situation because of it. There are tradeoffs to everything.

[Anonymous]

Enemas won't make you lose weight.


Or do you mean laxative?

[Anonymous]

This thread proved to me that I will not grow to be a skinny old woman.

[Anonymous]

Curious if the posters that have made judgmental remarks about these women that choose to be skinny would say the same about women that choose to be fat. Would it be considered fat shaming and unacceptable? If so, why is it ok to make fun of a woman for being skinny? Also, skinny or fat is a choice in most cases so miss me with the "fat people can't help it" argument.

[Anonymous]

My ILs keep no food in the house except Kashi, coffee, and skim milk. Their daily activity is going to the market where they buy exactly the amount of food they intend to eat for the day: one yogurt and an orange (MIL’s lunch), cottage cheese, a banana, 2 slices of roast turkey, one slice of cheese, 2 slices of bread (FIL’s lunch), 2 plain chicken breasts, fixings for a salad, and a vegetable to steam as a side (their dinner).

When they come to our house, they eat everything that is not nailed down, inhale an entire meal that I’d intended to use as leftovers another night, rummage through the pantry looking for more and routinely discuss how vacationing at our house is a treat. So they are pretty much just starving themselves in their own home. It’s awful to go there as they don’t adjust their habits at all so after traveling all day the first thing we have to do is go buy food because our small children will not survive on that diet! A typical serving size portioned out is 4 green beans per person.

[Anonymous]

They don’t eat at McDonalds.

[Anonymous]

My MIL is not wealthy, but she has always been skinny and she does not eat. In her late 50s she had to cut her calories to stay at her desired weight, so she stopped eating lunch. I'm guessing pre-50s she probably consumed around 1,000 per day. Post 50s she is in the 700-800 range. She does not exercise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They don’t eat at McDonalds.

If only it were this simple.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Don't get why people think old and skinny are attractive or healthy. One illness and those depleted old bags of bones are going to be in the box.

At least their corpses will be pretty. /s

My elderly neighbor was plump. Not fat, just plump. She got cancer and now is near skeletal. I can't imagine if she hadnt had that extra weight.

/s = sarcasm; however, the embalming process has a nice filler effect. Again, /s

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Curious if the posters that have made judgmental remarks about these women that choose to be skinny would say the same about women that choose to be fat. Would it be considered fat shaming and unacceptable? If so, why is it ok to make fun of a woman for being skinny? Also, skinny or fat is a choice in most cases so miss me with the "fat people can't help it" argument.

It's not an either or. Excessively restricting calories and not exercising, is no more healthy than being fat. Instead of joint fatigue, you have no mobility. Instead of high blood pressure, you have a mineral deficiency.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Curious if the posters that have made judgmental remarks about these women that choose to be skinny would say the same about women that choose to be fat. Would it be considered fat shaming and unacceptable? If so, why is it ok to make fun of a woman for being skinny? Also, skinny or fat is a choice in most cases so miss me with the "fat people can't help it" argument.

Are you well? Fat people are shamed every single day.


No one is making fun of anyone for being skinny. Stop being so sensitive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm going to take this from the opposite end. It's less about wealthy women taking a particularly extraordinary effort to be thin, but that less-wealthy women have more obstacles and challenges to prioritizing health.

Wealthy married women, especially those who married into wealth and don't have to work for it, can put their health above all. They can shop 100% organic, carefully prepare all of their foods or have a household cook do it, they can join expensive gyms, they have leisure time to devote to fitness and self-care.

Less-wealthy women (including middle class and UMC women) would probably love to have this lifestyle, but it's more difficult when you are chained to a desk at work to impress your boss to get the raise you badly need, when you have to buy in bulk at what's on sale at Giant instead of artisinal organics from Whole Foods or the Farmers Markets, they probably have to commute far to their jobs from lower COL areas, they are responsible for picking up their kids from wherever, the demands of their jobs and parenting make cooking quality meals every night not impossible, but requiring more willpower than that of a "leisure class" woman, and the amount of me-time needed for daily extended exercise has to compete with the job and household and kids.

I'm not saying less-wealthy women can't be slim and fit. I'm saying, there are more priorities to compete with personal fitness than someone who has all the time and money in the world for self-care.

And I'm not even saying this from the perspective of a bitter, fat woman. I'm actually a thin lower-middle-class woman who could probably do better in her career if she spent more time at a desk at work instead of prioritizing working out....I probably take too much time out of my day to exercise and spend more than I should on healthy food, and I'm in a precarious financial situation because of it. There are tradeoffs to everything.

I have to disagree. I am a fit size four, exercise several times a week, and eat almost entirely whole foods/organic. I am also a single mom on a tight budget, working and in graduate school. I was raised eating the way I do and eating well doesn't require any more effort than eating poorly. Choices. We all have them, and make them, on a daily basis.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don't get why people think old and skinny are attractive or healthy. One illness and those depleted old bags of bones are going to be in the box.

At least their corpses will be pretty. /s

My elderly neighbor was plump. Not fat, just plump. She got cancer and now is near skeletal. I can't imagine if she hadnt had that extra weight.

Yes this is a thing I have read or heard or read and heard, that often times the difference in mortality rates with for some diseases is extra weight. I stay fat just to be on the safe side.

In all seriousness, my mom had this issue. She was 105 pounds her entire adult life. Then she got cancer. It was awful.

My mom also died of cancer, one month after diagnosis. She was a normal, healthy weight and deteriorated rapidly. Cancer is a horrific illness. If I am to die that way, I'd rather it be quick. Also, fear of dying that way isn't going to prevent me from maintaining a healthy weight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I actually know a fair amount of plump very wealthy women. Many are what would be called frumpy.

What do we call old men who are fat?