Why are rich women skinny?

[Anonymous]

Wealthy women like expensive clothes. Expensive clothes look better on a slim figure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wealthy women like expensive clothes. Expensive clothes look better on a slim figure.

Not necessarily. But the run of the mill cuts, the clothes people buy mainstream (Target, etc.), are generally meant for boy bodies, so there is that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't think rich men necessarily prefer skinny women. I'm a curvy 6 and my DH (biglaw) will pout if I say I want to lose weight. He likes some ass.

Why on earth would you put (biglaw) in that post?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think rich men necessarily prefer skinny women. I'm a curvy 6 and my DH (biglaw) will pout if I say I want to lose weight. He likes some ass.

Why on earth would you put (biglaw) in that post?

PP was insinuating that her husband works at a big law firm hence they aren't dirt poor but leaning more toward rich which gives more credibility to her comment since she is, presumably, pretty well-off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In my case, after my two pregnancies when i gained weight, I was able to buy a month of pre packaged healthy meals to get back on track. After that i went to a weight loss weekend bootcamp to get myself started on an exercise regime.

Im not rich - more upper middle class btw.

Are those pre-packages meals actually worth the price? I'm seriously considering them in order to help get this weight off.

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Anonymous wrote:In my case, after my two pregnancies when i gained weight, I was able to buy a month of pre packaged healthy meals to get back on track. After that i went to a weight loss weekend bootcamp to get myself started on an exercise regime.

Im not rich - more upper middle class btw.

Are those pre-packaged meals actually worth the price? I'm seriously considering them in order to help get this weight off.

Oh crap sorry guys, I didn't realize how old this thread was.

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Anonymous wrote:I think they are genuinely busy. Its not a popular response, but they're not sitting on their asses eating chips and surfing the net.

No. In fact, the exact opposite of this. They have time to go to pure barre and play tennis.

Exactly. You’re both saying the same thing in different ways. They stay active and busy. It takes a lot of commitment and discipline to work out on a regular basis.

They’re not spending their free time eating and surfing the net.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I can only speak for myself...

1-My dh is not attracted to fat women.
2- I can afford to buy very healthy, non-processed foods at the grocery store.
3-I have a nanny so I can go to the gym whenever I want.
4-I have the time to cook healthy foods every night.
5-I am educated, and understand the nutritional value of food.

Very telling that your first comment is your husbands preference.

Yup

He'll dump her in a second the moment she slides.

lol

How do you know that? Maybe the PP enjoys her sex life and knows if she keeps up her appearance he will keep it up in the bedroom? Sorry but if you're not paying attention to your apearance for your SO you're an idiot.

You must have LOW self esteem

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Anonymous wrote:the "healthy food" answer is nonsense.

Women who meet the actual definition of both rich and skinny do not eat much, just enough to stay alive and functioning. At that is not expensive, at all.

Not true. We shop at Whole Foods & spend at least $350/week on groceries. Organic fruit & vegetables aren't cheap. Wild-caught salmon can easily be over $20/pound. My almond milk is more expensive than milk. High quality olive oil is more expensive than butter or canola oil. I sent Dh to the store & he couldn't get over a small pack of chicken costing $15.

When dining out, an entree costs the same whether you finish it or not. However, a higher end restaurant is more likely to have smaller portions than Applebee's.

Yes true. If you were truly met the actual definition of "rich" -- which is what this thread is ostensibly asking about -- you would 1) not do you own grocery shopping, a household manager would do to for you, and 2) you would have no idea what your weekly grocery bill was and you would't care.

upper middle class =/= rich. Seriously, they're separate things. I'm upper middle class, I shop at Whole foods, and I don't need to be schooled on the price of purportedly-wild caught salmon at WF during June (answer: it was $29 btw). I have girlfriends who are RICH, who live in whole-floor residences overlooking Central Park. If I quizzed them on grocery bills, they'd blink in confusion. Their nutritonist consults with their cook and the household manager gets it done.

All of this. And the women don't eat -- the food is for the kids and the husband.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:the "healthy food" answer is nonsense.

Women who meet the actual definition of both rich and skinny do not eat much, just enough to stay alive and functioning. At that is not expensive, at all.

Not true. We shop at Whole Foods & spend at least $350/week on groceries. Organic fruit & vegetables aren't cheap. Wild-caught salmon can easily be over $20/pound. My almond milk is more expensive than milk. High quality olive oil is more expensive than butter or canola oil. I sent Dh to the store & he couldn't get over a small pack of chicken costing $15.

When dining out, an entree costs the same whether you finish it or not. However, a higher end restaurant is more likely to have smaller portions than Applebee's.

Yes true. If you were truly met the actual definition of "rich" -- which is what this thread is ostensibly asking about -- you would 1) not do you own grocery shopping, a household manager would do to for you, and 2) you would have no idea what your weekly grocery bill was and you would't care.

upper middle class =/= rich. Seriously, they're separate things. I'm upper middle class, I shop at Whole foods, and I don't need to be schooled on the price of purportedly-wild caught salmon at WF during June (answer: it was $29 btw). I have girlfriends who are RICH, who live in whole-floor residences overlooking Central Park. If I quizzed them on grocery bills, they'd blink in confusion. Their nutritonist consults with their cook and the household manager gets it done.

All of this. And the women don't eat -- the food is for the kids and the husband.

+1 Million. I think people are really misguided on class markers here. The top 1% lives very similarly to the top 15% of the wealthy. People in the top 0.1% have very different class signals and extreme thinness is one for women. It has nothing to do with “organic foods” or exercise. I know some extremely wealthy women (like, living in a house you can’t see from the street) and eating is totally different for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:the "healthy food" answer is nonsense.

Women who meet the actual definition of both rich and skinny do not eat much, just enough to stay alive and functioning. At that is not expensive, at all.

Not true. We shop at Whole Foods & spend at least $350/week on groceries. Organic fruit & vegetables aren't cheap. Wild-caught salmon can easily be over $20/pound. My almond milk is more expensive than milk. High quality olive oil is more expensive than butter or canola oil. I sent Dh to the store & he couldn't get over a small pack of chicken costing $15.

When dining out, an entree costs the same whether you finish it or not. However, a higher end restaurant is more likely to have smaller portions than Applebee's.

Yes true. If you were truly met the actual definition of "rich" -- which is what this thread is ostensibly asking about -- you would 1) not do you own grocery shopping, a household manager would do to for you, and 2) you would have no idea what your weekly grocery bill was and you would't care.

upper middle class =/= rich. Seriously, they're separate things. I'm upper middle class, I shop at Whole foods, and I don't need to be schooled on the price of purportedly-wild caught salmon at WF during June (answer: it was $29 btw). I have girlfriends who are RICH, who live in whole-floor residences overlooking Central Park. If I quizzed them on grocery bills, they'd blink in confusion. Their nutritonist consults with their cook and the household manager gets it done.

All of this. And the women don't eat -- the food is for the kids and the husband.

+1 Million. I think people are really misguided on class markers here. The top 1% lives very similarly to the top 15% of the wealthy. People in the top 0.1% have very different class signals and extreme thinness is one for women. It has nothing to do with “organic foods” or exercise. I know some extremely wealthy women (like, living in a house you can’t see from the street) and eating is totally different for them.

Seriously. My aunt used to be a caterer and I met a personal chef who cooked for very rich women. What they would eat was bizarre. Think soup made of puréed zucchini thinned with water. Radish salad with just vinegar as the dressing. Dinner or two scallops.

[Anonymous]

Part of it is not approaching life - and meals from a position of scarcity. If you can have whatever you want whenever you want it, you likely develop a whole different set of eating cues than you do if food or good food is limited in some way(s).

Unhealthy, processed foods are a lot cheaper than fresh veggies and lean proteins, and a lot less satisfying. If your body craves protein and you’re trying to fill that need using boxed macaroni and cheese, you’ll end up swallowing a lot of fat and carbs to get the protein or the calcium that your body needs. Eating this way, especially as a child, has a. (Probably) permanent impact on the way your body functions.

Opportunities for exercise - whether it’s time, money, instruction, or a safe space for an activity are a lot easier to come by and maintain if you’re rich.

And I’m guessing that thin rich people tend to bond with other thin rich people so genetically and behaviorally there are many things that would support and sustain the association between thinness and richness — at least in this culture.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Part of it is not approaching life - and meals from a position of scarcity. If you can have whatever you want whenever you want it, you likely develop a whole different set of eating cues than you do if food or good food is limited in some way(s).

Unhealthy, processed foods are a lot cheaper than fresh veggies and lean proteins, and a lot less satisfying. If your body craves protein and you’re trying to fill that need using boxed macaroni and cheese, you’ll end up swallowing a lot of fat and carbs to get the protein or the calcium that your body needs. Eating this way, especially as a child, has a. (Probably) permanent impact on the way your body functions.

Opportunities for exercise - whether it’s time, money, instruction, or a safe space for an activity are a lot easier to come by and maintain if you’re rich.

And I’m guessing that thin rich people tend to bond with other thin rich people so genetically and behaviorally there are many things that would support and sustain the association between thinness and richness — at least in this culture.

I think people don’t understand the difference between rich (top 1%) and extreme wealth (0.1-0.01%). The top 1% have annual HHIs of around 350k, which means - as rich as they are - they live similarly to the rest of the 15% (same grocery stores, gyms, etc.). The top 0.01% have by contrast HHIs of 7 million. It’s a totally different lifestyle and you recognize the difference if you’ve grown up in it.

[Anonymous]

One thing that is not being said here is that rich people don't feel like they have to eat meals. I am not rich (HHI 600s) but my social circle involves a lot of millionaires (like legit millionaires, not millionaires like us. They are millionaires whose other friends are billionaires and that is a totally different social class than us). They have maybe a bit of breakfast or a small lunch and then they have dinner. Unless they don't. But this whole concept of eating constantly isn't as much of a thing. And no one's hanging around accusing them of being anorexic. Also most of the white women are tall. Rich non white women aren't tall or skinny IME.

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Anonymous wrote:I think they are genuinely busy. Its not a popular response, but they're not sitting on their asses eating chips and surfing the net.

No. In fact, the exact opposite of this. They have time to go to pure barre and play tennis.

I’m reading Primates of Park Avenue right now. Fascinating read! It’s the wealthy woman’s job to look good to keep their husbands and compete with the other women in their social set. Overweight people are outcasts. It’s just not acceptable.


Notably, they attend Soulcycle and Physique 57 barre classes. Maybe Orange Theory classes here?