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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It depends on your build.

I am 5ft7 and 115ish. I look healthy and have a nice body. At 140, I'd look overweight.

Someone with my same height with a different build would look underweight at my weight.

I'm sure you look fine.[/quote]

This thread seems to be a convergence of  anorexics.[/quote]

This is a competitive town. Most of my friends are a size zero. It's like the Incredible Shrinking Moms. Every time I see them, they're skinnier.

I'm the same height and weight as OP, and I am large compared to every mom friend, with only one exception.[/quote]

I'm at the gym 6 days a week, so I see these women.  They are rail thin and almost look diseased.  It just does not look good and on a woman who is 35 and over it just flat out makes them look old.  Super skinny looks nrmal on a teen, a size zero or two on a grown woman just looks frail and old.

I'm not sure if I agree with you that it is competition. I think middle to upper class women are plagued with body image and food disorders.  They are chasing down a time in their lives long long ago and have a warped view of what looks good.

To the OP, if you think 140 is overweight, you need help. If you are flabby, then you don't need a diet, but you need a gym with some weights.[/quote]

I disagree. It is a competition. And they look great, which is why they do it/want to do it. There are very few heavy socialites in this area. And even fewer fat wannabee-socialites.

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I don't know any socialites, the Housewife thing is not my cup of tea, but I am an instructor at a local gym that caters to upper income customers and the super skinny 40 somethings look pretty creepy.  Something about the way the muscles stretch over the bones that makes them look so much older,.  And the skin on the face, the lack of body fat on the facejust makes for a haggard look.[/quote]

As far as skin on the face - that's what fillers are for.[/quote]

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