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Anonymous wrote:The next generation will hopefully not have such a f’d up view on size.

My daughter is size 10/12, 5’7” top of her BMI, D1 college athlete vegan.

She is unbelievably healthy and beautiful and never once thought oh wow my bmi.

Unfortunately not. There are injectable drugs that can make you as skinny as you want to be now. Well not quite, but they will be there in a few years. It’s going to have a huge influence on body culture.

You are talking about outliers. Come back to earth please.

I am not. I study these drugs for a living. They are extremely effective and becoming exponentially more effective with each new release. If you don’t think it will have an impact on culture you are very naive.

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Anonymous wrote:Not sure if anyone has said this but be wary of vanity sizing. I should be a solid size medium and yet there are many brands of clothes that I can fit a small…sometimes xs. I am 5’8 and 151. I’ve gained almost 10 pounds since the pandemic. I think I have only about 4-5 more pounds to go before I start to look overweight. I am carrying most of my extra weight in the tummy and hips.

It didn’t take long for someone with an unhealthy relationship with weight throw out the BS “vanity sizing” comment.

151 and 5’8” is bottom of bmi and 10lbs less is an unhealthy weight.

Pp here who wrote this…I don’t have an unhealthy relationship with weight at all. I feel good about my weight yet I know when I start to feel bad or start to pack on the pounds quickly that it’s time to cut back. This is not because I will actually be overweight but because I will feel heavy and also start to look like I’m over weight as I carry most of my weight in my midsection, legs and hips. I’m pretty sure this is what I said in my Op but you are looking to find someone to complain about on this fine day. Lastly, vanity sizing is real in the fast fashion clothes I buy. Perhaps you shop elsewhere and aren’t privy to this.

It’s real!

https://time.com/how-to-fix-vanity-sizing/

Omg we know vanity sizing is real and have for decades. It has literally nothing to do with the topic at hand, which is the relationship between the number on the scale and an individual’s body habitus.

Pp didn’t seem to know it was real. 🤔

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Anonymous wrote:Not sure if anyone has said this but be wary of vanity sizing. I should be a solid size medium and yet there are many brands of clothes that I can fit a small…sometimes xs. I am 5’8 and 151. I’ve gained almost 10 pounds since the pandemic. I think I have only about 4-5 more pounds to go before I start to look overweight. I am carrying most of my extra weight in the tummy and hips.

It didn’t take long for someone with an unhealthy relationship with weight throw out the BS “vanity sizing” comment.

151 and 5’8” is bottom of bmi and 10lbs less is an unhealthy weight.

Pp here who wrote this…I don’t have an unhealthy relationship with weight at all. I feel good about my weight yet I know when I start to feel bad or start to pack on the pounds quickly that it’s time to cut back. This is not because I will actually be overweight but because I will feel heavy and also start to look like I’m over weight as I carry most of my weight in my midsection, legs and hips. I’m pretty sure this is what I said in my Op but you are looking to find someone to complain about on this fine day. Lastly, vanity sizing is real in the fast fashion clothes I buy. Perhaps you shop elsewhere and aren’t privy to this.

It’s real!

https://time.com/how-to-fix-vanity-sizing/

Omg we know vanity sizing is real and have for decades. It has literally nothing to do with the topic at hand, which is the relationship between the number on the scale and an individual’s body habitus.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure if anyone has said this but be wary of vanity sizing. I should be a solid size medium and yet there are many brands of clothes that I can fit a small…sometimes xs. I am 5’8 and 151. I’ve gained almost 10 pounds since the pandemic. I think I have only about 4-5 more pounds to go before I start to look overweight. I am carrying most of my extra weight in the tummy and hips.

It didn’t take long for someone with an unhealthy relationship with weight throw out the BS “vanity sizing” comment.

151 and 5’8” is bottom of bmi and 10lbs less is an unhealthy weight.

Pp here who wrote this…I don’t have an unhealthy relationship with weight at all. I feel good about my weight yet I know when I start to feel bad or start to pack on the pounds quickly that it’s time to cut back. This is not because I will actually be overweight but because I will feel heavy and also start to look like I’m over weight as I carry most of my weight in my midsection, legs and hips. I’m pretty sure this is what I said in my Op but you are looking to find someone to complain about on this fine day. Lastly, vanity sizing is real in the fast fashion clothes I buy. Perhaps you shop elsewhere and aren’t privy to this.

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Anonymous wrote:I think I might have the same thing going. Was very pretty and popular in high school, still looked great in college. Went into political campaigns and lived off ciggies and beer, and then it all caught up to me.

Now I'm like a size 12/14, and still have that "I look good" mentality, and then am surprised when I see photos of myself. I work out a few days a week, but I also eat whatever I want. Oh well.

This is me. I honestly think I look good but….

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Anonymous wrote:The next generation will hopefully not have such a f’d up view on size.

My daughter is size 10/12, 5’7” top of her BMI, D1 college athlete vegan.

She is unbelievably healthy and beautiful and never once thought oh wow my bmi.

Unfortunately not. There are injectable drugs that can make you as skinny as you want to be now. Well not quite, but they will be there in a few years. It’s going to have a huge influence on body culture.

You are talking about outliers. Come back to earth please.

I am not. I study these drugs for a living. They are extremely effective and becoming exponentially more effective with each new release. If you don’t think it will have an impact on culture you are very naive.

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I'm the opposite: normal weight yet feel a little plump. That's because I'm a petite Asian who is very fine-boned. The BMI scale was not constructed for people like me.

Anonymous wrote:I'm about the same size as you (8-10, about 5'5). If you are healthy, like really take good care of your health, and feel good about yourself then don't worry about it. The number on the scale is really not that big of a deal.

A lot of people are harder on themselves than they are on others and many people do have poor self-image. Also, many women the same size or weight as you may not actually eat healthy or exercise and assume that if they did they would lose weight, whether or not that is true.

I will add though, that I think a fair amount of this feeling is context based. I'm pretty average for a mom my age in the circles I spend time in. When I travelled in SE Asia at this size I felt HUGE and did not like the attention my size drew (like random people on the street calling me fat). If I was always the largest woman in the room by 25 lbs. I think I would feel differently.

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Anonymous wrote:Not sure if anyone has said this but be wary of vanity sizing. I should be a solid size medium and yet there are many brands of clothes that I can fit a small…sometimes xs. I am 5’8 and 151. I’ve gained almost 10 pounds since the pandemic. I think I have only about 4-5 more pounds to go before I start to look overweight. I am carrying most of my extra weight in the tummy and hips.

It didn’t take long for someone with an unhealthy relationship with weight throw out the BS “vanity sizing” comment.

151 and 5’8” is bottom of bmi and 10lbs less is an unhealthy weight.

Pp here who wrote this…I don’t have an unhealthy relationship with weight at all. I feel good about my weight yet I know when I start to feel bad or start to pack on the pounds quickly that it’s time to cut back. This is not because I will actually be overweight but because I will feel heavy and also start to look like I’m over weight as I carry most of my weight in my midsection, legs and hips. I’m pretty sure this is what I said in my Op but you are looking to find someone to complain about on this fine day. Lastly, vanity sizing is real in the fast fashion clothes I buy. Perhaps you shop elsewhere and aren’t privy to this.

It’s real!

https://time.com/how-to-fix-vanity-sizing/

Omg we know vanity sizing is real and have for decades. It has literally nothing to do with the topic at hand, which is the relationship between the number on the scale and an individual’s body habitus.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Not sure if anyone has said this but be wary of vanity sizing. I should be a solid size medium and yet there are many brands of clothes that I can fit a small…sometimes xs. I am 5’8 and 151. I’ve gained almost 10 pounds since the pandemic. I think I have only about 4-5 more pounds to go before I start to look overweight. I am carrying most of my extra weight in the tummy and hips.

It didn’t take long for someone with an unhealthy relationship with weight throw out the BS “vanity sizing” comment.

151 and 5’8” is bottom of bmi and 10lbs less is an unhealthy weight.

It's definitely not the bottom of BMI. It's in the upper part of the healthy range. Source: I am 5'8" and look at my BMI all the time

You look at your BMI “all the time”.

You have an unhealthy relationship with your weight… source… you and your posts.

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Anonymous wrote:Not sure if anyone has said this but be wary of vanity sizing. I should be a solid size medium and yet there are many brands of clothes that I can fit a small…sometimes xs. I am 5’8 and 151. I’ve gained almost 10 pounds since the pandemic. I think I have only about 4-5 more pounds to go before I start to look overweight. I am carrying most of my extra weight in the tummy and hips.

It didn’t take long for someone with an unhealthy relationship with weight throw out the BS “vanity sizing” comment.

151 and 5’8” is bottom of bmi and 10lbs less is an unhealthy weight.

Pp here who wrote this…I don’t have an unhealthy relationship with weight at all. I feel good about my weight yet I know when I start to feel bad or start to pack on the pounds quickly that it’s time to cut back. This is not because I will actually be overweight but because I will feel heavy and also start to look like I’m over weight as I carry most of my weight in my midsection, legs and hips. I’m pretty sure this is what I said in my Op but you are looking to find someone to complain about on this fine day. Lastly, vanity sizing is real in the fast fashion clothes I buy. Perhaps you shop elsewhere and aren’t privy to this.

It’s real!

https://time.com/how-to-fix-vanity-sizing/

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The next generation will hopefully not have such a f’d up view on size.

My daughter is size 10/12, 5’7” top of her BMI, D1 college athlete vegan.

She is unbelievably healthy and beautiful and never once thought oh wow my bmi.

Unfortunately not. There are injectable drugs that can make you as skinny as you want to be now. Well not quite, but they will be there in a few years. It’s going to have a huge influence on body culture.

You are talking about outliers. Come back to earth please.

I am not. I study these drugs for a living. They are extremely effective and becoming exponentially more effective with each new release. If you don’t think it will have an impact on culture you are very naive.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure if anyone has said this but be wary of vanity sizing. I should be a solid size medium and yet there are many brands of clothes that I can fit a small…sometimes xs. I am 5’8 and 151. I’ve gained almost 10 pounds since the pandemic. I think I have only about 4-5 more pounds to go before I start to look overweight. I am carrying most of my extra weight in the tummy and hips.

It didn’t take long for someone with an unhealthy relationship with weight throw out the BS “vanity sizing” comment.

151 and 5’8” is bottom of bmi and 10lbs less is an unhealthy weight.

Pp here who wrote this…I don’t have an unhealthy relationship with weight at all. I feel good about my weight yet I know when I start to feel bad or start to pack on the pounds quickly that it’s time to cut back. This is not because I will actually be overweight but because I will feel heavy and also start to look like I’m over weight as I carry most of my weight in my midsection, legs and hips. I’m pretty sure this is what I said in my Op but you are looking to find someone to complain about on this fine day. Lastly, vanity sizing is real in the fast fashion clothes I buy. Perhaps you shop elsewhere and aren’t privy to this.