MINI RANT

It's crazy, I agree. Marily Monroe was a size 14. And in the early 80s when I worked in retail, we would have one or two size ones, twos and threes arrive and our store manager was the only one around who could fit into them. Normal was size 8 or 10 and we weren't fat.

It happens all the time. It is like no one wants health they want a sheet of paper.

I understand. I myself feel the pressure (from myself) to be down to a size 0 and I'm sure it's because of the media and what they tell everyone is beautiful. Yet at the same time, I live in the South and then everyone is telling me I'm too skinny and don't eat enough. It's a contradiction that's for sure.

Not me. God made me beautiful in his eyes and I'm not going to torture myself to be different.

People are foolish to pay attention to Hollywood models that are nothing but fake.

"Skinny as a rail" is not good or healthy and I don't believe any man wants a woman that he has to carry in his pocket everywhere they go because she is so small and unhealthy she can't walk.

In Britain a model has to maintain a certain body weight to be able to legally work as a model.

took me a long time to accept me for me. my husband fell in love with a size 16 and 9 yrs latter i am still a size 16. this worried me to no end cause he always dated thin girls but it was him who made me realize that it's whats on the inside that matters

I am a size 2/3 but not because of trying, I am just a small person and I weigh more than I ever have.

I've never been a size 2 in my life!! I don't think I could be a size 2 even if I were just a skeleton!!

I'm lucky, I don't need Hollywood, I have my mom. She's been obsessed with weight and looks all of my life. I was brought up with a couple of interesting ideals.
Better living through chemicals
and
Fat is ugly, and means that you're a lazy slob, and their is no reason for it.

When I was pregnant with both of my sons I was repeatedly told how no one ever knew she was pregnant because she stayed so thin and that the day after she gave birth to both my brother and me she was back in her pre-pregnancy clothes.

every centenarian I ever knew was NOT rail thin and Loved their veggies.
My smallest size was a 12 and I never had trouble getting guys to notice, getting rid of them yes. Of course I am not tiny and not foo foo

Take a look at the clothing sizes. In 1968 the clothing sizes were like this -
Small,
Medium,
Large (size 20),
XL (size 22-24),
XXL (size 24-26).

Nowadays -
Small,
Medium,
Large (size 18),
XL (size 20),
XXL (size 22-24)

Forcing women to be thin just so that women don't want to wear the larger size clothes.

Look healthy and the healthy lovers will come. Health is sexy.

Yea I am proud of my bubble butt It took me a while to build up those gluts

Healthy is sexy, so true.

I have never followed those skinny little things. I happen to fit into my size 1 jeans without any help. Just kidding.
At one point in my life I could wear a size 0 jeans. I was very sick at the time.
Right now my size 5 are in the closet resting. They are my normal jeans size. I say resting because I quit smoking and I gained 25 pounds. I am knocking on the door of 150 so about 4 days ago I decided that my size 5 jeans have rested long enough.

It is really odd out there. I belong to a few sites for photographers, and they are prefering the more normal sized models. It is the Mags mostly that are wanting the extremely thin models right now. If you notice, even the tv adds are going to the more normal sized models for their adds.

It is hard with the way the media pushes it at us. Look at the drama last week saying that Jessica Simpson was fat.....just stupid.

I hate when my daughters think they are "fat" ..I tell them fat is when you weigh as much as me!

I was a model, briefly. The reason that mags and runway companies want models to be so thin is because they want the "buyers"-meaning people who work for companies that buy the clothing, not consumers-to see what the clothes look like on a hanger. This is not a joke, this is the real reason.
However, because it is litteraly killing models to be this thin, the, I forget the agency's name, but the agency that over sees runway modeling is demanding that the standards be raised=heavier, more normal.
Personally, my "normal" weight is about 120, I'm no where near that right now as I still have baby fat. My son is two, I've had a very medically bad 2 years so I haven't been able to be as active as I normally would be. When I'm not sick I exercise in my family room, play outside with the kids, eat healthy, and do a lot outside during the summer. I've never been a big "junk food" person, we still have Halloween candy. The only exceptionn is when I'm sick. And I don't mean a cold or flu, I mean like surgery, or menengitis, or other hospital stays. You lose muscle masss when forced to be inactive for even "short" periods of time. Muscle mass is what revs up your metabolism.

you are right

Well, I've never been a 2. One leg is not a 2 and never will be. I don't care what's on TV and I certainly don't nor will I ever compare my size or body with an actress, model or anyone else for that matter. I'm me, take it or leave it. It's unrealistic to try to keep up a Hollywood appearance.

I started out as a FAT kid, had all the usual probs with THAT, started smoking at 200 pounds (at age 11) which made 60 pounds drop off.......... in one 'memorable' summer. Maintained 130-140 thru having 3 kids and a just little help from some 1960's (legal) diet pills. Drifted up to 180 in my late 50's, had a bout with depression (and grandkids) at 60 and dropped like a rock down to 110 over a few months and have hovered 115-125 the 7 years since then. Speaking as someone that has spent time in all size groups..........I always felt and looked better around 130.Since my German roots seemingly invented being morbidly obese, judging from the rest of my family, I still cling to the cigarettes as 'insurance'!

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I think clothing size numbers have changed over the years. Regardless of what number is put on the clothing, the heart and goodness of the person wearing it is the important thing.
Most of the people I love best and run to hug have at least a few extra pounds, as do I. Do I love them less? No way!
Think about it: would you rather hug a teddy bear or a Barbie doll?

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What really gets me is when something says "one size fits all: Yeah maybe for a small oriental woman.......lol

The problem is that actresses need to be thinner than us or they would look huge on camera. Models are usually all around the same size so designers don't have to worry about which model will fit into what. They make a dress, and need a model who can fit into it. Unfortunately, that size has gotten smaller and smaller - blame it on Twiggy - I think she started it all. But, she was naturally a small size.

I do believe the trend is changing. There is more knowledge about eating disorders now. And more talk like this.

I have weighed the same for 40 years..when I was 13, I was a size 7 or 9. I am the same height and weight now and a size 0 is sometimes too big. soooo....

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Not everyone can be a size two. Frankly, I think most of those sized two stars look very unhealthy. I wonder what happens when they get sick? As you know when you get sick the first thing you do when you get sick is lose weight. My Mom always advocated keeping some weight on in case you do get sick. . . .
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I agree, even at my thinnest I could never be a size 2.

Great post. I used to be a size two when i met my hubby and now I am an 8. But we all have to end up being happy with ourselves, no matter what. Not an easy thing to do.

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Just like women trying to convince men and the U.S. Government that we should be given the right to vote in the 1920s, it's going to take a long time for this culture change to take effect. Might not be until our children's generation, unfortunately.