Originally posted by: luvly
"Here's a picture, but I never said I was a, 'stunning, hot guy that every chick drools over!' ...You're a little defensive... even for a fatty. ...fatty.
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Yeah, I'm sure you beat this:
Fatty. For one, I make a better fatty than you!
I'll tell you what hon': For every 50 Lbs you lose, I'll lose 2.5 Lbs. Deal? If you cannot beat that, then go here for pro-anorexic posts:
Eating Disorder Is Good. I think you'll fit perfectly fine there, especially having such persuasive argument. Sorry, but your sarcasm eludes me really, brotha'.
[Riporin:]
"Frankly, it's hard for many here, me included, to imagine a 5'9" woman at 120 lbs not looking skeletal."
What's up with people making this statement. I don't get it. If a 5' 9", 120 Lbs woman looks skeletal, I wonder why it took the lady Melissa dropping to 56 - 58 pounds for her skeleton to be so pronounced? 120 Lbs is perfectly fine for a 5' 9" lady, especially if it's natural.
Geekbabe: Yeah, I'm sure walking in one's shoes could persuade someone to see things differently. However, I have walked in those shoes too, except as Miss Skinny. I learned not to let things people say get to me. In a utopian society, it would make sense that everyone was equal, in spite of what nature gives and denies each. However, we're living in a very different society and universe. Everyone is not equal right from birth. If the entertainment industry endorses full figure as the new look, then it would be pretty easy to accomplish. There would be too much supply than demand. Once upon a time when full figure was the rare thing and something only the wealthy could afford, we had full figure as the ideal look. Now it's changed. (Ironically, it isn't even all skinny persons that qualify for the look in demand.) Anyone, whether rich or poor, can get the full figure. If skininess becomes common tomorrow, then there'll be a shift in preference. You can ask, why do they promote a certain height, whereas most women are short, not average height or tall? Why do they promote the "beautiful", whereas most women are average looking or ugly? The concept is the same: Scarcity. Scarcity keeps price and demand high. If full figure and skinny became too common, I bet obesity would be the next fashion. In some societies, obesity is what's considered beautiful because food isn't easy to come by.
In spite of the inequality, the media does not ask people to lose weight ridiculously to the point of death. I think there's a limit to how much you can stay in denial and blame the media for your lack of discipline. ("You" is used generically.) You can set a goal to lose weight, but you have to have a boundary set. The women who resort to anorexia or bulimia are those without discipline. They are those who have no specific goals set (e.g., where exactly they want to stop; the number) and have never stood to reason on why they want to lose weight. It seems to me, they just go with, "I want to lose weight because so and so says I'm not pretty, even though I am within the ideal weight recommended by the doctor. I want to look like them." If one has no set, precise goal, one will fail . . . and miserably (e.g., become anorexic, bulimic or gain excess weight again), that is. Even the skinny folks I see on TV don't go to the point of looking so sick, with exception to a few like Terry, the Superman actress.
