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SirKenin -> Skinny chicks (2/1/2007 5:01:13 PM)

I was here bitching the other day about Tyra and her dumbass topics.  Well, tonight my girl is watching it again and the topic is anoerexia.  It's presence in the modeling industry, every day life, etc.  I have an aunt with this disease so I am paying closer attention tonight.

All this harping about people being fat is having a dangerous opposite effect.  It is driving women to starve themselves, in many cases to death, in order to conform or "make it". 

I am not sure which is worse.  Be a bit chubby, maybe have a few folds here and there, or end up in a casket at 75 pounds soaking wet.

Do we pay enough attention to skinny people who have about as much sex appeal as a twig, or are we too worried about the overweight people?  Sure, being obese has health risks as well, and having more rolls than a bakery does not exactly have sex appeal for most people either.  It strikes me that we are forgetting about a very high risk percentage of the population because they do not stick out like the Pillsbury Doughboy.

Do any of you know someone with this devastating illness?  And what is being done to help these people get their health back?  How does it feel not knowing whether they are going to wake up to see the next morning?



missturbation -> RE: Skinny chicks (2/1/2007 5:12:46 PM)

I don't know anyone with anorexia but i do know people who suffer from various eating disorders. Myself and my daughter are included in this. My daughter is never hungry and even when hungry doesnt want to eat, she doesnt enjoy food. Myself i only eat when hungry which means once a day tops and then in general it is only a microwave meal. I have trouble eating in front of strangers which can be a pain if i am in the company of strangers for any length of time. Both my daughter and myself have lost weight recently, my daughter 2 and 1/2 stone in two months.
 
I think we do pay attention to skinny people but most of us are slightly envious of them rather than concerned of how it may be affecting their health to stay that way. The media is far more concerned with the effects of obesity than it is with anorexia, bulimia etc. However saying that it seems to be a phase thing as it wasnt so long ago the media was full of reports on stars such as victoria beckham and lindsey lohan being skeletal. I think the general consensus seems to be if you are obese you are unhealthy but if you are slim to skinny you must automatically be healthy.



ShiftedJewel -> RE: Skinny chicks (2/1/2007 5:16:18 PM)

I know someone that suffered from it for three long years. Hospitalized a few times for malnutrition... got down to 82 pounds. And being honest, I never thought about the possibility of not waking up the next morning, I don't know that anyone did, not even sure if most people even noticed how skinny I was. I ate once every three days... well, drank a shake, does that count for eating? But this was years ago and as you can see from my pics that I beat it. They didn't really talk about it back then. I used to have pics of me during that time... yeah, skeletal would be a good description.
 
I never suffered from the "model" thing... I suffered from a husband that never saw me as good enough. Started out at 135 pounds (would love to weigh that now!!) but I was always fat to him... even at 82 pounds.
 
Yeah, we pay way to much attention to skinny women, make way to much out of a womans weight. I personally can't deal with morbid obesity either...
 
Physical health isn't really an issue for me... the mirror is... I'll always see "fat" when I look in the mirror or my pics... it's a very deep place in the mind that refuses to see anything but that.
 
Jewel



deathitivity -> RE: Skinny chicks (2/1/2007 5:21:01 PM)

I love skinny chicks... especially Twiggy.  Is it really a disease?  I suppose we don't pay enough attention, but then again we've put up with so much of the USA's population being obese that we're probably used to that as well.  Being skinny seems less noticable than fat.  And I suspect though that more people are purposely unnaturally skinny than not.  I don't actually know anybody with anorexia.



Wulfchyld -> RE: Skinny chicks (2/1/2007 5:23:50 PM)

Hmmm... seems the happy medium is not status quo. You think it has to do with mass market media? Americans tend to live to extremes.



KenDckey -> RE: Skinny chicks (2/1/2007 5:26:33 PM)

I think that there is entirely to much attention paid to weight.   The docs tell you are fat but if you lose weight then you are to skinny and have eating disorders.  If you aren't within 5 pounds of whatever "they" decide you should weigh you have a problem.   Seems to me people should just belt up about it and let people be what they choose to be.



BOUNTYHUNTER -> RE: Skinny chicks (2/1/2007 5:32:51 PM)

I love a woman with some meat on her bones however every once in a while a small one catches my eye...All in all one around 135 to 170 is my cup of tea...



Rule -> RE: Skinny chicks (2/1/2007 5:38:15 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: SirKenin
Do any of you know someone with this devastating illness?  And what is being done to help these people get their health back?
Yes, I do. She always wants to eat but does not dare to eat. It occupies her mind every second.
 
I have dedicated one chapter in my book to anorexia. There may be various causes, but generally it is a disease and not an aberration of the mind.



seekstofasn8adom -> RE: Skinny chicks (2/1/2007 5:38:28 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: deathitivity

I love skinny chicks... especially Twiggy.  Is it really a disease?  I suppose we don't pay enough attention, but then again we've put up with so much of the USA's population being obese that we're probably used to that as well.  Being skinny seems less noticable than fat.  And I suspect though that more people are purposely unnaturally skinny than not.  I don't actually know anybody with anorexia.
  Karen Carpenter felt very pressured by the media,she was a lovely lady who came to a nasty end due to Anorexia,she died of a heart attack in 1983.Cause she did'nt eat properly the disease made her weak,this lady must always,come first and foremost into our minds when and if you think of this disease anorexia.Except for family and close friends ofcourse.But Karen Carpenter must act as a warning to all those young ladies and men starving themselves today to look good,please stop it.As you don;t want to die do you.Just please be happy with who you are and eat well,and stay well that's all i'll say on the subject.
                                        
                                          And if i could go back in a time machine i would do my best to save Karen Carpenter.As she was such a wonderful talent,who very sadly died via Anorexia via a heart attack.At the very young age of 32,it's all very sad i think.



juliaoceania -> RE: Skinny chicks (2/1/2007 5:41:42 PM)

I flirted with an eating disorder at one point. I weighed 119, I am 5 foot 10 so that is about 20 lbs under weight at least for me, more like 30. I weigh 168 in my avatar photo if that gives you an idea of how skinny I was. I know it was related to control over my life, feeling a sense of control over what I ate. Also, there is a certain aspect of getting high off not eating... weird, but true.

How did I overcome it? I grew up and was too busy to obsess about it anymore I guess



subfever -> RE: Skinny chicks (2/1/2007 5:42:35 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: deathitivity

I love skinny chicks... especially Twiggy. 


Skinny chicks charge up my libido the best too. Twiggy was always high up on my list.

But I don't see many skinny chicks in my area these days. Unfortunately, I live in the fattest city in America:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-01-06-fittest-city_x.htm

Skinny via eating disorders or other illnesses, however, is not appealing.



DianeB269 -> RE: Skinny chicks (2/1/2007 5:43:14 PM)

Nothing wrong with being thin................


Diane



missturbation -> RE: Skinny chicks (2/1/2007 5:47:18 PM)

There is nothing wrong with any physique providing you are healthy.



juliaoceania -> RE: Skinny chicks (2/1/2007 5:50:30 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: missturbation

There is nothing wrong with any physique providing you are healthy.


Exactly!



SaintAllie -> RE: Skinny chicks (2/1/2007 5:52:11 PM)

Have always eaten well myself.. I just don't gain a lot of weight, and no, I don't know anyone who is anorexic.

regards Allie



Vendaval -> RE: Skinny chicks (2/1/2007 6:45:28 PM)

I know women on both sides of the weight problem,
skeletal skinny and hugely obese,  neither extreme is healthy.
 
Reaching and maintaining a healthy weight starts with
self-acceptance and self-love.  You get one body, treat
it right and will bring you and your partner(s) pleasure.



Devilslilsister -> RE: Skinny chicks (2/1/2007 8:39:36 PM)

i've always had major issues with my weight.  i think it came from my mother pointing out women when i was younger saying "see how their thighs touch when they walk, thats disgusting"  Gave me a Major complex.  i was also abit rounder when i was younger.

As screwed up as it sounds, i'd rather be dead then obese.  Something in me just can not handle it and if it ever happened, i'd prolly just fall over and die anyways.  i just can not handle a a situation like that.  Complete mind fuck, that i know is retarded and stupid.......... but i cant help it.

What helped for me was complaining to a this sweet guy about how i was 106 lbs and i wanted, NEEDED to get down to 95 lbs.  95 lbs is my IDEAL weight.  He slammed the weight, told me how gross that was..... told me i better not lose my thighs... he just kept saying "you are fine" in about a million more ways then one.  No matter how much i argued and got abit pissy or thought he was a retard.... he just kept saying it.  He also made me feel really really good about me.  Heck he even tried convincing me not to work out so much.  ::smiles:: 

He is probably right though.  95 lbs woule be too much.  i'm around 5'1 and maybe supposed to be like 115 lbs.  One day.....  i AM going to hit 95 lbs, JUST COS.  Just cos i damn well feel like it. 



UtopianRanger -> RE: Skinny chicks (2/1/2007 9:26:57 PM)

 I'm kinda partial to curvaceous girls….. I like to feel of a lil’weight during that downward slide…. And even if they're mad at me.....they still can't hurt me  ; }





- R



hisannabelle -> RE: Skinny chicks (2/1/2007 9:27:03 PM)

i've gone through six years or so of active eating disorder not otherwise specified - mainly cycles of anorexic behavior and compulsive overeating behavior. it pretty much destroyed my metabolism, not to mention wreaking havoc on my health in other ways, my relationships, my ability to relate to people, and my desire to live at all.

i'm doing a good deal better now than i was, say, a year or two ago when i sort of fell into recovery, but for me it is still a conscious choice every day not to engage. i don't think you ever really "recover," you just learn to cope with the urges not to eat, or the urges to do an extra hour or two on the elliptical, or the urges to throw up, or whatever. i can't imagine living without the voice that says you'd only feel so much better if.... i'm sure there are people who do, but i'm not there yet.

it makes me sad that our society is bent on idealizing one to the exclusion of the other, or criticizing one to the exclusion of the other, because being too underweight and being too overweight can both be unhealthy, and eating disordered behaviors can be devastating at -any- weight (not to mention present at any and all weights). many of my friends are from eating disorder support groups, so i know many people who deal with very similar struggles.



thompsonx -> RE: Skinny chicks (2/1/2007 10:21:22 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: DianeB269

Nothing wrong with being thin................


Diane


Diane:
Is that a CRF you are standing next to?
thompson



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