Comments on: Too thin?

By: Running again « Pink Hair Girl

Running again « Pink Hair Girl — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:26:49 +0000

[...] I have put on 8,5kg maybe even a bit more. I am an emotional non eater and lost a lot of weight at one point but it seem like when I am happy I can eat for about 5, or maybe it is just too many chocolate [...]

By: Damaria Senne

Damaria Senne — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 06:22:32 +0000

I agree that society does give a lot of positive reinforcement when a girl/woman loses weight. and since I’ve had weight problems most of my life [ love food and comfor eater too], losing weight for me is associated with a sense of accomplishment and feeling good.
that said, i learnt right quickly that diets don’t work well for me, so i haven’t been on a diet for more than a decade, and focus mostly on eating very healthily. Only get weighed when I go to see my doctor because the idea of weighing myself regularly frightens me; I think i could get addicted to climbing on a scale and I know i’d stress about it.

By: Wenchy

Wenchy — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:59:49 +0000

Also a foreign concept to me. I’ve been overweight since I first got married 1991…. it has been a long road of self discovery and I appear to now be on a loosing streak with very hard work and lotsa excercise attached. I weigh myself often and feel scared to pick up a gram!

By: Gilz

Gilz — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:32:25 +0000

I also wish I was a stress non-eater. I am quite the opposite. When I’m stressed or bored I eat. I’m an emotional eater and stuff my face when I need comfort. Its guilt-ridden and then I yo-yo up and down all the time.

By: Alet

Alet — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:05:12 +0000

I wish I was a stress non-eater. The only thing I have come close to was a comfort-cleaner, pity the comfort-eating kicked in again!

By: Louisa

Louisa — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:00:19 +0000

Like acidicice this is a foreign concept to me.

For what it’s worth I think you look great! In general I’d rather focus on feeling healthy rather than thinner, or whatever – weight is just another number. I only started weighing weekly again when I got pregnant, for the first time in yeeeears…and I fully intend stopping it as soon as squishy arrives.

By: Leebeesa

Leebeesa — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:26:11 +0000

I feel exactly how you feel. There is only one person in my life who has called me fat that is my mother. However every one else tells me I have the perfect figure some people even say I could benefit with picking up a few KG’s but I lose weight and my clothing sizes get smaller and I feel in control.

By: acidicice

acidicice — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:20:51 +0000

The concept of feeling ‘too thin’ is completely foreign to me. I do you think you can be too thin (like Courtney on Survivor China). I do think we’re totally conditioned though. I’m pregnant and get scared every time I need to step on the scale…and even though I KNOW I should not be worrying about my weight…I’m so scared I’m going to be fatter than I was before after the baby is here. Scared to death.

One thing I feel very out of control of is my weight and I feel like it’s something I will never have a handle on. I get very depressed about it at times and I’m sure as I get older it will start affecting my health.

So yeah. Be grateful you’re on the ‘almost too thin’ end of things. That is less likely to kill you than being on the other end of the scale.