Size zero; yay or nay?

[Rellik San]

I'm all for petite, don't get me wrong, but the thought of a girl who'd snap if I hugged her, who I could break in half just by smiling at, kinda doesn't appeal. I like curves, I like a womanly shape, whilst petite is good now and again, nothing is more attractive then someone with an hourglass figure. 34, 28, 32. sweatdrop

Guess that came out kinda derogatory. In all honesty, figure, size, doesn't bother me. I wasn't brought up that way. Its about the person, you can have skinny girls that look like a dogs arse, and larger girls that look stunningly beautiful (like my missus). Size doesn't matter, but that doesn't mean looks don't too, I'd never date someone I didn't find physically attractive, sounds cruel and callous and your all gonna make with the 'its whats on the inside that counts'. But when it comes down to it, looks are a factor, I don't want the girl I'm with to be upset because I think another womans attractive, its not fair on her, its not going to make her feel good... but I digress... whats the topic again?

Size Zero?

Well if girls want to starve themselves to death, because cosmopolitan says they should, so be it. One less moron in the world. Sorry that sounded cold and callous and bitter, but deep down, I know alot of people think the same, even if only a passing thought.

Well I guess in clear terms...
Size Zero = not good
Petite = Sometimes good
Shape = TEH PWNAGE!  

[DarkPrincesa]

If the girls are truly "sick" like anorexic its not about the size at all. That’s just a momentary goal. As soon as it is reached it will no longer be thin enough.

Its not about looking good, and they don’t see themselves right anyway. So a size 0 anorexic looks in the mirror and sees a girl who is over weight.

I've been there and mostly recovered and looking back at pictures of myself.... wow i didn’t know I looked like that. BUT I still deal with issues. I don’t like my body size even though I am thin (by other peoples standards)  

[cold.wire.lips]

AHAHAHAHA, more girls who die of anorexia should be named 'Ana.'

(rolls around laughing)




(horrible person)  

[Isobel Bellamy]

CrimsonThanatos

Isobel Bellamy

There used to be an anorexic girl that jogged around my village. All she is known as is the 'anorexic girl' and she's instantly known, to much "I can't see why she won't just eat, she looks horrible". While true, it depresses me that such disorders are derided, not tried to be understood. On the subject of the girl: we haven't seen her recently.

Just remember what lysee said, it's a disorder. 8/

Uh, I know this, read more closely^  

[Silly_Doll]

Anorexia... been there done that >.> Still feel guilty when I eat.

But that's beside the point.

I can understand why people would want to be size zero. I suppose I still have quite a bit to learn about likeing myself and staying a healthy weight. But I guess you could say that about anyone. There really is no point in simply TELLING people that they're fine the way they were. Or tell them not to listen to what other people think about their weight, or tell them not to idolize the skinny beautiful people. It just doesn't work that way. I wonder what it really is that makes us do these things to ourselves.  

[Veruniel]

What kills me most is seeing those women who are so skinny and malnourished that they look grey. It takes pretty advanced starvation to get to that point, yet I see it almost every time I crack open a fashion magazine.

I've had my own personal battle with an eating disorder... not because I wanted to look trendy or beautiful, but because I spent a few months without enough money for groceries. It taught me how deceptive anorexia can be. After a week of eating next to nothing, you honestly don't feel hungry anymore. If your diet doesn't improve, you'll gradually get weaker and more susceptible to viruses. Even a mild strain of the common cold will be enough to knock you flat for a week. Your hair falls out, your fingernails get brittle, you feel cold all the time and you get a chronic case of dandruff that even Denorex can't fix. These are classic symptoms of malnutrition. But even if you know that, it doesn't occur to you that that's what you've got. How can you be starving if you're not hungy?

It took me a long time to realise I was in trouble. It came as a shock, because people were constantly complementing me on how 'svelte' and 'healthy' I looked. But one day a doctor's scale told me I was 98 lbs, and I knew that was Way Too Thin.

And let me tell you, it is hard to start eating again. At first, normal food will make you feel sick because it's too rich for your stomach to handle.

Getting anorexic for reasons beyond your control is bad enough, but it seems to me that doing it intentionally is even more tragic. The media and the fashion industry have a lot to answer for if young women these days think they need to risk death to be pretty.  

[xX x0mbie Xx]

i actually really love the look of scrawny bodies, i love it when i can see collar bone and a small amount of ribs, and esspecially hip bones mrgreen but if you take it too far like say those bones are sticking out WAYY too much then it becomes kinda gross but all together i have no issues with peoples bodies i just really love scrawny bodies and the way they look.  

[Laharl Part Deux]

I love vuluptuous bodies. Especially my own. If I were a size 00 I wouldn't have my girls. And god knows what I'd do without them.

But you know whats the most attractive thing? Confidence. I think thats a very important and beautiful thing.  

[DarkPrincesa]

Laharl Part Dux

But you know whats the most attractive thing? Confidence. I think thats a very important and beautiful thing.

That is soooooooo true.  

[DarkPrincesa]

I would just like to add that I saw on MSNBC on a article about how too thin models are all in the media and how everyone is flipping out about how they could cause girls ot be anorexic.... BUT how only 1% of the U.S population has anorexia and 2/3rd of the population are overweight or obese. Which are both statistics I have heard before but never put together.

We tell people who are overweight that they are beautiful despite all the serious health problems that go along with it... but girls who are thin are stigmatized as being anorexic even if they are not. Does anyone else see a double standard?  

[-Isel-]

Well, I recently promised my lover that I was going to quit the anorexia for the rest of my life.

I've gone from barely 1 meal a day to 2 full meals a day- that's all that time allows on school days. Lunch is far too rushed, and so is breakfast, so I eat my meals in the afternoon.  

[Bakurish]

yeah...
I'm a size 00-01, but I'm been that way since I was seven or something. I'm not anorexic, and I seem to be gaining weight from constantly being on the computer (OH NOOOZ! D: )  

[lysseee]

DarkPrincesa

I would just like to add that I saw on MSNBC on a article about how too thin models are all in the media and how everyone is flipping out about how they could cause girls ot be anorexic.... BUT how only 1% of the U.S population has anorexia and 2/3rd of the population are overweight or obese. Which are both statistics I have heard before but never put together.

We tell people who are overweight that they are beautiful despite all the serious health problems that go along with it... but girls who are thin are stigmatized as being anorexic even if they are not. Does anyone else see a double standard?

good point. but you see there are a big differences between those two. Anorexia is an eating disorder with psychological roots, and these people are becoming ill mainly because of social constructs. anorexia is an illness and it is that illness that causes them to be too thin and die of several weakness-related diseases. becoming obese is just a result of lifestyle; you don't watch what you eat and you're living a life that doesn't require you to move much AND you've been doing this for 8-10 years.... it's not an illness that causes you to be obese, in fact obesity is not really an illness, it's a condition that is dangerous for your health.
my point is; i don't think it will be wise to compare these two.

on a sidenote; obesity is related to mindless consumption. and mindless consumption is what big corporations would like us all to be doing. the only reason that they have started to talk about obesity on the media -which is just a side branch of these corporations- and are trying to somewhat stop people from getting morbidly obese is because people have started to sue these corporations. they say things like "the strain on the health system is too much" etc. but none of them gives a s**t about the strain on the health system.

as for that figures; whenever i see a research result on the papers or television i ask "who payed for it?", because it really says a lot about the credibility of said research. you see an article on the paper saying "scientists have said that 45g of chocolate everyday makes you happy/decreases the possibility of a heart attack/cures aids/etc" you think wow. then you read more carefully, who did the research? nestlè. talk2hand  

[nightwing773]

I hear this big time. I'm wierd, I have a weird body type. I'm five foot 10 inches tall, and my measurements are perfect. 36, 24, 36. I would happily wear a size 4 to 7 in juniors, but most are too short for me. so size 8 us in womens. bigger if I feel like being wonderfully comfortable.

I'm proud of my body. I'm thin yes, but not skeletal thin. thin, like I work my buttox off, literally, with exercise so I'm thin because I've actually got muscle and you can see my ribs only because my skin is kind of transparent because I'm so pale, you can see my bones in some places and see my veins and stuff, well, except for in my face and shoulders. kinda creepy, no?

oh well, off the subject....  

[Rellik San]

nightwing773

I hear this big time. I'm wierd, I have a weird body type. I'm five foot 10 inches tall, and my measurements are perfect. 36, 24, 36. I would happily wear a size 4 to 7 in juniors, but most are too short for me. so size 8 us in womens. bigger if I feel like being wonderfully comfortable.

I'm proud of my body. I'm thin yes, but not skeletal thin. thin, like I work my buttox off, literally, with exercise so I'm thin because I've actually got muscle and you can see my ribs only because my skin is kind of transparent because I'm so pale, you can see my bones in some places and see my veins and stuff, well, except for in my face and shoulders. kinda creepy, no?

oh well, off the subject....

Wow... you have a perfect hourglass figure.

I'd ask to draw you, but you'd probably think it creepy.