First, let me just say that I know that skinny doesn't mean healthy. People dying of terminal illnesses are often skinny. I understand that, okay?
But it seems like what used to be considered "chubby" decades ago, or in other countries today, is considered "healthy/womanly/normal" here.
I am steady at 5'10 & 140 lb - eating schitt and garbage all day long, due to being in college. When I went vegan (few months ago), and eschewed chemical, processed foods - even eating calorically-dense foods in abundance, I got down to 124 - and felt great! And I have a VERY large frame.
If I was in Europe, or Asia, 124 lbs wouldn't be such a big deal. Here, I had people telling me to "eat a sandwich" or "you look like Paris Hilton - you should eat more. Curves are beautiful".
Are our perceptions of health distorted by all the crap-food today and the people they affect?
Oh yeah: Vanity sizing. Marilyn Monroe's size 14 is like a 4 now.
2007-09-09
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