Even though we are not those super skinny models. I feel bad for the girls who constantly feel like they have to lose weight, if they don't get it accomplished they don't live their life and worry about it. I think women are much more beautiful when they have curves and shape.
2006-12-02 00:42:08 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Women's Health
Nice Q!!!!
As human beings we will never be satisfied with ourselves, particularly women. Those who are thin wanna be bigger, those big wanna be thin. If its not the waistline/ breasts / hips / thighs / bum or face, then its the smoothness of the hair or height or something else.
Never do us women be satisfied with our bodies!
Btw being skinny is not everything. I am 2 stone underweight and am very thin (but healthy) and some other girls look at me in envy but I tell them I would like to be curvier like them!
2006-12-02 01:08:58 · answer #1 · answered by Lara D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'll tell you why our culture has such a thing with skinniness:
1) In 'the old days' when women depended on men for survival, it was considered a good thing to not have to spend too much money on food for your wife. Therefore, if your wife was skinny, she was obviously not eating as much food, and keeping expenses down. This also applied to any other female member of the household who didn't 'earn their keep'. That's why, up until recently, men could be fat as whales and still have the upper hand. But now, we earn our own money and have the freedom to eat healthier and, in turn, appreciate our bodies without the pressure from males to look a certain way in order to keep costs down.
2) This one has more to do with the practicalities of fashion design but it does enter into our society as we see images of it all the time. Generally, high fashion uses very expensive fabric and in order for a fashion house to keep prices down, the most minimal fabric is used. Therefore, the skinnier the models, the less fabric that is used. It is as simple as that.
But one good thing is that the fashion industry is banning models who are below 18% BMI. HALLALUJA! So, hopefully we and our daughters won't have this standard to meet.
I feel great about my body, except I wish I could have a smaller waist, but that's because I'm fairly tall and it all works out in the end anyway.
2006-12-02 09:21:56 · answer #2 · answered by Lisa M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am happy with my body, but it took me until my early 30's to achieve that. I think we have to grow into the idea of being comfortable in our own skins and acquire the self confidence to not really care what others think. I am petite in height, but not in build. I am not overweight, but I am not model thin and tiny either. And although I am not showstopping beautiful, I have people who love me and whom I love, and my husband and children happen to think I am beautiful- and that's plenty enough for me. If I can give one gift to my daughters, it would be a sense of self worth that is not dependant on what a scale says or what the models on the cover of the magazines look like. I would hope they could find their own sense of inner beauty to radiate through to the outside, and learn the secret of being more than the sum of their container. After all, external beauty fades eventually, and those whose sense of self has revolved around it find themselves mourning it's loss. Internal beauty radiates forever.
I, too, like the other lady, have noted physical changes from motherhood. I've noted the mommy pooch, the silvery marks on the hips, and even a bit of droop in the bosom. My mommy medals, badges of honor gained when I recieved the gifts of my precious children. So I will never look good in a bikini- truth is I didn't look all that great to start with, and at my current age I don't think I ought to hang it all out anyway. Perhaps I might still have that svelt figure if I had't had them, but given the choice again I would still choose my children over the bikini. After all, my swimsuit never gave me kisses, hugged me, or left sticky prints on my best or favorite clothing. My favorite jeans never held my hand and told me I was the best person in the whole world either.
I think women are the most beautiful when they are happy, healthy, and content with themselves. It's a personal sense of beauty that we all must find for ourselves, and an idea some of us just have to grow into.
2006-12-02 09:10:37 · answer #3 · answered by The mom 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
At this point I have no choice. I have been sick over a year and lost a total of 30 pounds. I am at a more healthier weight and it's taking some adjusting too. I am loving the newer body I am in.
2006-12-02 10:11:42 · answer #4 · answered by bridget c 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm never satisfied with my body because I go up and down with my weight and i'm never consistent with habits. I'm not a big person, (5 foot 6 inches and weigh 128 lbs) but my belly holds all the fat and emotional weight. And when that is not feeling good, I'm not feeling good about anything. It trully is "All in the GUT!" and Butt I may add on how I feel about myself.
2006-12-02 10:02:41 · answer #5 · answered by cherry-o 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I can only minimize this baby belly I got from my two pregnancies, I could be happy. I am a tall, bigger built person and I have curves... but this 'mom belly' really isn't pleasant.
stuff like stretch marks can be hidden with clothes, boobs can be fixed or lifted with a good supporting bra, height can be changed if you wear heels, etc... but this belly... it's hard to conceal! :)
2006-12-02 08:45:25 · answer #6 · answered by Jennifer L 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as long as the curves aren't too big, I'm with you.
2006-12-02 08:50:09 · answer #7 · answered by oldsoftee2001 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋