to the women-why do we diet?

Question

why are a lot of us obsessing over being smaller when deep down we know most men like something to hold on to,rather than a bag of bones. if men had to choose between nicole richie or beyonce most would say beyonce! im a size 10 but am still constantly on a diet

Answer 1

its a self constraint of the feminine society have put upon themselves.

i think it the self image idealism of woman that is the problem.it also can be seen in "i have nothing to wear" though the closet is full of clothes. there is no clothes that are there that meet your idea of the perceived way you think society thinks you should look.

it annoys me that my girlfriend says to me that she is fat and she clearly isnt.when i try to say she isn't, she attacks my sincerity. she defends the illusion not the reality of how she really is.

Answer 2

I have spent most of my teenage years and the first few years in my twenties constantly worrying about being thin and starving myself to the point of silly just to look half as good as I thought the models in magazines look. Now at 25, I have decided sod it. I am never happy when dieting, I spend all that time thinking about food and never touching drink, anything with the word calorie associated with it, and it has always been a miserable time. I am 5ft 4in, weigh ten stone and although I do have some parts of my body that do get me down sometimes, fat days are never a thing of the past eh??, I have decided to just eat healthy and still enjoy the odd pizza and chocolate bar. I don't think I will ever be happy with the way I look completely, although I love my curves and rather plump breasts (as does the other half!!), but I can at least be comfortable in myself, which is what I am now and I eat junk food some days and healthy the others but I am the ideal weight, according to my doctor, I look healthy, feel comfy and don't stress anymore about food. I just wish I had felt like this when I was younger because even at my thinnest (8 1/2 stone, not a good look!) I was not as confident as I am now. It is silly to stress about food, we are here to eat and enjoy ourselves, do we really think that being super skinny and famous is a good combination??

Answer 3

There is a difference between dieting to be healthy and dieting to look thin. I think that you are healthy up to a size 14 (depending on the body shape and morphology) however, women like you and many more are healthy and want to diet only to look thinner.
I think that you are influenced by the medias, and it's not because you're dumb. Those celebs are successfull, so we associate this success with being thin, looking good etc..
Women need to take a few steps back and love themselves the way they are. The most important thing in life is to be healthy, and I don't think that someone who is a size 24 should stay this way.

Answer 4

It's all about self esteem, it only takes one person to say a nasty comment and your confidence is knocked, it then takes another 10 nice comments to make you feel good again. My bf says he loves my 'love handles', even though I think they are repulsive, I've been on loads of diets in the past and every time I've ended up bigger than how I originally started, my philosophy now is to accept that I'm never going to be a stick, I am what I am and enjoy life to the full, sure I still get paranoid and wish I was smaller but as long as I'm healthy and happy what's the problem?

The only person that you need to keep happy and answer to is yourself. We can all try and be as perfect as the celebrities we see everyday in the media but at the end of the day everyone is different.

Answer 5

It's been years since I was a size 10!! I want to slim down so my clothes fit me more than to be attractive. Ok I was more attractive when I was a size 10 and it felt good, but my boobs sagged after having my baby!
If I could choose which body parts I could slim then I wouldn't diet and just focus on what I have to do. But if I had to loose weight I'd get all saggy. I'm kinda stuck!! My partner loves me the way I am and he knows I want to be thinner too. But at the end of the day, I want to be slimmer for me, and so I could fit into those I kept by, just in case.

Answer 6

God knows !!
All red blooded men like a bit of flesh. I would defy any man to go bag to a bag of bones once theyd experienced some beautiful curves...
I actually get repulsed if I see a really skinny girl, with no bum, and I think deep down inside at the "deep rooted instinct" level, its because I feel that they wouldnt be a healthy mother to my children..

If your a little large, then being confident with it is VERY sexy,

work on attitude and confidence instead of weight, and then youve got it for life... concentrate on size and you may get skinny, but youll put it on and be even worse than before.

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Answer 8

To fit in and feel confident. I was bullied for being too big in my teens, so I constantly now keep an eye on my weight, getting too big brings back bad memories. I'm a 12 but am quite short. I would kill to look like beyonce, or to be a 10, stupid I know, but emotions are not sensible.

Answer 9

Ive never been on a diet and dont have any intention of being on one. As long as I know Im eating a (fairly!) balanced diet and doing a bit of exercise then I dont see the point in fighting my body. I was tiny at school, like a 6/8 but now Im a busty 14 on top and 10/12 bottom half and I LOVE my curves! Seriously! and everyone comments on how well Im looking. :O) Dont deny yourself babe, your body will find its ideal size eventually and even tho it might not be what you think it should be, till be the healthiest size :O) xx

Answer 10

I'm on a diet right now but its a very sensible one and the reason I'm doing it is because I have put too much weight on recently, I just want to feel healthier and better, I'm at the age were things like arthritis and osteoarthritis can kick in and I really don't want to be carrying the extra weight round if that happens as both of those ailments are painful enough as it is, I will never be as slim as you simply because I don't think I have the willpower to do it, but my hubby loves me as I am now but understands for health reasons I need to lose a few stone, I honestly think diets are part and parcel of our makeup these days and an obsession for some woman, as long as you diet very sensibly and never get below your BMI then your fine, good luck but you sound like the perfect weight to me.

Answer 11

The media is always showing famous skinny girls,expecting everyone to look like them,but it's not real is it,they are airbrushed to look thinner half the time,and these size 0's look awful.Men do prefer curves,and people look healthier with curves.Eating a heathly balanced diet is good,it's not your size that is important it's your personality,and in this society you will get critised for anything,not just weight,no bodys perfect,but we are what we are and that should be good enough,we are all special in our own way.