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Oct 28, 2015 22:38:23 GMT
Post by questa on Oct 28, 2015 22:38:23 GMT
I was painfully skinny until my thirties and had kids. Back injury slowed me down and I started putting on weight...all in the tummy area. By 45 I had such a big tummy people thought I was in late pregnancy, specially as my limbs were still thin.
Then a doctor diagnosed "metabolic X syndrome" which is common in men but less in women. Because my back is in constant pain, most exercises are out, even walking hurts. I know I could lose a bit by diet, but when I do the fat goes from arms and legs, not from my abdomen which looks like a beached whale.
Due to my basic thin-ness I am only a tiny bit over the ideal BMI, but it is the aesthetics and finding clothes to fit that bug me.
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Oct 28, 2015 22:44:36 GMT
Post by chexbres on Oct 28, 2015 22:44:36 GMT
I meant to add this: I never really felt out of place in New Orleans, because a lot of people looked just like me. And when I moved to Paris, it took me a long time to realize what was wrong - definitely not from a fashionista point of view, but because the approach to food and exercise was completely different here (at least it was 8 years ago).
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Oct 28, 2015 23:52:58 GMT
Post by rikita on Oct 28, 2015 23:52:58 GMT
i think there is a difference between trying to promote a positive body image also for people with a figure not considered "ideal", and accepting that people are overweight in an unhealthy way. for one, the weight that might be healthy for each person is different, or the weight a person can easily achieve, and for another thing, the figure that is normally promoted (by models etc.) is not necessarily healthy either. and maybe if the "ideal" wasn't so unattainable for a lot of people, it might be easier for some to try and be a bit healthier/thinner. so i don't think trying to promote a more positive self image for people not fitting said "ideal" is the same as telling them to live unhealthily ...
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