yeah, as Lena pointed out, it is all about being *healthy*. Healthy is thinner on some women than others. Healthy can also be heavy (not to be confused with actually being obese, which is never healthy and the original medical definition of the term - not the newly remodeled one to suit political and financial machinations).
The main point of this rant is that I am tired of the women in the movies I watch either being villafied for being more than a size 4, or just plain being in the "no one is attracted to this person" role.
Lots of women are extremely sexy and perfectly healthy at size 10, size 12, size 8, size 14, size 16.
Personally, unless I am watching for it, or comparing photographs, I am unlikely to really notice that my friends have lost weight (barring the really dramatic weight losses). What *I* see when I look at people I know is not the weight (whatever that weight is) but the movement and the person. Dramatic weightloss changes how people move.
And I am happy for you that you are losing weight you want and need to lose, but I am mostly happy for the rest of us that you are doing so to be healthier. Maximum health = longer and happier life. And that means you will be around for a good long time. I am all kinds of happy about you sticking around for a good long while. :)
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Re: my own jumble of honest contradictions on the topic
Date: 2006-09-07 01:31 pm (UTC)yeah, as Lena pointed out, it is all about being *healthy*. Healthy is thinner on some women than others. Healthy can also be heavy (not to be confused with actually being obese, which is never healthy and the original medical definition of the term - not the newly remodeled one to suit political and financial machinations).
The main point of this rant is that I am tired of the women in the movies I watch either being villafied for being more than a size 4, or just plain being in the "no one is attracted to this person" role.
Lots of women are extremely sexy and perfectly healthy at size 10, size 12, size 8, size 14, size 16.
Personally, unless I am watching for it, or comparing photographs, I am unlikely to really notice that my friends have lost weight (barring the really dramatic weight losses). What *I* see when I look at people I know is not the weight (whatever that weight is) but the movement and the person. Dramatic weightloss changes how people move.
And I am happy for you that you are losing weight you want and need to lose, but I am mostly happy for the rest of us that you are doing so to be healthier. Maximum health = longer and happier life. And that means you will be around for a good long time. I am all kinds of happy about you sticking around for a good long while. :)