"I want to lose weight, but I don't want to get too skinny!"

lemurcat12

RHachicho wrote: »

lemurcat12 wrote: »

I never had that issue. I didn't mind or enjoyed heat and hated cold when I was at my fattest, and still do. I haven't actually noticed being colder at all.

Just like to clarify that I totally get why some people wouldn't want to be even a little fat. Personally I find sleeping sitting on hard surfaces and generally leaning on things less comfortable now. Also after over a decade of being made of soft squishy stuff having hard muscular legs was just a strange and odd feeling to get used to. But that's just my opinion. I can totally understand why someone with a different outlook on these issues might hold a different opinion. That was really my point from the get go. That different people are happy at different places. And as long as we don't go to one extreme or another it really shouldn't be as much of an issue as it .. apparently ... is.

Oh, I get your point too and the sitting thing also. Just weighing in on the temps, since it seems to be a common experience I never had.

Agree that people should go with their own preferences and that it's pretty subjective. I hated how my body felt when I was obese and even significantly overweight, but I actually felt fine at, say, 150, even though that's still 10 lbs overweight for me. I am just better at running and look better when I'm at the mid to lower end of the BMI.

Iwishyouwell

RHachicho wrote: »

Your opinion not mine.

Well yes sir, it is my opinion. I don't recall suggesting it was anything but.

RHachicho wrote: »

I also find it very annoying frankly that you seem to take issue with people not wanting to be skinny. Someone can not want to be fat but apparently not wanting to be skinny is simply inconceivable to you.

I'll find a way, somehow, to live with your annoyance.

And the fact that you absolutely missed the entire point of my thread. I have zero issue with "people not wanting to be skinny". Who cares? The premise of this thread was to explore the mindset behind why so many fat people set goal weights that are still relatively high and seem to have an, IMO, irrational fear of getting "too skinny" (or whatever term you'd like to use to denote a low body fat percentage). It was a simple observation I've noticed countless times and wanted to get thoughts on the reasoning behind it. The rest of your post is paranoia that is irrelevant to my inquiry. If you feel attacked, that wasn't my intention. If you felt physically comfortable with lots of excess adipose tissue on your body, or you've got a high goal weight, more power to you. Enjoy!