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"nothing feels as good as blah blah blah"
Haha...I'm sure you know what the rest of that saying is. I for some reason, just don't like the saying. Maybe because I believe that everything in moderation is ok, that if I eat a small piece of cheesecake this month I'll still be able to meet my goals.
Anyways, I found a blog about it, and really sums up the way I feel, here's the link (and the post). Just thought I'd share.
http://www.starling-fitness.com/archives/2005/03/15/nothing-tastes-as-good-as-being-thin-feels/
Nothing Tastes As Good As Being Thin Feels
By Laura Moncur @ 5:00 am — Filed under:
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I hear this phrase all the time. I’ve thought about it a lot. “Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels.” It’s supposed to be a really inspirational thought. I’ve heard women say it to themselves when they are tempted to overeat. I have never found it inspiring.
I don’t know what “being thin” feels like. I have no idea if it compares to lavender creme brulee or carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. Those foods taste pretty damn good, so I’m thinking that being thin must feel incredible. The problem is that I’ve never actually felt thin, so I have no idea what these people are talking about.
Of course, when I look at my old high school pictures, I realize that I was thin. I never felt thin, though. I look at those pictures and I can remember the first time I ever saw them. “Man, I am so fat.” I thought, looking at my offending body parts. Now, years later, I realize that I wasn’t so fat. I was at the upper edge of the healthy weight ranges for my age, but I wasn’t fat. I never felt thin, though. I certainly didn’t feel better than carrot cake with cream cheese frosting.
I suspect that feeling thin has nothing to do with the number on the scale. If that’s the case, can’t I “feel thin” even if I’m fat? I know that I felt a lot thinner when I lost fifty pounds. I felt so thin that I actually considered just maintaining at that weight. Even though I was still overweight, losing those fifty pounds felt so good that I thought I was happy with staying there. In fact, I did stay there for about two years.
After a while, however, I got used to it. I started to see that I was still fat. Instead of feeling good about losing fifty pounds, I started pinching fat and trying to squish it into jeans one size too small. It only took two years to start “feeling fat” again.
What if it never ends? What if I get to my goal weight and I still “feel fat”? What if I never “feel thin”? What if I never understand what they are talking about when they say, “Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels”? Sure, the first year, I’ll “feel thin,” but after that, when I’m used to my body, will I start noticing miniscule bits of fat on myself? Will I just turn my critical eye to wrinkles or gray hair or my speech patterns?
I have no idea. I don’t know what it feels like to feel thin. I don’t know what it’s like to be a thin adult. All of this is undiscovered country for me. Exciting, isn’t it?
Anyways, I found a blog about it, and really sums up the way I feel, here's the link (and the post). Just thought I'd share.
http://www.starling-fitness.com/archives/2005/03/15/nothing-tastes-as-good-as-being-thin-feels/
Nothing Tastes As Good As Being Thin Feels
By Laura Moncur @ 5:00 am — Filed under:
* Features
* Personal
I hear this phrase all the time. I’ve thought about it a lot. “Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels.” It’s supposed to be a really inspirational thought. I’ve heard women say it to themselves when they are tempted to overeat. I have never found it inspiring.
I don’t know what “being thin” feels like. I have no idea if it compares to lavender creme brulee or carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. Those foods taste pretty damn good, so I’m thinking that being thin must feel incredible. The problem is that I’ve never actually felt thin, so I have no idea what these people are talking about.
Of course, when I look at my old high school pictures, I realize that I was thin. I never felt thin, though. I look at those pictures and I can remember the first time I ever saw them. “Man, I am so fat.” I thought, looking at my offending body parts. Now, years later, I realize that I wasn’t so fat. I was at the upper edge of the healthy weight ranges for my age, but I wasn’t fat. I never felt thin, though. I certainly didn’t feel better than carrot cake with cream cheese frosting.
I suspect that feeling thin has nothing to do with the number on the scale. If that’s the case, can’t I “feel thin” even if I’m fat? I know that I felt a lot thinner when I lost fifty pounds. I felt so thin that I actually considered just maintaining at that weight. Even though I was still overweight, losing those fifty pounds felt so good that I thought I was happy with staying there. In fact, I did stay there for about two years.
After a while, however, I got used to it. I started to see that I was still fat. Instead of feeling good about losing fifty pounds, I started pinching fat and trying to squish it into jeans one size too small. It only took two years to start “feeling fat” again.
What if it never ends? What if I get to my goal weight and I still “feel fat”? What if I never “feel thin”? What if I never understand what they are talking about when they say, “Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels”? Sure, the first year, I’ll “feel thin,” but after that, when I’m used to my body, will I start noticing miniscule bits of fat on myself? Will I just turn my critical eye to wrinkles or gray hair or my speech patterns?
I have no idea. I don’t know what it feels like to feel thin. I don’t know what it’s like to be a thin adult. All of this is undiscovered country for me. Exciting, isn’t it?
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I don't like the saying either, and I don't think 'thin' is anything to aspire to. Healthy, slim, fit are all fine but thin comes with all kinds of baggage, none of which I find particularly positive. But that's just me :-)0
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I know what she means when I first started trying to loose weight (I was 185) I thought if only I can get 145 I will feel good...well I do but I also have started noticing that hey I need to loose more...now I think if I can make it to 128...I will not be overweight anymore...I am hoping that when I get there I won't think if only I can get to 115.....I don't want to overdo weight loss but I want my husband to be proud of me and I think he is so lucky to have such a hot wife.....He thinks he has been kind I think by telling me it doesn't matter what I look like but it really hurts my feels that he doesn't care what I look like.0
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I have honestly never heard that saying before. I can't believe people actually are motivated by it. Thanks for the post
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Thanks for sharing Laura's blog. I too hate the saying and cannot relate to what it is to "feel thin".
I was looking at some high school photos a few months back and remembered thinking how fat I felt in high school when I was really trim and muscular. I told one of my BFFs how now I just wish I was as skinny as I was when I thought I was fat!0 -
my mother says that to me all the time and it makes me want to scream at her (she's trying to lose weight too.....only she's not overweight....just a little pudgier then she used to be. while i understand that she wants to be healthier and thats a good thing, it makes me want to yell at her when she calls herself fat, because i AM fat...and she's nowhere near my size...i WANT to be her size and her saying that she's fat kinda hurts but thats another story) i think this saying was created by a skinny girl who DOESNT WANT to get fat...not a fat girl who WANTS to be skinny. thats really what this seems like to me. because i have to agree....i personally think my bread pudding tastes way better then skinny feels....cause i was "healthy weight" in my senior year of highschool (and i'd been overweight since about 4th grade when i started eating emotionally) and did i feel good about my body? of course i didnt! (except for the odd good day, but i even have those now, i think its just clothes that i look good in that makes me feel this way
i dunno) i've never been THIN but i have been "healthy weight" and sure it feels better than being over weight (yeah sure getting to buy a t-shirt in size small made me smile every time, i still want to be able to wear again the TEENSIE preservation hall jazz band shirt i bought in NOLA that year) but i still dont think it feels better than one of my pumpkin muffins tastes. 0 -
I don't really like that saying either... even though I understand the thought behind it. I LOVE that blog post!
I have never felt thin either, even though I was a normal weight all the way through college until I started gaining after that. I am proud of myself for working hard to lose weight though... and I can't wait until I am thin (and for me right now, being "overweight" would be the thinnest I've been in years!) AND in better shape than I've ever been in my life! 0 -
I'm guilty of liking this saying. I have it on my page. It does motivate me when I want that yummy Sonic cheeseburger and sundae dripping with gooey hot fudge... I want to be thin more than that fleeting moment of euphoria while I'm scarfing the greasy goodness. However - I NEVER say the words "nothing tastes as good as being thin feels" to anyone else -- because everyone is motivated by different things, different quotes, and everyone has different goals. I've never been my ideal weight (well, not since 8th grade at least - and even then I felt fat) but I have been a size 10 as an adult before - and I DID feel thin. The problem was I got way too comfortable at that size and thought I could eat what I wanted in moderation again. My "moderation" became excessive, and here I am at a size 16 again. I still love myself - I still think I look pretty darn good in my clothes - but now I want to do this for other reasons now. I want to be "thin" to be healthy. I want to be "thin" so that I don't struggle SO MUCH when I get a little older like my mother is right now (after menopause it is so incredibly hard to lose weight!). I want to be "thin" so that I can wear clothes off that rack because they're cute, not because they hide my rolls really well! LOL!0
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nothing tastes as good as marks and spencer melt in the middle chocolate puddings. Oh is that not the end of that phrase??0
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It is my understanding that Kate Moss is the originator of the saying and all sorts of Eating disorder organizations went bulistic when it came out... so yeah...considering the source it impacts it even more. :noway:
Not to say that there aren't women who are naturally very thin and there need be no animosity towards them, I had a good friend who fell into this category. She would often get too thin and it was not attractive and she had to ward against it...it can be as troublesome (although not as common) as those who struggle with excess weight.
I have been thin most of my life, and carried the extra 10 more often than not. I never felt thin...although I felt a hell of a lot sexier when I conquered the remaining 10...but the amount of my life I have been at my 'ideal weight' has been slim to none :laugh:
Seriously, I want to feel healthy and yeah, if I look great in jeans, even better! I have exceeded my 10 lb zone for a while, but when I get back there, I will be glad. I am learning that it is ok that I have curves, as long as they are in the healthy zone and I will probably never wear super skinny jeans, and that's ok. :bigsmile: I will banish the muffin top though, and feel energy and enjoy life! Isn't that what its all about?:flowerforyou:
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yeh, I totally agree! nothing tastes as good as thin feels. it's victimizing your-self. you want to be an anorexic.
be incontrol of your weight. be healthy. hit the gym and work that body work it on out! and eat to live!0 -
nothing tastes as good as marks and spencer melt in the middle chocolate puddings. Oh is that not the end of that phrase??
HA! XD I LOVE IT!0 -
It is my understanding that Kate Moss is the originator of the saying and all sorts of Eating disorder organizations went bulistic when it came out... so yeah...considering the source it impacts it even more. :noway:
just what i said! a skinny (except more like an unattractive twig) girl who doesnt want to be fat. it had no baring on what it feels like to be FAT. only on what a teensie stick of a model knows.0 -
bump!
I'm guilty of liking the phrase as well.. it helps me to put the second cupcake down because skinny does feel good and I'm finally skinnier then I've ever been aside from adolescence. I'll come back and read the rest of the article.. thanks for posting
Oh yeah and it is Kate Moss who said that... It's unhealthy yet hot looking b*tches like her that set the bar so low for the rest of us!0 -
Lol I was venting about that quote just the other day in my status!
I used to like it, along with other sayings such as, "Hunger hurts but starving works"
Unfortunately, quotes like that are still stuck in my head and it's a real struggle sometimes because they echo every time I eat.0
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