Healthy vs Skinny

GiGi76

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wyze

I really love the honesty on this post. Thanks guys. I started this topic out of curiosity cos i kept stumbling on skinny posts, and hearing people say lets get skinny. I mean honestly we all want to be slim and have hot bodies, but those posts just made me curious as to what people really felt about the issue. Thanks again for being honest

I just want to say that whatever your goal is, kudos for trying. Ours is not to judge, but to encourage.

Kate_UK

I'll never be conventionally skinny. I'm a 5ft 9.5 female, with what my grandmother would call 'good child bearing hips' I'm 154lbs (11stone) with a BMI of 22 and I'm physically fitter than I've even been (although not very fit at all compared to some of the hard core gym bunnies).
Skinny means so many different things to different people. When I say I'd love to be skinny, I mean I'd love to have a tiny waist, it doesn't mean that I don't want my curves to counter balance that though! Of course theres skinny, and there's skinny, but in reality most of us know the difference between wanting to look skinny and wanting to look annarexic. So when I say I want to be skinny I actually mean I want to be lean, toned and healthy. Of course if I had a wasp waist I wouldnt complain either ......but with my frame thats not physically possible

BoresEasily

LOVE this topic. i chose health. to me, health means eating a well balanced, colorful eating plan. colorful fruits and veggies, whole grains, lean meats, no processed foods (foods out of bags and boxes...except brown pasta and rice). i've given up the sodas, sugar free and fat free foods. again, colorful and well balanced. i have been doing this pretty consistently since the end of April. i have dropped 25 pounds since then.

i also consider my purposeful movement (exercise) as part of my healthy lifestyle plan. purposeful movements from my Turbo Jam DVD's that i started on July 12th (and have lost 20 pounds and over 20 inches!) and soon my ChaLEAN Extreme DVD's. as well as my new walk to run program. in addition to my exercising, i have purposefully added other things to my daily life. i park away from everything i am doing. this gives me more steps in my daily life. if i can walk through the mall, i can walk through the parking lot too. more steps equals better health. i also started using the bathroom on the second floor of our home. working from home, this gives me many times up and down the steps each day.

i chose a healthy lifestyle. the scales have been hanging out around 145 +/- since October 5th. i'm okay with that. my goal back in July was 135. here's the scoop. i continue to eat well balanced meals. i continue to exercise 4-6 times a week for 45-75 minutes. the scales aren't moving. BUT as of today, my size 10 jeans that i got 2 weeks ago, are almost on the loose side. definitely fitting better than when i got them TWO weeks ago! TWO weeks. its a mind game...the scales aren't moving, but i go to put on my pants/skirts, and they are loose!

i'm okay with my weight where it is. i feel GREAT, have energy, shinny hair, strong nails, clear skin.... all signs of good health from the inside out.

a healthy lifestyle is body mind and soul. life feels better now that it has in most of my adult life. and i'm 43! i pray that all will choose health and not skinny.

cheering everyone on to a healthy lifestyle!
Jane

Hear hear! Everything you said is bang on the mark as far as I'm concerned.

For me someone said this in a forum a little while back and it's exactly what I want as well. I want my body to do what I tell it to do when I tell it to do it. If I need to jump, my body jumps, if I need to run my body breaks into a run, If I need to climb I naturally start climbing. I don't want to be limited. I want to do what I want/need to do whenever I want/need to do it.

BoresEasily

Also I would much rather use body fat % than weight or BMI. I'm at a healthy everything but I could definitely lose 5-10% body fat for sure, but I won't kill myself to do it.

ironmule2042

I am definitely more concerned with being healthy over being skinny. That being said losing weight is part of being healthy but I also want to improve my strength and endurance as well. Both of which have gotten better since I started this lifestyle.

I'll also admit there is a little bit of vanity involved as well. I want to look good and part of that is keeping the weight off. The other part will be muscle tone and such but that part I have yet to achieve. :-)

rybo

This kind of confusion came up in the “guys prefer heavier girls” thread.

When I hear the word “skinny” I think of a healthy thin build. I don’t think of an overly thin, bones showing build. That’s “too skinny”.

That said I think a person can have a “skinny” build and look normal & healthy but not have any cardio stamina or anything. And you could have a person with a heavier build be in great cardio condition. So there’s really no one description to fit everyone.

yanicka

Before my last pregnancy, I would have said I didn't care all that much about the healthy part, I wanted to look hot. Now after having to deal with high blood pressure and diabetes induced by pregnancy, knowing that I have a strong family pre dispositon, it made me really know what it is to be sick. Having to test your blood sugar 4 times a day, inject insuline and feel really awfull because of high blood pressure ... I really do not want to deal with that again.