is being skinny worth it?

RobynMWilson

#1....I sure as h*ll don't eat diet foods!
#2...Sometimes I don't feel like working out, but I give it 10 minutes and ALWAYS feel better afterward!
#3...I love that I can do things that kids half my age can't!
#4...I love that I don't look my age!
#5...I prefer eating real food than chemical slop. I don't know what's enjoyable about feeling sick and lethargic all the time!
#6...I love that I have less aches and pains and less medical issues than your average 40 year old.
#7...I'm strong and healthy, NOT skinny.

AND IT'S SOOOOOO WORTH IT!!

Sul3i

Is changing your life to be fit and feel beautiful, worth it?

this is from nerdfitness and its the best go to there ever was.

Read the whole thing or prove you already dont care enough to follow through.



It will require commitment and dedication.

It will require you to say “no” sometimes.

It will require sacrifice.

It won’t be quick.

It won’t be easy.

It won’t be fun all of the time

Your friends will laugh at you for doing things differently.

Your coworkers will gawk and poke fun at your new eating habits.

Your loved ones will call you crazy and ask you to “be normal.”

You will have to change some habits.

You will want to give up.

You will want to go back to bed.

You will want to say “eh, good enough.”

And you will ask yourself: “is it really worth it?”


You’re damn right is is.

You will feel great when you set a new record for push ups.

You will let out a rebel yell when doing your first pull up.

You will feel awesome running faster this week than last week.

You will be amazed at how far you’ve come when looking at old pictures.

You will feel good when people ask “have you been working out?”

You will smile when your kids say “I want to be strong like you!”

You will be surprised when people come to you for fitness advice.

You will feel pride when you look at yourself in the mirror.

You will go to sleep knowing that you’re a better person today than you were yesterday.

It is worth it.

Loved that! Soo true!

taylorwaylor

Ohh yes...society has a terrible perseption of how a woman needs to look...I hate it! But we were born into it...I hate it, because i feel like the only way i can be happy is to be skinny....However, i do not restrict myself, i just changed my eating habits to eat healthier and it stuck, and i love it. I also lift now! I love it, and i have seen good results...So "starving yourself" is not worth it...but eating more to weight less is! And i do wish that i could eat whatever and have the perfect body! But exersizing is my new hobby and i do like it lots....even if i cant convince myself to get off my butt some days:)

honeysprinkles

I see a lot of people saying it's not worth it just to be skinny but it is to be healthy, I think that mindset can really depend on where you're at or your starting point. I'm already healthy, there probably won't be a lot of benefits health-wise to me losing another 20lb. but it wouldn't be unhealthy either. Healthy is so subjective anyways, what does it even mean? being able to do a certain amount of push ups, run a mile, good blood work, clean diet, etc? (that's a rhetorical question, not actually looking for an answer).

I think a lot of people feel the need to justify wanting to lose weight by saying they're doing it to be healthier because they feel that it's not okay to admit that it's for vanity reasons. I know that's not the case with everyone who says that, but I have a suspicion that it applies to more than want to admit it.

I think you are looking at it incorrectly. Of course people want to lose weight to feel great about themselves. But no one loses 100+ pounds for vanity. They do it for health. They do it because the doctor says if they don't then they will die early. A doctor doesn't say, Oh, lose 100 pounds so you look banging in those jeans. Most people aren't on MFP to lose vanity pounds. A majority of people are doing it for health or future health.

Like I said in my reply, I would be lying if I didn't say I didn't care about the way I will look 100 pounds lighter, but I'm not striving to fit into a pair of skinny jeans. I'm striving to not have a heart attack before 30 (and it's happened to 1 classmate already and we just celebrated our 10 year high school reunion) or have diabetes (I have friends 28-32 that have diabetes) or heart disease (a friends sister died of heart disease at 37) I don't want to become so out of control that I have to use a wheelchair at the stores or become immobile.

That's exactly why I mentioned that it depends on where you're at or you're starting point... I'm sure most people losing large amounts of weight are doing it to become healthier and not skinny.

Trechechus

I don't eat diet foods and I'm not "skinny." I'm healthy and physically fit, and yes, I prefer it to my days of eating **** and being fat and having no energy. I am now more suited for my plans of taking over the world.

Cranktastic

No

n0ob

I will have failed at all my aesthetic goals for fitness if I get classified as skinny (hit me with the sarcasm friends).

arlenem1974

I think, if I were eating foods I didn't like, or if I were doing exercises I didn't like, then I would feel a lot more bitter about it all. But I am making sure that I am doing this in a way that I DO like, so that I'm not overwhelmed with feeling like I'm just trying to fit a number that society says I should be.

I couldent agree more

rml_16

Honestly, I DO want to be skinny. I want that delicate, waify look that the woman who plays Mary on Downton Abby has. I'll never have such a small chest, but I love her arms and shoulders and waist and collarbones. I don't want to be unhealthy-skinny, but I want to be skinny.

But still, I know I can get there without starving myself or eating things I don't like or being generally miserable.

arlenem1974

really, is it worth all the time and effort that women put into eating foods they don't really love, exercising when they'd rather not, and just not being truly happy to be "skinny?"

I believe you can lose weight eating foods you like and do the exercises you want to do.

Thats what I do and I have lost 26 LBS in 3 months.

jofjltncb6

I will have failed at all my aesthetic goals for fitness if I get classified as skinny (hit me with the sarcasm friends).

Great job with your efforts not to be classified as skinny!! I wish you nothing but success in all your fitness and health goals.*

*(c) DrMerc 2012. All rights reserved. Use of this phrase without express permission of DrMerc is prohibited. (PS: DrMerc is remarkably encouraging and supportive. You should send him a PM and a FR. You're welcome.)


Edit: to eliminate likely strike bait.

mfpcopine

So, we're still joking about one of the worst atrocities to ever occur in human history?



Good to know.

Google "Godwin's Law." It's Web 101-level information.

mfpcopine

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:


ETA:

Wait! Wouldn't that mean end thread? :laugh:

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My Sarkasmus detector is down. That was a joke right? "Das ist richtig." means "That's right."

n0ob

I will have failed at all my aesthetic goals for fitness if I get classified as skinny (hit me with the sarcasm friends).

Great job with your efforts not to be classified as skinny!! I wish you nothing but success in all your fitness and health goals.*

*(c) DrMerc 2012. All rights reserved. Use of this phrase without express permission of DrMerc is prohibited. (PS: DrMerc is remarkably encouraging and supportive. You should send him a PM and a FR. You're welcome.)


Edit: to eliminate likely strike bait.

Dr. Merc refused to be my friend (runs away sobbing )...

darleyschroeder

Heck yeah it's worth it! I used to be 200 pounds, down to 134 now. I NEVER, EVER want to be overweight or obese again. I could hardly walk up hills and I always felt crappy about myself.
You don't have to eat foods you don't like and you don't have to work yourself to death. Eat foods you enjoy. If there is a dish you love, but know it's calorie death, then fix up the recipe so it works. I eat pizza, pasta, cookies...whatever I want and I make it work. Eat the veggies you like, eat the fruits that you like. No reason to punish yourself with foods you find yucky.

Is it worth it to stay fat? Is it worth it to get a host of diseases associated with being at an unhealthy weight? Is it worth it to shorten your lifespan and leave you family behind because you were lazy and fat? I don't think so.

mnmomto4

The first time I did my weight loss journey I lost over 80 lbs. I did it to be skinny and to find a man. I found a wonderful one and have been happily married for 5 years. Well marriage and two kids later I gained a good portion of that back. I think it may have been because I wanted to be skinny and attractive, the wrong reasons for doing it. Now it is the 2nd time around and I am doing it to be healthy and to be around for my childrens weddings, my future grand kids, and hopefully maybe even great grand kids. Maybe this will be enough motivation to keep it off this time around.

JustineMarie21

I used to always want to be thin, when I was a teenager I was influenced by other kids at school and all the fashion magazines. It led to me being unhappy and doing the starve/binge/purge thing. I put on a tonne of weight when I was 15 and stopped throwing up. After that I always wanted to be thin, and kept on trying crazy diets and fasts intermittently until I was 20 (they never worked). Then at that point I stopped caring about my weight and started going out every weekend, and picked up some bad habits which led me become underweight without me trying. It's a bit odd because all the female friends were giving compliments, saying they were jealous, but all the males that I knew were saying I was unattractive. I thought I looked amazing wearing clothes, but then when I had just hopped out of the shower and looking in the mirror I would think I needed maybe a bigger butt or bigger boobs. I never felt 100% happy with how I was. Especially when at my lowest weight and I could see my ribs too easily. When I sucked in my stomach and stood sideways to the mirror it just looked grim. I slowly put weight back on once I had stopped partying every weekend and got a desk job, then I decided to get into health, and finally I have felt like I have broken away from the feeling of having to eat a certain amount and be a certain size. Food is now fuel, it is not the enemy. I no longer feel jealous of people who say they have dieted to be smaller then me as I feel there is more importance to strength and fitness rather than size.
So to summarize - I believe there will always be a pressure on people to conform to the current fashion, but it is possible to break out from this.

This is exactly what Im going through as of now.

emtjmac

Without reading your post at all, yes.

Sherylmarlee

skinny is never worth it!!!! ever!! Being strong is worth it. Being fit is worth it. Being healthy is worth it. Being lean is worth it. Adding muscle and losing fat is worth it. Pushing yourself further than you ever thought you could is worth it. Being a better you than you were the day before is worth it. But, striving for "skinny" is just never worth it!

etynda6116

I'm not to be "skinny" I want to be smaller but not skinny. I also want to live a long healthy life. A lot of health problems run in my family and this is to prevent that. I rarely if ever eat 'diet' foods. I eat what I want, just watch my calories and I eat some good food. If I don't like it I don't eat it. Also I feel so much better after I exercise. It can be a lot of fun!