Does it bother you when...

Roommate. 5'7", 98lbs, size 00-1 (1's fit loose), can eat a double-double, large fries and a shake on top of a full day of eating and not even be bloated the next day. She usually loses weight when she eats a lot, actually.

She's superhuman, I swear.

And YES, it annoys me to death when she says "oh I shouldn't have a coke, I'll take DIET" or "Hmm.. that candy looks soooo good, but I just can't."

AH!!! Makes me want to pull my hair out sometimes.

Screw that, I'm eating the candy :P

I know what you mean, but do you actually know that they are "naturally skinny"? Could be they're skinny *because* they agonise over what they eat. Not saying its so, just saying its possible. I still empathise with you though.

5'7", 98lbs

Dang, I'm 5'0 and I don't even look good at 98lbs! I personally prefer a healthy, lean (and, on me, curvier) look to a stick figure look. Which is why I'm aiming for more like 115-120.

My aunt is about 5'9 and MAYBE 130lbs, skeletal skinny and has no muscle mass and SHE thinks she's fat!!! I feel sad for her. :frown:

I don't have a lot of weight to lose, I've just allowed my diet and lifestyle to lay some flab on my lower body! I know I'm not in need of entering the biggest loser by a long way, but I'm trying to eat healthily and restart exercise to lose this new gained flab!
I'm aware that other people around me must think I'm crazy but they haven't seen me in a bikini or try to heave on my clothes that no longer fit so well!
It's a very individual thing, but yes, I'm careful not to moan to much as friends and colleagues have a bigger battle with the bulge than I do.

I'm in the same boat as you. I don't like to be judged by people that have never seen me without my clothes on. So what if I don't want to eat that greasy cheeseburger.......it's my choice and I'm not going to let other people make me feel bad about it. What I can't stand are the people that claim to be "dieting", yet eat blueberry muffins, hot chocolate & Pepsi for breakfast and Taco Bell, Wendy's, McDonalds and potato chips EVERYDAY for lunch.....(not to mention NEVER exercising) then complain to me that they are not losing any weight and don't know why. Seriously?

When I was thin before, people thought I had a problem because I weighed constantly and worried over my weight. The reason I did that was because I had to work my butt off to get it off after having my kids and my mom was always a yo-yo dieter who never managed to maintain her weight loss. After she got cancer and eventually died, I stopped caring about me and managed to put on about 30 pounds. So yes it's an obsession for some people. I was thin for so many years because I was so careful. When I stopped being careful, I became overweight.

every body has an angle.. I hear that alot when i go to the gym here at the complex. Young girls in their 20's complaining that they can't lift too much weight of they will bulk up. I lift some decent weights and have no bulked up yet. And it amazes me to see the women who are body builders with all that mass who weigh 130 132 lbs. Still got 40 lbs over them and no where near looking like that . but on my way to a healthier life style .thanks for the post.. Ellie

Does it bother you when skinny girls complain about how many calories they've eaten or how they really want a muffin but they know they shouldn't? And I don't mean average sized girls, I mean girls who are naturally very skinny and seem like they don't gain an ounce no matter what they eat. For some reason, this really gets on my nerves. I feel like if a girl that size is agonizing over a muffin, she must think an average sized girl like me is grossly fat.

What do you think? Am I being too hard on these poor naturally thin women? Do they have as much right to loudly complain about their weight as us genuinely chubby women? (Not to imply that everyone who reads this must be chubby.)

Similarly, I used to hate the guy that would act all bummed and miffed in college when he got his paper back and recieved a B. Meanwhile, I'd be content with my C.... I really dislike that guy :laugh:

I agree with TheMaidOfAstolat, there are always these post about "skinny" girls and how everyone hates to hear them complain, and make the smart choice by saying "oh that looks good but I better not", but yet it's not acceptable and somewhat offensive to say something to the overweight person that is always complaining about being overweight. Why is it ok to constantly banter about "skinny" girls, but if I were to say something about the "overweight" girls, I would more than likely get a lot of "hate" replies. We all have our battles and our sensitivities......

Along my journey, I'm learning to think differently about how or why people do what they do, or don't do. Maybe she was really heavy before, and literally worked her *kitten* off to get "skinny". So eating a muffin or something is something she really has to think about. I'm sure some people in the supermarket look at me funny when I look at the nutrition content of a box of Chips Ahoy and decide if I have enough calories to get a small box.

Also, when I see people eating things they shouldn't, like in a restaurant or their in a fast food drive through, instead of automatically thinking "Ugh, God, why are they eating that?" I think twice. Maybe they have already lost a bunch of weight, and maybe this is their cheat day. I don't know them, who am I to judge them harshly?

ETA: Sorry, i jusr reread your post and saw you directed it about naturally skinny people...