No Skinny For This Girl

Wow, it sounds like junior high talk here! I'm new to MFP, just checking out the community and not sure about this place at all!

I'm new too, and I posted this originally just as a "battle cry" for starting my journey--I never wanted to offend anyone. It has obviously taken a turn for the worst. I don't think everything on here is like this though! You just have to stick to the good people.

By 'good' people you mean the ones that agree with you.

If anyone has an alternative view they must be the 'bad' people.

LOL!!

Wow, it sounds like junior high talk here! I'm new to MFP, just checking out the community and not sure about this place at all!

I'm new too, and I posted this originally just as a "battle cry" for starting my journey--I never wanted to offend anyone. It has obviously taken a turn for the worst. I don't think everything on here is like this though! You just have to stick to the good people.

meant to quote this with my above response

I've for the most part always had thick bones.... still do... that just means they are heavier and people can. Ever guess my weivht correctly.. I always weight muuch more thqn anyone can imagine... but recently over the past two years I've gained and lost a lot of weight I was almost 300 pounds... now I'm at 115.. soanyone can do it and still look great

But that isn't everyone's goal. I'm pretty comfy where I am, to be honest, and right now my primary goal is slowly losing a touch more fat (5-10 pounds at the most) and then bulking (That's right, getting bigger/heavier) for a more muscular look.

She didn't say she didn't like skinny or that anyone who did want that as their goal was a bad person. She just said she wasn't here to get skinny. Too much projection of other peoples' feelings, goals, negative body images and all the other baggage we carry with us in our lives on this thread.

I say, your goal is your goal. My goal is my goal. Neither is bad. Neither is wrong. Someone else here said something about my skinny would not necessarily be your skinny. So true.

Lighten up and enjoy life.

Lol we all want to be skinny... Don't kid yourself.
But whatever helps you sleep at night I suppose!

You assume a lot.

Nope. I don't.
Skinny to me doesn't mean stick thin it means, fit, small, healthy.
Makes me laugh.
"Oh, I don't even want to be small"
Umm ya, you do. You want to so badly you have to convince yourself you don't to make yourself feel better.
Some people use denial or set themselves up to fail so they can say "they didn't even want to in the first place"
That's all I see.

That's ridiculous. I've put on 20 pounds from my lowest, because I didn't want to be that small. I then cut 13 of it, now I'm going to put it back on. I also did not like the way I looked 20 pounds lighter. Your views are completely skewed.

Well... can't you be athletic, strong and "skinny"? As long as you're healthy who cares if you lean more towards the athletic build or the slender build? Some people are curvier than others and skinny isn't bad as long as you're healthy.

Also, don't we all share a common goal of losing weight and being healthier? Why knock someone else's aesthetic ideal if it's healthy?

Wow, it sounds like junior high talk here! I'm new to MFP, just checking out the community and not sure about this place at all!

I'm new too, and I posted this originally just as a "battle cry" for starting my journey--I never wanted to offend anyone. It has obviously taken a turn for the worst. I don't think everything on here is like this though! You just have to stick to the good people.

By 'good' people you mean the ones that agree with you.

If anyone has an alternative view they must be the 'bad' people.

LOL!!

You are excellent at being meta.

You should have thrown a gif in there, would have made your post so much better

Well... can't you be athletic, strong and "skinny"? As long as you're healthy who cares if you lean more towards the athletic build or the slender build? Some people are curvier than others and skinny isn't bad as long as you're healthy.

Also, don't we all share a common goal of losing weight and being healthier? Why knock someone else's aesthetic ideal if it's healthy?

*Points in general direction of the gaining weight and maintaining weight areas*

I bet she hates it because anyone can be "skinny" and "lean" if they eat the right way and do the right exercises. A lot of women, and people in general, use the "build" of their body as an excuse to why they aren't even going to try to be "thin" or to lose weight at all.

That's my vote! It's funny how many people started out like the OP, and based on their starting pictures, I would have agreed with what was said. I have been proven wrong. Search the forum and you'll see for yourself.