Fat?

I don't know-- personally, I'm better looking 28 pounds lighter-- Companies know people want to look their best, which generally means weighing less, so market their products thus.

Yeah, maybe, but all the same they try to stuck this idea in your had that only the skinny tiny figures are appealing and all that. The media just keeps bombing us with slim girls and keeps commenting on everyone who gained 2 pounds until we all want to drop the last cm of "fat" just to be what the media (hence everyone, right? ) likes. I'm actually also terribly mad at this :mad: . Thanks for bringing it up, it allows me to vent .

Well, "they" aren't sticking any idea in my head-- all I have to do is look in the mirror, for heaven's sake. I look better now that my stomach is INSIDE my jeans not hanging over it. I mean, come on ladies-- aren't there enough REAL issues in our world that we have to waste energy fretting over this one?

I don't care what the media says or what society thinks. I know I look better weighing less, and if they want to market all of the "easy, pain free" ways to look like Keira Knightly (a wafer thin, too thin, ghostly thin young lady-- ) so be it. What do I care?

And with Oprah, oh my-- we also now know that she didn't lose her weight way back when healthily-- so, yeah, she looked sickly. And yes, she's a beautiful woman when she's fat-- but, she was a lot better looking when she took off the weight years back by diet and exercise.

I don't want to be a pin-up girl-- as if-- but, I do want to be thinner, and in my opinion, prettier--

I hear you, but don't you find it frustrating that normal, healthy women are called "fat" in the media? The concern really is for young girls, and young women (see note above - I LOVE my curvy, healthy body now, even though by Hollywood standards I would be considered "fat").

I just read an article about two dancing pros from "Dancing with the Stars" (okay, yeah, I watch that show) and the article talked about two "fat" dancers - one weighing 125lbs and one 130 lbs - there is no way that either one would be larger than a size four, maybe a six, and neither one would have a BMI anywhere close to overweight. So what's up with that?
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Well, the media you all keep referring to I believe would be basically the paparazzi whose sole purpose is to ruffle some feathers, poke a little fun at the rich, take some unflattering pictures and sell gossip rags at the newstands. When Walter Cronkite (just to pick a noteworthy "news" guy) starts mocking Jennifer Love Hewitt for gaining weight, then I'll worry.

As for young girls, as mothers it's OUR job to teach them about these issues, nobody else's. I don't care what the media thinks about anything-- and society has a plethora of stances on issues that are harmful to our kids, and it's our job to sift through 'em and protect them and teach them better.

I don't worry about the effect that these ads have on adults. Most of us have grown up trying to decide what to listen to in the media and what to ignore. We have our own opinions at this point and know when to yell at obnoxious ads. (I usually yell at diet pill ads, too. So misleading!)

But... I worry about the effect it has on children, especially girls. I don't want my children (if/when I have them of course :laugh: ) growing up hating their bodies b/c everyone on TV is a size 2. If they have my genes, they won't be!