Living in the city of thin people
intrepidelephant
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I live in Toronto, which is a city of very thin women. There are a lot of Chinese girls who are absolutely teeny-tiny. The rest of us aren't far behind. Seriously, walking down super-fashionable Queen West, nobody is over a size 8. I'm 5'6 131 lbs, 25 inch waist, and always feel big boned, even though I know I probably look the same as everyone else. I went to London, UK and the girls were much heavier in general than Toronto girls. Does this happen to anyone else?
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5'6" and 131 lbs IS thin.0
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FatFreeFrolicking wrote: »5'6" and 131 lbs IS thin.
^This. And of course a 5'6" woman towers over a 4'10"-5" one (assuming the Asian population of Toronto tends toward shorter stature like they do here). I'm the "Amazonian" woman at my school (I guess people around my area tend to be short?). But I'm slender, like you, too. But I don't feel big boned at all--just tall (relatively). Because I am.
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intrepidelephant wrote: »I live in Toronto, which is a city of very thin women. There are a lot of Chinese girls who are absolutely teeny-tiny. The rest of us aren't far behind. Seriously, walking down super-fashionable Queen West, nobody is over a size 8. I'm 5'6 131 lbs, 25 inch waist, and always feel big boned, even though I know I probably look the same as everyone else. I went to London, UK and the girls were much heavier in general than Toronto girls. Does this happen to anyone else?
I have been to Toronto and while it is more fit than almost all US cities, it is certainly not at thin as you make it sound.
Try traveling to Asia or Africa where in many places the average BMI is 20 or 21
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intrepidelephant wrote: »I live in Toronto, which is a city of very thin women. There are a lot of Chinese girls who are absolutely teeny-tiny. The rest of us aren't far behind. Seriously, walking down super-fashionable Queen West, nobody is over a size 8. I'm 5'6 131 lbs, 25 inch waist, and always feel big boned, even though I know I probably look the same as everyone else. I went to London, UK and the girls were much heavier in general than Toronto girls. Does this happen to anyone else?
I'm tired so sorry if I have completely missed something but what is your question / statement? Women in London are fatter than women in Toronto?0 -
trinatrina1984 wrote: »intrepidelephant wrote: »I live in Toronto, which is a city of very thin women. There are a lot of Chinese girls who are absolutely teeny-tiny. The rest of us aren't far behind. Seriously, walking down super-fashionable Queen West, nobody is over a size 8. I'm 5'6 131 lbs, 25 inch waist, and always feel big boned, even though I know I probably look the same as everyone else. I went to London, UK and the girls were much heavier in general than Toronto girls. Does this happen to anyone else?
I'm tired so sorry if I have completely missed something but what is your question / statement? Women in London are fatter than women in Toronto?
I think that's it0 -
arditarose wrote: »trinatrina1984 wrote: »intrepidelephant wrote: »I live in Toronto, which is a city of very thin women. There are a lot of Chinese girls who are absolutely teeny-tiny. The rest of us aren't far behind. Seriously, walking down super-fashionable Queen West, nobody is over a size 8. I'm 5'6 131 lbs, 25 inch waist, and always feel big boned, even though I know I probably look the same as everyone else. I went to London, UK and the girls were much heavier in general than Toronto girls. Does this happen to anyone else?
I'm tired so sorry if I have completely missed something but what is your question / statement? Women in London are fatter than women in Toronto?
I think that's it
Thanks for confirming
OP, I don't know what response you are expecting so I'm just gonna go with this
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I think that is quite rude to say women in London etc are heavier. Britain is part of the European union, and European's are curvy women. Obvious troll. And yeah, Asian women are practically forced to be teeny tiny by their families, and the media. Ever seen K-pop?0
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And honestly, if you are actually serious, then you really need to see your doctor. To think you are big boned at that weight and height is not healthy whatsoever.0
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Are you bragging or complaining?0
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Does this remind anyone of Hot in Clevleand only about weight instead of looks?
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Obvious troll is obvious.0
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25" waist is tiny! I'm 5'4", 105 lbs and I think that I have a 26" waist.0
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Please don't judge your body based on completely different sets of genetics. Just be happy being a healthy you!
Perhaps you need to update your wardrobe to take advantage of your shape!
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I agree with Aemely. You cannot compare yourself to someone of another ethnicity and use the same standards to determine what you should look like, aspire to look like, or feel bad about. I've been to Toronto and outlying suburbs of Canada quite a few times, and my observation is that the Caucasian women are more similar in size to their American Caucasian counterparts, and are on the average or heavier side, not too many considered 'thin'. I am 5'10, American and weigh 140 lbs. I wear size 2-4 in clothing, but if I order a size 2-4 or small directly from China or go into a clothing shop in Chinatown, it is usually too short and looks like a pre-teen undeveloped girl could wear it. Even though I have small legs and hips, I still have 38D natural breasts, meaning I am small, but still shaped like a woman.
I've traveled and lived in lots of different cities all over the world, and in North America particularly, most women aren't thin. As of late, it is starting to concern me that a lot of people (men, women, black, white, red, yellow, brown) I am seeing are not just overweight, but downright DANGEROUSLY OBESE. As someone who isn't, I am still concerned about what is happening to our society in general when it comes to this epidemic.0 -
intrepidelephant wrote: »I live in Toronto, which is a city of very thin women. There are a lot of Chinese girls who are absolutely teeny-tiny. The rest of us aren't far behind. Seriously, walking down super-fashionable Queen West, nobody is over a size 8. I'm 5'6 131 lbs, 25 inch waist, and always feel big boned, even though I know I probably look the same as everyone else. I went to London, UK and the girls were much heavier in general than Toronto girls. Does this happen to anyone else?
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I live in Toronto and yes, the population is much more fit than other areas-- compared to the GTA suburbs anyway. The reason is because everyone walks/bikes everywhere, nothing to do with ethnicity!
I do get it though, I have often felt that everyone in this city is so damn skinny, why can't I be?! That motivated me to lose the weight!0 -
So I agree that this is ridiculous, but I have to say-I lived in the country for awhile, and now I live in the city. It SEEMS like less people are overweight here in the city. But that doesn't really seem like a fair assessment, considering how much more densely populate the area is.0
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Just move then.0
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+1 for leaving Canada.
I liked London better anyway. 0 -
intrepidelephant wrote: »I live in Toronto, which is a city of very thin women. There are a lot of Chinese girls who are absolutely teeny-tiny. The rest of us aren't far behind. Seriously, walking down super-fashionable Queen West, nobody is over a size 8. I'm 5'6 131 lbs, 25 inch waist, and always feel big boned, even though I know I probably look the same as everyone else. I went to London, UK and the girls were much heavier in general than Toronto girls. Does this happen to anyone else?
I am 5'10" so will never look as tiny as a petite woman who is 5' tall.
But on a university campus, where I work, I fit in fine as a thin, tall woman. When I go visit home in Massachusetts, I look emaciated compared to people there. I am in the Netherlands at the moment and am thin for my age, but not outstandingly so and just slightly above average height.
When I travel to Chile, I am 8" too tall and stand out like a sore thumb.
If I go to NYC I am average.
Yes, context is important. I think one of the things that helped me stay thinner even before I lost weight is that I am always surrounded by 18-21 year olds at work.
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Cliff Notes:
Chinese people live in Canadia. Not China apparently....and big bones.0 -
I think the OP was just making an observation. Why are people getting so offended? I've traveled all over the world and I've made similar observations. So what?0
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It is hard to live in the land of skinny people. I live in China, and I'm a westerner. I'm skinny now, but I wasn't before and yet I'm still huge compared with the Chinese women. I've had to get over the fact that I have to buy a large when I'd buy a small/medium in the West.
The big thing that has helped me get over it? Realizing that I'm not them, and I'd never want to look like them. For me, being healthy means having muscles. My job can require some physical labor at time so I'd never be able to do it if I looked like them.
Many of the Chinese women are all skinny fat. Skinny as twigs but no muscles/muscle tone. Mostly due to the fact that that's the preference, and more western Chinese have told me that the men prefer their women not to have visible muscles. In fact there's a term for woman who have muscles and aren't afraid to do work that requires using muscles "nu hanzi" (kind of translates to woman-boy). A lot of women are afraid of becoming a nu hanzi. I've seen women at the gym struggle to do a weight exercise with a 1 kg weight and stop as soon as they break a sweat. This is not typical of all Chinese women though. There are a small percentage of Chinese woman (most of my gym friends including one woman who's nothing but abs and muscles) who do enjoy weights. But they're like 1 in 20 women. And it's a bit unfortunate to say that in a way we all have come together because we don't want to be skinny fat.
I may get stared at at the gym, had to work to convince pump instructor at the new gym in the area I moved to that doing weights heavier then the men was my normal and I wouldn't hurt myself. But ultimately, I'd prefer to look healthy and muscled than skinny fat. Let them stare. Maybe I'll inspire somebody that you're not going to get huge and muscled from doing weights.
Plus having an *kitten* is so much nicer than all the women who look awful from behind because they have no butt to hold up their pants. Needless to say, living where I do has made me never want to be skinny fat.
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intrepidelephant wrote: »I live in Toronto, which is a city of very thin women. There are a lot of Chinese girls who are absolutely teeny-tiny. The rest of us aren't far behind. Seriously, walking down super-fashionable Queen West, nobody is over a size 8. I'm 5'6 131 lbs, 25 inch waist, and always feel big boned, even though I know I probably look the same as everyone else. I went to London, UK and the girls were much heavier in general than Toronto girls. Does this happen to anyone else?
https://www1.toronto.ca/City Of Toronto/Toronto Public Health/Performance & Standards/Health Surveillance and Epidemiology/Files/pdf/Surveillance Indicators/Overweight and Obesity_2014.pdf
According to the above, as of 2012 32% of adults in Toronto were overweight and 12% obese.
Do they all live in a Fat Ghetto, sequestered away from all the super thin people? I guess London just likes to let their fats roam free?0 -
Iwishyouwell wrote: »Do they all live in a Fat Ghetto, sequestered away from all the super thin people? I guess London just likes to let their fats roam free?
This really made me laugh! Seriously OP, google obesity rates in Europe, US, Canada- wherever. There will be some pockets of population where the rate is higher but they probably correlate with overall population size- I think wherever you go, you are going to see people of all shapes and sizes, and if you are noticing certain body types more than others, you might just be seeing them more often because you're actively looking. We see what we want to see.
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I'm living in Ohio right now and the opposite is true for me. I'm 5'2" and most of the women I meet at 5'6" or taller and have a larger frame. In Atlanta, where I grew up, it seemed like a bigger mixture of body types and sizes0
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This is ridiculous. I think it's supposed to be....otherwise it makes no sense. I was born and raised in Toronto and it is not full of skinny/thin people. If the OP is serious then I think she has a very myopic view of her surroundings.
Bottom line - who cares what other people look like. Be healthy and live your life.0
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