What are some good reasons to be thin?
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The benefits I am hoping for when I am fit, strong and healthy:
- Can fight off bad guys on top of a moving train
- Can out run zombies
- Can conceal weapons inside an evening gown and still look hot
- Can vault/leap/flip over all the obstacles in a construction site while making my get away
- Can move quickly in high altitudes and cover mountainous terrain
- Can deep water dive into secret caves
- Can scale buildings/cliff faces/ancient monuments with less fear of falling to my death
- Can bend, flex and contort into tiny spaces or around laser beams
- Can slow my heart rate down to beat a lie detector
I will let you know how I go
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^ AHAHAHAHA!!!
I can climb hills faster on my bike, with less effort.
When I sit down on the sofa, I no longer have to position my gut to be comfortable.
Airplane seats are more comfortable.
I can run again without putting too much strain on my joints.0 -
Knowing I have something in my closet to wear to a party or a work function.
Not having 5 different sizes of clothes in my closet.
Being able to bend and not feel pregnant
Walk up a flight of stairs without my heart beating out of my chest.0 -
Personally, being thin-er is a side effect of being stronger and having more endurance.0
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I am already healthy and strong, but I want to be thin. It's very important for some of us to make that distinction so we're clear about our goals. I'm willing to give up strength for thinness.
There is a war on obesity, which means a war on fat people. Being fat is not a protected class because it's assumed to be a choice. Groups that attempt to preserve the health, rights, and dignity of fat people (Health At Any Size, Fat Acceptance Movement, etc) are generally considered jokes. My primary reason for losing weight is the rampant and growing discrimination against fat people. I don't need yet another reason to be discriminated against.
- Fat people are more likely to be fired, downsized, demoted. They are less likely to be hired even for jobs where physical appearance is irrelevant.
- Thin people are more likely to be promoted. A 10% salary increase for me just once in the next few years would equal an extra quarter million dollars between now and retirement. Now that I'm losing weight I can SEE the attitude of the people around me changing on a daily basis.
- At my office there is a literal tax on being fat. If you are thin you pay less in health insurance premiums.
- People associate good character traits with thinness and bad character traits with fatness. If you are fat, people assume you are lazy, slobby, and lack self-respect or self-worth.
- People (of all body weights) are literally disgusted by fat people.
If you need reasons to lose weight, go to any article about airline seat space and read the comments. That's what people think of you.
Also, the clothes
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I live in the country. The nearest town to me for shopping is a very poor area. Most of the women are hugely overweight and ill looking - even the teenage girls. The only queues you see outside shops are people waiting for fast food, chips and pies. I don't want to be like them. I was getting that way at 194lb. Now down to 160lb, but that's not safe enough - I want to be on the slim side.0
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Gosh I don't want to be thin... I want to be strong and healthy and have the sort of arms that people go..... NICE! I'm not into thin, I'm into toned and gorgeous and strong and healthy and being able to run really fast if I spot a snake or something :-)))0
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Climbing stairs without feeling winded
Playing with your kids with less effort
Wearing clothes is not as much of a struggle
Feeling an overall wellness knowing you're taking care of your body
A thousand more reasons without the time to mention them all 0 -
I didn't go into this to be thin (needed a diet change for health and the weight started dropping), but let me just TELL you how flipping convenient it is:
1) More clothes to choose from.
2) I fit in places better.
3) No more concern trolling about being fat (The most circular of conversations.)
4) No more finger wagging from health professionals based only on my size; they actually listen to me now!
5) Sex is easier.
I am not happier or a better person. I'm just smaller.0 -
1. More energy
2. Increased endurance
3. Better clothing options
4. More self confidence
5. Better sleep0 -
For me? Lower my risk of cancer...Does body weight affect cancer risk?
An estimated 1 out of every 3 cancer deaths in the United States is linked to excess body weight, poor nutrition, and/or physical inactivity. These factors are all related and may all contribute to cancer risk, but body weight seems to have the strongest evidence linking it to cancer. Excess body weight contributes to as many as 1 out of 5 of all cancer-related deaths. (continued on linked website)0 -
I'm donating a kidney to my husband in two weeks. By taking care of my health, I'm able to do something that will improve his life.
Ok first you are awesome and I think this is a wonderful reason to be healthy - good luck to both of you!
Second if that is your cat in your profile pic it looks just like my first cat Floyd, so that makes you double awesome.
It makes my reason of wanting to be thin and healthy to help me get a new job (I have read that if the choice is between two otherwise equal candidates an employer is more likely to pick the one less likely to have a lot of health issues which could cause time off or insurance costs - not sure if that is true or not but might as well try to get an advantage) look kind of silly. But I seriously despise my job and work with some truly horrible women, and so losing weight hopefully will help me get a better job and also I know it makes them crazy because I am successful and they try and try and fail and fail (lots of yo-yo dieters). Plus the health benefits, feeling better about myself because I can get up the stairs and not be out of breath - that kind of stuff too.0 -
Health
Energy
Looks
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The real issue is that there is nothing good about being fat. Unless you have a goal to look like Buddha or a Sumo Wrestler.0
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Don't know about anybody else, but for me personally, being thin (and fit) looks good and it feels good. And when I say thin, I don't mean scrawny, weak, or sickly - I mean lean, fit and healthy. Some people's bodies look better thinner and some people look better a little thicker. As long as you're fit and healthy it's all good.
Sometimes I see people mocking thin people in a manner similar to the way overweight people are often harassed, and it's a bit irritating. Being thin is nothing to be ashamed of - and it doesn't guarantee that you're weak or unhealthy, either, just as having a few extra pounds doesn't necessarily mean you are a lazy slob with a host of latent health problems. There isn't just one ideal body type. 0 -
being able to reach and clean your whole body without feeling that it's a chore.0
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Carlos_421 wrote: »Easier to outrun the zombies (or at least outrun your fat friends during the zombie apocalypse).
What if the zombie ran track in high school before becoming a zombie? What a you gonna do then smart guy???
That's where outrunning the fat friends comes in.0 -
Better sex life0
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Don't know about anybody else, but for me personally, being thin (and fit) looks good and it feels good. And when I say thin, I don't mean scrawny, weak, or sickly - I mean lean, fit and healthy. Some people's bodies look better thinner and some people look better a little thicker. As long as you're fit and healthy it's all good.
Sometimes I see people mocking thin people in a manner similar to the way overweight people are often harassed, and it's a bit irritating. Being thin is nothing to be ashamed of - and it doesn't guarantee that you're weak or unhealthy, either, just as having a few extra pounds doesn't necessarily mean you are a lazy slob with a host of latent health problems. There isn't just one ideal body type.
But.... you just did the same mocking. "Scrawny, weak, sickly"?
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I think a lot of people here don't know what "thin" means.
You all are saying you don't want to be thin and then describing what you do want...and the descriptions are thin bodies, lol. You do want to be thin.-1 -
I think a lot of people here don't know what "thin" means.
You all are saying you don't want to be thin and then describing what you do want...and the descriptions are thin bodies, lol. You do want to be thin.
I was thinking the same thing. I guess it's okay if you call it toned or lean....which both mean thin.0 -
willrun4bagels wrote: »I'd rather replace "thin" with healthy & strong... just saying. I don't want to be thin.
^^this!
Good luck - keep reading the good stuff on the forum and you will see changes.
most important: Confidence
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if by thin you mean fit and healthy, then the best reason is for respect of yourself! which totally translates into more confidence, sexiness and all that other good stuff in all areas of your life plus it feels so much better on your joints moving around weighing less. 0
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If this is true, you should contact a book agent or TV movie people.I'm donating a kidney to my husband in two weeks. By taking care of my health, I'm able to do something that will improve his life.
The odds of a person being a match to their spouse are so tiny I don't even know the word for it. You have hit a lottery there and it's the kind of story that would sell.
You should seriously look into writing a book and making some money off of it. God knows you all have gone through enough bad stuff, take some good!!!
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This might seem silly, but I like that my body jiggles far less when driving over a bumpy road. And I agree with the healthy & fit goal, not "thin".0
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It's actually not as uncommon as you might think; I know of several other people who are matches for their spouses. The criteria for matching donors is much less stringent than it once was, due to improved medications and developments from transplant research.
If this is true, you should contact a book agent or TV movie people.I'm donating a kidney to my husband in two weeks. By taking care of my health, I'm able to do something that will improve his life.
The odds of a person being a match to their spouse are so tiny I don't even know the word for it. You have hit a lottery there and it's the kind of story that would sell.
You should seriously look into writing a book and making some money off of it. God knows you all have gone through enough bad stuff, take some good!!!
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Thin is not an indication of health.
Neither is "toned", "lean" or whatever other word you want to use.
Good health is when the body is functioning properly, no disease is present.
There's no one body type that has the market on health.
NO, I'm not one of those "fat and healthy" believers, so let's not go down that road.
Obviously, being overweight can be bad for one's health over the long term.
But people can lose weight and not be "thin", yet still have a clean bill of health.
One can be carrying a few extra pounds (literally a few, not like 50) and still be healthy.
If people want to be "thin", that's fine.
But that's for vanity purposes, not for health purposes.
Some people don't like the word "thin" because it has zero to do with health and everything to do with appearance.
That and it can be an unrealistic goal. Some people out there will NEVER be "thin". Maybe they have loose skin. Maybe they're not interested in "thin" and their goal is to put on muscle. People with high muscle concentrations are not "thin".
"Thin" also is reminiscent of society's expectation of women to have a certain body type, and plenty of women aren't interested in that.
Many people also associate (rightly or wrongly, depending on the person) "thin" with eating disorders.
These are reasons why people say they want to be "healthy" and not necessarily "thin".0 -
I think a lot of the negative connotations of "thin" are related to societal expectations, and most often applied to men. That is, "thin" as "skinny" or "scrawny", as opposed to "built" or "muscular". The media ideal for a man is to be built, so "thin" is levelled as an insult.
It's far more rare to hear "thin" as an insult being directed at women in 2014 in western countries. Except maybe by old-world Italian or Jewish grandmothers. "Eat something, you're too thin!"
"Thin" can be negative in the context of eating disorders, of course. It can also be negative in the context of people who truly don't have enough to eat, which, let's not forget, still affects millions of people around the world.
Having a little extra fat on your bones used to be a sign of wealth and status, because it meant you could afford to have enough to eat and to live a life of luxury. It's only in relatively recent modern history that we as a society have gotten so rich that we see more obesity among the poor and less among the rich. In the context of human history, this is a bit of an anomaly.0
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