"Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels."-Kate Moss

DanniB423
DanniB423 Posts: 777 Member
edited November 23 in Health and Weight Loss
What is your opinion on this controversial quote? It was on my Pinterest newsfeed today and just got me thinking. I must say being -34lbs feels pretty darn good. I am in no way skinny and I probably will never be. Even as a very overweight person I don't really understand the hate for this quote. I find it true. Maybe because she used "skinny" vs healthy or some other word? The only argument I have against this quote is bacon. Bacon tastes pretty damn good.
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  • MysticRealm
    MysticRealm Posts: 1,264 Member
    People hear 'skinny' and assume a bag of bones with no muscle.
    When I hear 'skinny' I hear it in terms of what I want my body to look like/feel like.
    So for me 'skinny' means fit, with some nice muscle, with a fairly flat tummy.

    But people get all bent out of shape over the word 'skinny'.
  • mgoddard1527
    mgoddard1527 Posts: 20 Member
    I think the statement itself is probably true. I think the fact that it was Kate Moss, the poster child for "heroin-chic", that said it is what made it controversial......
  • jarrahm133
    jarrahm133 Posts: 27 Member
    I agree with this quote and I use it as motivation sometimes myself.
    I think it is frowned upon as it can make overweight people feel really bad and it's seen to be judgemental. Yea it probably would have been better to use a word such as healthy instead.
  • MondayJune22nd2015
    MondayJune22nd2015 Posts: 876 Member
    She also most likely makes tens of thousands of dollars an hour, to be skinny; I prefer the word thin though instead. When I think of the word "skinny", it just seems unhealthy & she also I believe was doing drugs (Cocaine), possibly to help remain skinny.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,251 Member
    I hate this quote, it smacks of ED thinspiration to me.
  • tomatoey
    tomatoey Posts: 5,446 Member
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    I hate this quote, it smacks of ED thinspiration to me.

    +1
  • Ponkeen
    Ponkeen Posts: 147 Member
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    I hate this quote, it smacks of ED thinspiration to me.

    Bingo. Right on the money.
    Also- has Ms. Moss never tasted bacon? Cheese? Those are pretty damned delicious, if you ask me, and you can TOTALLY EAT THEM IN MODERATION and still be slender. Gah!

  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    edited August 2015
    Substitute health for skinny and I'd say it's fine.
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,093 Member
    My opinion is that Kate Moss shouldn't be getting credit for it, as the expression is older than she is (at least in its original, more grammatical form, "Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels."). And when I first heard it 40 years or more ago, it was clearly intended as motivation for people who were overweight, not as some kind of pro-ana justification, which apparently is the objection now? In those days underweight women picking at salads with no protein and no dressing would say, "You can never be too thin or too rich." That always sounded pro-ana (and greedy) to me, although no one was using the term pro-ana in those days.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,993 Member
    I was skinny at one time..........................hated it. So I ate a lot of stuff that tasted great and got the body I wanted.
    My opinion of the quote is it's basically stating people can't eat "bad" stuff and stay lean.........................which is totally untrue.

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  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    lynn_glenmont wrote: »
    My opinion is that Kate Moss shouldn't be getting credit for it, as the expression is older than she is (at least in its original, more grammatical form, "Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels.").

    I was just thinking that.
  • Blueseraphchaos
    Blueseraphchaos Posts: 843 Member
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    I hate this quote, it smacks of ED thinspiration to me.

    yup. i'll never be what the mainstream considers skinny. never was, even at 125 lbs.

    i aim for healthy. oh well.
  • paulandrachelk
    paulandrachelk Posts: 280 Member
    Kate Moss (nor Weight Watchers for that matter) is not the first celebrity to be quoted using the feel/skinny quote. A well known female celebrity in the 40's or 50's was quoted many times as saying it but, unfortunately, I can't find her name.
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  • Strawblackcat
    Strawblackcat Posts: 944 Member
    I think most people are uncomfortable with the quote because it sounds creepily pro-ana. That said, I believe the quote to be true for me, as well as for most other people on MFP (even if they won't admit it). After all, how many of us have turned down that extra slice of pizza, or that extra scoop of ice cream, or whatever, because it didn't fit our macros that day and we decided that losing (or maintaining) our weight was more important than eating that yummy food?
  • tomatoey
    tomatoey Posts: 5,446 Member
    lynn_glenmont wrote: »
    My opinion is that Kate Moss shouldn't be getting credit for it, as the expression is older than she is (at least in its original, more grammatical form, "Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels."). And when I first heard it 40 years or more ago, it was clearly intended as motivation for people who were overweight, not as some kind of pro-ana justification, which apparently is the objection now? In those days underweight women picking at salads with no protein and no dressing would say, "You can never be too thin or too rich." That always sounded pro-ana (and greedy) to me, although no one was using the term pro-ana in those days.

    Was it Gloria Vanderbilt? I feel like she's got something to do with it
  • Merkavar
    Merkavar Posts: 3,082 Member
    Is this a controversial quote? Or is the definition of skinny the controversy?

    Skinny can mean anything for 7-24% body fat depending on who you ask.

    I can think of people who would call run way models skinny and people who wear less than 3xl pants skinny.

    But to answer your question, she clearly has never had Oporto Bondi burger with Portuguese style chilli sauce and chips.

    Or a bag of frozen mint peas in a hot summer day.
  • Jennloella
    Jennloella Posts: 2,286 Member
    I don't mind the word skinny but I disagree with the quote. I won't ever deny myself *kitten*. I have a flat stomach after four kids, I deadlift 245 pounds, I haven't counted calories in 5ish years and I'm doing great.... eating my cheeseburgers
  • tomatoey
    tomatoey Posts: 5,446 Member
    Merkavar wrote: »
    Is this a controversial quote? Or is the definition of skinny the controversy?

    It's been taken on by pro-ana types as a kind of slogan (often alongside a pic of Moss)
  • Blueseraphchaos
    Blueseraphchaos Posts: 843 Member
    UltimateRBF wrote: »
    ...snip...

    Thank dog I can both eat those foods and accomplish my goals. That tastes pretty effing good.

    dog, yes.

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  • 999tigger
    999tigger Posts: 5,235 Member
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    I hate this quote, it smacks of ED thinspiration to me.

    This is what the controversy was at the time. She's a big role model and the quite was seen as unhelpful.
  • HippySkoppy
    HippySkoppy Posts: 725 Member
    tomatoey wrote: »
    lynn_glenmont wrote: »
    My opinion is that Kate Moss shouldn't be getting credit for it, as the expression is older than she is (at least in its original, more grammatical form, "Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels."). And when I first heard it 40 years or more ago, it was clearly intended as motivation for people who were overweight, not as some kind of pro-ana justification, which apparently is the objection now? In those days underweight women picking at salads with no protein and no dressing would say, "You can never be too thin or too rich." That always sounded pro-ana (and greedy) to me, although no one was using the term pro-ana in those days.

    Was it Gloria Vanderbilt? I feel like she's got something to do with it

    I believe it was Coco Chanel who coined the term "You can never be too rich or too thin".
  • HippySkoppy
    HippySkoppy Posts: 725 Member
    ^^^ Amending this apparently it was Wallis Simpson who is the 1st person that this quote can be linked too. My bad....although Coco Chanel I'm sure is in there somewhere, all these women - rich and pampered were probably all vying for the title of coining the term.... >:)
  • tomatoey
    tomatoey Posts: 5,446 Member
    HippySkoppy wrote: »
    ^^^ Amending this apparently it was Wallis Simpson who is the 1st person that this quote can be linked too. My bad....although Coco Chanel I'm sure is in there somewhere, all these women - rich and pampered were probably all vying for the title of coining the term.... >:)

    :D Well, Wallis Simpson would say that, lol
  • HippySkoppy
    HippySkoppy Posts: 725 Member
    ^^^ Yep...sounds about right :o
  • nikkiab86
    nikkiab86 Posts: 45 Member
    My husband is skinny. Tall and slender. But, he definitely isn't fit. Or healthy. He also drinks too much rum and smokes. I want to be my average weight for my build. I want to look fit, not skinny.
  • airbent
    airbent Posts: 150 Member
    Yeah whoever coined it, that quote is the worst.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    lynn_glenmont wrote: »
    My opinion is that Kate Moss shouldn't be getting credit for it, as the expression is older than she is (at least in its original, more grammatical form, "Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels."). And when I first heard it 40 years or more ago, it was clearly intended as motivation for people who were overweight, not as some kind of pro-ana justification, which apparently is the objection now? In those days underweight women picking at salads with no protein and no dressing would say, "You can never be too thin or too rich." That always sounded pro-ana (and greedy) to me, although no one was using the term pro-ana in those days.

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    I believe it was Wallis Simpson
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    Yes, Wallis Simpson first said "You can never be too rich or too thin".

    But I'm pretty sure Kate Moss first said "Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels".

    Both quotes have their darker side.

    But they can be motivational with a good purpose too. Such is one of the many small perplexities of life.
  • sheldonklein
    sheldonklein Posts: 854 Member
    I will never understand people for whom good food is not a great pleasure. If skinny is the greatest pleasure in your life, it's time for a new life.
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