Hating skinny people

I have no problem with skinny people, and I really haven't heard anything negative on here about it.

I have been overweight for almost 25 years - and I agree with you. There seems to be a lot more animosity from fat to thin folks - than the other way around. Are there mean spirited "skinny people"? YES! But our goal should not be to join there ranks.

they are like that here and in the real world...i was wondering that very same thing. why do you want to be what you dislike so much?

I think that sometimes bad feelings towards naturally thin people come from being jealous that the thin people don't need to count calories, don't need to kill themselves with workouts at the gym, and don't have to worry constantly about what they're putting in their mouth every second of the day. When, really, weight isn't always an indicator of health. A person who is overweight but exercises daily and eats right typically has a healthier heart than a skinny person who sits on the couch and eats potato chips all day long. Nobody is naturally "healthy" so now there is nobody to be mad at, since we're all just trying to be healthy and nobody can cut corners on their way to good health!

I don't hate skinny people. I'm three of them myself!

I don't know any mean skinny people. I personally get a little jealous (and petty if I'm being truthful) about skinny people who get away with eating whatever they want and not working out (I guess that's called skinny fat). But like I said...that stems from jealousy. I know there are *skinny* people out there that don't "have it easy" and eat right and exercise...that doesn't bother me.

I can watch someone down nothing but fast food, soda, and junk food all day every day, not exercise and still be 5'9 and fit a size 6....While I'm over here busting my *kitten* to fit into a size 18...and just the smell of fires makes me bloat. Its depressing (and makes me jealous of their metabolism..."life's unfair...blah blah blah). Can't help it, it makes me mad...and secretly try to blow up said person with my eyes.

Not trying to sound like bi*chy....but I'm only human...and can't help the way I feel sometimes.

I don't hate skinny people. I'm three of them myself!

LOL

if you are skinny, unhealthy, overweight, obese, thin, normal weight, i could care less, all i care about is how you treat me. if you are rude or mean because i am trying to maintain, they dont need to be my friends. if they are mean for that, then im sure they are mean period. i am sorry you have had to deal with this, i have fortuneately never had to deal with this, and maybe i am just lucky, but nobody should be treated like that. i think, at least on here, most people are polite and helpful. :flowerforyou:

I've been thin all of my life until I got engaged (go figure!) and went upto 70kg for the first time in my life and although it made me unhappy I never made a big deal of it. I have now lost that weight but have a friend who is even smaller than me and complains about her weight CONSTANTLY-especially when I was overweight!! She is always telling me what she has ate and how she should really have exercised after eating that box of donuts but just feels fat instead. I have just come to realise that no matter how often I tell her she is gorgeous and thin, she doesn't see herself that way so whats the point in me trying to convince her? Just like me, she has her own demons to work on but as harsh as it sounds I change the subject now when she starts obsessing as I don't want to encourage it and honestly - I am just sick to death of hearing about it now!! Of course I have tried to talk to her about her eating as I do believe there is something else going on and she could do with help but i'm her friend not her therapist. All I can suggest is if someone/something annoys you - don't get involved in it.

I don't hate skinny people. I'm three of them myself!

lol!

The negative comments I see tend to be motivated by jealousy. MFP shouldn't be about "US vs. THEM". It's about everyone trying to be fit and healthy regardless of your starting weight, current weight, or goal weight. Overall health and fitness trumps weight loss any day.

People of all shapes and sizes can really suck from time to time.

There is nothing wrong with a person YOU perceive as skinny complaining that they are fat.
They can't help it that they happen to be smaller than you.
You can never know exactly the way another person feels or why they feel the way they do.
So don't judge them.

I have had this rant for years... I know there are mean people of all sizes, but sometimes it feels as though it's okay to bash a skinny person. Get over it. And it's terribly insensitive to do so to an overweight person. I don't want any bashing. I just want fair.