What is your definition of "thin"?

fteale
fteale Posts: 5,310 Member
edited October 1 in Health and Weight Loss
Is it technically underweight, healthy weight, bones sticking out, or just thinner than you?

I think I see people as thinner than me as "thin" and people bigger than me as "a bit podgy". That definition hasn't changed with my weight either. My mental perception of normal seems to be whatever I happen to be.

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  • Nerdy_Rose
    Nerdy_Rose Posts: 1,277 Member
    To me, it is myself.. back in college. I was a ballet dancer, ate whatever I wanted and stayed tiny without effort. My pants never got "too small" they wore out. That is my definition.
  • keiraev
    keiraev Posts: 695 Member
    To me the word "thin" doesn't imply healthy! It evokes an image of someone with no muscle tone, just sort of skin and bone!

    "Slim" or "toned" sound a lot better to me!
  • bellinachuchina
    bellinachuchina Posts: 498 Member
    I see 'thin' as having a low weight, and looking considerably smaller than myself. Realistically, I'll never associate with being thin, even if I ever am. Oh, body distortion! :wink:
  • aippolito1
    aippolito1 Posts: 4,894 Member
    I honestly just think of thin as having a flat stomach and no fat rolls, lol. That's all I want!!
  • ST99000722
    ST99000722 Posts: 204 Member
    To me the word "thin" doesn't imply healthy! It evokes an image of someone with no muscle tone, just sort of skin and bone!

    "Slim" or "toned" sound a lot better to me!


    same here - when i think of how i want to be it isn't "thin", it's toned.
  • AlyRoseNYC
    AlyRoseNYC Posts: 1,075 Member
    Thin to me means nothing bulging out (muffin tops etc) and not being jiggly.
  • Pinkmaddycat
    Pinkmaddycat Posts: 175 Member
    I see thin as underweight and not a healthy look, i agree that slim is a good place to be.
  • msmandyjo
    msmandyjo Posts: 95 Member
    For me, it's not set weight, no set frame... it's just kinda I call it as i see it... how the person looks in their own body...
  • marquesajen
    marquesajen Posts: 641
    Thin to me is...thin! Healthy I suppose, very lean. To me 'thin' is healthy, where as 'skinny' is not. However, I know that some people use them interchangeably and that's cool :)
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