People who say this are ANNOYING!

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  • godblessourhome
    godblessourhome Posts: 3,892 Member
    there are all sorts of double standards and annoying statements regarding weight.

    my goal weight is 110 because i'm short. in fact, 110 is on the high end of the range of weight i should be. 95 pounds is actually ideal. yet i hear all the time 'are you sure your goal weight should be *that* low?' from taller people. um, yeah, i'm sure. you (general you) might look skeletal at that weight; i will just look normal. :)

    sorry that the phrase 'you carry your weight well' is annoying to you. i think it is meant to be a compliment.
  • ummlovelovesyou
    ummlovelovesyou Posts: 1,024 Member
    Being 5'9" I always get this. I'm like, thanks,. :huh:
  • tinabell153
    tinabell153 Posts: 292 Member
    If a short person gains 5lbs it's very noticeable. If a tall person gains 5lbs it's not that noticeable. That is why us short girls say this to tall girls. We are just jealous of how you distribute your weight.

    I'm 5'0". I was 125 and people told me I was big. I'm 113 now and I still don't look thin, just average.
  • azQmaster
    azQmaster Posts: 448 Member
    REALLY?
  • EmilyOfTheSun
    EmilyOfTheSun Posts: 1,548 Member
    If a short person gains 5lbs it's very noticeable. If a tall person gains 5lbs it's not that noticeable. That is why us short girls say this to tall girls. We are just jealous of how you distribute your weight.

    I'm 5'0". I was 125 and people told me I was big. I'm 113 now and I still don't look thin, just average.

    If I were to gain 5 pounds, TRUST ME, it would definitely be noticeable. When I gain weight, it goes to my face fist so it's super noticeable.
  • Christine1110
    Christine1110 Posts: 1,786 Member
    How about...your big boned. Now that I have lost the weight....they don't know what to think. I said what about my big bones : )
  • mznisaelaine
    mznisaelaine Posts: 2,262 Member
    I've been told that too (
  • LuckyLeprechaun
    LuckyLeprechaun Posts: 6,296 Member
    okay.
  • EvanKeel
    EvanKeel Posts: 1,903 Member
    I don't know I think it's kind of/sort of true for me. It's not about being tall though. I have this annoyingly long torso for my height. I'm just shy of being technically obese (my BF % is not low, btw), but my co-workers and friends never believe that when I say it. I hide my weight fairly well. I could gain 20lbs and people probably wouldn't notice it. Even the weight in my face gets hidden by the beard.

    On the flip side, getting rid of this damn belly fat is taking for freaking ever.
  • Chipmaniac
    Chipmaniac Posts: 642 Member
    Cool story.
    Troll
  • jfernandez10
    jfernandez10 Posts: 5
    "Oh you carry your weight well because you're tall!"
    "Oh it's easier for you to look skinny because you're tall!"

    NO, that is NOT how it works.
    I carry my weight well because I work out. I still weigh more than a lot of people who are "bigger" than me. It's not because I'm secretly fat and hiding it with my height. It's because I'm freakin tall so I weigh more.
    I don't carry my weight well because I'm tall....I carry my weight well because I work out!!!!

    End rant.


    I too am on the other end, I'm only 5 foot, but everyone thinks I'm naturally skinny because I am short. Everyone tells me, "oh you're lucky you get to eat whatever you want becuase you're so petite", but I'm "so petite" because I work my @$$ off to be this way.
  • EmilyOfTheSun
    EmilyOfTheSun Posts: 1,548 Member
    "Oh you carry your weight well because you're tall!"
    "Oh it's easier for you to look skinny because you're tall!"

    NO, that is NOT how it works.
    I carry my weight well because I work out. I still weigh more than a lot of people who are "bigger" than me. It's not because I'm secretly fat and hiding it with my height. It's because I'm freakin tall so I weigh more.
    I don't carry my weight well because I'm tall....I carry my weight well because I work out!!!!

    End rant.


    I too am on the other end, I'm only 5 foot, but everyone thinks I'm naturally skinny because I am short. Everyone tells me, "oh you're lucky you get to eat whatever you want becuase you're so petite", but I'm "so petite" because I work my @$$ off to be this way.


    I feel your pain girl!! Well keep doing what you're doing and ignore that junk!
  • coachblt
    coachblt Posts: 1,090
    People say the craziest things. Not sure if they are trying to be cordial, respectful or politically correct to spare your feelings. Either way, it's annoying.

    I don't care what most people say about my body. It's about me, not them. That's about the one thing in my life that I will be selfish about.

    Now - some people don't look heavier than they are because of their height; I do believe that. Conversely, some people look heavier due to their small stature. In other words, some people "carry their weight" differently.

    Sorry...I just wanted to say! Carry On!
  • Jalyst79
    Jalyst79 Posts: 50 Member
    "Who has two thumbs and blah blah blah . This guy"
  • 1985Andy
    1985Andy Posts: 161 Member
    This used to be my excuse until South Park ruined it:

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    Lmfao....another one of Cartman's great quotes..."I'm fat but you're ugly. At least I can work out." haha

    A bit like the classic Winston Churchill quote when his PA called him a drunk:

    I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.
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