[Precious flower]

Originally Posted by PrincessLola

I guess I'm just weird but even as a little girl I always wanted boobs and hips, not to be a stick. (I had decided I would keep money between my boobs when I grew up)
I didn't want to look like a Disney Princess I wanted to look like Jessica Rabbit, becuse I always thought she was badass

That's because women are meant to be curvy! Although I understand not all women have curves because everyone has a different body type and that's fine but I think if you have curves you should embrace their curves. I don't think anyone should fear food. I think it's too much stress to put yourself under if every time you're handed a piece of chocolate you automatically think 'How many calories is that?'.

Yes, I think people (men included) should be aware of what they are putting in their bodies, but not be afriad of eating every little thing (everything in moderation). A fear of food will create an unhealthy relationship with it that you will constantly be fighting your whole life and that's no way to live. The proper way is to enjoy food but to be aware of what you're eating and knowing when too much is too much (Easy to say, harder to stick with I know ).

I think though in magazines there is so much emphasis out on 'losing weight' and being 'thin' when I think it should be more about being healthy, knowing what your putting into your body and the effect it will have, not starving yourself to be a bean pole. You can be as thin as you want, but if you're not eating right or exercising you won't be healthier and worse still that unhealthy relationship will mean food will constantly be an anxiety for you.

I've no time for diets, they don't help educate people at all. You're hungry. You can't go out with friends as you're 'afraid of what will be on the menu' or 'can't have nice things because the diet doesn't allow them'. You go off the diet after you reach the weight you want, but wait, two weeks on and you've gained that back. Why? Because the diet didn't educate you properly about food. It just said eat this/drink this, lose weight but it never told you how to tackle the emotional baggage that may closely connected to your problem

The bottom line is losing weight or even just eating better is hard work and something drinking a shake won't solve. You need to work at it and know that it may take a while but you'll be getting closer every day to being at peace with what's right for you. /rant over (Seems like know-it-all now)

[feegee]

Recently iam trying so hard too loose weight, iam currently a size 8, but feel a lot bigger, i recently move to Canada the girls are thinner and prettier, i once thaught a size 8 was a good size now iam on a diet considering dying my hair blonde, wearing more make up.............just wish i was comfortable in my own skin,

[CathyMoran]

Originally Posted by feegee

Recently iam trying so hard too loose weight, iam currently a size 8, but feel a lot bigger, i recently move to Canada the girls are thinner and prettier, i once thaught a size 8 was a good size now iam on a diet considering dying my hair blonde, wearing more make up.............just wish i was comfortable in my own skin,

I can relate in so far as I am a size 8 and lots of people are skinnier than me and I have had comments some of them that I needed to loose weight but then I remember that I have an hourglass figure and that I would loose that if I lost weight.

[Abi]

Girls I can't believe what I'm reading here, unhappy with a size 8?! Most Irish women would be quite happy with a nice 10 or 12 figure. Going under an 8 most women start losing boobs and a curvy bum. Women are supposed to look like women. I went down to an 8 once , I thought I'd be delighted with my nice slim figure but the opposite happened. I became conscience of the fact that I no longer had any boobs and even my tush looked saggy. I went back to a twelve and was much happier.

Cathy, whoever is making these comments, steer well clear! It's frightening reading some comments here.

[cynder]

Originally Posted by Abi

Girls I can't believe what I'm reading here, unhappy with a size 8?! Most Irish women would be quite happy with a nice 10 or 12 figure. Going under an 8 most women start losing boobs and a curvy bum. Women are supposed to look like women. I went down to an 8 once , I thought I'd be delighted with my nice slim figure but the opposite happened. I became conscience of the fact that I no longer had any boobs and even my tush looked saggy. I went back to a twelve and was much happier.

Cathy, whoever is making these comments, steer well clear! It's frightening reading some comments here.

Is it a canadian or Ireland size 8? a canadian size 8 would be an Irish 12.

If the person is talking about an Irish size 8 then I must be an elephant at an Irish size 12....

[Madam_X]

Originally Posted by feegee

Recently iam trying so hard too loose weight, iam currently a size 8, but feel a lot bigger, i recently move to Canada the girls are thinner and prettier, i once thaught a size 8 was a good size now iam on a diet considering dying my hair blonde, wearing more make up.............just wish i was comfortable in my own skin,

Size 8 (UK) is slim - no matter what you think. Personally I would be underweight if I went down to size 8 - on my upper bod anyway, because I'm built to be bigger, having ample enough breasts. At my skinniest (and I looked miserable and my ribs were sticking out) I was a big size 10. And still had boobs and a bit of a sticky-out tum.

[Acoshla]

Originally Posted by feegee

Recently iam trying so hard too loose weight, iam currently a size 8, but feel a lot bigger, i recently move to Canada the girls are thinner and prettier, i once thaught a size 8 was a good size now iam on a diet considering dying my hair blonde, wearing more make up.............just wish i was comfortable in my own skin,

I lived in Canada too, at 5ft8 and 11 stone (size 12-14 here) with size 7/8 shoes I was huge compared to most of the girls I knew, but that is because many of them come from so many different ethnic backgrounds, Canada is full of tiny Asian girls who are just built differently, I will never be the same dimensions as them! There are so many different ethnicities there that you can't compare yourself to them. I worked in a clothes shop there (Costa Blanca if you know it) and I was in XL's in everything, most of the stock didn't fit me, I was also a head taller than all the other girls, who were Chinese, Indian, Mexican etc backgrounds and usually flat chested, unlike my fine ball of an Irish figure. Don't judge yourself by what size other people are, go by what's healthy for you.

[Truley]

I would imagine a lot of Canadian girls have French ancestry as well, ie small and thin.

[Princess Peach]

My Canadian friends aren't that slim oddly! I go to college here so they are from all over the country, only one girl I would call skinny, the rest are average weight or a little overweight.

Lots of Asian students, not a pick on them!

[Acoshla]

Originally Posted by Princess Peach

My Canadian friends aren't that slim oddly! I go to college here so they are from all over the country, only one girl I would call skinny, the rest are average weight or a little overweight.

Lots of Asian students, not a pick on them!

Depends where in Canada you are I guess, I was in downtown Toronto and seemed to work/socialise with all these groups of tiny girls!

[beks101]

Originally Posted by Acoshla

Depends where in Canada you are I guess, I was in downtown Toronto and seemed to work/socialise with all these groups of tiny girls!

Yeah I'm in Toronto - full of tiny, gorgeous Asian women.

Generally the women - and everyone actually - tend to be in great shape, there's a real exercise culture here. EVERYONE jogs/gyms/does yoga and eats healthily. But I wouldn't say 'skinny' - not in any Hollywood sense. Healthy, athletic, curvy, attractive figures.

One thing that amuses me about the women is they don't tend to have big boobs - sometimes I feel like a freak with my double Ds! I take a medium to large for most t-shirts, tops, jackets etc, even though I'm a small back home.

[Princess Peach]

Originally Posted by Acoshla

Depends where in Canada you are I guess, I was in downtown Toronto and seemed to work/socialise with all these groups of tiny girls!

Probably cause we are all lazy ass college students who drink beer at least twice a week!

[KamiKazeKitten]

Lord, I definitely don't want to be thinner! I'm quite like Lia_Lia from the sounds of things I think. I have a ridiculously fast metabolism which means I actually have to keep an eye on my weight to stop it from dropping too low. I don't even mean to do it, it just melts away. Right now, I'm 8 stone, and I can bounce from about 7 stone 9 up to 8 stone 2. I wouldn't mind an extra few pounds, as long as they went where I want them to go (wishful thinking ), but I'm happy enough now.

Having said all that, I have no patience with the people who say "you're so skinny! Yadda yadda.." Yes, I'm thin. I admit it. And? This perception that bigger women are somehow more real just irritates me. *pokes self* Yup, definitely all there (although some might question that mentally )

I am what I am. Petite? Yes. Healthy? Yes. Happy? Yes. And in the long run, only two outta those three matter. It sure as hell ain't numero uno on that little list.

[Handsome Bob]

Originally Posted by KamiKazeKitten

Right now, I'm 8 stone, and I can bounce from about 7 stone 9 up to 8 stone 2.

Going under 8 stone seems a bit excessive, you are in control of that.

[whoopsadaisydoodles]

Originally Posted by Handsome Bob

Going under 8 stone seems a bit excessive

Depends on her height & build really.