People losing the rag over Adele’s weight loss

31-10-2020 4:09pm

Munstergirl854 wrote: »

She looks fantastic.It is a long disciplined road both emotionally and physically to lose a lot of weight.She can be proud of herself.It must be a great feeling after years of being on the plus side to be free to experiment with clothes,fashion & wear a slinky dress.
As for the people who say she looks unrecognisable,shedding fat from your face will do that.
My brother used to be overweight and he lost multiple stone,he now has cheekbones to rival Kate Moss.Changes the shape of your face and how you look but it can make some people look drawn or gaunt.

What I think would be wonderful for women of all sizes to reach is being comfortable to experiment with all types of clothes and slinky dresses. I'm getting married so have been looking at wedding dresses online. The amount of times I've said to myself "that would look dreadful on me" or "I couldn't wear that" and "I wish I had her body". It's a weary state of mind and I'm sick of it.

Rodin · 31-10-2020 4:12pm

Adele looks great and most importantly happy.

Louise McSharry's article was nothing more than bodyshaming. What fat people give out about all the time. Such hypocrisy.

Obesity is unhealthy and there is nothing wrong with saying so.

Well done Adele. Hard work has paid off.

jenneyk19 · 31-10-2020 4:17pm

she got her stomach stapled it's the only way you can lose that much weight
as a diet will not help a lot of stars get it done

there's a small chance of dying with it

Jenna James · 31-10-2020 4:17pm

Daisy78 wrote: »

There will come a day when it will no longer be acceptable, not that it ever was, to critique/judge/analyse/comment on a woman’s appearance in the media which I eagerly await. She was grand before, she is fine now with less weight, if she puts it all back on she will still be fine. There is a global pandemic, heightened racial tensions in the US, a US presidential election due and ongoing terrorist attacks in France, you would think journalists and social media nobodies would have more important things to discuss than tear apart some poor woman over her looks.

This. If you are comfortable in your own skin/body then you've much to be happy about.

I am very small in size and I still look at stretch marks on my legs/butt and thing my tummy's a bit pudgy and lots of other things but after years of abusing my body on the whole I've become more accepting and value my health above all. I've done long term damage due to body insecurities. It's a different path for everyone so I wouldn't ever suggest how anyone else should look/eat/feel.

Daisy78 · 31-10-2020 4:18pm

Rodin wrote: »

Adele looks great and most importantly happy.

Louise McSharry's article was nothing more than bodyshaming. What fat people give out about all the time. Such hypocrisy.

Obesity is unhealthy and there is nothing wrong with saying so.

Well done Adele. Hard work has paid off.

Body shaming is wrong either way!! Nobody should be subjected to abuse because of their weight.

Ekerot · 31-10-2020 4:29pm

More work needs to be done on crushing obesity, though outside of a direct fat Tax on people for being overweight, I can't think of anything that hasn't been tried at this stage.

Sugar tax? It's here
Educating children on eating healthy in schools? I went through that back when Food Dudes was (and still is) a thing.
Putting calorie information on menus? It's down the pipeline the last time I recall

440Hertz · 31-10-2020 4:30pm

Seems she can’t win. First they bully her about being too fat, now they bully her about being too thin.

How about they just listen to her music and stop commenting endlessly on her weight?

She’s a musician. Does it really matter what weight she is?

joe40 · 31-10-2020 4:48pm

Munstergirl854 wrote: »

She looks fantastic.It is a long disciplined road both emotionally and physically to lose a lot of weight.She can be proud of herself.It must be a great feeling after years of being on the plus side to be free to experiment with clothes,fashion & wear a slinky dress.
As for the people who say she looks unrecognisable,shedding fat from your face will do that.
My brother used to be overweight and he lost multiple stone,he now has cheekbones to rival Kate Moss.Changes the shape of your face and how you look but it can make some people look drawn or gaunt.

I know I'm stealing Mark Twain's line here, but losing weight is easy, I've done it loads of times.

Rodin · 01-11-2020 3:10pm

Ekerot wrote: »

More work needs to be done on crushing obesity, though outside of a direct fat Tax on people for being overweight, I can't think of anything that hasn't been tried at this stage.

Sugar tax? It's here
Educating children on eating healthy in schools? I went through that back when Food Dudes was (and still is) a thing.
Putting calorie information on menus? It's down the pipeline the last time I recall

We could start by stopping referring to obesity as being something to be celebrated....

bb1234567 · 01-11-2020 3:25pm

What a pointless fuss about nothing. Her fame came about because of her inspiring musical talent, what difference does it make to anything whether she's fat or thin.

The obsession the media and some cohorts of the public have over the weight's of celebrities is something I will never be able to understand

Ekerot · 01-11-2020 3:32pm

Rodin wrote: »

We could start by stopping referring to obesity as being something to be celebrated....

That's only a small Vocal minority though, most people m, even if severely overweight themselves, know it's not a good thing

pickarooney · 01-11-2020 3:48pm

jam_mac_jam wrote: »

God poor Adele. She can't win. Constantly talked about for her weight for years. She losses weight and that's a problem too.

Maybe leave people alone and stop judging other people's bodies.

And fair play to her. She looks fantastic.

Women really can be their own worst enemies.

She can win, though. She's happy, talented, loved and loaded.

Wibbs · 01-11-2020 5:14pm

bb1234567 wrote: »

The obsession the media and some cohorts of the public have over the weight's of celebrities is something I will never be able to understand

Well women celebrities in the vast majority of cases. Why? Loads of reasons, some noted going way back in history* but these days it can be argued it's mostly all about the money. Keeping women insecure about their appearance makes many billions per annum for all sorts of commercial interests. Too fat, too thin, too old, too young, too blonde, too whatever, we've a product for that. Because you're worth it(tm).

The fashion and general media buys into this in a big way. So you could have one page of a magazine online or off celebrating Adele's "beach ready body", another lamenting her not "sporting her curves" any more and yet another with details of her weightloss plan and yet another criticising her for losing the weight. That's damned confusing crap, but again plugs into insecurity.

Some point the finger at the "male gaze" for this as a handy way out. Problem being and as I've noted before, there are more ages, sizes and ethnicities of the female form in a week of Pornhub's output aimed squarely at the "male gaze" than any fashion magazine anywhere has shown over the last century.

I dunno how it can be solved and worse it's gotten with digital manipulation to the point where women who match the current ideal actually don't minus photoshop.

*The Greeks and later Arab doctors recognised and noted eating disorders almost exclusively in women. All societies hold an ideal of both the male and female form, but the male ideal tends to be very much more consistent, whereas the female varies all over the place and rapidly with it. The winner of a Ms World type beauty competition in the 50's wouldn't get past the regional heats today.

weldoninhio · 01-11-2020 6:04pm

Rodin wrote: »

We could start by stopping referring to obesity as being something to be celebrated....

The likes of Lizzo etc should be banned/shamed for saying that fat is beautiful.

razorblunt · 01-11-2020 6:25pm

Congrats to McSharry for making it all about her.

Why the shock horror that a multi multi millionaire who can afford the best PT, the best nutritionist and the best chefs has lost this weight?

Fair dues, she put the work in too. If only finding excuses burned calories!

razorblunt · 01-11-2020 6:26pm

jenneyk19 wrote: »

she got her stomach stapled it's the only way you can lose that much weight
as a diet will not help a lot of stars get it done

there's a small chance of dying with it

Bullshît. She might have got surgery for any loose skin or tummies. She started off doing HIIT with Joe Wicks.

01-11-2020 6:29pm

weldoninhio wrote: »

The likes of Lizzo etc should be banned/shamed for saying that fat is beautiful.

I don't know about banned but the promotion of unhealthy body image and weight is damaging to many.

01-11-2020 10:49pm

OK, but how do we feel about people losing the rag about people losing the rag over Adele’s weight loss?

And are people losing the rag about people losing the rag about people losing the rag over Adele’s weight loss any better or are they worse?

Karlos77 · 01-11-2020 10:58pm

Jesus looked up that lizzo one...my phone screens not big enough to. Get her all in...who ate all.the pies

Rodin · 01-11-2020 11:14pm

weldoninhio wrote: »

The likes of Lizzo etc should be banned/shamed for saying that fat is beautiful.

Banned? No.
Engaged in rigorous intellectual discussion.

Everyone has a right to do what they want about their own weight. But they don't have the right to say obesity is ok. It's the single biggest health issue in the western world.... (Covid doesn’t get a look in)

People losing the rag over Adele’s weight loss

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