skeptical wrote: I don't like people pointing out when you're skinny either...people always say to me "You're so skinny! You need to eat more!" I eat plenty, I have a healthy diet, no one needs to tell me I'm skinny.
Yeah, it swings both ways. I get called skinny all the time, but I'm actually the ideal weight for my height.
I can eat till I fall asleep, but I have such a fast metabolism, that I'll wake up hungry four hours later.
I used the "fat" word in my thread about smoking and obesity, mainly because using "obese" five times in one paragraph looks strange, and I absolutely detest the term "weight challenged".
Sorry 'bout that.
I'm wondering how many people end up with eating disorders as a direct result of what people say to them, even in jest?
An earlier girlfriend of mine ended up with anorexia nervosa. It was so sad to watch her wasting away. Her father refused to recognise that she had a problem, insisting on calling her "my big girl", when the reality was, she had dropped down to forty kilograms, and looked pale and sick.
and her family calls her fat all the time, and tells her she can't wear dresses, becuase she's too fat, but the thing is, she isn't fat! She has a tad more weight than most, but she isn't fat. I just hate to see people put down because of weight. I don't like people pointing out when you're skinny either...people always say to me "You're so skinny! You need to eat more!" I eat plenty, I have a healthy diet, no one needs to tell me I'm skinny.
