What is up with people wanting to lose weight so much?

[Anonymous]

I mean nowadays all I see on TV is people who looks awesome before like they weighed 147 pounds, but has lost weight to 116 pounds or something and most people just don't look right and it disgusts me to see people like that. So why are they doing that to themselves?

[Anonymous]

Because the people we see in the media are photoshopped, and it's impossible for a human to actually look like that, but we try to look like that anyway.
Some people want to lose weight for themselves - they weighed 120 in college, now they're 40 and want to go back to that weight.
Some people need to lose weight for their health - if they have diabetes, or their body fat percentage is too high. So don't judge them for needing to take care of their health.
At the same time, don't let anyone judge you for NOT losing weight. People have this weird idea that if you have fat on your body, it means you are overweight and unhealthy. This is NOT TRUE! It is totally healthy and normal to have some fat on you! That is why it is better to look at body fat percentage rather than looking at how much you weigh - that will tell you whether you are healthy or not. Sadly, not everyone realizes that, and some people lose a lot of weight and actually become UNhealthy because of the weight lose, when they were perfectly fine before.

[Asker]

thank you!!!

[Opinion Owner]

Thanks for MH!

[Asker]

your welcome

[Belleza2]

I call it crack people because weight to most people is like crack "oh dear me, I ate a 300 calorie cake, I have to work that out 3 hours in the gym" plus the magazines and diet stories do not help. I know the fashion industry is run by gay men and nothing but gay men therefore gay men who look like little boys so designers decipit the fashion industry in the sense of gay men do what do self crazed obsessed women do kill themselves to look like little boys.

There really isn't anything you can do except try to help these people unfortunately, their psychological state is already ruined.

[Theguyoverthere]

When a person looks good, they also feel good. As long as they're not losing weight in a matter that sacrifices their health, I say they should go for it. A huge reason I'm single is because most girls out there are overweight and won't do anything about it. Yet these same girls claim "looks don't matter" yet chase guys who are an 8+ in looks then go back claiming the person's superficial for not finding them attractive when it is what motivated them to talk to the guy in the first place.

If more women would get in shape and stop relying on makeup and clothing to hide their imperfections we'd have better couples out there.

[Asker]

I don't wear makeup I prefer a more natural look

[SamuelB]

If you've been overweight for your whole life you don't understand how good it feels to be thin and in shape. It's easier to move, you feel more comfortable in public, and you have a lot more confidence. And although it disgusts you to see thin people, most people find it attractive.

[Asker]

but I wasn't overweight my life I used to be super thin and I hated it!!! people would call me weak and anorexic they said if I get bigger they would like me so that is what I did and they love me and I feel better and confident!!!

[SamuelB]

Different strokes for different folks.

[mutedaisy]

Personally, I'd never weigh 220. I'd be severely unhappy and probably suicidal. I lost weight, because it did not feel good. It really sucked being larger and I know I wasn't healthy. I went from 148lbs to 116 lbs, I'm very happy and I feel great. You can say they looked better before they lost weight but the reality of he situation is that people don't feel well when they are over weight. So how are you going to argue with that with the reason that they looked better, over their health? If you feel good great, not everyone is like that.

[Asker]

if I was thinner I would be unhappy like when I was little I was thin but was almost kidnapped I got mad and started gaining so I can look ugly but that didn't help

[mutedaisy]

Gaining weight doesn't insure ugliness... Like losing weight doesn't ensure beauty

[lananoel]

For some reason meat on your bones is a bad thing. Some men encourage women to be rail thin, rewarded for eating boring food and having no stomach. Nevermind the entire person attached. Smh... if 5'5 148 doesn't make him happy fuck em. Others can calorie restrict, skip meals, purge, obsess over their weight. I fucking refuse. I am a person and not a number! I'll probably end up alone, but who really wanta the company of shallow people?

[Asker]

thank you that was beautiful and i'll try to remember that!!!

[Hannah591]

Society, media and it being January. Also because of the numerous studies about how obesity causes many health problems and how it's costing the NHS billions each year. It's just not a healthy, desirable lifestyle being obese. I think everyone should try to get fitter!

[Asker]

I will never loose weight not how most of these people are acting mostly boys ad I think they are lying about the nhs

[Hannah591]

You should lose weight if your weight is impacting your health and life expectancy. Of course, if you don't care about that then you don't have to do anything. It's not a lie. Most people who go in because of heart attacks and strokes are obese so there's been a huge increase in wanting people to lose weight to save taxpayers money. It's a government things, most likely.

[aamy811]

Because thin is in. I would like to lose weight. 69 years ago some girl was trying to gain weight. This is the cycle and right now thin is in

[Asker]

yeah I remember that!!! but I would like if everyone was to look like themselves and not what the media says!

[aamy811]

Well the media snot telling us to look a certain way. The media does what it does and we all decide that that's our ideal. If the media said that was their perfect body we adopt it as out own perfect body. That's why if we made the media more diverse people will decide what perfect to them. But even them that wouldn't he rid of self image problems and things like that

[kheserthorpe]

Most people are overweight and a full 1/3 of americans are obese.

This has been true for so long that many people think overweight is normal and actual healthy weights look underweight to them.

[matheus_mb]

I wanted to lose weight because I was fat when I was a child. Well, I lost it and now I just wanna keep it. Some people are just never satisfied with themselves, so...

[Illusive_Man]

Instead of using the word POUNDS , how about showing us some PICTURES?
Cos the same amount of weight can look VERY different on different body frames

[Asker]

okay sorry about that

[Illusive_Man]

wait wut?
lol no , you're too polite.

[Kyndra]

It's their bodies. 116 pounds isn't that big of a deal unless they're tall. Why does it disgust you? I think "disgust" is a very strong word.

[Asker]

Because most people look sick and I think it's not cool I mean people should love who they are and not change it because they say it's in or it's healthy me i'm 14 5'4 or 5'5 and I weigh about 220 Ibs and i'm healthy and i'm not letting nothing change it!

[Kyndra]

I think it's great for people to have the power to change what they're not happy with. I love myself, I'll still work on things because I can be better. But I agree that "health" is not only based on weight.

[Asker]

I know so many skinny girls and all of them whores and they're 13 or 14 then I see other skinny women who are whores too and always partying then you got the big girls who are just looking at them in disgust and calling us fat ugly bitches which I don't understand. but hey that's y'all okay lord jesus help me and this world right now!!!

[Asker]

oops wrong one

[Kyndra]

Hehe, I was wondering why you sounded so upset :D

[Asker]

yea sorry about that!!! lol

[been_waiting]

Most people in weight loss commercials are overweight in my experience

[Anonymous]

Because obesity is a huge problem right now, at least in North america. People desire to be fit and healthy.

[Asker]

yea but most people who are big like me i'm 14 about 5'5 220Ibs are healthy my mom my older sister few of my friends we're all healthy and big and I have a few friends who are thin and are unhealthy! they also work out but say that it's killing them so they stopped.

[Opinion Owner]

Yeah but not everyone who's big is healthy and not everyone who's skinny is unhealthy... You have every right to be happy with your body so why do you think it's okay to crap on those who change theirs to be happier?

[Asker]

because I think they should just be happy with what they got what god gave them every one is different and they should like who they are and shouldn't change it unless if your really really really big!

[Opinion Owner]

"Beause I think they should..." Yeah there's your problem. It's someone else's body, not yours. You don't get to control how others feel and if they want to drop a few pounds how does that affect you in any way at all? It doesn't. How would you feel if someone said "I know you're happy with your body but I'm not so you should lose weight." That's what you're doing except in reverse. And also, some people HAVE to lose weight for health purposes. My mom wasn't that heavy but she still had a heart attack and to doctor told her she had to lose 30 pounds. Other people's bodies are absolutely none of you business any way

[Asker]

no what I was saying was that they should be happy with themselves and not what other people say about them

[Opinion Owner]

But maybe they aren't happy being over weight? Or maybe they aren't healthy? People have the right to change how they look and again, it's none of your business. Saying someone looks "disgusting" after they lose weight is JUST AS bad as saying someone looks disgusting for being heavy. Not everyone is okay with being big. They want to be thinner to feel better about themselves. It's not a bad thing. Carrying a lot of extra weight isn't healthy. I get that you think they should just be happy with what they look like but that's not easy for everyone, and in order to feel better about themselves they want to get in shape and lose a bit of weight. I still don't see why you think this affects you in anyway

[Asker]

actually it does because people are bulling saying that I should lose weight which made me starve myself for a while, second their was this couple who were my mom's friends they got into a car accident the wife who was big survived with a few bruises but her husband who loved to exercised nearly died the other day and people are saying fat is unhealthy, wife survived because of her fat which was like a cushion for her and others who probably went through the same thing!! but mostly because I've been bullied!!!

[Opinion Owner]

So being bullied gives you the right to calm others disgusting... I was bullied for being too skinny, peopke called me anorexic and ugly, but does that give me the right to bully people who are overweight since it was primarily overweight people who called me ugly and disgusting? No. Because that would make me as bad as they are.

[Asker]

but I never called people disgusting!

[Opinion Owner]

In your question you literally said "most people don't look right and it disgusts me". If you're happy with you're body that's great, if people bully you tell them to fuck off, but being bullied for your weight doesn't give you any say whatsoever in other peoples bodies.

[Asker]

no I said that most people don't look right when they get thinner like this one girl she still had fat hanging form her skin after loosing weight and it just didn't look right

[Opinion Owner]

I don't have time to argue with a 14 year old. I'll just say this: if you keep being so judgmental about other people's bodies you're goin to keep being disappointed when they don't do what YOU want them to do. Don't worry about what other people do to their bodies, you have your own.

[Asker]

what ever I don't have time to argue with a white skinny whore okay okay

[Opinion Owner]

Real mature. Good luck with that attitude.

[Asker]

Thank you by the way I AM MATURE!!! plus I got that from my ghetto school sorry I don't know what's gotten in to me!!!

[Opinion Owner]

Calling someone a white skinny whore is definitely not mature, especially when you're arguing about how everyone should just like their body. You called me skinny in a way that was meant to be derogative. im naturally skinny so I shouldn't love my body? And being skinny inherently makes me a whore? You pretty mch just invalidated your entire argument.

[Asker]

i know so many skinny girls and all of them whores and they're 13 or 14 then I see other skinny women who are whores too and always partying then you got the big girls who are just looking at them in disgust and calling us fat ugly bitches which I don't understand. but hey that's y'all okay lord jesus help me and this world right now!!!

[Opinion Owner]

Wow. Just wow. That is so ignorant and so rude from someone acting like everyone should just be happy. You didn't answer my question. I'm naturally skinny, should I not just be happy with what God gave me because you're making it sound like I should gain weight and be heavier otherwise I don't deserve to be happy with my body?

[Opinion Owner]

You're obviously very insecure because you feel the need to tear down skinny people to make yourself feel better.

[Asker]

no i'm not inscure about myself actually i'm just saying people think that being skinny is the key to happiness which I have a big problem with which is not true that is all i'm saying but nooo your over here saying that i'm insecure about myself!! gosh I am about to loose my marbles!!!

[Opinion Owner]

Well you're all over the place here... being skinny doesn't equal happiness but you're saying being skinny also makes you a whore, and you know what? I have a big problem with that. How about you let people be themselves and dont worry about other peoples bodies?

And I said you seem insecure because you're so preoccupied with what others look like. You called me a whore based solely on the fact that I'm skinny when I said nothing judgmental about your body.

[Opinion Owner]

You also have yet to answer my question about me not being allowed to be happy with my body being skinny.

[Ihav2fart]

I would think they'd want to be more healthy than just lose weight?

[Anonymous]

1.55m and 100kg is definitely too much... you should start dieting too.

[Asker]

never

[Opinion Owner]

Yea, right. Only in la-la land.

[Anonymous]

Because they want to actually look right, you're probably just fat and live around fat people and don't even know what's normal weight.

[Asker]

I hate rude people plus the normal weight for me will look like I have anorexia

[Opinion Owner]

I hate fat people.
Your problem I guess.

[Asker]

I hate rude skinny boys

[daydnconfused]

Because its healthier to ne slimmer

[Illusive_Man]

not TOO SLIM , them cosmopolitan girls are WAY overboard a few years ago.

[Anonymous]

Because they usually look better.

[Asker]

not all of them most of the look like their sick!!!

[Anonymous]

Lots of people are overweight nowadays

[Asker]

yea but some of them are healthy like me.

[notverycreativeguy]

Overweight is never healthy, but okay.

[Asker]

but I'm healthy and my friends and my family!!!

[Opinion Owner]

Just because an overweight person doesn't have noticeable health problems at this moment does not mean they are healthy. Carrying that extra weight once you start to get older can and often does lead to serious problems

[Anonymous]

thank God, the world is obese

[Asker]

um, what do you mean?

[Opinion Owner]

being fat is an excuse to be lazy, and then we call it curvy or healthy

[Asker]

oh okay