Ladies, do you feel pressured to be thin and why?

Question

Being healthy seems reasonable but have you ever skipped a meal or not eaten something tasty because you want to appear thinner? If so where does that pressure come from?

bubblegunnn · Accepted Answer

Nope, not at all. Instead, according to BMI, i should gain more weight to get an ideal weight.. i never feel pressured to be thin, maybe its because how, what i eat, and my eat habits. I have different type to cook compared to my mother, or whenever i cook with my friends.. the different between me and them is, how many oil, salt or sugar we use to cook. While they're kinda use it like normal to much size, me always use them less or even not at all. Example of not at all is whenever i use oil to saute veggies or make sum w oil (except fry) is i only used at least 5 drops of oil when mostly they used it like 3tbsp, or i love to cook with non stick pan so we dont need to use lots of oil or not use it at all.

Another thing again when people out there eating double carbo like in my country we r always eat rice, but again i see lots of my family or friends who still eat double carbo like they r eat noodle with rice, potatoes or corn with rice, or another carbo source that eaten w rice. Nope its not my thing, maybe i used to be like this back when i was in early high school, then when im going to college, i also studied about nutrition for like 2y, and thats changed my eat habits so well.. whenever mostly my friends or fam eat heavy breakfast, i mostly eat oatmeal n fruits or smoothies for breakfast.. i always eat not really heavy breakfast (or sometimes i skipped it cuz of busy), n then for lunch i will have heavy complex lunch (because i have things to work n i need more calories to burn, and this is make sense if we consume more calories at day than the night), and for dinner i eat less than lunch size cuz im not gonna work hard at night and gonna sleep anyway so i dont need to eat a lot.

When i was in college i could eat without rice and eat potatoes or another veggies with carbo source, so i still fulfill my nutrition and get them from another veggies, not only rice, i need variation of what i eat, this is the time when i was being vegetarian in the collage not eating meat, poultry, fish, nor seafood and used beans or tempeh or tofu to fulfill my protein, not just only from animal..
And i also always cooked boil or steam food and very very rare to deep fry my food.. even i bought 500ml oil and it last long for like 9 months and i cooked everyday..

If i skipped my meals and only had omad, its because i was super busy work since dawn til sunset and was in hurry til i have no time to eat, thats how i skipped my meals, cuz i was have no time for it, not my intention to not eat at all for thin sake.. and i know what i did is not healthy to skipping meals, but also its not everyday..

Im still human and normal to have sweet craves or tasty food to eat, even at night i will down for it as long as its not up 9pm.

Not just about food and eat, i also do workout even tho not everyday (except when i really have strict way and always put myself in a track) to keep healthy and stay fit, not thin ok, fit..

Overall, i do eat healthy because its a want and a need.. our body will be different when we r gettin older, so to be what happen in the future, i should maintain it from now on since im still young and make it as habit.

Cherry234 · Accepted Answer

I don't feel pressured to look that way. I choose to stay thin because I want to. I lost a lot of weight (like 20 lbs but I'm not sure if everyone considers that a lot of weight) and my mom is making me feel bad about losing it. I don't want to gain weight though. I lost all that weight because I was going through a period where I was really stressed out and I lost my appetite. I'm not underweight. I'm at healthy weight for my height and that's all that matters. I wouldn't want to be underweight or overweight.

SaraSmithishere · Answer

No. You can lose muscle that way.

i was way more critical of my body when I was younger, but I’ve stopped that. It’s just too Much trouble. There’s always more cardio you can do, more exercises to research, etc., and it’s not worth the stress.

I’m not even sure if women feel pressured to be thin today. I thibk they want to be “thick”

or “slim thick”

CindyRuns · Answer

Skipped a meal, rarely, if ever, more often, it's because I'm too busy at work to eat. Avoiding fattening food... frequently... I like looking good !!!

Mina09 · Answer

Pressure from Asian family to be thin and so it's difficult even if someone's naturally on the thicker side but healthy thick they fat shame so there's honestly a lot of pressure for women to be slim

Sour-rose · Answer

Nope, this is all to be hotter and stronger. Sooo maybe we're not talking about the same "thin"

Emiliamazing · Answer

I workout because I enjoy delicious (healthy and homemade) good.  I think girls in high school or college feel the greatest pressure.

Ayesha587 · Answer

When tasty food is Infront of you , who thinks about such sfuff hehe.. we just attack 😘🍦

Blackcosmo · Answer

Well I want to be at a healthy weight and I can see if I need to burn a few pounds.

Anonymous · Answer

I'm very slim and eat a lot of healthy foods. I never eat low calories not sustainable

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