May 11, 2011 by Beth@WeightMaven
Was just getting ready to add Skinny For Good to the feed reader and then saw this:
Chubby? Size 8/10?! Not in my universe. But then no one mistakes me for a fashionista … and I don’t live in Manhattan. (And my friends aren’t named Ana or Mia).
But I guess that’s just me.
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I have no interest in becoming, or staying, “skinny.” Too bad that didn’t stop me from clicking on the link, a Pavlovian condition still in place perhaps after decades of reacting to the words, “…the secrets…you’ve always dreamed of…”
Cinderella, apparently, lives free and ever eternal in my consciousness. May she RIP, metaphorically speaking. Wonder why that illusion, in particular, remains so alluring. Happily ever after? Seems to have become, in contemporary phrasing, “…keep it off for good…”. As if we could all live forever, if only we uncover the “secret.”
Who knew? The mysteries of the Universe revealed…but first you must achieve your “ideal” weight. So simple…
Enjoying your blog immensely!
You explain concepts with just enough complexity so that my brain does not fly into hyper drive then veer altogether from its road. Trying to follow the biochem discussions on some of the links you provide, though, reminds me why I stopped attending my organic chem class. Was never meant to be.
I think it’s so loaded to put sizes and numbers out there. And 5’4″ and 109, should I send her the link for my disordered eating sessions? If my site merits any “highlighting” or calling out let me know. I have a degree though so I’d like to think I’m more sensitive (unlike skinny for good). She clearly doesn’t want the majority of america (over a size 8) reading her site.
Like the other commenter, I clicked through too. Aside from the passage you posted, it gets worse did you see the naked pictures? Insults and Egos that’s the title I would suggest.
Hmmm, I’m a size 10, and far from skinny by anyone’s definition. My BMI is about 27, making me officially overweight. I’m far from where I started, at size 18+, BMI 34. To be BMI normal, I’d be a size 6. Remember, it’s all relative.
Julie, my sister is an 8/10, and while I wouldn’t call her skinny, I’d wouldn’t call her chubby either.
Everyone is entitled to read (and write) the blog of his/her choice, and you’re right, it’s all relative. But for me, aspiring to be a “svelte size 0/2” isn’t in the cards — and fortunately at my advanced age, not something I aspire to either!
As an aside, I’m not at all a fan of the BMI as a meaningful measure.