Yeah, some women can be a very gorgeous 180 pounds ;)
Posted on 01/11/2006 1:06:53 PM PST by misterrob
Thin is still in, but apparently fat is nowhere near as out as it used to be.
A survey finds America's attitudes toward overweight people are shifting from rejection toward acceptance. Over a 20-year period, the percentage of Americans who said they find overweight people less attractive steadily dropped from 55 percent to 24 percent, the market research firm NPD Group found.
With about two-thirds of U.S. adults overweight, Americans seem more accepting of heavier body types, researchers say. The NPD survey of 1,900 people representative of the U.S. population also found other more relaxed attitudes about weight and diet.
While body image remains a constant obsession, the national preoccupation with being thin has waned since the late 1980s and early 1990s, said the NPD's Harry Balzer.
Those were the days when fast food chains rushed to install salad bars. In 1989, salads as a main course peaked at 10 percent of all restaurant meals. Today, those salad bars have all but vanished and salads account for just 5 1/2 percent of main dishes.
"It turns out health is a wonderful topic to talk about," Balzer said. "But to live that way is a real effort."
Fewer people said they're trying to "avoid snacking entirely" — just 26 percent in 2005, down from 45 percent in 1985 — while 75 percent said they had low-fat, no-fat or reduced fat products in the last two weeks, down from 86 percent in 1999, according to the survey.
At 5-feet-6 and 230 pounds, Lara Frater likes her body just fine and turns up her nose at trendy diets.
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LOL!
Depends. When it comes to women, I don't mind a few extra pounds. But-there is a difference between a cute, "pleasingly plump" 165 pound woman and the 455 pound Jerry Springer guest...
Although I'd have to say that I prefer a little too chubby to a little too skinny.
When an overweight (fat) person enters a room with other people in it, one of the first things they do is look to see if there is anyone fatter than they are. Once they spot one, they feel much better about themself because at least they are not as fat as that lady over by the coffee.
I am not kidding. This is real. And some of you know exactly what I am talking about!
You could say that, but of course, you don't know that. She might really like her body just fine. There are guys out there that like 'em big, so why not a big woman who is perfectly comfortable with the way she is?
Besides, 'trendy' diets don't help anyone over the long haul. It takes a commitment to a complete change in lifestyle. All wise people should turn their noses up at trendy diets.
Sir Mix-A-Lot
Baby Got Back
Oh my god, Becky, look at her butt
It is so big
She looks like one of those rap guys girlfriends
Who understands those rap guys
They only talk to her because she looks like a total prostitute, ok?
I mean her butt
It's just so big
I can't believe it's so round
It's just out there
I mean, it's gross
Look, she's just so black
I like big butts and I can not lie
You other brothers can't deny
That when a girl walks in with an itty bitty waste
And a round thing in your face
You get sprung
Wanna pull up front
Cuz you notice that butt was stuffed
Deep in the jeans she's wearing
I'm hooked and I can't stop staring
Oh, baby I wanna get with ya
And take your picture
My homeboys tried to warn me
But with that butt you got
Me so horny
Ooh, rub all of that smooth skin
You say you wanna get in my Benz
Well use me, use me cuz you ain't that average groupy
I've seen them dancin'
The hell with romancin'
She sweat, wet, got it goin' like a turbo 'Vette
I'm tired of magazines
saying flat butt's the only thing
Take the average black man and ask him that
She gotta pack much back, so
Fellas (yeah), fellas (yeah)
Has your girlfriend got the butt (hell yeah)
Well shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it, shake that healthy butt
Baby got back
(LA face with Oakland booty)
I like'em round and big
And when I'm throwin' a gig
I just can't help myself
I'm actin like an animal
Now here's my scandal
I wanna get you home
And ugh, double ugh, ugh
I ain't talkin' bout Playboy
Cuz silicone parts were made for toys
I wannem real thick and juicy
So find that juicy double
Mixalot's in trouble
Beggin' for a piece of that bubble
So I'm lookin' at rock videos
Watchin' these bimbos walkin' like hoes
You can have them bimbos
I'll keep my women like Flo Jo
A word to the thick soul sistas
I wanna get with ya
I won't cus or hit ya
But I gotta be straight when I say I wanna fuck
Til the break of dawn
Baby, I got it goin on
A lot of pimps won't like this song
Cuz them punks like to hit it and quit it
But I'd rather stay and play
Cuz I'm long and I'm strong
And I'm down to get the friction on
So ladies (yeah), ladies (yeah)
If you wanna role in my Mercedes (yeah)
Then turn around
Stick it out
Even white boys got to shout
Baby got back
(LA face with the Oakland booty)
Yeah baby
When it comes to females
Cosmo and got nothin to do with my selection
36-24-36
Only if she's 5'3"
So your girlfriend rolls a Honda
Playin' workout tapes by Fonda
But Fonda ain't got a motor in the back of her Honda
My anaconda don't want none unless you've got buns hon
You can do side bends or sit-ups, but please don't lose that butt
Some brothers wanna play that hard role
and tell you that the butt need to go
So they toss it and leave it
And I pull up quick to retrieve it
So Cosmo says you're fat
Well I ain't down with that
Cuz your waste is small and your curves are kickin'
And I'm thinkin' bout stickin'
To the beanpole dames in the magazines
You ain't it Miss Thang
Give me a sista I can't resist her
Red beans and rice didn't miss her
Some knucklehead tried to dis
Cuz his girls were on my list
He had game but he chose to hit 'em
And pulled up quick to get with 'em
So ladies if the butt is round
And you wanna triple X throw down
Dial 1-900-mixalot and kick them nasty thoughts
Baby got back
BBW's rock!!
A girl with some curves vs. the stick figures the lamestream media portrays as normal... no contest.
So you've done this?
I agree and you definetly have the right attitude! it comes down to what makes you comfortable and it is the estrogen surge that is the enemy with women with hormonal flucuations, I take natural progesterone which helps tremendously with hormonal balance as well as some other lifestyle changes.
Short version. A US size 12 or 14 in the 60's is now consistent with the US sizing of 8.
I do think Ann Coulter is attractive.
HOWEVER, she needs to eat three cheeseburgers a day for about a month in addition to whatever she normally does. She'd gain 20 pounds or so, and then she'd look better.
Was that top pic Lucille Ball?
I don't remember her being that attractive!
I actually read it in an article by a "former fat person". And they had empirical evidence...
of course, this was eight years ago.
Yeah, some women can be a very gorgeous 180 pounds ;)
" With about two-thirds of U.S. adults overweight "
More oeverweight people than ever ...No wonder the number of people who accept has grown ...Simple math .
I agree on both counts. (The Jewish mother in me wants to feed her blintzes continuously.) That pretty face could only be enhanced were it not so gaunt. Some say a woman reaches an age where she needs to choose between her ass and her face. I hope Ann has considered this.
I think about 40% are obese now, so with all that shifting of muscle to ugly unhealthy flab, those that are fat probably now poll as more favorable of their flab.
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