Posted on 08/16/2005 8:17:30 AM PDT by manny613
We seem to be watching a horror show of too thin Hollywood actresses. Or at least that would be the observation of anyone who even skims the tabloids, talk shows or People Magazine...
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Try having more than one in your family so you have to spend your whole life talking to them.
How soon you forgot about your own new found buffness!
I don't keep up with the tabs the way I should ;) How is Miss Lohan explaining her dramatic weight loss?
Yes, but I would argue that seeing a lot people who lack control over their lives, and especially seeing one very obvious way in which their lives are out of control, influences the development of these girls' belief that they need to exercise such tight control over themselves. They aren't at all sure how people get so out of control, or why they can't regain control, and take extreme measures to make sure it doesn't happen to themselves. It's an overreaction borne of insecurity, and clearly intensified by some individual factors.
But my main concern is the exaggeration of the incidence of serious eating disorders, and the promotion among high school and college students of the idea that virtually any successful attempt to exercise control over one's food intake and/or weight is a warning sign of an "eating disorder". The result is a widespread, socially enforced rejection of any self-control over eating and weight, and in college this is combined with the all-you-can-eat dining hall formats, with very unhealthy results. Way more women are dying of breast cancer, the incidence of which is tremendously increased by even a very small weight gain, than are ever going to experience any harm from anorexia and bulimia.
When a college student gains 10 pounds (which is enough to significantly increase her risk of breast cancer), neither her peers nor school health officials will bat an eyelash. But when the same student subsequently gets serious about losing that 10 pounds and maybe even another 5-10 that she'd really do well to lose, peers start muttering about "eating disorders" and often going to hall advisers (who've also been brainwashed on this issue) to express grave concern. I've been on the receiving end of two of these ludicrous reports in the past few years, as an adult alumna who is in regular though unofficial contact with just a dozen or so students at any given time. But in over 20 years' association with this college, I've never once heard, first-hand or second-hand, a suggestion that someone who is gaining a substantial amount of weight ought to be referred to professional help.
One Name...
GIADA DeLAURENTIIS.
Giada could serve me pig s$^t & Cabbage, and I'd be happy...
LC
Alton?
What makes him sooooo attractive to me is-
a. He's smart, but not condescending about it...so
b. He'd be fun to hang out, debate and discuss things with.
c. He's real and he's grounded.
d. And yes, he's funny.
oh yeah,
and
e. He can cook :)
Alton?
What makes him sooooo attractive to me is-
a. He's smart, but not condescending about it...so
b. He'd be fun to hang out, debate and discuss things with.
c. He's real and he's grounded.
d. And yes, he's funny.
oh yeah,
and
e. He can cook :)
I wonder what women are thinking when they wear the prairie look or those ugly suede boots (two recent fashion trends).
Oh man,
You have my sympathy!
I think we are not on the same page again. If the example girl you present was at a normal weight to begin with (let's say 120 lbs) and she gains 10 lbs. she now weighs 130 (not obese, not even heavy, and not a discernable change to her risk of breast cancer-- not morbid obesity. But, if she loses 10 lbs, she would be noticibly thinner...at 20 lbs. weight loss she now weighs 100 lbs and has lost 1/6 of her body mass. A quick loss of such a substantial amount of mass (diuretics, laxatives, purging) can cause dangerous changes in the electrolyte balances. Dehydration can cause severe, irreparable damage (to heart and kidneys)...very guickly. That is why a sudden weight loss is noted and acted upon.
He would be fun to hang out with, but he's so......I don't know, caffeinated!
i have a HELL of a time getting the wife to undo/untie/unbraid her hair like she did twenty five years ago!!!
Only if her diet consists of a lettuce leaf every ten days.
Old saying: Women marry a man and want him to change after the wedding, but he won't. Men marry a woman and don't want her to change after the wedding, but she will.
Thank you for sticking up for us skinny chicks, lol. :) I have been small all my life. Literally, they had to wait to start immunizations for me until I reached 10lbs...and I still wasn't that weight at 6 months. 33lbs at age five, and now at pushing 30,(after five babies) I weigh right around 100lbs, give or take. (Of course, I'm also short at 5'2)
I get tired of being accused of having an eating disorder because I wear a stinkin' size two. My permanent nickname is Miss Skinny...wonder how an overweight person would like it if I called them Miss Fatty. *sigh*
Some people are naturally heavier, and some are naturally thinner...there's room for all sizes of people, imo. Sorry for the rant, but this is a sore spot with me. :)
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