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Originally posted by andyman

Please explain why.

I mean generally.
Obviously there is extremes, like anorexics and stuff
I meant someone who is NATURALLY thin and looks good and someone who is NATURALLY curvy and looks good is what i meant by extremes.




To elaborate on other points: The media is quite a factor for girls, but that's not the only reason.

Some people are also coming across badly. In Big Brother, Rebecca was a "normal" girl (on her bottom half anyway), and constantly people are like "MISS PIGGY!" "SHE'S SO FAT!" and for all the "bigger" people on this forum - like me - it was a real confidence knock even though it wasn't directed at me.
I'm size 12 english size, and I used to get "YOU'RE SO FAT" from people all the time, I then became obsessive about my weight and went to like size 10.. and then I became depressed and stressed and went up to 14/16 for a few months. I'm back to size 12 now and I want to lose weight, as I'm so heavily influenced by people in the past saying to me "you're fat" that in a way I always look at people and am like "you're sooo skinny, it's not fair."

I met someone the other week and he said "Oh my god, The way ***** described you, I thought you'd be out to here!" -and he put his hands as far out as possible.