Are you afraid of fat on yourself?
 

I weigh 14 stone, and i am 5ft 2.

So i am technically, quite obese.

Yet, i don't see the compulsion to be thin. Evolution wise, those who are bigger, are thought to be stronger, fitter, and more capable of producing healthy offspring, so why do we worship the size zero and the body beautiful.

I'm not saying i have the body of a god/ess (well, maybe Buddah) but why shouldn't i like the way i look?
Why should i have to take a skirt up to the counter and ask if it goes to size 20 and be answered by the living skeleton of an assistant with a smirk that must have taken all of her lunch to muster, 'Sorry madam, that only goes up to, NORMAL sizes'

My dear, don't feel guilty. You are beautiful as you are, and if you gain weight, there will be more of you to love.

i'm the same way.
i have a bit of a fat fetish,
but i dont want to be any bigger myself,
i actually already feel fat, even though i know, medically,
i'm not.
i dont think it's considered "normal" to feel this way,
but alot of people do.
most of those have eating disorders buttt...
they still relate.

that being said,
it's probably all in your head.
dont worry abuot gaining weight.
you probably look fine.

Lol
I don't care if I'm fat or not
Unless it's a huge issue
Other than that I don't see what there is to be afraid of ._.

I tend to obsess too, but not over gaining weight (I do count calories, but that's more habit from when I was losing weight than anything). If I eat something that I know is unhealthy, even if it's low calorie and such, I feel awful and really guilty for putting such crap in my body. I would rather eat something calorie-dense but natural and nutritious than something low-calorie and nutritionally worthless.

I have two friends, both of which are obese. One tries to eat healthy, exercises regularly, her mom's a vegan so she has no junk food in the house, but something's not right, and she stays large. Another eats everything in sight and then some, never moves, and then wonders why she weighs 300 pounds. The first I have no problems with, the second I do. I mean, she doesn't take care of herself (she doesn't really like shower either....ewwwie).

I'm extremely conscientious of my weight - well, not so much the number as the visible fat.
Because I swim, I do have a triangular torso, which makes me extremely careful(you look a lot fatter if you have any tummy fat with this kind of torso, trust me... xD). And ick, love handles.

Mm, but I don't think you should worry so much about what you eat, as long as you're
not stuffing down thousands of potato chips every day. I can't say I eat very healthily
at all, but 5'4" and 115 isn't too bad, right? xD;;

I'm really skinny.
I don't really think about it much.
But my system is going to get slow someday, and I guess, I'll get fat...
But food is yummy. :]

I'm 5'4" and 115, haha. I'm sure my body looks a lot like yours, as even though I'm new to swimming, everyone has told me I'm built like a swimmer for as long as I can remember (it's in my genes I guess).

Nah, I don't do that..I'd end up making myself sick just from worrying about it. D:

I've always been a bit of a pudge. I mean, I've had a tummy ever since I can remember (i'm sure that's not a good thing, but whatever XD). And, my thyroid is all messed up. So that has something to do with it (not a whole lot, but some). But I'm comfortable with myself. :3

Seems like the advise I was going to give has already been said XD

I am careful about my weight. I watch what I eat, especially when I'm in public. My advice is, watch what you eat, but don't feel bad if you eat something small, such as a gronola bar. If you worry about little things like that, it could be dangerous to your health and possibly lead to an eating disorder. What I do is, I eat when I'm hungry until I'm satisfied (not necessarily full, though). I also excercize, like taking walks.
I used to be obese, but ever since I started using the method that I use now, I've lost weight, and some inches. However, I built some muscle, so I kept some weight. xD
I feel healthy now, all I gotta do is tone up my abs and I'll look good too. ^-^
As for the "is it normal?" question, many people among society feel that way. I felt that way a while ago, but when I was giving into it, I wasn't very happy. My sister did that too, and she was a twig, and now she has meat on her bones, and she looks SO MUCH prettier and happier because she's healthy.

Hon if you're feeling guilty about eating a granola bar, which is healthy for you in the first place...I would be much more concerned about developing an eating disorder than getting fat.

I know that we are bombarded with images of women in the media who are rail thin, but that isn't healthy. The human body needs a certain amount of fat to function properly. If we don't have it we bruise easier, we don't digest what do eat properly, it effects our chances of procreation and a whole host of other things. I wouldn't obsess over it. Being too thin is as bad as being too fat, it can shorten your life by up to 20 years. Just try keep a balance, eat healthy and exercise and you should be fine.

Blondheart is right. Besides, if you are, by chance, trying to be like the women in the media, they don't really look like that. They are just photoshopped, so don't give in to that either. k? =3

i definitely agree with Blondheart. what one should be worried about isn't how they look so much as how healthy they are. i almost wished i did care a bit more about what i ate though, because even though i'm not like overweight, i have high cholesterol at age 16...it's pretty bad.

I do the same stuff. It's not exactly healthy either. Like someone else said, eating too little will cause you to gain weight if you do that. D=

So, eating healthy things, such as fruits, veggies, rice, fat free, or low fat stuff really helps. And, it helps you feel less guilty about eating, too!

I've did a lot of research on this, knowing people who were anorexic and such, I do my best to try and help them.

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So, yeah. it's all pretty much normal.

Just try not to starve yourself. If you do, you could die from it. ;-;

I'm sort of like that but in my famlily we just don't eat much normaly I only have one meal sometimes two if I didn't eat anything the previouse day but I am fat and I can stand looking at myself DX but as I siad befor I'm not fat from eatting to much I just don't get out that much (more like I hide in my room all the time ^^; )