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janey831 · Kate Spade

ugh. feel fat.

Andrea Julia · Coach

janey831 wrote:

this weekend i have been eating non stop. it almost got out of hand. haha. i know that i am not overweight or anything, but i feel fat next to my friends, who are all tiny, petite little things. especially since i am asian and asian people tend to be skinny. i feel fat. well not so much 'fat' but out of shape. i think i am going to have to start posting on the diet and excercise board to keep myself in check. sorry for complaining and ranting. thanks. have a nice 4th of july everyone!

I hope you have a nice 4th of July, too! I feel the same way as you. I have a mix of bigger and skinnier friends, but my friends that are friends from my sorority days all tend to be skinny. I went out to dinner with a bunch of them this week and felt like the biggest fat-@ss ever! It didn't help that I ordered pasta and they all ordered a salad (I just can't order a salad unless it's a work lunch and everyone's ordering salad. I really hate salad). I felt like everyone must be thinking how fat I was and how I should be ordering salad. Usually, I feel like I look fine though.

Lilykind · Hermes

*hugs*

All my Asian family and friends are so tiny and petite I'm bound to feel huge no matter what...my feet are huge, my ass is huge, my boobs are huge...ehhh I know the feeling (and it's pretty irrational since I'm a true size 6/mall store 4...hardly fat!). I'm trying to lose weight but I think I need to get really serious about it.

gypsyfreak · Coach

Lilykind wrote:

*hugs* All my Asian family and friends are so tiny and petite I'm bound to feel huge no matter what...my feet are huge, my ass is huge, my boobs are huge...ehhh I know the feeling (and it's pretty irrational since I'm a true size 6/mall store 4...hardly fat!). I'm trying to lose weight but I think I need to get really serious about it.

I'm about your size and I'm also considered big in my family. I like to eat, what can I say? Doesn't really bother me though cause women are meant to have curves.

I've seen pictures of all you girls, and let me say that none of you are fat!

Cortney1982 · Chanel

Anybody who is size 4 or 6 should feel lucky. I'm a skinny girl and would not think that is fat at all! Then I wouldn't get those comments on how damn skinny I was or people asking me if I have had anything to eat lately. Don't those people know that is the same as calling somebody fat! You wouldn't go tell somebody what a huge cow they were would you? I wish I was a size 4 or 6 so I could buy affordable clothes from La Redoute and Spiegel instead of American Eagle which I'm getting too old for.

Andrea Julia · Coach

gypsyfreak wrote:

Doesn't really bother me though cause women are meant to have curves.

So true! I always keep this in mind. Some people may feel that skinny girls are more attractive, but there are just as many who like women with curves. It's all a matter of preference. I don't think any body type or any "look" can be unattractive to everyone. There are all different shapes and sizes of people and for each shape and size there are millions of people who like it best that way. I get hit on about the same amount as friends that are skinny.

gingembre1 · Kate Spade

I've noticed that older men especially like the curves...Just a sidenote!

I'm curvy too, and I've always felt big/fat next to a lot of my friends. Plus, I'm half-Asian, so it's hard when my relatives are always telling me how they had 18-20" waists when they were my age...I feel like I should look skinny like most Asian girls. Sigh, but I got the filipino and white curves.