Why do you Want to be Skinny?

there are people on this site who want to be thin or super skinny even when they're already in shape or "normal" in the teen community.

why?

can you feel excess fat in unwanted places?

would you feel more attractive/confidant if you were thinner?  if so, then you're just losing fat to be more appealing to others?

I've always been overweight and don't give me the everything about how your disorder doesn't go away but when I lose weight I don't throw up. It's pretty simple. I can't be happy with myself at this weight, at this time. I'm not attractive, or athletic. While losing weight isn't the solution to having an ED I get such a "hah I beat you" out of fat leaving my body that for a brief minute I stop despising myself. I'll take what I can get.

basically I'm on here because I want to quit being bulimic and develop healthy-ish habits, lose weight, etc.

No one should want to be skinny. People should want to lose weight, tone up, become thin, but skinny just doesn't sound healthy, or attractive.

I don't want to be skinny. I'm getting into bodybuilding (I don't mean like gigantic muscles, poses, and speedos, I mean basically just having a good beach body for vanity sake) so I want to lower my body fat percentage to 10% so my abs show.

I want to be back to a healthy weight, and feel more confident.

plus I'm living with 3 models next year, so at the moment I look HUGE compared to them. blahh

Original Post by restless_girl:

To be honest I'm not a 100% sure why I'm still trying to lose weight, other then the time old classic "Because i can".
It's become a habit, a hobby.
Not dieting would seem ... strange.

To begin with, i wanted to lose weight so that people would look at me instead of my sister.
I'm now 20lbs lighter then my sister and honestly, she's still the one getting every ones admiration so :] my work seems pointless now.
I like my body more now, but I'm not thrilled with it..
Chances are I'll never be content with my weight though...

:] I'm going to talk to my doc about it next time i go.

 i know how that feels. I have two really good friends that are extremely gorgeous and pretty. They both have nice curvy bodies- they aren't skinny but definitely thin and curvy (think music video girl type bodies). I want to be skinnier than both of them because I will never be as beautiful as they are and I want to be equal with them somehow. Whenever we go places I always feel like the odd one out- if i was skinner than somehow we would be equals. That is not the only reason why i want to be skinnier it's just one of them.

I also want to be skinny because i've never been skinny before, and sometimes i truly believe it will make me happy.

I'm pretty skinny and in-shape, but I have a stomach that protrudes very slightly (not even noticable under clothes) that bothers me for some reason.  There are guys on my soccer team with serious washboard abs and I want to catch up to them, body and fitness-wise (I'm one of the team's fitter kids, but have little ball skill).

Because i hit normal awhile back. I realized I could do this, so why not keep on going until I get the body I want? I like working out and eating alot anyhow :)

Confidence. Being a nature-freak who wants to be healthy. It's easier to cleanse your Chakras (not like Naruto chakras Dx) when you're healthy. I'm sick of being the biggest girl in class.

Feeling like who I am on the inside as on the outside.

Getting over my depression.

Having enough confidence to make and keep friends.

To maybe have enough confidence to get a boyfriend.

I have tons of reasons, as you can see.

-skinny girls are all over my boyfriend and i need to look better than them, to scare them :) 

- cute going-out clothes

- i miss the time when my curves were sexy and not... soft and doughy  

- not be the only one of my friends in a one piece at the beach

- the compliments, of course :) love those compliments. 

- inspire my mom to lose weight

- impress my boyfriend, admittedly. he's skinnier than me!

- be healthy and happy and make a lifestyle change that will keep me that way for the rest of my life! 

i juss wanna look better in my clothes and not have to worry about how i look as much.

why do i want to be skinny...because when i was younger i was "the skinny girl" because i'm used to the skinny comments because i loved my skinny clothes because i was meant to be skinny!

I just want to look good in jeans. Dx

I.Want.To.Have.Abs"

I don't want to lose weight but I do want a flat stomach, it sucks. D:

Original Post by ichigochanx:

I.Want.To.Have.Abs"

I don't want to lose weight but I do want a flat stomach, it sucks. D:

oiii vey. welcome to the club. lol!!

I don't want to be skinny. I want to be healthy and live a long life!

I want to be thin and healthy because I have always been thin!!

i want to be skinny to fit better in my clothes because its hard to find clothes that actually fit me... even though i dont think im obese im 5'4 and 134 pounds but i have an uneven fat distribution and it makes me look awkward

sooo what if people are just loosing weight to feel more apealing to others, i am and im happy to admit it, and im doing it because its the only way i can stop my self from feeling like im going to be lonely for the rest of my life

Tape measures, scales, and numbers shouldn't be a measurement of happiness. If you're not out to do this for you you'll ultimately never be happy with yourself no matter how you look. That's my view on it, anyway.

I personally want to look better to myself. Of course, to some degree, everyone wants to look nice to others, but it really matters what you yourself think.

I want to lose the pouch/extra belly fat I have, and I want to tone up and slim up my thighs.  They are currently 22" and 22.5" at a weight of 124.  This is not what I want, therefore I am trying to change it.

I also want my two pairs of jeans that are too tight but very cute to be loose and comfortable.  Therefore, lose weight! Tone up!

I set my goal as 103, but if I find I like the way I look at 115, or something, so be it.  No reason to lose more just to see a number on a scale. 

I want to lose weight to look better. Its that simple. 

I grew up with the same friends, and they were all a good ten to twenty pounds lighter than me. I was always the biggest one. And its still this way today as we're finally seniors. I'm doing it to be selfish, and I'll admit that. I want to look thin. 

I'm 5ft 4" and about 145 pounds. So, really I dont have that big of a loss to make, But still its something to work for to make myself feel better. For once I want to wear a tight shirt without sucking it all in.

Also, being at my weight, and having a totally underweight boyfriend doesnt help. He's 6' 1" and 120lbs. I've heard people laughing behind my back about it. Highschool is so lame.