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 have a sentence i wrote in an old notebook entry, it says

 "i'm a size 0 and i'm still not happy" (yes it's cheesy/cliche sounding! but i wrote it earnestly)

i was a gaunt 97lbs, down from 125lbs, which for my 5'0, very small frame was actually chubby looking.

i'm SO glad i happened to write that, because if i didnt, at my current 117lbs,  i'd still be hardcore dieting and convinced 100% that being skinny would make me happy. Even reading it, it's sometimes hard to believe i wrote it. So for all the people convinced that being skinny would make them happy, i don't blame you. It's tough to not believe it and not to want it.

i don't desire to be super skinny anymore. i value my clear, healthy skin far to much.  At my lowest weight i had painfully awful skin. But i would like to lose about 10lbs. It's for purely superficial reasons. I have a decent figure, but at about 10lbs less i have the kind of hourglass figure people comment on, thin but very curvy. so yeah, i'm in my twenties, i know i won't have a chance at that kind of body forever, so i'd like it for a while! simple as that.

I think a lot of this is fueled by my height, i really wish i was much taller(not for beauty reasons, but for how people view you), and when i'm thin i get a kick out of taller girls saying i have a great figure. It boosts my confidence in what i present to people, which from being a very very awkward teen, it not all that high.

Because I was on the skinny side (5ft 1, 80-85) and eating fine, and unconcerned and carefree, and then my gp got involved and really laid into me about 'i need to gain weight' and so, i really didn't mind.

But now, I'm 115 lbs and, yes I know it's in a healthy weight range etc, but he said I'd  needed to be 95-100lbs, but wouldn't take my calories down when I got there, so here I am, binge-starving and miserable. I want to go back down to 95, where he PROMISED I could stay.

Tbh, it's a pride thing more then a weight thing but, now I'm 15 and can't get into the jeans I wore about 6 months ago, it's really demoralising, and thw more I stress about it the more the encroaching low-self-esteem consumes me.

I was happy and confident where I was. Now I can't bear to buy clothes. And because the weight gain was so qucik I've got a lot of fat around my middle and my arms.

I know it's not a healthy weight. But I felt great and, if I can say it without sounding like a prig, looked great too.

I don't want to be "skinny", I just want to be comfortable in a bathing suit and not be embarrased wearing form-fitting clothes.

I'm 5'7 and 140 so i'm a BIT pudgy, i just want to have too much fat on me.

yikes.  some of this crap im reading is really scary.

i was 252lbs when i was 16 years old.  my dream body is probably some of you guys' worst nightmare.  I'd love to be a size 10 or 8 or around there.  I'd be such a babe and I wouldnt be worried about diabetes and high blood pressure like I am now--at 20 years old.   

Sometimes I think high expectations are overrated.  Some high expectations are universal and unwaivering.  For example, you should always expect and demand that people be nice to you, give you a fair chance, treat you with respect, have good intentions for you, etc..   But at some point you have to distinguish between a healthy goal and an unhealthy expectation.

If your quality of life actually changes that drastically because you went from 110 to 105, or a size 6 to a size 4, then your life revolves around a very superficial concept.   At some point you have to just love yourself.

Strive for health, regardless of the numbers.

Sorry, but someone had to give the other side of the story.

Well as dumb as this sounds..for the clothes. Fashion is a big part of my life and being a size 9-10 doesn't let me wear what I'd really love too. I don't care about guys, I don't care about swimming (I like my skin on the paler side lol). I just want to be able to wear a marc jacobs dress and look amazing in it. Plus, it would help if I could run. I like running, I just get tried fast :(. Plus, being thinner wouldn't hurt me too much lol.

I admit that I have many superficial reasons for wanting to lose weight. 

I, like fobluv, am super into clothes, and my rounder body doesn't lend itself to the kind of clothing I enjoy wearing. 

I'm short height-wise (5'2"), and have a very long torso, very short, thick legs (thanks, dad), and wide hips. Any weight I put on goes down south, and it makes me look very awkward.

I do performance art, and I'd like to not cringe when I see myself on video. The field of fine arts is one where people take pride in how they look. I'd rather not be wearing unflattering clothes that hide my frumpy body at art openings.

The weight I've put on is due to BED which I developed when I was 18. The extra pounds I'm packing are reminders of all the empty calories I've stuffed myself with over the years due to depression, heartbreak, and feelings of inadequacy. I'm working on those feelings now. Gotta start from the inside out. 

skinny= happy, beautiful, successful etc.

don't blame me- it's just what I've been taught by society....

Original Post by sandisoverrated:

skinny= happy, beautiful, successful etc.

don't blame me- it's just what I've been taught by society....

 Skinny= healthy, fit, long-lived.  Don't blame me, it's just what I've been taught by science. 

Cut out the 'society' thing.  'Society' likes 'normal', 'plus-sized' people now.  It's the trend.  Models get hated on, and 2/3 of the US is overweight. 

I feel I should quote this.

Reality check: you can never, ever, use weight loss to solve problems that are not related to your weight. At your goal weight or not, you still have to live with yourself and deal with your problems. You will still have the same husband, the same job, the same kids, and the same life. Losing weight is not a cure for life. 
- Phillip C. McGraw

 I want to be slender because it is my natural body type. I am comfortable as a slim person. I do not want to look sickly but healthy.

okay then let me rephrase that- it's what the *media* has taught me..

I like fobby clothes... Fobby clothes tend to be for super skinny girls though :/ I'm pretty decent (5'3 ish 104-108 lbs) but alot of asian girls back home are around 95 lbs - 100 lbs. Sigh :/

Also losing weight doesn't require money/surgery (well natural way anyhoo)

Hmm..I've noticed a lot of the posts on this thread from girls/women complaining about being fat have nice bodies.  Just noticing is all.

I want to lose weight because...

1.)I want to be able to keep up with my babies

2.)I want to help my husband lose weight so we can be healthy together

3.)I want to eat better, to feel better

My body feels unproportional. I am thin but my butt holds all the weight. I don't like being in bathing suits. I want to feel confident about my body in a bathing suit. It's not about the number, its about how my body looks.

I really don't know. No one in my family is skinny, so it's not like I have to worry about that. My friends aren't skinny, so it's not like I have competition. I know when I talked to my (ex)girlfriend, who weighed only a tiny bit more than I did, and she said she wanted to lose weight, that I wanted to beat her and always be skinnier. For some reason, some part of me feels like I'll just be better skinnier. As skinny as I can be. That it will somehow give me an edge. Like, oh, he may be a much better artist than I am, but at least I'm skinnier than him! I can't explain it. 

I have a small frame, and am petite (5'3"), so my current weight of 113 pounds is not particularly skinny on me. Dropping to a goal weight of 107 would definitely not look super skinny on me. Before I started losing weight, I was at 130 pounds, which while still in the normal range BMI-wise was obviously unhealthy for me since I was maintaining that steady weight with a horrible diet and a completely sedentary lifestyle.

I feel like my legs are a bit thick for my weight, but I am pretty happy with my body as it is now. However, that doesn't mean I won't strive for improvement because I am quite a perfectionist, which is why I'm working slowly towards 107. i don't want to get to the point where my ribs are pointing out, I just would like to get to the lower portion of the healthy range for some leeway while I'm still young since the older you get, the more your metabolism slows and the harder it is to stay fit (especially with job and kids). If I don't reach 107 pounds, it won't be a problem; it's just something for me to work at and continue to motivate me in eating healthier and being more active.

I'm happy with my upper body but i feel my lower body carries too much weight. I want my thighs to not rub together when i walk and i'll be happy. I cant wear shorts or a dress if i plan on walking or running at all.

I don't want to be super skinny; I just want to be slim.

Why? Because I feel my best at a weight of 135 pounds (5'9'')

I would feel more attractive and confident along with this, of course. I want to fit in my cute clothes again!

I am 5'6 and I have been everywhere from 125 to 60lbs. I currently do not know what I weigh and I really don't care. I eat enough, I exercise, and I have more important goals in my life than trying to fit into a size 00.

im 5 foot 3.

119 lbs.

ive been lower, and i have to say my attitude towards weight is not always good.

i used to try to lose alot of weight, eating approx 500 cals a day. overexercising so on so forth.

i wanted to fade away i think. so noone noticed me. wanted to be little.

now i realise, im not that fat. and at 5 foot 3 im not that tall anyway, which helps make me feel better :P

i dont wanna be thinner at the moment as such, i jsut want a small waist. a curvy figure. but i dont wanna be heavier. (any heavier than 119 lbs and i freak a little)

so yeah.