<p>Ran across this while on abcnews.com. Some of these girls make Calista Flockhart look chunky.</p>
<p>[ABC</a> News: Walking a Thin Line](<a href=“http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/popup?id=2182609&contentIndex=1&page=16&start=false]ABC”>http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/popup?id=2182609&contentIndex=1&page=16&start=false)</p>
<p>When I first saw the title of this thread, I thought it was the latest criticism of Barack Obama. I really need to stop reading the political discussions. :)</p>
<p>I was always the “too skinny” child…my parents tried to force me to eat. When I look at pictures of myself as a child and teen, it looks like you could have snapped me in half. But I was healthy and ate whatever I wanted. I now have a 12 year old who is built like I was. (To their credit, occasionally the coaches at her gymnastics gym would quiz her about her eating habits.) So, there are naturally skinny people. (Believe me, I don’t have that “problem” now.) I think that a few of the ladies pictured are naturally skinny but a lot of them look like they starved themselves into it.</p>
<p>The ones that slay me are the ladies who are 5’8", 100 lbs, but somehow have a large chest. I tell my daughters that God does not create beings like that.</p>
<p>missypie, that makes me think of the story I read years ago about turkeys toppling over because they were being bred to have big breasts because more people like white meat at Thanksgiving. I just love that visual.</p>
<p>I hate the look of these too-skinny women. They look sick and unnatural. It’s not in the least bit attractive.</p>
<p>“The ones that slay me are the ladies who are 5’8”, 100 lbs, but somehow have a large chest."
I knew one girl who looked like this. She was tall, extremely thin, but definitely had a chest. You would wonder if she ate enough if you looked at her, but she was actually so thin because of prolonged disease and medication and was always trying to put on weight. The vast majority of these too-skinny girls, though, are trying to look that way.</p>
<p>My husband has a first cousin who was actually a Playboy centerfold (Oct. '76 if I recall.) That whole side of the family has HUGE chests (MIL was a 42 FFF - I saw her bra once and thought it was a tote bag!) and this girl managed to be thin but still inherited the huge chest gene. BUT she was nowhere near as thin as the ladies in the pictures.</p>
<p>Oh, I really want to make a tote bag joke! I’ll lie down until the feeling passes.</p>
<p>I’m really skinny, always have been. At school people occasionally throw out the idea that I’m anorexic. I swear I’m not. My mom was tinier than I am now, she’s 5’4 and when she got pregnant with me she weighed 92lbs.
I’m 5’4 and weigh about 97-101.
I eat whatever I want, whenever. I don’t eat like three meals a day. I usually snack all afternoon when I’m home and pig out, but…</p>
<p>When I started work as a lawyer at the age of 27, I was 5’5" and weighed 98 lbs. I started working out and gained 10 lbs…finally a bit of muscle on the bones. (I actually was blessed with being able to eat what I wanted until I was 41. That’s over now, but it was great while it lasted!)</p>
<p>I still think you can tell by looking at someone whether they are naturally that thin/have always been that way, or have been starved into it. The naturally skinny people I know don’t have that hollow cheeked look (see the Courtney Cox picture.) My bone of a daughter has nicely rounded cheeks.</p>
<p>I don’t know if everyone would agree, but lots of naturally skinny people don’t dress so that they flaunt their skininess. For example, back when you could see my chest bones, I did not wear low cut tops or scoop necks because I thought that the boniness was unattractive. If someone is dressing so that their bony parts are always showing, I think it is intentional.</p>
<p>This thread made me get off my butt and do pushups. I’m 5’10.5" (male) and barely pushing 140 most of the time (I usually weigh myself while wearing jeans so I feel better). A few years ago, I was consistently 145-147, but I haven’t been able to sustain that weight since I started college, even though I’ve started to eat more and eat more healthily. It’s going to be interesting to see how my current diet and lifestyle (I’m studying abroad in Spain–walking around, eating at different hours and in different portions, enjoying the nightlife) will affect my weight and body composition.</p>
<p>I still remember all the mandatory physicals and the questions the doctors used to ask me. “Do you like food?” a physician said to my 12-year-old self as he pointed to where I placed on the percentile chart. </p>
<p>I’ve always wanted to take a body fat composition test to see if I’m actually a healthy build or just skinny.</p>
<p>When asked what her favorite food is, my super skinny daughter often says, “Iceberg lettuce.” I keep expecting Child Protective Services to arrive at my door.</p>
<p>when I was * young*, I was very small boned & slender- I walked everywhere & was a vegetarian.
My chest unfortunately took after my father’s * fathers* side of the family and I was about a 32DDD ( of course if I went to Victoria Secret they would have told me I was a 38B):rolleyes:</p>
<p>I had a reduction when I was 41 & it is great.
I am not skinny, I weigh about 25lbs more than I did when I was 18- considering that I had about 3lbs of boob taken off- I think I am doing pretty good. :)</p>
<p>Some of those women I think are just naturally slender, combined with they are young and haven’t had children.( plus, flatter chests, just look thinner)
( and they may dress in a way that emphasizes it)
But the others, are not healthy looking, have little musculature and apparently think they are attractive, given the way they are dressed.
yuck.</p>
<p>My daughter is 5’8" and about 110 soaking wet. She eats when and what she wants. Son is 6’1" and had been hovering around 155 for about 4 years. When he had a bad time last year, he basically wasn’t eating much and dropped at least 10 pounds that he couldn’t afford. Life is better now, and he just said that the last time he weighed himself he was 170! I was thrilled! They both must take after their dad who was very thin in those teenage-early 20’s years.</p>