To quite like being fat?

I didn’t say anything different to that? It seemed to be assumed that big boobs were a positive part of being overweight. I was agreeing with a poster that it wasn’t a positive for me.

Why odd. Some people like to have bigger boobs. Some don’t.

Sorry didn’t mean to be bitchy, I would never ever say that IRL. It’s just something I have always assumed but turns out I’m wrong.

New to mumsnet?

that wasn’t bitchy

How is it bitchy? It’s physics. If I go in a walk with a backpack on it’s more energy sapping than without and I will be more tired. When I was getting to the top of Kilimanjaro and flagging, guides took our rucksacks off us, why did they do that- because removing weight made it less tiring.

Yep if one is happy about something they probably wouldn’t start a thread. What was it Shakespeare said about protesting too much.

the usual lazy responses on here - anyone expressing a different opinion must be jealous. That’s simply not correct.

She doesn’t look down on small boobs she just likes having them

😂😂😂😂 the bitchiest comment ever

What an odd response 😂

I lost 4 stone and my boobs didn’t budge! Weight comes off my stomach first usually
all I did was make my back size smaller and bras harder to find ended up a 32JJ

@Flumpflimpo congratulations on finding fat liberation! Things you may already know:
Thinness doesn't always equal healthiness
Self acceptance is very restful
You don't owe the world prettiness or thinness to earn your place in it as a woman.
I wish you all the best existing just as you are!

That’s interesting, I always assume overweight people feel tired and uncomfortable as they are carrying around extra weight all the time. Good for you if you feel good.

When I was fat my friend asked me if I’d had a boob job.

Lost weight and they shrank. That wasn’t too bad but they are the only part of my body with loose skin.

Fine. You do you.

There is no severe western pressure to be thin, there used to be but these days there are so many fat people, walking around compared to when I was a child. There is in my culture which is Chinese at that height anything over a 10 would have you down as fat. I went to a wedding, I’m a similar height to you, just 1.5 inches taller and in the photos at a size 12 I am much fatter than any of my relatives.

I agree. I don’t want big breasts, thank you!

I have been fat and thin. I disagree with enjoying having big boobs. Much happier when they are little as can run much more easily.

13 stone, 5’3 and in size 14-16 clothing? What shops?!

17.52pm I am going to be fat and happy for the rest of the summer.
Then maybe i will try again in september.

And then

18.42pm I might not start the diet again in september, as i have realised how great i feel.
Fuck society expectations!

So who knows…. Perhaps by this morning the OP will pivot again and be fasting! Either way, it doesn’t sound like the happiness is particularly deep rooted if intention to start dieting in 5 weeks despite being incredibly happy and fit and strong, is flipped within 50 mins (following posters observing the contradiction in being very happy with weight but then wanting to start dieting again in 5 weeks) to “fuck it”

Understood. Thanks.

Gotta love a bit of crack ..c’mon !

makes me feel stronger -okaaay..?
makes me feel Warmer (wtf it’s bloody 22 degrees atm anyway??)
It’s society innit, really- nobody cares do they , too worried bout their own bodies not strangers ??
and will be knocking it on the head come September as actually prefer being crack-free so all this has been a bit of a lark hasn’t it really !!

I mean you made a fair point OP - good for you but the dogged commitment to your ‘ cause’ after you made clear in your OP this was just your ‘ fat girl summer’ feels a bit-‘thin’ -now if you’ll pardon the pun !

I don't. 14 is as low as I can go on anything with structured shoulders.

I don't look down on small boobs. I used to like how clothes hung on me when I was flat chested. It's just, I never expected to have boobs, as I was flat chested until I was almost fifty. So to suddenly grow a pair was quite a novelty. And I like it.

But you apparently look down on small boobs. How is that any better than looking down on fat? Women need to stop the self loathing over our bodies, whether small boobs, big boobs, heavy or lean. The emphasis needs to be in health, not confirming to a beauty standard.
You're right that constantly monitoring your food intake is a miserable way to live. If your friends would work out to gain some muscle they might not have to do that as much. That's what men do when they want to lose weight and they're right. They start lifting to pack on lean body mass.

That's true. Your body, and of itself, doesn't make you happy, but it often reflects happiness or unhappiness. For example, consider a person who is an emotional eater who gorges on junk versus a person who eats a mostly healthy diet. The emotional eater is trying to soothe her/his unhappiness and I do think the healthy eater is more likely to be happy. OP says she is a healthy eater and exercises, so she must have a slow metabolism to be at that weight. A lot of people have that problem and it's extremely difficult for them to shift their weight. So I think OP has decided to just accept it and not stress about it, otherwise she'll be miserable. That may be what she means by being happy about it.