To ask do you think people always look their best when a healthy weight

Yes, healthy weight but also well proportioned. I worked with a woman who hated how she looked because although she was technically a healthy weight she had skinny legs but had a lot of fat on her stomach so didn’t look great.

Im. Bmi 27 after illness. I was a bmi 43.
I have skinny arns, legs and neck. If i was a 25 or less I thihk id look ill. Im tall with a huge chest.

Having been obese since my teens, I've finally got to a healthy weight this year thanks to WLI.

I do feel much better slimmer but my face has more crows feet and I do have loose skin on my body and saggier boobs. It's inevitable to have some issues after losing a third of my body weight. However, I look great in all of my size 10-12 clothes now and with a bit of botox and a good bra.

Nothing as zealous as a recent convert!

I've lost 3 1/2 stone and I def look better. Face is no longer round and puffy, I now look 3 months pregnant not 9 months! I'm on WLI and people post their before and after photos, and many looked better heavier. Maybe not as heavy as they were but def with a bit more weight.

Also- I mean this politely- are you one of the significant number of people who have lost weight with WLI and now can’t hide your superiority at the fat people?

it’s amazing how shit these peoples attitude is to fat people

i find that people who have never been fat tend to be more emotionally intelligent about it all.

most people’s “best” isn’t particularly noticeable in the big scheme of things, as I say.

I don't know. I think we are socialised to think that thinner is more attractive tbh, so when someone is thinner we automatically think they must look better, and features typical of someone larger are automatically "unattractive"

I personally feel better when I'm thinner and feel more confident in myself but tbh I'm not sure if I actually think people around me actually look their best when thinner

I don’t care if you’re polite or not tbh. I’m not overweight and never have been

Yes most definitely

I'm in my 50s and I definitely have to choose between face and body! Currently I'm a good bit overweight but my face looks healthy. If/when I lose this weight I'll look haggard! I know this as I was slim most of my life and was always told I looked tired and drawn. I also have a long face so a bit of weight rounds it out a bit. I wouldnt have any type of cosmetic procedures due to cost and just not wanting to.

For that reason I'm just leaving my body to whatever weight it hits naturally. I'm enjoying having boob's at last 😂I was very flat chested when slim.

So for me personally, there's pros and cons to both. Which is why I'm not really stressing over it.

Yes, was kidding myself for DECADES.

i keep running for buses just because I CAN 😂

I think they do, I definitely look much better since losing almost 6 stone on Mounjaro.
Part of it is probably confidence because I no longer feel invisible but I think i look better than I did even on days when I have no makeup on and my hair tied back.
My skin and hair are in better condition, clothes fit better and I even move better because I'm no longer in pain with my joints.

I’ve lost 5 stone. My face looks like an old leather handbag, the weight loss has really aged me - but I’m comfortable in my clothes, I can wear things that make me happy and have fun with clothes again (for my own sensory pleasure, I couldn’t give a witch’s tit about the male gaze). I am fitter and stronger and have more energy and more confidence. Whether others would say I look better or worse…I don’t know, and I don’t care.

Nice! I love how it’s so quick. I was bypassed in 2023, lost almost 160lbs and I’m similar re melted candle under clothes but by god, I feel amazing! It’s definitely aged me, my saggy neck is not great, but everyone raves about the weight loss and I’m no longer scared I’ll end up in a mobility scooter.

I mean this politely. Are you overweight and maybe feeling defensive?

That’s not really possible. You probably just weren’t used to it. Change is hard, but it’s unlikely you looked awful just from being a healthy weight.

I have a healthy BMI of 20 and look so much better in every way than when I was obese (over five stone heavier)

In your opinion. I don’t think most people look significantly better say, 2/3 stone less or more.

of course if you’re talking about people who are underweight- yes they will look bad, mainly because our instinct is to recoil from people who look starving.

morbidity obese - of course someone won’t look their best physically

but most people are in the middle and not particularly noticeable.

But a healthy weight goes from 18.5 bmi to 24.9? Are you saying you looked fat too thin at a 25 bmi>

I do. I do not carry weight well at all, even a small extra amount drastically changes the shape of my face and I look all bloated and jowely!

Yes generally - although fat does plump out wrinkles to some extent, so a slightly overweight older person might look younger than they would if thinner. Not necessarily “better” overall though.

I can’t remember the exact quote but it’s something like “after a certain age you have to choose your arse or your face”.

Oh I think she looks way better now. She looked fat and puffy faced before.

I looked awful at my ‘healthy weight’ I was far too thin.

Mostly. Although I think some people suit being heavier. Adele, imo, looked better, bigger. Her smaller frame is, of course, healthier for her, but to me, she looked more attractive when she was bigger.

It makes an enormous difference to our appearance.