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to think Duchess Kate is worryingly thin?

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louny · 29/12/2018 21:56

Just saw pictures of the Royal Family coming out of Church at Christmas and was struck by how incredibly thin Kate is, especially around the waist and hips.

I'm sure I will be accused of just feeling jealous, but honestly I would be concerned if I saw an 18-y-o girl that skinny, let alone a woman in her 30s with three children. I can't imagine how severely you have to diet to be that thin so soon after giving birth. I know she is naturally slim but even so, I am worried the constant media attention is having a bad effect on her self-image/mental health.

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squeekums · 30/12/2018 05:23

Ffs, there is nothing wrong with her weight.
She is slender, so what.
For some of us we are just built that way, no special diet or work out program.
Maybe if so many wernt so fat, people would have an idea of what normal is

CurlyWurlyTwirly · 30/12/2018 05:38

She is slim, but she has a very athletic body.
Long torso, narrow hips.
She has toned muscular legs & arms. She is not wasting away and is strong enough to carry her toddlers around.

I personally prefer her with the slightly extra weight after she has given birth, but she knows at what weight she feels comfortable.

carnitine · 30/12/2018 06:18

I agree, she appears to be unnaturally thin.

YouSmellOfBeefAndCheese · 30/12/2018 06:20

She’s not naturally this slim (and like others said she’s thinner in real life as the cameras adds weight) as she would always have been this thin and she clearly hasn’t.
Until very recently with the big arse and huge hips look usually created by plastic surgery like Kim Kardashian’s etc then female celebrities always had to lose weight to be successful, look at any female celebrity at the start of their career and then at the end.
I remember watching Friends in the 90’s and they all weighed a lot less by the last series.
Her weight isn’t really achievable in a healthy way by most average mums as they wouldn’t have the time or money to invest if they had three little children and a job, house to run etc. If any of us wanted to lose lots of weight it would be by not having time to eat or some cult like slimming world Grin

SerenDippitty · 30/12/2018 07:24

SerenDippitty How on earth do you know she was a stone heavier at college? The most ridiculous statement yet.

Because I’ve seen this photo of her.

to think Duchess Kate is worryingly thin?
JustABetterPlayer · 30/12/2018 07:31

Yousmellofbeefandcheese it’s unachievable by most mums because they are lazy and eat a poor diet. Most brits are fat, let’s not make silly excuses for it.

SerenDippitty · 30/12/2018 07:36

StarUtopia I said the same thing, if you look thin in photos you are really thin.

Especially if you are wearing a fitted winter coat.

ricepolo · 30/12/2018 07:41

I can’t understand why people ‘admire’ her discipline in being that thin (or how that sits with the argument that it’s natural...). Admire her for using her position to make the world a better place —would that she did...—, but admire her for saying no to cake? Really? Is that all women should aspire to...?!

chopchopchill · 30/12/2018 07:52

I want to know why people are so convinced she smokes

Wasn't she smoking in those French pap photos?

BumDisease · 30/12/2018 07:57

"For some of us we are just built that way, no special diet or work out program.
Maybe if so many wernt so fat, people would have an idea of what normal is"

Interesting that someone can be naturally thing but not naturally fat??

Notapantodame · 30/12/2018 08:05

She is definitely very thin.

JinglingHellsbells · 30/12/2018 09:11

It's a bit pointless comparing ourselves with her.

The important thing is to look at how her weight or shape has changed over the years.

Compared to the photos of her when she was engaged, she looks thinner.

She is naturally slim , but at the moment in my opinion, she looks as if she is verging on unhealthily thin. And I say that as someone who has never weighed more than 8st in my life (I am very petite and small boned.)

It's showing on her face.

I wonder if she is determined to get down to a 'right weight' for her before she has another baby- evidently she wanted at least 3, though William was not so keen on more than 2.

puzzledlady · 30/12/2018 09:14

She’s slim - not thin. But thanks for thin-shaming her. Yes - thin-shaming is a thing too you know - it’s just as rude as fat-shaming.

ElspethFlashman · 30/12/2018 09:18

I haven't met her, but a friend of mine has. Said in the flesh she was the thinnest person she'd seen in a hell of a long time. Very very toned, but shockingly thin.

But who cares, right??? Apparently if you've had kids, everything is just hunky dory.

Aridane · 30/12/2018 09:20

She is naturally slim and has always been this way

But that’s the point - she hasn’t always been that way, still, losing weight when in the public eye is fairly standard now

maxthemartian · 30/12/2018 09:20

She looks a bit too thin to me. She's looked gaunt around the face for a few years.

Aridane · 30/12/2018 09:20

(eg Victoria Beckham)

GenerationSnowflake · 30/12/2018 09:21

I want to know why people are so convinced she smokes
because of all the photos of her with a cigarette published in foreign press? It's always funny to look at articles that are not allowed to be published in the UK

GenerationSnowflake · 30/12/2018 09:23

For some of us we are just built that way, no special diet or work out program.
Maybe if so many wernt so fat, people would have an idea of what normal is

except that you are not normally muscly, you need to work for that. We are designed to be active, not to be lazy couch potatoes, so it's normal to work out one way or another, but it's work. It's a lazy excuse to pretend some people are genetically slim and toned

ElspethFlashman · 30/12/2018 09:24

People keep talking about these mythical foreign photos of her looking like Fag Ash Lil but nobody ever produces them. It's boring.

Big deal she smoked when she was 22. So did I. So did everyone. If you have any evidence she's done it in the last 10 years, either show us or leave it.

formerbabe · 30/12/2018 09:24

She’s slim - not thin

The mind boggles as to what would constitute 'thin' in the minds of some of the posters on here.

dayswithaY · 30/12/2018 09:29

I wish people would understand how rude and judgemental thin shaming is. I get comments probably every week like "How can you eat that and still be skinny" "You're so tiny there 's nothing of you" etc etc - how do you even answer that? I feel like I have to apologise for my body shape. Clearly Kate has a long athletic body and a healthy diet. She's not carrying any extra pounds, some people don't.

areyoubeingserviced · 30/12/2018 09:32

I think that Kate doesn’t each very much and does lots of exercise
Many women in the public eye do the same
I do think that she is too slim and would look much better and younger with ten pounds on her, but it is her choice to be that thin

GenerationSnowflake · 30/12/2018 09:38

ElspethFlashman
sorry, but who keeps gossip magazines after reading them on holiday? Grin

I don't think pointing out that being that slim takes effort and commitment is "thin-shaming". It's actually being the opposite of lazy and greedy!

ElspethFlashman · 30/12/2018 09:54

If it was really in a magazine, it's on the Internet.

But I seriously doubt it is.