to think Duchess Kate is worryingly thin?

[louny]

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.

I was heavier at school and Uni. Mainly because I was drinking loads of beer and eating toast. I was a normal weight then and I am a normal weight now, only a bit thinner.

Maybe she does PT to keep fit rather than keep her weight down? I do exercise for many reasons, none of them to do with my weight.

Too thin is subjective. It's an opinion.

I have no idea what she weighs or if it's a cause for concern...I doubt it, considering she has had three children.

I was once berated (only one poster mind you so good for MN)for a light-hearted thread about my ancient crone hands (with photo). Was instantly told to put on weight despite it being slap bang BMI wise. No doubt she'd have a thromby now as I am way skinny due to being diagnosed with Crohns last month.

Anyhoos, enough about me, Kate looks great and the picture of health.

It's definitely a posh and wealthy thing. And a London thing.

Loads of the women I know who aren't working or are very part time are going to the gym and classes every day.

size 16 is the average for a woman in the u.k but it's not healthy size and plus models certainly should not be celebrated, curvy is often a dressed up expression for fat. obesity is a very real problem in this country.

She is quite thin, but does it really matter? We don't know her, she is a stranger. She might be slightly underweight, she might be a healthy weight but it's really none of our business.

I don't like the comments saying "we don't recognise a healthy weight anymore", I think they are bollocks. I see plenty of slim women everyday, some kates size, some smaller, some bigger, some are unhealthy some perfectly healthy. Kate is definitely slim, I don't think you can argue that but it's her body and it's none of our business, she is essentially just a random woman.

She wears a lot of tailored coats, you can't really get an idea of someone's size when they are in a coat anyway so we have no idea. You can't see her body!

She probably does put work into her figure, you can see she has quite muscle arms and legs so obviously works out a lot. She probably gets every meal cooked for her and she might put a lot of effort into staying thin but does it matter? Whys that seen as such a negative. If she was overweight and putting effort in that would be praised. There's nothing wrong with exercising and eating healthy to maintain your weight. Also you have to remember when I can't be bothered to cook I get a takeaway or cook an oven pizza but she won't ever have that because everything's cooked for her so it's so much easier to eat healthily when you have to put no effort in.

We have no idea of her weight, and even if she was severely anorexic (which she's not) it wouldn't be any of our business.

I'm sick to fucking death of thin shaming.

I wouldn't dare fat shame another woman the way you lot are here, the way I have been before.

I am tall and size 10, have two dc and am in my thirties, and I think I have a bloody stunning figure.

I don't diet, but I'm active, though not through choice. I completely agree with pp that people have lost touch with what a normal, healthy weight for an adult female and male is.

This body confidence malarkey is becoming a beyond a joke. I can't shop online for jeans without seeing the pages full of models who look upwards of size 20. Size 20 for any height/build is not healthy.

She's got narrow hips- it's her build. Small bone structure. Athletic, too. She's alright.

*formerbabe Sat 29-Dec-18 23:25:05
Too thin is subjective. It's an opinion.

I have no idea what she weighs or if it's a cause for concern...I doubt it, considering she has had three children.*

That's not what you posted on the first page. How dare you comment on her weight 'worringly' whereby if I'd comment on someone with extra weight I'd rightly be called on. THAT is my issue.

I think she's too thin OP.

I saw her in real life a few months after she'd given birth to Prince George and she was tiny.

She is considerably slimmer than she. She was at university

That's not what you posted on the first page. How dare you comment on her weight 'worringly

I didn't say her weight was worrying.

user1475140247 Sat 29-Dec-18 23:29:54
I'm sick to fucking death of thin shaming.

Absolutely agree with this - the amount of times work colleagues have commented on my spider legs, how my legs look like pieces of string in leggings - thankfully I'm not so rude to tell them the truth which is they eat too much and are always dipping into cake and buscuits at work and wonder why they're overweight!

When you are a healthy weight you are more likely to be active in your daily life (run up stairs etc.) as it comfortable to do so and you create a virtuous cycle. Healthy people will know when they are full and adjust their calories accordingly unconsciously. Has anyone seen that BBC documentary that followed two people around who were “naturally slim” they were more active without even being conscious about it. One guy ran up the stairs on his commute rather than take the escalator. The woman (they were not related) barely did any organized exercise but was also just more active every day.

Once you get back to a healthy weight after having children there is no reason it can’t be maintained. Catherine always enjoyed sport and working out and it is a great stress reliever so I’m pretty sure she will be doing some form of exercise a few times a week. A lot of people don’t want to admit how sedentary they really are. If you end up in a sedentary office job and don’t make up the lack of exercise outside work you will put on weight even if you don’t eat more. It’s just a simple equation of calories in/calories out (burned).

She looked fab in those wide-leg trousers the other week though. Much more current.

@user I am also sick of thin shaming. It almost always comes from jealousy and resentment. The vast majority of fat/obese women wish to be thin, whether they admit it or not.

As a pp said, it seems to be OK to bash thin people, but a cardinal sin to attack fat people.

Kate looks fine, and it's spite and jealousy that's driving the nasty negative comments.

Apologies formerbabe - this is the thin shaming you posted:

*formerbabe Sat 29-Dec-18 22:01:43
Op... you'll get loads of responses from the body shaming neurotic types saying that we're all too fat nowadays and Kate is a normal size and perfectly fine.

Personally I think she looks incredibly thin....far too thin. I imagine it must take a huge amount of discipline.*

Personally I think she looks fit and fine - just like I look. However I get overweight people telling me I look like a stick/spelk/ should put on weight. It takes no discipline - just natural appetite. Do you realise how offensive it is to be called 'far too thin'? Would it be ok for me to call you 'far too fat?'

I get thin shamed all the time but only by other women. My Dsis hung over my shoulder to see if I ate all my Xmas dinner. I had ate most of it, it was a pile. Like fuck off.
I would never check her plate.

look closely at the photos online of Kate and think about what she would look like if you saw her in the flesh

I have met her in the flesh, and she was the very picture of glowing health

FWIW I accept that she probably works hard to stay looking like this, but that's discipline for you and I only wish I had as much. Sadly I don't, but that's my fault and not anyone else's

To the poster who said it’s a wealthy thing—nailed it. I’m in a suburb of NYC and the vast majority of women I know are slim to very thin. And it’s hard to distinguish between the ones who are that way healthily, and the ones who are that way through extreme calorie restriction and excessive workouts.

@MissusGrinch2018

I have no idea what you look like and you have no idea what I look like.

If I saw you, I'd pass no comment on you.

Kate is in the public eye. I personally think she looks extremely thin. Amazing but thin imo.

I agree with Pallisers' observations. I am in the US too, in an area where you couldn't throw a brick without hitting a barre or yoga or cardio studio packed full of young mothers, and going out for a walk in the evening entails dodging the legions of people out running. The population around here is a far cry from the overweight American stereotype.

There are people naturally thin; but she obviously works very hard to maintain her weight. There’s nothing wrong with that, but let’s not pretend she’s naturally this way. FWIW I think the extra weight really suited her. Being this thin has already aged her quite a bit (as has the tanning and smoking) so there’s unfortunately a trade-off with all this.

She looks absolutely fine. I get called 'skinny cow' by some women at school. I find it really offensive and upsetting but if I say anything everyone laughs and says 'oh, but you're soo lucky'. No, I'm not 'lucky' I just don't stuff my face with food at every available opportunity. I have never exercised or gone to a gym, I've got two children, I eat when I'm hungry and stop when I'm full. I'm constantly on my feet and rarely sit down. I'm 48 and weigh 7 stone. If I called any of the women that call me 'skinny cow' a 'fat cow' it would cause absolute uproar but what's the difference?

MissusGrinch2018 it's beyond a joke how some women think it's acceptable to throw nasty remarks. It smacks of jealousy. I do not consciously try to stay slim. I just am.

I wouldn't dream to comment on how I notice some work colleagues find it hard to move/that I can hear their heavy breathing/how sedentary they are/ hear them obsess over food, diets and counting calories all the time. I would not ever say thing. It's amazing how some women have the nerve to spew such comments.