Adele's Weight loss

[soconfusing]

I already know I am being unreasonable, but wonder if any else feels the same or understands my point!

I'm a massive Adele fan, have loved her and her work forever, she's all over the news and social media because of her (apparently 3 stone loss) and I agree she looks fab and happy and I know that's what's important, but part of me feels like she's sort of lost the 'edge' she had. She never seemed to want to conform to society's/music industries need for women to be slim, or lose weight and I thought she kind of had a middle finger up to all that...

Silly really, but just wondered if anyone else knows what I mean..?!?

@NotTonightJosepheen that's a very good point well made.

@ Soconfusing You are welcome 🙂

She has her own motivation, we don't need to know about it.

If she inspires anybody else, then that is a good thing.

Our DD has lost 3 stones this year by attending Slimming World. It happened after a relationship broke up. She looks wonderful and has so much more confidence because of this.

Good luck to Adele, no woman really wants to carry extra weight, it just creeps up and is hard to shift.

@PinkiOcelot I can't stand Adele either.

I didn't know she'd lost weight, OP it seems that you equate her being overweight with not conforming and are still protesting that she could weigh less but still not be healthy. Maybe, but equally she could weigh less as she has started to make healthier choices, wanting to eat healthily with her child or running around being active with them. It's none of our business and presumably her weight has no bearing on her talent (which I struggle to discern but that's because we're all different) .

Adele was overweight, she no doubt has lots of young impressionable fans and even older ones who themselves are overweight or a little insecure about something about themselves. I imagine some see how successful Adele has been despite her weight and image and feel happy in the knowledge and obvious proof that they themselves don’t have to be perfect or a size 10 in order to be successful and accepted in life. In this situation she becomes a role model to certain people whether she chooses to or not. So when her image changes is not hard to understand why rightly or wrong some might feel like they have lost something in someone they once identified with that made them feel better about themselves. This is just an example I’m not saying it was the case with the original poster.

I was impressed by the way she refused to lose weight to please the paps etc, and believe her talent speaks for itself. However, having read that she wants to get/be healthy and set a good example for her child, I think that's pretty great too.

It makes a change from the usual bashing a female celebrity because she has put on a few pounds or has curves in the wrong places.

She looks great. She's so beautiful. Not that she wasn't before. But she will always be one of those people that sparkles.

Losing weight doesn't mean "conforming to societies need for women to be slim".

In most cases it does though.

Whilst her weight is 100% nobody's business but her own.
It doesn't sit right with me than she is now healthier because of it, no-one truly knows how or why she lost it.
True it could be down to healthier choices and positive changes however it could also be due to stress which is incredibly unhealthy.
A person's body size isn't always indicative of their health, we really need to remember that before celebrating weight loss and shaming weight gain.

She hasn't lost her edge. She's taken a break from making music for 4 years!!!!

Apart from her foul language which I found frustratingly "trying too hard" at times (maybe that's part of her "edge), Adele has had an undeniably amazing start to her life. Incredible to think she made her fortune by the age of 25.

When most people of that age are still trying to figure out what the hell life is all about, she's already made great music, toured, recorded several albums, travelled the world etc, etc. Whatever dress size she is, her achievements are amazing.

OP I know what you meant. She made it purely on talent when she didn’t fit into the stereotyped teeny weeny gyrating, scantily clad female pop star mould. You loved her voice but also loved that she looked like a woman on the street, woman you might have a coffee with or work with.

I, for one, was refreshed to find the notoriously sexist, music industry , promoting her purely on talent. But the thing is, she never made it her thing, we did. Because we have been so used to not being allowed to see women of all shapes and sizes in powerful positions, we were astonished when we did and we loved her for it. It’s sadly understandable to feel let down now she has ‘conformed’ but it’s not Adele’s job to keep overweight women represented. Instead we need to keep battling big corporations like the BBC - ever seen an overweight weather presenter/news presenter/mainstream TV host? Because I’ve heard - and wait, this is going to blow your mind - overweight people are capable of presenting the news, weather, any manner of things. It’s astonishing. Remember the fuss when Vanessa Feltz hit the screens, an articulate daytime host who was overweight.

Adele was our ‘mascot’ but now she’s not, we need to ask these industries, why did this woman have to take on the role, why do we even care what she looks/looked like - the answer, because they made us. They made us by refusing to acknowledge we are worth looking at or listening to, by refusing to employ us.

Hmmm, I can see the OP's point.

Adele has always seemed to be someone who let their music do the talking. Which is pretty remarkable in this day and age for a female performer when most of them follow the same formula of dancing around half naked. It's not just about her weight though. Considering just how popular she is, she is still someone who doesn't court publicity or the tabloids. She could probably pop down to her local Asda in her tracksuit and no one would bat an eyelid. Unlike other 'celebrities' who tip off the paps that they're off out for a pint of milk. She keeps her private life largely private.

I'm not arsed about her weight loss, whether she is big or slim. But it does smack a little bit of fitting in with the same old formula rolled out again and again. After all, hasn't she got a new album coming out soon? And she just happens to 'appear' with her 'new' weight loss. In all honesty, she's probably looked like this for ages and no one noticed or cared. It's just the same old clap trap we see rolled out for z list celebrities, not someone like Adele.

I think the weight loss is a red herring. After all, she has been gradually losing it for years has she not? It's more the fact that in my opinion it's being cynically used to publicise her music. Whether that's intentional on her part or just the media falling into their usual pattern of reporting on female celebrities, who knows.

Not sure why so many people are willfully misinterpreting your post, OP.

Her edge is her personality, talent and voice.

This ^

Yabu

OP, I see what you're trying to say, and YANBU.
The author of this article agrees with you.
www.independent.co.uk/voices/adele-weight-loss-picture-drakes-birthday-party-fatphobia-mental-health-a9174976.html

Adele has been losing weight gradually over three or so years.
She’s very beautiful, but to some she was ‘relatable’ because she was overweight and made them feel better about being fat.
People with this attitude piss me off

Now shes extended her chances of living a longer life and more time to share her talent

If you're fat - judgement
If you lose the fat - judgement

Can't win really can we? Women shouldn't pick other women apart.
Ffs.

^ This

PLUS

If you’re skinny - judgement

The biggest barrier to women are women themselves. Men don’t do this to each other! We as individuals may not pick others apart, but others do and it MUST stop! It’s ridiculous

Losing weight doesn't mean "conforming to societies need for women to be slim".

In most cases it does though.

Being fat in a country where 2/3 of all adults are overweight or obese is just about as conforming as it gets.

I always thought she was relatable because she seems down to earth, nice and a right laugh. Not because she was a particular dress size.

To be honest I'd be pretty pissed off if I was her and people measured my relatability as being more valid in a specific weight range.