To ask what you'd think of a 20+ stone woman lying on beach?

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PinataHeeHaw · 20/05/2025 12:04

I'm alone on a uk beach, taking in the sun.

Will people likely be thinking the old beached whale thing?

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Dunnop · 21/05/2025 01:42

I have not RTFT but I wouldn’t give it a thought. People are all different shapes and sizes and do different things.

Twofoursixeight · 21/05/2025 12:39

Anotherparkingthread · 20/05/2025 14:45

Im basically almost albino. I'm very blonde with white blonde eyebrows.

I have burnt spending the day outdoors in a statue park in winter.

My grandmother has had 4 skin cacners removed from her face. The first was removed in her 20s.

The sun can do enormous amounts of damage to even skin with normal amounts of melanin. I also don't want wrinkles, age spots, any other the associated skin issues.

I take vitamin d supplements along with my other vitamins. It's far safer.

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I totally appreciate that everyone has their own risk profile , and one of my parents has also had skin cancers removed so I appreciate the fear. But there is quite strong evidence that for the typical person with normal amounts of melanin, some sun exposure is important for good health. Short periods of exposure during times of relatively low UV can be safe for almost everyone - there are online tools to help calculate this. There appears to be an ongoing debate in the research literature on how useful vitamin d supplements are, but my understanding is that they are not regarded as a substitute for sunlight, just as multivitamins are not a substitute for a healthy diet. All the best to you.

Twofoursixeight · 21/05/2025 12:46

Gettingbysomehow · 20/05/2025 15:46

They made nasty comments as they walked past or comments loud enough for me to hear. I was around a size 18 then just in shorts and a teashirt. I've since lost all the weight but it was just so humiliating.
There were no other large people on the beach. It was all teeny shorts or animal print thong bikinis. Some topless women.
I do speak French but was too humiliated to say anything.
I felt like a zoo elephant. I've never gone back.

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Horrific. And maybe I'm kidding myself here, but also rather dated? It feels like a dying attitude and France is just a bit behind.

MerlinsBeard1 · 21/05/2025 12:59

I wouldn't even notice you tbh. I don't scan other people when I am at the beach because I think it is rude to stare at people who are in swimsuits etc. I think most decent people adopt a live and let live attitude at the seaside.

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