Would you rather have a curvy or skinny figure?

[itstimeforwami6]

Say like size 14 but curvy or size 10 but no arse and just like a stick.

I think you are being coy here? What you are actually asking is not about ‘curvy’ people at all, is it? The thread isn’t really about normal/healthy sized people with hourglass figures v ballet dancer physiques, is it? It’s about whether we’d rather be thin, than fat. And this post is really asking: are fat people are treated differently to thin people?

And we all know that they are. You’d be disingenuous to claim you don’t know that. Fat people are often seen something to be joked about, as people who cannot/do not take care of themselves (poverty, stupidity, poor mental health, lack of education, laziness etc are all subconscious social narratives that people assume underly obesity/being overweight). Slimness is idealised in contemporary culture and has been since the end of WW2 in western/developed countries.

I was never treated badly when I was obese [or ‘curvy’ as my adorable DH still describes me back then], but I KNOW people respond differently to me now that I am a ‘thin’ size 10. In fact I felt largely [pun intended] invisible.

Whether this has changed since losing weight is because I am exuding confidence, have more energy and pep, am smiling more, stepping forward more, dressing differently - I don’t know. I do know that men 20 years younger than me ‘chat me up’ at the bar and that if I pause to cross the road, traffic stops again. I assumed all that had stopped due to ageism - being over 50 - but apparently not.

Skinny like a stick? You understand that this is just fucking rude right?

neither. Toned and firm but size doesn’t matter to me as long as jk not wobbling all over the place

I'd want to be a skinny size 8, which is the size I tend to have if I'm active and eating well, and the size I was when I was in my 20s. I was a size 14 in my mid 40s which was curvy but not flattering at all as I'm only 5ft 3. Have lost weight and now back down to a size 8, and I look much fitter and healthier. I am not a straight shape though and I don't think I could ever be after having 3 dcs.

I was about to give the same answer! Skinny for me is size 6, slim is 8, normal is 10.
I would rather be a size 6 with small breasts (ie what I am) than a curvy size 12.
So much easier to find clothes that suits this body type, spare room in airplane seats, you can stuff your face and people won’t think you are greedy, etc

I like being curvy, especially toned and curvy (which I’m not currently). I’m 5 foot 7 and I think I look and feel best at 11 to 11.5 stone when I exercise 3-5 times a week. Even heavier I feel better with some muscle definition, it’s when I’m heavier and not exercising I feel horrible (my current state but it is because of my health rather than my choice- I can’t wait to get back).

Skinny

I don't think anyone would choose to look 'just like a stick' but they may have little choice if they're underweight or just not shapely.
I'd definitely much prefer a defined waist and hips but I'm just not made that way.
I've got really big shoulders but rest of me quite straight.

I'm skinny and I love it.

Obviously I mean the woman in the black bikini with the tape measure!

I like skinny. I don’t like big boobs and big bums, I have a small frame and they would seem like a lot of unnecessary flab. Neat and petite for me. i am only talking about how I myself like to look, other women can do what they want, obvs.

Size 10 is chunky? 😅

I would love to be the model. Then I'd eat cake for a month and enjoy guilt free!! :-)

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I actually don’t think it is that women can do what they want.

I’ve lost 20lbs so far and still have 34H boobs. Whether I want the “unnecessary flab” or not. I can’t make my hips narrower either.

Sure we can lose weight, but there’s no changing body structure or composition.

To me, yes.

That's so very sad

I was a size 10 and defo not skinny. Tiny waist but with boobs and bum. Slim.

More a 12-14 now and would much prefer to be a 10. Unfortunately as soon as I lose weight (am older) my arse disappears. So either a bit of a bum and a pot belly or no bum and no belly but still prefer that.

I know many shapely size 10s (taller and shorter) who look great. 10 is not skinny, it's slim/healthy weight.

Fed up with normal weight being referred to as skinny which is basically underweight and malnourished.

Pictures above I'd choose in the middle of 1 and 2.

Me too. It's just my build, tall and slim. I don't look like a stick, although I did a bit as a young teen 😂

I'm mid 50s had children and still slim, fit and healthy with minimal effort. I'd hate to not be able to eat what I like or have to diet to stay fitting in my clothes. It must be a real PITA.

Size 10 is not skinny imo- unless you are about 6 ft 4! I’m size 8 or 10, 5’3, D cup and I’m far from skinny - tummy flab, wobbly thighs. I am fed up with people saying things like ‘you’re so tiny’ etc. - especially when I’m a perfectly healthy weight, it’s rude - I’d never comment on someones weight and tell them they were lucky to have a fat arse! you6months ago I was veering into definitely chunky with a proper round, jelly belly - size 10 rather than 8/10. I’ve stayed weights and toned up and cut my daily cake habit to reduce yhe tum but otherwise eat completely normally and I feel so much better and all my clothes look better too. Size 12 would be fat to me at my height and I would feel very unhealthy, and I would absolutely hate it - cba carrying the extra weight upstairs apart from anything. I am using terms like ‘fat’, which I wouldn’t normally, as it’s the opposite of skinny / stick. Curvy is increasingly a euphemism for overweight imo. I’d have to be size 6 to be skinny, size 8 would still be completely within the healthy range.

I’m curvy at any size. Currently an hourglass 8/10, but have previously been a curvy 14/16. Much happier now. I would love to be able to go without a bra, but that’s never been an option, even as a young teen.

I have just lost almost 4 stone with the help of mounjoro and I have made the decision to stop at bmi 26, so still slightly overweight as I think it suits me best. I am over 60 though, if I was a young wan I might want to be skinny. I am not curvy though, i am an apple shape no matter what I weigh.

O. K. 🤔

Pic 2 is overweight.