Ok seriously. What’s going on?! How many times have you walked into Starbucks and seen a girl who couldn’t fit into her 00 jeans? Personally, I’ve lost count. It disturbs me to see so many women filling up on venti-sized coffee (no sugar added) and eating absolutely no food! Don’t be fooled, when they tell you they’re “naturally” that small, but the last time you saw them eating was 2002, you do the math. Something is just not adding up!
So if you see a girl whose size 00′s don’t fit her AND you’ve noticed that she really doesn’t eat too often, PLEASE, by all means, tell her to put down the trip skinny latte, go to her local restaurant and order a nice, juicy CHEESEBURGER! No excuses. She can even get a turkey burger or a veggie burger, just as long as it has all the trimmings and some fries too.
I have a friend who is naturally very, very thin. So is her family. Yet, they are very happy and have a very healthy relationship with food and themselves.
As soon as you get in her house, they offer you all kinds of food. No matter what size you are. And they never eat light nor offer you light things. It’s all real food. My friend goes like “Want some quesadillas? Want some steak? I have this bowl of marshmallows, want some? Nuts? Almond? Chocolate?”, and if you are like “No, thanks. I’ve been fancing some banana”, she is like “Only that? Cool, you can have it. If you want more, you are free to grab some more. We can cook it if you want.” She is the kind of person who tells you to eat something if you comment you are hungry, and who finds it very ridiculous when people diet. And she is always telling me how beautiful I am. She tells the same to the rest of our friends, in all sizes and shapes.
Everyone else should eat a cheeseburger. She should too. Not that she’s not probably doing it right now.
How about, if you have a friend of any size who isn’t eating real food, encourage her to eat whatever her body craves?
“PLEASE, by all means, tell her to put down the trip skinny latte, go to her local restaurant and order a nice, juicy CHEESEBURGER!”
Not cool, I don’t think. Whether I’m closer to my “chubby kid growing up” size, or my “anorexic college dancer” size, I don’t care for anyone but my nutritionist telling me what I can and can’t eat.
Or, more directly to the point, what I should or shouldn’t eat.
Hahaha! i’m naturally a 00. I actually used to have a starbucks frapp and a slice of pound cake everyday when i lived in the city. But this is a little offensive. I’ll try to clear things up. There’s this new phenomena called vanity sizing. Basically us 00 girls have been sized out of the stores. They’re making everything bigger now so that people will have a smaller size on their jean tags. It’s completely messed up the 00 people. We either have to wear baggy jeans, pay more money to get them tailored, or go naked. Bras are another problem. i’m a 28c and everything starts at a 32 so it’s like having a hoola hoop on, which defeats the purpose of a bra altogether. i’ve been told that i need to gain 10 pounds to get health insurance. if you saw me, you would not think i was too skinny, or too fat, i’m just a short, small boned italian. It’s really not fair to judge people by their size. Besides starbucks is a great way to try to gain weight for those of us who have trouble gaining!
actually they have 30 bra sizes now lol
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im little but suree fill out a size 00!
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It is not ok to make fun of fat people, and it is not ok to make fun of thin people. I have been picked on my whole life for being skinny, even though I have always enjoyed food and eat plenty of it. I am always cold in the winter because I am so skinny… and if I mention that I am cold, people will rudely tell me to try eating. My ex used to comment on my small weight. As I was undressing to go to bed with him, he would look me up and down and shake his head disapprovingly. I would look down at myself and ask, “What?” and he would say,”You’ve lost weight again, haven’t you? Your boobs are shrinking.” Not exactly what one wants to hear as they are about to hop into bed with their lover. So for all the skinny, fat, and everywhere in between girls out there, you are all beautiful, no matter what anyone says.
Thank you for you comment April Showers. We are not trying to make fun of or “thin bash’ people, but merely commenting on the population of women who are that skinny because they DON’T eat. The EAC team is from Los Angeles, so our perspective is a bit different. We are constantly surrounded by women who are choosing to not eat. I have friends who eat and eat but just can’t gain weight. Some because of health problems others it’s just in their genes. I too was made fun of as a child for my skinny frame. But these are not the people this post is referring to. All you have to do is turn on the E! channel and you will see many of these women who are thin by CHOICE.
sooooooooooooo…i also am 00 now..i have always been small,am5ft 2 around 100 or 110;=)depends if my boyfriend wants a booty or not..i work out but mostly just try to play..i think yes on the being outsized considering i used to be a 0..and now theyre too big but it depends on the vendor..am considering nudist camp…haha.. or custom made clothes.Basically if we were all the same we would be bored with each other so i hope no one tries to be what they arent because of a number on a tag…just cut it out and be yourself!!!love to all!!!
well you guys need to top making fun of people who dont eat. i know it is bad. i have an eating disorder and it is not easy for us to eat a cheeseburger or really anything. im a kinda better now but i still have those foods that i will not touch!
you guys dont get what we go through everyday unless you have gone through it.
I am a 00, I’m 13, and about 5’3 . but i have very thin genetics PLUS a sky high metabolism and i feel horrible that guys like girls with a little meat, and i am like, really skinny. but some say i am anorexic or belemic. i have friends who are bigger than me and i eat more than they do! But i do feel bad for those who actually are already skinny and try to lose weight. That’s why I tell my friends that they are the perfect size and do not need to lose any weight at all. actually, i am trying to gain weight.
I know this post is old, but I can’t help feeling like this is totally inappropriate in the context of size acceptance. Some women, for whatever reason, are very thin; they don’t deserve to be stared at and have their food and drink choices criticised by total strangers, any more than a fat woman deserves to have total strangers decide what she should and shouldn’t be eating.
I know I’m commenting late, but it needs to be said:
Why is it okay for us to be all right with being the weight we are, but not thin people? Why is it not okay for someone to comment on what a fat woman is eating, but it’s fine for us to tell a skinny woman to eat something?
If a woman is that thin because she chooses to be and is happy and healthy at that weight, then no, she shouldn’t be told to “put down the trip skinny latte, go to her local restaurant and order a nice, juicy CHEESEBURGER”. If she’s got a small appetite and a fast metabolism, then it’s entirely likely that you (I’m going to assume that the generic You is not a good friend of hers, since no good friend would be that cruel, and a good friend would know whether her eating habits were unhealthy) haven’t seen her eating much, or at all. I have several not-great-but-friendly friends who don’t see me eating, and I’m not skinny by any means.
If you’re good friends with someone, they’re thin and you know they don’t eat, then sure, bringing it up might be a good idea. But someone you don’t know that well, who is thin, who CHOOSES to be that thin (why is the choice so offensive?) has every right to not be harrassed about their eating habits or size. Isn’t that the right we’re trying to get for ourselves? Skinny people should not be exempt.
I know this one’s old but I just found this blog. At first I thought the premise behind it was awesome, but after the Tori Spelling post, I have to comment and back these ladies up.
There is no justification of telling someone to “eat a cheeseburger.” That does not encourage positive body image, regardless of whether or not that person has an eating disorder. If someone has been chastised for being overweight, loses the weight (whether healthfully or not), and then is told to “eat a cheeseburger,” you’re only making things harder for them. That’s a great way to erode someone’s self esteem – whatever little left that they have – because it makes a person feel like they can never satisfy ANYONE with how they look. And I know that’s not the point – it’s supposed to be, just be okay with yourself, but when you have people telling you “lose a few pounds” and then someone later telling you “eat a cheeseburger”…. you just feel like you’ll never be ‘okay.’ And isn’t that what we all want? To feel like we’re actually okay with the way we are, no matter how we got there?
I am ALL for encouraging women to love themselves the way they are.
But if this is aimed at women with eating disorders as you say it is, you should realize that telling a woman with an eating disorder that she is STILL doing something wrong (not eating cheeseburgers or whatever), you’re only making the problem worse. I’d like to see more encouragement and support on here instead of chastising women who are “too thin” – whether they are or not, and whether they are on purpose or not.
Okay, so I’ve been reading this and some of the comments so i felt like I should say something about this.
I’m a size 8/9.
I’m 5’6. All my teen years I’ve went up and down in weight. I’ve never been steady at all. I’m over obsessed with working out and I watch what I eat. Not all the time but for the most part of it I’m the chick thats checking the calories . My whole entire life my friends haven’t just been thinner then I am but also way shorter. I feel uncomfortable always being the largest but my body is just made that way so I have come to accept it. Yet i watch what I eat, and I work out five times a week, but I am no where near thin.
Don’t get me wrong I’m not over weight but my I have large C cup breasts, and my hips are definitely noticeable.
So my point is we are all made differently, our bodies are not always just based off what we eat or how often we work out, that does play a role in it, however out bodies are also based off our genetics and how god made us.
As long as someone isn’t anorexic, nor obese, then hell work with what you got.
Honestly. I am loving this post. As a size 10/12 I’m sick of people telling me I’m too big. Especially when they are too thin and alot of them CHOOSE to be. There’s alot of negative thin role models out there and it’s causing teenage girls to become ana/mia. Believe me. When I was getting picked on in High School (I’m 23 now) I went the bulimia route and it’s not fun. I have 2 young nieces and one of them is now in JR High and the last thing I want her to have is an eating disorder.
I’ve been recovered for years. But, all the ‘thin is in’ bullcrap has got to go. If you are naturally skinny. Then, good for you! But, most celebrities and media whores are not.
“Do what I think you should do! Stop making your own choices!”