When I Am Skinny

I have been at goal weight before and I love it. When I am skinny, I love the way I feel when I wear tight jeans. I don't worry about showing "back fat" if I have a tshirt slip-up. I spend more time making my hair look nice, because I am not afraid of the mirror. I am more confident, more outgoing. When I am skinny, I feel like more of a flirt, I sing the latest pop songs at the top of my lungs in the car. I want to go out dancing. I smile at people more.

I know it is not about being skinny. It's about being healthy and being confident. But I can't help but crave that feeling of being super trim. Don't get me wrong, I don't venture into unhealty BMI category. I know what that threshold is, and I don't cross it. But I like my BMI low, right at 20. It's when I feel good, feel alive.

I like that the focus of the comments I see here is to be healthy, to be strong, to be good your body. And that is a message I need to hear. Because my internal message says, "be skinny."

Does anyone else feel this way?

Shauna

09/13/2014 8:50PM

I'm 50 and my family has a history of high blood pressure, heart disease, and a dozen other similar things. With all that, I'd like to be able to say I'm "above" focusing on "skinny" and that my focus is just on being healthy. And it's a lot more about health now than when I was younger, but still - the truth is, I also love the feeling of being small, slim, & fit. I like feeling like I look "cute".

Denise K.

09/12/2014 1:26PM

As I've gone along in years I've become MUCH MORE focused on health AND slenderness as opposed to just wanting to be slender. But even me, I'm in my 50s, I STILL want to feel all the things that you do when your weight is down, I guess those feelings never change. Best focus: Exactly what Christina said.

Christina S.

09/12/2014 11:43AM

I know what you mean. We focus a lot on numbers with clothing sizes and weight. I've shifted my focus to doing healthy things and making healthy choices. The excess weight I carry will come off naturally and I will eventually need smaller clothes :)

What's most important is that you're healthy and feel great!!

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