63 wrote:
So I am writing this post more out of frustration/anger/ whatever. It used to be that people would call a thin lean man fit and trim. But now with the obesity problem and being overweight is acceptable for a lot of people being thin seems to be a negative. Anyway it used to not bother me when people tell me to get some meat on my bones. It is really beginning to bother me to hear people tell me that. Yesterday, for example, I was cold even though I was wearing a sweatshirt. The temps where I live have dropped 30 degrees in the last few days. So someone tells me to fatten up so I would not be cold. Most of the people that tell me this has a belly sticking out. I am about ready to tell people to slim down as a comeback. Is there anyone here that have been told that they are too skinny? Do you have a comeback? By the way I am lean but far from anorexic.
When I was in my 30s and in top racing shape I had a BMI of about 18.5 and yes, people told me I was too skinny (and this was 25-30 years ago when people weren't as fat as they are now). They were certainly right from an aesthetic point of view--I looked like a concentration camp survivor, but I was fast. Now, at a BMI of about 19.5, I'm still thin compared to most people but no one tells me I need to gain weight. I'm surely well over my ideal racing weight but I do look a lot better.
My only comeback was a confident "I'm a runner, and this is my ideal running weight".
Don't let the fatties get you down!