[–] [deleted] 1 point 8 points 9 points (+9|-1) ago (edited ago)
[–] TunaAndCucumbers 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago
I keep thinking that a point or two underweight is bad... but then I think about all the swole people who are a point or two overweight. They're certainly not unhealthy. I have no problem mirin' someone who's, say, 5'10"/180 with a bmi close to 26, but a bf% well under 10.
I still can't get out of the mindset that a bmi under 18.5 is unhealthy, though. Help me out?
[–] Shitwherever 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Some people with a small bone frame will be at their healthiest when they are slightly underweight by BMI.
Also, BMI becomes slightly skewed at very tall and very short heights. Short people's BMIs are misleadingly low, while tall people may have a higher BMI than one would expect from their appearance.
[–] Adi-opposed 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago (edited ago)
I'm making sure to leave a comment of support for her, I want her to achieve her happiness and not be brought down by this bullshit skinny-shaming under the facade of caring for her health.
[–] Grave_Mercy 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
I came a little late to the party and I read a lot of pro-OP supportive posts, OPs comments make me assume she is well aware that the commentors are fat/jealous.
[–] CrackingYs 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
It's hilarious how reddit banned FPH yet there are so many fat people on reddit giving terrible fitness and diet advice that it will ensure everyone there just gets fatter and fatter.
[–] Grave_Mercy 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I thought FPH got banned to make it a "safe place" why aren't these fats being banned? They're clearly harassing her on her own post in a supportive sub. How is that a safe place?
[–] WhatTheFat 2 points 1 point 3 points (+3|-2) ago
After I had my first kid and lost baby weight, I was 102-103 pounds. I was 160 before I had the baby, so I lost damn near 60 pounds. I got so much shit for it! "Do you not eat? You're losing too much! You look anorexic. Are you under 100 pounds yet?" Bitch I'm 4 foot 11 inches!! I'm SUPPOSED to be this small. Of course comments all from fat women, "family" ugh. Like fuck off people. Now I'm pregnant again, and I'm sure they celebrated that I'm "gonna get fat again." Well guess what, after I pop this puppy out, I'll be back to my pre-baby weight again, and I'll get those anorexia comments again. Well too bad ladies, I take your hate as a compliment. When they found out I was pregnant again, they started asking if I should still be going to the gym. Yes...working out is always good for you.
[–] Grave_Mercy 1 point 3 points 4 points (+4|-1) ago
I'm 5'0" and i'm 105 at the moment. I don't believe she's 92lbs in that pic on the right. I look like that at 105 and just a few lbs is a huge difference when you're 5'0"
http://www.mybodygallery.com/uploadedPhotos/2000/2520-1.jpg
This is 5'0" at 88lbs and very clearly underweight. At this point you might no longer have periods. You're more likely to break bones in a fall as you probably have a calcium deficiency and if you still have periods you are additional risks. There's some additional risks in severe cases like organ failure and shit because your heart and lungs weaken over time. When I was at 103 I still had irregular periods but I was becoming anemic and during particularly heavy periods I would sometimes be unable to stand. Eventually I was medicated (for PCOS surprise surprise) and now my weight fluctuates between 105 and 108 and has for over a decade since I've been medicated. The girl in the post obviously wants to be underweight. She mentions she's struggled with eating disorders and body image. I don't think we should be coming to her defense. But the whales have no right to harp at her either. At this point I would encourage her to keep healthy habits (and it's good she's seeing professional therapy during all this) but I would never ever fucking tell someone to "go eat a cheeseburger" when you can tell in her pics she's is within a healthy weight at the moment.
[–] mmmmdonuts 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Thank you, it didn't look right to me either. I'm 4'11, 97lbs, and muscular. Her before pic on the left makes her look around 115 to 120, and her after pic looks more like 105. Something's fishy, maybe her scale is broken, as she looks way fatter in the before pic. She doesn't weigh as low as she is claiming, it's like she wants a reaction out of the whales.
[–] LoseWeightNotH8 2 points -1 points 1 point (+1|-2) ago
I think it's possible to be ok at a 17.2 bmi if you have no muscle tone like op's pics. But if she decides to actually get some muscle to be more shapely than 105 is probably better.
[–] theepilepticferret 0 points 10 points 10 points (+10|-0) ago
I love how fats will be the first to tell you that "BMI is inaccurate" but the first 3 comments all tell the Reddit OP that her BMI is underweight.
[–] Biohazard 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
But but HAES guys! Right?