Reading a lot of fatties' posts, they seem to think it is A-OK to hate on size zero, but if you hate on them at a size 30 you are body shaming them and GTFO. I experienced some thin body shaming a couple of weekends ago from my mother in law. She very kindly agreed to make my little boy a baptism outfit from the fabric from my wedding dress. I'll never wear it again and there was yards and yards of silk in the skirt and my mother in law is a very accomplished amateur seamstress. Great solution IMO. Now my wedding dress was custom made, but I have it on good authority from the dressmaker that it measured at a UK size 4, or a US size 0. The bodice has a 22 inch waist. On my wedding day I weighed 7 stone 4lb (102lb), and I am 5'1" which gave me a BMI of 19.2, which is well within the NHS recommended healthy weight range. Mother in Law I should point out is approximately a UK size 18, and claims to be on a diet, but falls off the wagon whenever it suits her before she loses any kind of significant amount of weight. I'm heavier than I was a few years ago because baby but only by about 6 or 7lb. Her face was fucking priceless when I took the dress out of the carrier and she saw the tiny waist. She managed to get a snidey little "well I'm glad you've put some weight on since then".
Ummmm, I'm not! I'm currently trying to get back to that weight with exercise and healthy eating, but you carry on with your on-again-off-again diet punctuated by several bottles of wine.
So the fats want health at every size, but not apparently at a size 4/0, at which size if you are a small person like me it is perfectly possible to be healthy and not "anorexic". Wondering how tall you would have to be to be a size 20 with a bmi of 19.2?
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[–] GhostPoop 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
That's a really cute and sweet idea for the baptism outfit!
[–] dancemonkey [S] 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Thanks, I was going to buy an outfit, but then I realised I had about 20 yards of white silk sat in a wardrobe at my mother's house that would probably never see the light of day again!