tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381543043245692093.post7530685841505063452..comments2023-08-28T02:27:24.945-07:00Comments on I HATE TO WEIGHT... AND MORE: When Size 4 is Too BigI Hate to Weighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17241064340434705588noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381543043245692093.post-30680888378052970222009-12-23T07:44:38.415-08:002009-12-23T07:44:38.415-08:00Weight,
Cow thanks you for your thoughtful comment...Weight,<br />Cow thanks you for your thoughtful comments...o my god, 10 parties at your former employer! That is truly horrendous.<br /><br />Plus the thought that SOME people would look forward to that....<br /><br />Cow has started reading your blog from the oldest first to see what sorts of ideas and thoughts you've had, so far Cow is finding this extremely helpful, and thanks you for "letting it all hang out" so that others may stumble upon your journey and learn from you.<br /><br />Holiday Moo!The Topiary Cowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04649189953257408994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381543043245692093.post-56706415119230644032009-12-22T20:22:39.628-08:002009-12-22T20:22:39.628-08:00topiary cow; in fact, i am quite sure you are abso...topiary cow; in fact, i am quite sure you are absolutely not the only obsessive one around!!!!<br /><br />the most important thing is to take care of yourself. all the holiday food events become really burdensome. i used to work for a company that had like ten big parties -- for clients, for us, for vendors, for our own small group... it was awful. ugh, and i was bulimic at the time. it was awful.<br /><br />but i digress. nurture yourself, nourish yourself and do the things you love. <br /><br />THE CREATION OF A BEAUTIFUL LIFE: thank you for writing. heck, i'm buy VOGUE -- glad to know someone else does too.<br /><br />it drives me nuts that i vehemently protest all the pressures to be thin and yet, i'm flipping those skinny pages.<br /><br />it is weird -- all the articles about accepting your natural body and loving yourself the way you are, followed by page after page of 5'10 and size 0. what's it about? <br /><br />i guess it bugs me that i see it in myself -- i tell my nieces to love themselves and leave their thighs alone and yet, what standard do i set for myself? <br /><br />look forward to reading your blogI Hate to Weighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17241064340434705588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381543043245692093.post-66119809702724285202009-12-22T18:12:08.191-08:002009-12-22T18:12:08.191-08:00Ironically, in the Teen Vogue magazines (and yes, ...Ironically, in the Teen Vogue magazines (and yes, here I am a woman in her mid twenties still buying and looking throught the fashions of a teens magazine, but that's totally besides the point!); they are AWLWAYS running articles about eating disorders and people who have taken their eating disorder "too far." Teen Vogue tries to look as though they want your girls and you woman who read this magazine of theirs, to embrace their bodies and love their natural size... AND YET... You can always find an emeaciated modeling grading the pages of a fashion layout, practically one page after Teen Vogue's plea for young girls to love themselves and respect their bodies... <br />I highly doubt that the majorit of young models in Teen Voge are actually "embracing their natural sizes," and taking proper care of themselves on a nutrition level. <br /><br />Such B.S., if you ask me!The Kind Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07365376497157845589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381543043245692093.post-83369097931898577722009-12-21T14:36:52.983-08:002009-12-21T14:36:52.983-08:00This is pretty funny that Topiary, along with all ...This is pretty funny that Topiary, along with all your other readers, googled Lara to see what she looked like.<br /><br />Glad to know Cow not the only obsessive one around here!!! :)<br /><br />Cow is feeling so out of control about food right now. Feels bad to turn down the invite but really feel as if Cow's head will explode if she has to deal with one more social/food situation.<br /><br />Again, Cow thanks you for the support, so helpful when there is so much societal pressure to "socialize"<br /><br />Moo!The Topiary Cowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04649189953257408994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381543043245692093.post-91698467463167443952009-12-20T21:29:33.673-08:002009-12-20T21:29:33.673-08:00So I constantly hear that media, namely skinny mod...So I constantly hear that media, namely skinny models and actresses do not CAUSE eating disorders. Okay. Well maybe if I had not learned from the radio, tv, newspaper, billboards, books, magazines, uh - EVERYTHING, that super skinny was GOOD and any other size was BAD, I would have been able to overcome the OCD/genetic/chemical whatever problem without the whole giant self loathing and food INSANITY. starving and binging and blah blah....I feel aggravated when people suggest that the role the media plays in EDs is over rated bc I ACTIVELY FOUGHT THE INFLUENCE and it still crept in....It is such an ENORMOUS TRIGGER and even if it does not CAUSE eds it certainly contributes. And you can't just NEVER look at any of this stuff. From the day you are born it is there.<br />Sure I understand that there were cases of eating disorders in the middle ages but so? That proves NOTHING. There is certainly a LOT more now. There are soo many women who do not live up to their potential bc they put too much energy into hating their body and trying to change it...to no avail. <br /><br />None of this makes sense anymore. And designers who say clothes look better on hangers/skinny chics - well that is a ridiculous statement. I mean so? maybe to YOU but only REAL PEOPLE BUY CLOTHES or even see any of this.<br /><br />OH it is ART? well go put it in a gallery and don't call it fashion or clothes!<br /><br />and the whole - less fabric saves us money - i don't buy that either. LIke these giant fashion houses can't afford another 3 yards of material. whatever.<br /><br />smells like misogyny.<br /><br /><br />24 inches waist!!! my god. For an average woman that is brutal.<br />for a girl entering puberty that is terrifying...why should it be "bad" to GROW?!?!?!ghost girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13896624901302720397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381543043245692093.post-39280602392194970492009-12-20T15:45:53.392-08:002009-12-20T15:45:53.392-08:00Topiary; i would rather be okay by myself than mis...Topiary; i would rather be okay by myself than miserable with others. being miserable with others really does make me feel SO miserably alone. when i'm alone, it's important to remind myself that i'm not ALWAYS alone. <br /><br />holidays are completely over-done in my mind. way too much hooplah. i find THAT depressing. hey, what did you decide to do for xmas. or haven't you decided yet?<br /><br />linda; i also think the fashion industry is full of women (particularly editors) who want to see women with boyish figures and pretty faces. and then they want to look like that themselves. i don't really understand it. <br /><br />what a funny, funny website! thank you.<br /><br />lisalisa; a full-figured model?! wow. i wonder how sickly many of the size 0 models are? it can't be easy to maintain. so, so unhealthy. it's really surreal if you think of it.<br /><br />landmonster, huh? it IS hard to keep our own sanity in the midst of a warped world. <br /><br />frugalista; i wonder how anyone could look at lara stone and think she's fat or a full-figured model. i thought plus-size/full-figured models were about a size 12 and over (still just a normal size). can you imagine if that's the new trend --plus size models are a 4 and over? too, too, too crazy. too crazy.I Hate to Weighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17241064340434705588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381543043245692093.post-29931848357965956422009-12-20T10:58:22.370-08:002009-12-20T10:58:22.370-08:00Full figured....yeah right. It is really sad to s...Full figured....yeah right. It is really sad to see a world where 4 is considered curvy. Jeez!!!!CeCehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01390627453974953641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381543043245692093.post-90751507184906317002009-12-20T09:05:09.863-08:002009-12-20T09:05:09.863-08:00I googled Lara Stone after reading this post and t...I googled Lara Stone after reading this post and there was an article that referred to her as "fashions favorite full figured model"!!!!<br />GAAAAA! If she is full figured then I must be a land monster!lisalisahttp://chriss-wife.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381543043245692093.post-33861479060567944202009-12-19T18:45:20.035-08:002009-12-19T18:45:20.035-08:00I just looked up Lara Stone and her measurements a...I just looked up Lara Stone and her measurements are 33/23/35. Now, in my mind, that is very thin for a girl who is that height. I am a US 8 which is a size 12 here in Australia and that is fine by me. <br /><br />The fashion industry is full of men who want women to have the body like a boy and the face of a girl. It is not right. <br /><br />Imagine Karl Lagerfield even making a comment about how a woman should look. He only sees women as things to dress and nothing else. He does not even like women. He looks like beef jerky these days by the way. I love this little website someone did. http://www.fakekarl.com/<br /><br />Vogue are so far up themselves I cannot believe it.lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05392205573326695683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8381543043245692093.post-64409728011411600282009-12-19T17:37:06.824-08:002009-12-19T17:37:06.824-08:00Interesting post.
These struggles are so difficul...Interesting post.<br /><br />These struggles are so difficult. Cow thanks Weight for her support about NOT going to the neighbor's house for Christmas...it's sad to be a hermit just to avoid feeling out of control around food. But sometimes it's all you can do.<br /><br />Very impressed that you have beaten this problem.<br /><br />Moo!The Topiary Cowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04649189953257408994noreply@blogger.com