ChrisA
Contributor
I think the only thing wrong is that weight loss and physical conditioning is marketed by what you look like. That's BS. I'm a guy who could stand to loose 30 lbs but quite frankly I don't care what others think of me. I need to loose the pounds so I can do stuff I want to do like ride a bike 100 miles at reasonable speed or run up hill both like I used to. secondly there are health reasons. Lots of good resons to get the weightt off but social pressure should not be one of them. the "is ok to be fat movment" is right there with the "is OK to smoke movement". The only good done by either movement is to help balance the Social Security Fund
THat said, many good divers are over weight. Diving may even be the way to loose the weight. If she likes it and dives a lot and then becomes more physically active the weight will come down.
THat said, many good divers are over weight. Diving may even be the way to loose the weight. If she likes it and dives a lot and then becomes more physically active the weight will come down.
Moogyboy:I hope I'm not stepping out of line by posting this, especially here, but a post in another forum just kinda bugged me a bit and I thought I ought to open it up to discussion. I know that weight and body image are a touchy subject...but I'm curious about what attitudes are around here, especially with the women here who happen to be fuller in figure than normal.
Here's the thing, see: my girlfriend (who doesn't dive...at least not yet) is short but big, if you understand, and she's had to put up with body image resulting social problems all her life, so much so that she's aligned herself with the fat acceptance movement and has something of an adversarial stance with the so-called "normal" world which places so much importance on being thin and model-beautiful. Of course I love her a lot and I personally accept the way she looks (I think she's beautiful, no mincing of words), but the constant barrage of anti-weight bias all around from both media and individuals puts a lot of confusion in me, plus it doesn't do anything positive for her I'm sure. And I'd be lying if I said that the 90% of women who are "normal" girth aren't generally attractive...not that it really makes any difference in how I feel about my gf. This recent aggressive crusade against obesity in America is troubling as well...
Anyway, my head is swimming, and I wanted to field this (hopefully) discussion on how you ladies see this thing. Just trying to make sense of stuff as a guy who really really likes a big gal.
cheers
Billy S