Yes, I want to be skinny. Actually I want to be really skinny. For some reason I feel so confident and comfortable with my body when I’m in the high 90’s. I would never want be unhealthy looking though. I think there’s a big difference between unhealthy looking skinny and just really skinny. If my face starts sinking in and my bones are protruding a lot, I’ll know I went too far.
For me, skinny is what Jennifer Aniston is (for example)....it's not the same to me as waif (even though some ladies are very comfortable being very skinny and that's great for those who can do that healthfully). Would I wanna be skinny? Yes, I would love it. Is it realistic? Not for me. My lowest weight ever was 137 and I was passing out from starvation. It wasn't a good thing (happened when I was in high school). For me, if I'm about 150 (give or take 5 lbs.) then I look great. The only problem is that my boobs shrink to oblivion with every pound I lose. At my highest weight, I was probably a DD and when I'll get to goal, I'll either be an AA or a B-. Not ideal, given that my husband loved my old boobs, but such is life.
I agree with the others that it's all about perception. I don't see skinny as something bad. I also don't equate being skinny with having no womanly shape. I like having boobs and hips and a nice butt.
At 160 (brown sweater and jeans pic) I feel skinny and skinny feels d@mn good!
I definitely want to be skinny but slim will do. For now. I'm working hard to achieve my ideal weight of 100lbs at 5 foot, although, I'd love to aim for a lot lighter but going from three digits to two digits freaks my husband out. He doesn't want to see me at 80lbs. To me, someone who is 5'5+ and wants to be 100lbs seems a bit scary. Heck, people are already telling me that a 5-footer being 100lbs or less is scary. At least, not everyone in society has the skeletor mentality. I do but.. I got some issues I'm dealing with.
I want to be thin and curvy at the same time! I've never been 'thin'. Honestly, YES. I'd love to know what that feels/looks like. At that point I may reevaluate but I need to see it first . I have no desire to spend another second of my life worrying/wondering if there is room for improvement (that I have control over) with my body. I'm done with that.
I agree with the others. Skinny means different things. To me, skinny means knobby knees and elbows and being underweight. That's just me though. It's like asking someone what they think of blondes, and what they consider blonde. Some consider bleach blonde, others a more dark blonde. They're both blonde.
I want to be thin, fit and healthy. That's it. I don't obsess over the ability to see bones here and there, or flip because I have a tummy pooch. As long as I'm at a healthy weight that I look and feel good at, I'll be happy. For all I know that could happen at 130. I will never NOT be curvy. I had butt and hips even at my lowest weights.
Last edited by Pint Sized Terror; 10-21-2010 at 06:24 PM.
I want to be healthy, and I don't equate "skinny" with "unhealthy". I equate "unhealthy" with "unhealthy". For my height, just barely being into a healthy BMI range would be 148lbs, so I want to get a little bit better than just barely. Of course, even I don't know what I'll look like at that weight. I can't ever reemember being 148lbs, but I bet I was a lot shorter!
Do I want to be skinny? Yes. I want to be gangly and lanky like SNSD, Kara and all those Korean girl groups. My body is not naturally curvy (no boobs, no butt, and while I used to think I had "hips" I really don't).
However, I accept that it would require too much effort and maintenance to get that slim and maintain. I am happy to be in the middle range of "healthy" and relatively in shape. My current goal weight is 120, I've never been there so I don't know what it's like.
I think my goal weight, though by BMI standards dangerously close to underweight, will put me at a just right, not too thin but not uncomfortably chubby either. I have muscle tone, but I still have a bit of softness in my hips and chest that make me feel womanly. I have lost the broadness in my shoulders and my gut which made me tremendously uncomfortable. There's still a bit of loose skin, but where as before I was strongly considering surgery, I wouldn't even THINK about it now even if it makes me a tiny bit uncomfortable. I was obsessed with trying to over compensate before. Push up bras, dark make up, constantly obsessing about what needed fixed.
Now, my make up is light, no thick eye liner or dark eye shadow. I like the way I look in nothing but a tiny pair of panties. I don't wear padded or push up bras any more even though my breasts are small (just the shaping cups in case it gets cold ). I love my breasts! Sure they're small, but they're mine!! I can feel sexy in my skin.
Maybe some would consider me or my goal weight too thin, or think that I have body issues for wanting to be as low as I am but I have never had as few image issues as I do now. I cannot describe how freeing it is for me to be okay with being perfectly imperfect. I am sexy and beautiful to my husband (though I know I always was) and most important I am sexy and beautiful to ME. I can finally see past all of my stretch marks and loose skin and I can feel my beauty from the inside out.
So, in short, I would consider myself slim. If anyone considers me skinny at the weight I am now, then I will gladly say that yes I DO aspire to be skinny. I would not trade what I have gained losing the last 25-30 lbs for most anything.
Krampus, I don't think any of those girls look "skinny" to me, at least from my perception of the word skinny. They look healthy. That's about the look I'm going for.
Skinny..Nope not for me. I didn't look healthy when I was skinny (well I don't too healthy now with all the fat) I would like to have healthy curves. At 140 I look my best so that is my goal weight and I can't wait to get there.
Krampus, I don't think any of those girls look "skinny" to me, at least from my perception of the word skinny. They look healthy. That's about the look I'm going for.
They're pretty skinny by Western standards, none of them weigh more than 110 lbs and they're all about 5'4
My father, who lovingly nicknamed me "Swiner" as a kid, told me that with my bone structure, I'd be worm food and still wouldn't be able to fit in a size 8. Sadly, as an adult, I realize that he was probably right. Far too much T&A, even at lower weights, for that to happen.
. I have no desire to spend another second of my life worrying/wondering if there is room for improvement (that I have control over) with my body. I'm done with that.
). I love my breasts! Sure they're small, but they're mine!! I can feel sexy in my skin. 
Sadly, as an adult, I realize that he was probably right. Far too much T&A, even at lower weights, for that to happen.
