[doIlookfat?]

Here's more....

Healthy people don't obssess about food 24/7.

Healthy people don't eat to stuff down their pain.

Healthy people can turn down a piece of cake and eat a fruit cup instead. (and actually be happy with the fruit cup and not run out and buy a whole cake the next day because they couldn't get the passed up cake out of their minds!)

[BillBlueEyes]

Healthy people don't lick the bowl when they make cornbread.

[looloo86]

lol some of you added really funny stuff especially buying the cake afterwards lol.
mmm i'll add some of mine
skinny people once they add 1pound they'll do anything to get it off their bodies not wait untill its 50.
they never say i'll start tomorrow they always start now

[srmb60]

How's that for a title change?

BTW ... I really like the idea of this thread too. Should we make bracelets

[Glory87]

Heh we had a similar thread not too long ago in Maintainers. My slender mother had a bowl of peach cobbler with a scoop of vanilla ice cream for dessert last night. She's never done any formal exercise in her life!

[rockinrobin]

(most, not all) slender/healthy people:

-don't speak of this as some "diet" that they're "on".
-don't beat themselves up if they've had a "slip". They just get right back into "healthy mode" pronto. They haven't "broken their diets" (cause they're not ON one) when they eat an "off" food.
-stay accountable by frequently weighing themselves.

[doIlookfat?]

Originally Posted by rockinrobin

(most, not all) slender/healthy people:

-don't speak of this as some "diet" that they're "on".
-don't beat themselves up if they've had a "slip". They just get right back into "healthy mode" pronto. They haven't "broken their diets" (cause they're not ON one) when they eat an "off" food.
-stay accountable by frequently weighing themselves.

I couldn't agree more, rockinrobin.

Healthy people have chosen and LIVE a healthy lifestyle. They do not go on and off "diets" till they find the right one.

[Ufi]

Pass on a treat because they "just brushed their teeth."

Talk about how much they love certain foods without drawing unapproving looks or comments.

[Starrynight]

Healthy people look at fruit as the real treats, not candy.
Healthy people can indulge in food with a few bites, not a few bowls.
Healthy people stay on top of their health/weight and don't procrastinate about it.
Healthy people never feel deprived because they don't think in those terms.
Healthy people have no problems saying no to food because food isn't everything.

[kelly315]

slender, healthy people are a lot more complicated than we make them out to be. Few people really believe an apple is a desert, and fewer think that running ten miles is a top-notch form of entertainment. This is what I believe anyway. I do believe that there are people out there that are able to get more joy out of things like healthy foods and exercise, and because of this they're often more slim and healthy looking than normal people. But there are also people out there that have worse habits than say, a 400 pound person, but still stay slender and seem healthy.

Can you finish this sentence? Fat people....? I can't.

[PhotoChick]

slender, healthy people are a lot more complicated than we make them out to be. Few people really believe an apple is a desert, and fewer think that running ten miles is a top-notch form of entertainment.

Thank You!!!

This thread started out well, but is kinda getting on my nerves now with it's tone of ... I dunno ... absolutism. Skinny/slender/healthy people are just as complex as anyone else and to boil them down to a few "skinny people are" phrases is silly.

I've posted this many times before and I'll post it again. My mother was naturally slender and healthy. Yes, she loved fruit and veggies, but she was a FIEND for chocolate and especially homemade fudge (the kind you beat into submission). She ate healthy most of the time, but yes she *did* lick the bowl when she made something yummy. I've seen her eat salad for dinner. I've also seen her eat a piece of chocolate cake for dinner. She never went to the gym, but she *moved* every day and she had more stamina and strength than most people I know. If you asked her what her favorite dessert was, she wasn't going to tell you "fresh fruit".

Skinny/slender/healthy people often have just as many struggles with food and exercise as everyone else. Most of them have healthier habits than those of us who let things slide and got fat, but skinny people are not paragons of food virtue and to say they are is just ridiculous.

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[doIlookfat?]

I was just trying to have a little fun. Sorry my silly and ridiculous thread got on anyone's nerves. It was not my intention to do so.

I apologize.

Heidi

[sidhe]

Healthy people don't focus on food. Their attention is elsewhere.

[Ailey60]

I love this thread and do think the catchier title would be "Skinny people" rather than "Healthy people" but I agree with DO that skinny the way we commonly understand it does not automatically imply healthy.

For my addition skinny people move more as part of the natural course of their day.

[EZMONEY]

Originally Posted by doIlookfat?

I was just trying to have a little fun. Sorry my silly and ridiculous thread got on anyone's nerves. It was not my intention to do so.

I apologize.

Heidi

You have nothing to apologize for HEIDI...it is a great thread....