Size 14 Miss England Contestant

[Jacko]

Originally Posted by Susie Q Roo

Sorry... but it's true! I like knowing the "whys" of things, myself.

Well, me too....to a point...

[SunKneeMarie]

Originally Posted by StewartG

Come workout with me!

I had fun this morning... I went mountain (more like hill) biking and trail riding with a REALLY "jock" friend of mine that's never worked out with me before. He's all buff and studly. He also threw up and almost passed out after an hour of what I threw at him!

I went on my own for another hour, then came back and he BARELY made it for the last half hour. I was doing great and could have kept going (according to my Polar F6, I burned over 2000 calories!), but I didn't want to make him feel bad!

wow, just reading all of that made me throw up and almost pass out


this is not helping my case any

[roni]

Originally Posted by SunKneeMarie

wow, just reading all of that made me throw up and almost pass out


this is not helping my case any

I dream of you as a size _________

Fill in the blank

I think you are very pretty exactly where you are.

And smart

And smart ass in the best way possible.

[SunKneeMarie]

Originally Posted by roni

I dream of you as a size _________

Fill in the blank

I think you are very pretty exactly where you are.

And smart

And smart ass in the best way possible.

that's my fave of all... although there's a lot of stiff competition round these here parts....

[Daddy B]

Gorgeous bird that she is, this babe has no hope of winning: at this very moment the multi-billion dollar health&fitness/plastic surgery industries are busy getting their bribes ready just in case.

Nothing personal, they'd say, business-wise it makes finacial sense, they'd say.

[Kellyk]

Originally Posted by Daddy B

Gorgeous bird that she is, this babe has no hope of winning: at this very moment the multi-billion dollar health&fitness/plastic surgery industries are busy getting their bribes ready just in case.

Nothing personal, they'd say, business-wise it makes finacial sense, they'd say.

Sad to say, I completely agree.
I have no doubt that on the off chance she does win, Jenny Craig and Valerie will be back stage waiting to congratulate her.

[JillyinMN]

Originally Posted by SunKneeMarie

me neither!!

even being underweight, my little heart would probably benefit from some more up and at 'em than just chasing the 2 year old...

Chasing a 2-year old is a lot of work! Two weeks ago I was at a wedding shower and my cousin asked me to keep an eye on her 2-year old while she cleaned up. She is really fast! She was running around outside and the only thing that helped me keep up with her was that she fell once in awhile. I could gain on her while she was getting up. Finally I decided to just hold her hand. That didn't go over very well! She kept screaming "Do't hole my hand, do't hole my hand!"

I would drop a few if I had to take care of her every day!

[SunKneeMarie]

Originally Posted by JillyinMN

Chasing a 2-year old is a lot of work! Two weeks ago I was at a wedding shower and my cousin asked me to keep an eye on her 2-year old while she cleaned up. She is really fast! She was running around outside and the only thing that helped me keep up with her was that she fell once in awhile. I could gain on her while she was getting up. Finally I decided to just hold her hand. That didn't go over very well! She kept screaming "Do't hole my hand, do't hole my hand!"

I would drop a few if I had to take care of her every day!

yeah, ya gotta learn to trip them every so often...

or knock them into the pool... wait, that was a different thread...

[beerbreath]

Slap the belly,and ride the wave in!

[James A.]

Originally Posted by SunKneeMarie

yeah, ya gotta learn to trip them every so often...

or knock them into the pool... wait, that was a different thread...

[Susie Q Roo]

Originally Posted by beerbreath

Slap the belly,and ride the wave in!

That's pretty obnoxious. And rude.

[farmgirl]

Originally Posted by Kellyk

Sad to say, I completely agree.
I have no doubt that on the off chance she does win, Jenny Craig and Valerie will be back stage waiting to congratulate her.

You are so right, sadly. I'd like to see more models look like her then what they actually are like. If I had to choose a body image for my daughter to strive for, her's is the one I'd pick. She's alot healthier then most of the top models who can't gain an ounce or it shows.

[farmgirl]

Originally Posted by Susie Q Roo

That's pretty obnoxious. And rude.

Agreed!! Maybe we should alter this thread a little and discuss the perfect male body!!!

[StewartG]

Originally Posted by beerbreath

Slap the belly,and ride the wave in!

How you could even begin to think this was appropriate is completely beyond me.

I wonder what your wife/mother/sister/daughter would think of you saying such a thing?

[Rissask]

Certainly people who are a little overweight yet still fit and eat a healthy diet and are not in the obese category should not be ashamed or made to feel badly about their weight and looks. I realize this is a sticky subject, but she looks more than just a few pounds overweight (okay at her height of 5'10", and 176 pounds, I looked it up and 173 is the max weight for a large frame, if she is even large framed).


Most people this woman's size would want to lose some weight, true? It might not be fair or PC to call her body 'less than ideal' but what would her doctor say she should do, remain at her current size, or maybe lose some pounds? We all know how hard it is to lose especially once you get past 30, and she is only 17....she is definitely over what most health professionals would call her individual ideal weight.


I just think it portrays equally as dangerous a role model figure to aspire towards, as having super thin contenstants is- in some ways even worse, since overweight and obesity are such huge problems in the West today, and more common in young girls and boys than anorexia is. Even the title in the link story-"

British plus-size beauty pageant winner may pave way for healthier ideals'

'Healthier' ideals? Emotionally healthier maybe, sure, great - but physically healthy, no.



We should all love our bodies regardless, sure, and be better socialized to not obsess negatively about our looks and our weight, that's great. I try really hard not to focus on my extra pounds and let it get me down. But shouldn't there also be a focus on better health too? I am always a little uncomfortable about the 'big is beautiful' movement- just because something is the norm now in our society, doesn't mean it's what we should be glorifying.