Comments on: Nothing Tastes As Good As Being Thin Feels

By: cg

cg — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:12:31 +0000

I think the best way to lose weight is to get out of your head and into the world. When I am busy doing something meaningful, developing myself professionaly, helping others, contributing in some way, overcoming my own lack of discipline to make this world a tiny bit less rotten for those who are powerless, I get out of the trap of thinking about food and weight and focus on what is important. Food in general takes a distant second and weight loss is a natural result of a fuller life. Just came from a country where some residents live in rock huts in a wasteland, all thin; young women are forced to sell themselves, all thin; children beg on the street, all thin-and all living proof that nothing DOES NOT taste as good as thin feels. Lots of time to be skinny in the grave. Little time to do what really matters.

By: Emmy

Emmy — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:32:05 +0000

Feeling thin is feeling empowered. It's knowing you can put on ANY outfit and absolutely rock it. It's that surge of energy and joy you get when you realize that people are staring at you in your bikini because you look good and not because you are one of the revolting, fat, gelatinous slobs our country is positively filled with. That's what it feels like, and it feels good.

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:59:27 +0000

I feel disturbed by briefly reading over some of the comments left here. I too have suffered from anorexia for over two years now. I have gotten down to an extremely unhealthy weight. I can tell you that you never feel thin enough. I agree entirely with Pheno07's comments about the cold, the dry skin. As for the poster that claimed to loathe food.. it's a myth. The starving body biologically screams out for food. It's not the food that the anoretic (anorexic is the adjective, not the noun) despises, its all that food symbolises. I don't intend to give a lecture, by all means. I just wanted to share my own personal response.

As to Laura, I think you are well on your way to realising that thin is an imaginary concept. Learning to truly love yourself for who you are, that must be the truly greatest 'taste'. I hope that you get there, and I hope that I do too.

Take care all xxx

By: Drea

Drea — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:43:33 +0000

The reason you guys don’t feel thin, is because you’re NOT thin. You can be a healthy average stature, but you’re NOT thin. I’ve had eating disorders as well as a good 6 month cocaine binge. And even at my smallest (5’1, 105 lbs) I looked amazing, BUT i was NEVER thin. I’m a naturally tiny girl, but I’m by no means qualified as a SKINNY girl, and I will never be. Since then, I’ve gained (at one point 45 lbs, but currently sitting at 140 lbs), and I still look fantastic. It’s not about being THIN its about being the right size for your body’s frame. If you’re loose and jiggling all over, you’re FAT and in turn, should feel like the unhealthy slob that you are. You can be 30 lbs over you’re target weight, but if it’s tight and toned and you wear it well, then that’s what matters. Myself for example, on paper, I should weigh, at most, 115. Obviously, I’m a good 25 lbs “overweight” but every girl I know would kill to have my 34DD-25-36 figure. It’s common f-ing sense, eat healthy, work out, the parts you want bigger- weight train w/ heavy weights, the parts you want smaller- weight train with light weights. If you eat sht, you’re going to look like sht. So really, the saying should be changed from “nothing tastes as good as being thin,” to “nothing tastes as good as looking good”

By: Violet Rimbaud

Violet Rimbaud — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 03:57:33 +0000

I am anorexic. Thin does feel great. nothing tastes as good as it feels, however. I’m partially the way I am because of a number of reasons; serious history of mental illness in my family, previously anorexic father who is literally wasting away in my living room from recently diagnosed guaranteed-fatal lung cancer. I may love to not eat but it’s stemmed from something else- from the fact that I cannot control what is going on around me. This whole Anorexia/ Bulimia “thing” is different in everyones eyes and I don’t necessarily think that these phrases truly have any effect on us when it comes to how we eat. I agree with a lot of the girls who say they feel great when not eating because I do too. When I focus on how hungry I am, it’s almost as though I no longer hear my father coughing up bits of cancerous tumor on my living room couch upstairs, all I hear is my pulse and thoughts of what I’ll do when I hit my goal weight…

By: Anonymous Girl

Anonymous Girl — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:00:42 +0000

I agree. I've struggled with thoughts of being too fat to the point where anything over a BMI of 18.5 seems fat to me. I never felt thin, even though I am underweight. It just keeps going for most people.

By: Mango

Mango — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 21:41:22 +0000

Eh… I get it… I’ve lost 10 pounds in the past 2 weeks through calorie restriction, and I can very easily sympathize with how good feeling thin feels. And honestly, this quote is probably (just guessing) meant for people who aren’t that tempted by food. Like for me, the idea of eating is repulsive, not tempting.

By: Maria

Maria — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:48:31 +0000

I lost 55 pounds three years ago. I felt thinner as I was losing weight. I felt happy because I was doing something good for myself and my body and that made me feel pride. I was about 3 pounds away from my goal weight when I slipped up/got busy/ blah blah blahed my way back to my original obesity.

Being thin, feels good to me because my thighs no longer rubbed together. It felt good because I could try on clothes at any store, not just Lane Bryant. It felt amazing, because when I see people I know, or people that I audition for, I don't have to think about whether or not my stomach looks too big. I can focus on being who I am, and being a good performer instead. I recently lost 15 pounds. It feels good, but I'm definitely still fat - obese even. I feel happy that I am working towards my goal, but the fact is, I AM still fat, and will be until I get down to my goal weight. I'll feel great when I reach a BMI of 29.9 so I can graduate from obese to overweight, then again when I get to graduate to "normal". There really is a difference between losing weight and feeling great, and losing the amount of weight you need to to be healthy and maintaining that weight. It is great for you that you were able to keep the weight off for two years. You gave your heart time to rest from some serious weight loss. If you want to know what thin feels like, give it another go!

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:43:15 +0000

When they talk about feeling thin its not physically, they're talking about the mental part of feeling thin.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:07:03 +0000

I'm sick of hearing average sized girls bitch and moan about how 'fat' they are. Get over yourselves.

Not eating isn't healthy. You're supposed to eat.Being healthy is far more important than being thin. I hope someday you'll understand this.