Glamour.com says that if someone is 4' 11'' tall they should weigh 95 pounds! I didn't even weigh 95 pounds when I stopped eating! In fact, I haven't weighed that little since fourth grade! Somebody please tell me it's wrong, or at least give me some healthy tips to get to that weight. (That don't involve switching to diet soda, low fat foods, or anything that keeps you being less hungry. Trust me, hunger isn't a problem anymore for me, I just eat whenever.) According to that I need to lose 17 pounds! :cry:

Okay... lets review..
YOU'RE READING GLAMOUR!!!

Look at the models that are in glamour. Thats what they think EVERYONE should look like, and they're wrong. I'm sure you're perfect just the way you are. Tell Glamour to shove it.

4'11'' and 95 lbs... that it laughable. That's the very low extreme of the healthy weight range. I'm 4'11'' and I looked and felt pretty bad at 95 lbs. I agree w/ r_c, Glamour can shove it.

Aren't you also young, like teenager young, too?

I'm all about shoving Glamour. Glamour is NOT somewhere you should be reading about your weight.

Oh, you definitely should be 95 pounds at 4'11"...if you like to look half-starved. :stinkeye:

Personally...(and no offense to the skinny folx here)...I am NOT at all attracted to those stick-figure fashion model types. I commonly refer to them as "coat racks" - they look great standing around displaying clothing, but that's about it. It is NOT a look I aspire to have.

Nothing grosses me out more than an otherwise attractive woman that's so skinny her ribs are poking out. :spew:

That is NOT attractive, it is NOT womanly!

IMO, an attractive woman is one with a little extra curves, some padding, a little jiggle... :yes: Now THAT is a WOMAN!

the formula that glamour uses takes no consideration for frame size, and other things - such as lean muscle mass. We just covered this in my nutrition class. it's just like the BMI, and 4'11 and 112 pounds is a perfectly healthy weight for you, so is 122, and 132.. as long as you are eating healthily and getting enough exercise - both physically and mentally - enough sleep, and are having fun being you. :)

glamour can shove it, for all i care.. they're sleazy. i prefer "Bust" and "B**ch" myself

I fajizing hate the media.....:brood:

DON'T LISTEN TO THIS SHIZ MAGAZINE!

Listen to us :yes:

Cheers.

Oh, you definitely should be 95 pounds at 4'11"...if you like to look half-starved. :stinkeye:

Personally...(and no offense to the skinny folx here)...I am NOT at all attracted to those stick-figure fashion model types. I commonly refer to them as "coat racks" - they look great standing around displaying clothing, but that's about it. It is NOT a look I aspire to have.

Nothing grosses me out more than an otherwise attractive woman that's so skinny her ribs are poking out. :spew:

That is NOT attractive, it is NOT womanly!

IMO, an attractive woman is one with a little extra curves, some padding, a little jiggle... :yes: Now THAT is a WOMAN!

Ya know . . . sometimes us coat racks can't help it, anymore than people can help being overweight. I realize I look like a 12 year old boy but there's not much I can do about it. It's not because I starve myself.

Some friends of mine have a pool and are always having pool parties in the summer. They were always overweight until they had gastric bypass and they both look great. Of course, I thought they looked fine before too. But they make comments to me that I never would've made to someone who's overweight. Then they wonder why I won't swim w/o a t-shirt on over my suit. (I just tell them I'm worried about skin cancer as I've already had one removed.)

Sorry, but it's just a pet peeve of mine and now that it's getting warmer and almost pool season again, I'm getting ready for the comments once again.

Now back on topic - I agree. Don't take your weight advice from Glamour.

I went onto the web site to check it out and I really do not agree with the weight they gave me as "ideal for my height", I have never even weighted close to that at 5' 9" I am a good 35 pounds less and I think I look fine

I checked the website too. And it said that I'm at my IDEAL weight for my height. Go figure. Hmmm.. I think losing 5 or so lbs. wouldn't be a big deal tho. I would only want to so I could always fit into a size 2 tho (instead of 3/4 predominantly), which is incredibly silly I know. :P

So yeah, I wouldn't use these things to mark what weight you should be. I'm with the others - go with how you feel.

:wall: just... :wall:

thanks everyone... :) I was trusting glamour because they have some good articals and stuff (unlike other mags). And yeah, FreshTart, I'm still a teenager, but I finished growing about a year ago. (don't get x-rays if you don't want to know the truth... I was hoping I would be 5' 3'' at least... but nope.)

on the plus side, my idiotic friend dragged me out to the track during lunch and we ran around the track barefoot! I finally can run around! (we ran barefoot because we had a choir concert and were in skirts and heels.) I think I'll use THAT guide that I'm pretty healthy instead of the "ideal weight". (I also sent a email to glamour asking if that calculator was approved by a doctor.)

Thanks again!

My 13-year-old sister is 4'10" and weighs 95 pounds. Keep in mind she hasn't finished going through puberty yet. But for some reason the "ideal" is prepubescently thin. She fits wonderfully in all the great "lingere-style" fashions this season. I looked at that website and Glamour's ideal weight is BMI of 19, anything below 18.5 is underweight. Not exactly practical for most people.

A magazine can't tell you how much you should weigh.

Are you healthy? Fit? Eating well? Is your doctor content with your current condition? If the answers are yes, you are likely already at your ideal weight.

Can I give you some advice?

Stop reading fashion magazines. :)

Not reading fashion magazines has totally cured all of 'weight issues' I thought I had. ;)

B

Don't trust a magazine that takes money for advertising diets/diet products to tell you your correct weight.

Remember that song by Baz Lurman (sp) circa '00?

"Do not read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly."

It took me way to long to realize the truth in that lyric. Even scarier, that's pretty much exactly what the mags want you to feel. Feeling inadequate=more moolah for the advertisers who offer the miracle cures. Lordy, I could go on about this topic.

As everyone else said, and you as well, if you feel healthy, then that's all that matters. :)

Can I give you some advice?

Stop reading fashion magazines. :)

Not reading fashion magazines has totally cured all of 'weight issues' I thought I had. ;)

B


Me too! Just like magic, huh?

BTW, if you're interested in an awesome site that discusses true beauty and the mind games magazines play, try www.judgmentofparis.com (http://www.judgmentofparis.com) . It really helped me to overcome some serious self-esteem and body issues.

While I was doing research on advertisements during the 2nd World War, I came across a rarity: an advertisement that actually was open about its motives. I don't have the clip anymore, but it ran something like this (I'm making up the money amounts, but the ratio is the same):

"American women spend 1.2 million dollars annually on make-up and products to help them be more beautiful, but the reality is that they need to spend at least 2 million dollars to even look presentable!"

And then it went into an advertisement on some wrinkle-fighting lotion or some such. I was aghast... but at the same time, at least it was pretty open about the goal to 1)make you feel ugly and 2) make you spend money.

Publications like Glamour are trying to make you spend money on diet products, cosmetics, and clothes in a much more sneaky way, in my opinion.

They want you to be unhappy with yourself and your possessions. People who aren't satisfied with their lives buy more. Period.

Oh, you definitely should be 95 pounds at 4'11"...if you like to look half-starved. :stinkeye:

Personally...(and no offense to the skinny folx here)...I am NOT at all attracted to those stick-figure fashion model types. I commonly refer to them as "coat racks" - they look great standing around displaying clothing, but that's about it. It is NOT a look I aspire to have.

Nothing grosses me out more than an otherwise attractive woman that's so skinny her ribs are poking out. :spew:

That is NOT attractive, it is NOT womanly!

IMO, an attractive woman is one with a little extra curves, some padding, a little jiggle... :yes: Now THAT is a WOMAN!


To the OP: your weight is fine. Glamour is full of it. I read it solely for the entertainment value. I know, I know, I shouldn't read it at all.

Now, to address this quote from Coop: I understand what you're driving at, but it's not nice to say that a woman isn't womanly for something she can't help. Honestly, some people, like a roommate I had freshman year, was so thin and just couldn't gain weight. Please use sensitivity when discussing anyone's weight, whether "too thin" or "too heavy." To suggest a woman isn't a woman just because she's thin is rather insulting.

Now, to address this quote from Coop: I understand what you're driving at, but it's not nice to say that a woman isn't womanly for something she can't help. Honestly, some people, like a roommate I had freshman year, was so thin and just couldn't gain weight. Please use sensitivity when discussing anyone's weight, whether "too thin" or "too heavy." To suggest a woman isn't a woman just because she's thin is rather insulting.

While I agree with you that no one should be insulted becasue of their weight, think about society for a minute. People that are too heavy get it much worse than people that are too thin. All you have to do is look at the celebrities and models that people idolize. They are the skinniest 2% of our population, and women aspire to be like them. It is acceptable and even glamorous to be thin. I hear people commenting negatively on fat people all the time, even on VB. It's an accepted thing in society to give heavy people grief. But to insult someone thin is just a travesty...

People that are too heavy get it much worse than people that are too thin.
I wouldn't always say that....listen to the comments I get once summer comes around. :-/ The things people say are just downright RUDE! Things like "Dude, you're a freaking twig! You look like s**t! You make me wanna vomit! It's so disgusting!! Ugh!" right to my face! Granted, I have an ED, but still!

I think any weight on anybody is cool.

And yes, pooh on Glamour.

I wouldn't always say that....listen to the comments I get once summer comes around. :-/ The things people say are just downright RUDE! Things like "Dude, you're a freaking twig! You look like s**t! You make me wanna vomit! It's so disgusting!! Ugh!" right to my face! Granted, I have an ED, but still!

I think any weight on anybody is cool.

And yes, pooh on Glamour.


I used to get that when I was younger, a LOT. I was called gross, told to gain weight, told I had no chest or behind, endlessly made fun of.... now that I'm an adult and a more "normal" weight I tend to get nice comments, but the things people used to say to me scarred me for a long time and spurred an eating disorder of which I feel the physical effects to this DAY. People were NOT saying these things to be kind, it was with venom and disdain and it hurt me every bit as much as it hurts heavy people who are hassled about their weight. Heavy people should not assume they have the monopoly on being the victim of cruel and hurtful comments about their weight.

Oh and for the record, I don't support making rude comments about anybody's weight, whether they're fat, thin, or in-between. I think it's horrible to do so.

Anyone can tell you what they think you should weigh, but why is their opinion better than yours?
I'm thin and I like the way that I look. Although, I am sure some people think that I'm too thin. Why should I care what they think? If you are happy with the way that you look, why would you care what others think?