She weighs 116 pounds and wants to diet!!

I have a cousin who has anorexia. It doesn't irritate me. I feel badly for her. But people who are thin and go on about how they need to lose weight, people who are young and complain about being old, etc. are very annoying. But the weight thing has a lot do with our whole society and the entertainment industry and how they portray people, especially women. They are making an impossible standard for people to live up to and it makes people feel inadequate.

Those were two of my best friends in high school. THey were never over 100 lbs. They say the tiniest amount of "fluff" and it's crash diet ect. I remember them complaining about not having the female version of a 6pack so they had to use the ab roller like mad & no results.... DUH you have to lift weights silly girls. And being that I've always been double those two, it sucked going shopping with them. I almost never fit into anything in the stores they could shop in back then. I definiatly cannot now.

personaly i was overwieght 3yrs ago and wished i could figure a way to lose weight. well, it happened that i got very sick and went from 152 down to 117 i looked terrible. then, i got better finally last year and am back up to 138. but sadly i have no man in my life so am not going to worry over it. my daughter kept worrying about it till shes down to a size 1 if she gets sick, shes a goner i told her. she has nothing to fight with. its just stupid the way men make us think we need to be thin.

I'm a bit overweight too, and I admit that sometimes I get self-conscious, but I don't take it really seriously. I want to be healthy, but I think being thin is really overrated. Why do people think that those who are skin and bones are hot? I don't like that kind of body at all. I prefer to look at bodies with a bit of flesh.

The reverse of it! I am 96 lbs and wanting to gain more pounds. At least 120, that is always my wish.

Goodness, 4lbs could just be extra water weight. She needs to know not to take that so seriously!! I am quite a bit overweight, working towards a healthier lifestyle though and my best girlfriend is a 5'8 gorgeous model who weighs 120 soaking wet and often complains that shes getting a gut and needs to lose weight. Makes me crazy cause here I am standing next to her 5'6 and nearly 200. With her I understand its part of her job, and if the Dr told your husbands coworker that she was 4lbs overweight it tells me shes quite small both weight and height so that 4lbs would make an actual difference within her body health-wise. Bigger people can carry more weight, smaller framed people have a weaker structure for carrying excess weight.

Four pounds overweight? I would love to only be 4 lbs overweight. The doctor ought to be slapped. This is the cause of many people having a bad self-image and thus resulting in conditions like anorexia and bulimia. Frustrating.

Boy do I feel your pain/anger on that one lol. Right now I'm still about 50-60 lbs overweight. If you go by the top of the range for my height and what I weigh now then it is 52lbs. I've lost 21 so far. My friend weighs like 145 and complains about it. She is a little soft around the belly but I would kill for that lol. My sister does the same thing too. She barely eats and is skinny and complains about what she weighs. It makes me mad. I also get mad though at the ones who brag they are skinny or that they lost a lot of weight but the way they got to that point is by not eating. I can't do that. I want to lose this weight but I'm not giving up food. I love to eat, I just am trying to figure out a better way to do it.

It use to irritate my friends when I would watch my size. What my friends did not know is that my mom's side of the family is all really over weight more than 50 pounds probably more like 100 and I have always been concerned that I will get that way as well. They have trouble tying their shoes and I never want to have that problem unless I'm pregnant LOL

Hey kats! I don't know how any doctor could tell anyone that weighs 116 pounds that they are 4 pounds overweight unless they were a midgit! That is totally insane and so is the person who is freaking out about! But, I blame the doctor who was stupid enough to say it to her! That is so totally absurd! All of us who are 20,30,40, 50 or pounds overweight know what that means! Those amounts can be uncomfortable, health risks etc! So I really find it unimaginable that any physician would dare comment on 4 pounds! And if he did he should lose his freaken license!

I don't even think there should be such a thing as '4 pounds overweight'. That's such a minuscule amount, I can't believe a doctor would encourage paranoia over 4 measly pounds - especially when they only weight 116 pounds to begin with. I think I could stand to lose about 10-15 pounds but it's not something that's about to consume me. I'm tall so that much really wouldn't make a noticeable difference to anyone but me and it's just a personal preference, not a medical necessity. If I get my butt in gear this summer and lose it, great, and if I don't then I don't.

I always think that the weight thing they give for height etc is stupid. It is far too low. Yes, I do know someone like this and it is a friend of mine that I care for. she is my age and such a tiny 5 foot person and she looks fragile enough already. Her Dr. said that she has put on too much weight around her middle. Her waist is 28" for heaven's sake and she is in her sixties! she has cut out all fat and is busy doing push ups. The lack of fat has seemed to make her skin look older and more lined. That Dr. would have a fit if he saw me.

You would hate me - I'm one of those 120 lb girls who's always trying to diet to get to 115 lb - and occasionally, when I make it, am I happy about it? Nope, I think okay, we're at 115 lb, now let's see if we can starve ourself down to 110 lb. I don't think it's one of my more admirable traits! But it is what it is, I guess.

Well sometimes people wants to diet besides their physique, well talk to her and make understand it effects.

My sister missy skinny minnie got the "mommy makeover" because she felt she was overweight, atleast I think that's one of her reasons. She can fit into a size three jeans, or she could, now she size 0! Argh! On top of that I think she exercises with the wii, has tapes that she exercises with, and she does tae kwon do with mine and my husband's nephew, though that's more because he didn't want to do it alone... Lol, I, on the other hand are overweight, I really should be doing the wii fit everyday!

My wife has a sister which is extremely skinny,I do not know what is wrong with her,she used to already be as skinny as a twig,and then she had a tummy tuck which made her even skinnier and I do not know why,and now she does exercises I guess to try and stay skinny even though she was already skinny,and from the way she looks you would think she starves her self,which I do not know why someone would want to be that skinny,and it annoys the crap out of me,because I am not fat,but I am healthy and I eat everyday that is what I tell everyone lol.