If you look better, but gain weight, do you fell like that is a win?

The woman in that particular picture is probably heathier at 140 pounds. The reason she weighs more but looks more fit at 140 pounds is because muscles weigh more than fat. This woman has been working out and eating better, so she has lost inches, gained muscle and therefor gained weight (the healthy way). While I agree that she looked just fine at 130 pounds, if she wanted to get even healthier and fitter, I see nothing wrong with that either. I'd love to have those same results for myself.

I just looked at the picture. First thing I saw, though, was picture #2 with the outline of ribs showing. :/ I still think both should matter (the number being the quantitative measurement, and the physical appearance being the qualitative measurement). I suppose it should be a balance between both or something like that. :)

I think that being underweight is just as much a danger to people as being overweight, so people should try to keep themselves at a healthy weight whether that is by putting weight on or losing the weight. I have lost weight lately and I am almost at my goal weight. But instead of thinking about weight now I am spending more time concentrating on building muscle, which would mean that I would look smaller but I will weigh more because muscle is more dense than fat. People can look better when they weigh a little more, and weight isn't everything.

Well,that really depends on how we treat these things and the attitude is important.For me,i would love to hear how i look and no matter how many pounds i'm,if i just make myself look better,than,it is great to hear.I care more about this than the numbers.

Actually, I can see your point here. I looked at her image and I do believe that she looks very much better in the second one with the ten extra pounds. I have read that is it wise to stay off of the scale when you are doing such things such as weight training. I like how she sculpted her abs. I do no think i could do that, as the interest is not there, I would need a personal trainer to give me 'homework'. I've tried, but I really do not care much one way or the other. But I do see your point and I do agree that the scale is deceptive in cases such as these. In the end, it's how you feel and the quality of the body mass that is important, fat versus muscle. I will tell you what finally worked for me, and that was using saran wrap on my midsection. When I wake up I put it on. End of story. For some reason,I even got muscle definition in my upper arms, just from adding the saran wrap. You can read about it here, there are pros and cons,but for me, it's working, so what can I say? www.ehow.com/how_6688898_wrap-body-saran-wrap.html and let me tell you something, I actually tried to see if it was permanent or temporary, and I stopped it for a week. the results were permanent! I kept the weight off. So go figure? everyone is different. but this worked for me.

About the picture on facebook, I think I am agree with you that I like the picture number 1 than the number 2 because its too skinny. But I know why that girl is heavier but thin its because of her muscle, also muscle can take heavy weight while its look thin and skinny. Just like me and my sister, im skinny and tall while my sis is a little fatty/chubby but small then when we scale our weight im heavier than about 10/15 of her weight.

I would really not focus on numbers I am not looking that ugly as the numbers say. But yes as far as gaining weight is concerned, I would not completely neglect those numbers, howsoever smart I am because gaining weight brings in a lot of health problems with itself. So I will care for managing my numbers too. But apart from that I will not be really that much concerned up till when I am not regarded ugly because of my weight.