Ive always wanted to be what i thought was a 'normal' size but i dont know what that is.. ive lost alot of weight over the past 2years, gone from a size 24 to a size 14 but that still wasnt enough in my mind... but my body has stopped losing weight an in a way i suppose its telling me enough is enough this is the shape i am this is what im going to be so this is what im happy with ... omg did i just say that.. i guess happy is to strong a word, content is more accurate... Still doesnt stop me looking at tall slim woman an wishing i could look like them.. i dont know if its my own mind that wants me to be slimmer or what i think other people want me to be... but i know im not gettin any smaller.. so i will have to get used to this shape now... it is hard though when your mind compares you to others an rates you to others an in my mind being a big busted short curvy woman rated against the tall slim woman i always feel i fall short... thats whaat i need to conquer.. not the weight.. but the way the weight distorts my view of myself...... but i wont ever be skinny never have been never will be... but would still want to be smaller.. lol.. cant win.. lol...
I've been both. I went from a size 20 to a size 8-10. I do notice that people aren't as concerned about offending me about my size now.
When I was larger I never had anyone call me fat or be derogatory (to my face, anyway) but at size 8 I've had people call me scrawny and been told to eat more. I have to watch my weight due to a medical condition, I'm happy with my size (on the whole) and feel healthy at this weight.
I do think it's up to the fashion industry to be more sensible about how women are portrayed in the media. When 'oversized' models are a size 14, which is the UK avaerage, there's something wrong isn't there?
H.x
I try not to judge people according to their size, although we all have our preferences when it comes to physical attraction, all sizes can look attractive and it's the person inside ultimately that counts. As for me i have been a size 10/12 for years and am currently a 10 and still retain my curves, i'm happy with who i am and more importantly so is mr nights lol
Reading all the great responses here i can only say - I wish the media had , or at least showed, the majority view that seems to be held here .......All women are beautiful, and if your healthy and fit, what does it really matter what size you are?
I agree with the idea of Be Comfortable, Be Happy. I'm not comfortable (tight arms on my short sleaved shirts are a pain - literally) so I'm not happy. Currently doing something about it.
What gets on my wick is that the girls on the cat-walk are ALL size 0/00 and about 6 foot tall. I'm not passing an opinion on whether they are attractive, it's the fact that I'm certain you cannot scale those lovely clothes up to a 5 foot 6 size 18 without it looking ridiculous.
It would be so wonderful if they would design clothes for the 50% of the middle-size of the population and actually give us a chance of wearing something that loooks good and FITS!!!!
It's got to be easier to scale up and down by a couple of sizes than up 6 sizes and down by 10" in height.
The media is sending us mixed messages. On one hand all the models we see are very slim (in the case of females) or tall, slim and muscled (in the case of men.) We are fed these images on TV and in magazines and are being brainwashed into believing we should all conform to these 'ideals'
However the media is as selling high fat, high sugar foodstuffs that have the opposite effect. They turn us into blubbery monsters.
Do you feel that the more overweight we become as a society the more we crave to see images of slim models. So super size me desires to see size00 models. It's as if they are a distorting mirror we hold up to ourselves.
There was a time when fuller figured woman were the desired shape, I image that many people then were skinny and under nourished so that the soft pink curves were seen as very desirable.
Sexy is state of mind, attitude and behaviour, not a dress size. A woman can be sexy whatever her size IMHO.
no thats the moro 6 pm be there or be ,,,,,triangle??
2 spoonfulls of lurvvvve ...twice a day...la :lol: 
(even when 9 mont pregnant was still wearing kids clothes!!!)
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