{"id":293,"date":"2008-09-30T09:50:24","date_gmt":"2008-09-30T13:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvercpu.com\/blog\/?p=293"},"modified":"2008-09-30T09:50:57","modified_gmt":"2008-09-30T13:50:57","slug":"i-am-not-a-twig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvercpu.com\/?p=293","title":{"rendered":"I Am Not a Twig"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in Skinny Jeans- Window shopping: Fun or Frustrating?<\/a><\/p>\n

\nYes, I instantly remembered that episode Megan mentioned when I read this post… I believe it’s true, going to the right stores is less depressing than going where everything is beautiful, but the sizes are so (sorry to said this) stupidly small… I know people in size 8 and they are thin… But less than that, what do you have to do? Take a rib off?
\nPersonally, I am more and more tempted to organize people near to me and write to this designers that are forcing everyone to believe you have to be a bag of bones and skin to use their clothes. Absurd, really… But of course, it’s a fantasy, they would never listen…\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\nY’know, the Betsy Johnson thing pisses me off. Yes, the clothes are pretty, cute, and colorful, but they’re designed for women with bodies like twigs. What does it say about a designer or manufacturer that they create a demand\/desire for something that most women won’t be able to wear? I hate what gets implied, the exclusivity of the clothing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I don’t call people who wear over a certain size “fat,” so please don’t call anyone under a 6 a “twig.” I’m short and a normal weight for my height. And actually, up until recently, my waist to hip ratio was slightly higher than what would be considered optimally healthy. <\/p>\n

I know these girls were trying to make a point, but other people commented and made the same point without putting others down. I wouldn’t even care, except I always see complaints on these sites about people making remarks about their weight.<\/p>\n

You want to be respected? You want people to accept you for who you are? Then be a grownup and do the same.<\/p>\n

I don’t starve myself. I eat. I eat a lot. Yes, I’ll say no to that extra piece of cake and I won’t have dessert after dinner if I had cold stone for lunch, but I certainly don’t deprive myself. I lost that extra inch around my waist I think, mostly because we’ve cut way back on salt and HFCS. I also try to eat good fats which are supposed to be good for the tummy. I take fish oil every day which I must say is like a miracle pill. Helps with hormones like you wouldn’t believe. I also exercise a lot, but that’s mostly been good for toning and letting me eat like a piggy.<\/p>\n

In conclusion, I am not a twig, but a pig, what? No, no. I’m a person. A little person, but I still count.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Back in Skinny Jeans- Window shopping: Fun or Frustrating? Yes, I instantly remembered that episode Megan mentioned when I read this post… I believe it’s true, going to the right stores is less depressing than going where everything is beautiful, but the sizes are so (sorry to said this) stupidly small… I know people in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8bQP0-4J","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/silvercpu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/silvercpu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/silvercpu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silvercpu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silvercpu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=293"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/silvercpu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":298,"href":"https:\/\/silvercpu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293\/revisions\/298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/silvercpu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silvercpu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silvercpu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}