She's FIFTY??? ? ? ? [s.yimg.com]

@Qualia Yeah. She looks frail and extremely old, right?

@bingst Yes omg

@OwlInASack The idea is to teach your kids to accept, and love their bodies, regardless of their size or shape. There will always be a large range of different bodies in the world - some healthy - some not. Some very large - others very small, or thin. Some famous and out there on magazine covers - some not. A strong self image is everything.

I noticed the muscle tone in her legs as well. She still looks underweight to me.

@bingst Yup. The chest bones worry me but she's older too.

If she gets pneumonia she won't have any fat reserves. That's always made me nervous.

It reminds me of a client we had? Everyone kept telling her how well she was doing? But I've always assessed far more than overall weight when looking at appearance.
It turned out she was double layering her jeans and tops.

She was in the worst shape we'd ever seen and counselors were encouraging her.
She had to be hospitalized for her heart.

@RavenCT I know something is wrong when I see someone who reminds me of the films I've seen of the liberation of Nazi concentration camps. It makes me wonder if Celine or Cillista Flockhart have seen any of those.

@bingst When I want to feed them? I know they're in trouble! "Mom instincts!" . ?

@RavenCT

It's all fun and games thinking one is immortal & can starve until it does irreversible damage to the heart. THEN when older you can't do the level of exertion in order to maintain yourself.
Unless you're cast iron and just very very lucky I suppose.

But yeah she looks ill everywhere else. But hey, her body. Just wish the press wouldn't glorify it.

@Qualia Yes that part makes me worry about the Women's movement. The Press still seems to glorify this kind of behavior even when they know it's harmful.

Makes me wonder how much those images were photoshopped as well. And in which direction.

I've seen women talk about that - how a magazine shaved some off their thighs or waist etc.. I wish they'd stop doing that. It raises some pretty insecure young women with all kinds of body issues. (Men too).

And what we see in TV and the movies is not what reality is. Even the fittest bodies vary in shape and size and are never perfection. And we should be far happier about that.

It's taken me to my 50s to realize maybe being a bit round is okay. Yes I want to be healthier and I work towards that - however punishing ourselves for where we are at? That behavior has got to stop.

Whether perfect weight - or thin or overweight - we are where we are.
The body dysmorphia? That we could do without.

@MissKathleen I’ve been called anorexic a million times. It’s not anyone’s business but mine how thin and healthy I choose to be.

@MissKathleen Naturally, and I didn’t say otherwise. But just because someone is thin we shouldn’t assume they are. If she was obese and you pointed her out for being obese, everyone would be on your butt. It’s a double standard.