Being overweight is now seen as the norm or to thin?

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When I used to weigh 140-145 pounds aged 24 at my height of 5ft8 my moms female friends said I needed to beef up.

Do you think perhaps 140-145 lbs is not exactly that skinny for my height but we as a western culture view being overweight/on the heavier side as the norm these days?

I've noticed that being more fuller figured has become more fashionable especially for women. Not sure about men though

I suppose it's how ever you feel confident.

I would say that it's a lot more accepted than it was years ago. Being overweight is common, but just because it's common does not mean that it is good.

Being thin will always be popular.

I think being skinny is more popular than being overweight for a man, especially with women.

I think that women would worry about a larger man and his eating habits and how that would influence her, I would imagine, in terms of dating.

People often date people who look like them. Thin/thin or big/big etc.

It's weird because when I've put weight on I always feel more feminine and when I lose the weight I always feel like I'm a boy

I think you have a point

Very lowest I got down to was 10 years ago when I weighed 137 lbs when I would cycle for hours a day. These days I am on meds for mental health reasons and weigh currently 167 lbs but I do workout/lift weights.


Dunno maybe all that cardio I was doing in the old days was burning of the muscle? The meds I take for anxiety are propranolol, setraline and ariprazol.

172 cm,65 kg？Maybe not skinny, but definitely not fat.If there's a fitness, anaerobic kind, you should be a little bit heavier than that.

I feel like I get unwanted dietary advice from others too frequently that is geared towards losing weight and I'm normal weight. I have been thinner and believe me, it's not good to be too thin from a health standpoint. People give me unwanted advice to eat less, because... that is their ungrounded opinion? I'm thin, so clearly I eat the right amount, so I think perhaps they're being jealous or just don't think about how their "advice" is harmful? I mean, I literally have visible abs, how is that too fat?