Comments on: Define "Full Figured"

By: Brandy

Brandy — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 04:28:31 +0000

Oh, I almost forgot, I’ve been either pregnant or nursing for the passed eight years now and it gives me a fuller figure (aka bigger boobs). I must say…I looooove them, oh, and the extra weight that I hold in my hips – more of the fuller figure vibe – I feel so womanly and sexy. Too bad for me, though, my last little one will be finished with me in a month or two. I will miss my full figured, sexy, womanly body.

The grass is always greener on the other side isn’t it? :)

By: Brandy

Brandy — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 04:17:15 +0000

I agree that numbers mean absolutely nothing on the scale. I am a double 0 in adult stores like Anne Taylor and White House Black Market. My ideal weight is 94 lbs. Don’t judge. I am barely 5 feet tall and I’m very petite. I don’t diet. I would love to exercise but I have four children under the age of 7 so we all know how that goes. This is just me. My body is not made to hold more weight than this. I would like to say , however, that when I was in eigth grade I wore a size 3! I was no bigger than I am now except for a little skinnier in the mid section (four babies will add a little meat to your belly). This can only mean that the sizes have gotten bigger. I know that no one will appreciate me saying that but for me it is really difficult. I’ve finally found a couple of stores where adult clothes fit in the 00 size but they are not inexpensive stores to say the least. I went through most of my college years having no where to shop because 579 was for teeny boopers and Petite Sophisticate was for more mature women. I blame the obsession with numbers for my lack of choices. This can be the only reason that the size 3 from 1990 is now a size 00 today. To every full-figured woman out there who thinks she’s not skinny enough, I think I’m not tall enough or womanly enough. Maybe we should all just accept the body size that we’ve been blessed with and be as healthy as we can be!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 23:45:18 +0000

I don’t mean to start a fight, but HOW do you know that you need to lose 30 pounds? I agree that we should not obsess about labels, but obsessing about numbers on the scale is just as destructive.

By: jupe

jupe — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:47:44 +0000

i think jen is on to something. why are we so concerned with these labels? and what does it really matter if keira is big boned or if eva says she is fat; if i know i need to lose 30 lbs (and i do) that is what i need to concentrate on and not muddy the waters with what would be considered voluptuous or curvy by hollywood standards, or if a size 6 is too fat or too tiny.
we can only be pressured to adhere to unrealistic standards when we persist in buying into them.

By: ChloeMireille

ChloeMireille — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:16:13 +0000

I’ve seen the size 00 before, Abercrombie sells them. I saw one at the Goodwill store I used to work at.

I got in an argument with my manager because I kept putting a size 00 skirt in the adult section, because she thought it was a child’s skirt.

By: Jackie

Jackie — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:21:03 +0000

The other day I got the opportunity to watch this great documentary on BBC America called Super Skinny Me. Two female journalists decide to loose an extreme amount of weight, to investigate how it would feel to be someone who is obsessed with being thin.

They had one of the journalists show how she could fit into a size 0 jean. They mentioned than an American size 0, was the same size jean that an 8 year old could wear. A size 00 (yes there is such a thing!), is what a 6 year old child could wear. I really was amazed, I never thought it was that bad. It really puts things in perspective.

I recommend you watch this show, unless you have been eating disordered, since it could be triggering. It is fascinating how the women not only discuss the physical effects of trying to make yourself super thin, but the psychological effects as well.

One of them talked about how they had no energy at all, and it reminded me of the last diet I went on. It really is like your body is going, “What in the heck do you think you’re doing?!” when you try to starve it to be thin.

Also, what is somewhat off-topic from what I was discussing above. I just want to mention that I think America Ferrera is awesome cause she’s a video gamer. She did an ad for Nintendo’s I Play for Me campaign, and it was like “OMG a plus sized woman gamer like me!” I mean I knew they exsisted, but to be represented on TV like that was awesome.

By: Kunoichi

Kunoichi — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:17:26 +0000

I always thought full figured, curvy, etc. were references to the classical hourglass figure – breasts larger than flat, rounded hips and buttocks, narrower waist. Which lead to some confusion for me when I heard people using the term to mean “fat.”

As for big boned – that’s me. I have a short but broad skeletal structure. I’m built like a tank. Even when I was thin, I had a hard time finding women’s watches or rings that fit. The standard sizes were always too small for me. I often would have to go into the men’s section, or have things custom sized.

A bit inconvenient finding things, but it’s saved me a few broken bones over the years, so I’m not complaining.

By: Ily

Ily — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 05:18:24 +0000

I think I’m probably “sturdy”. Hee…

By: Ally

Ally — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:29:28 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beCAVuKqF1U

This mocks the full-figured. Trigger warning.

By: Grace

Grace — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:39:22 +0000

I honestly don’t see how Keira Knightley can be called big boned. Her bones just look big because she’s so damned skinny! If big boned really means large-framed, there has to be a better example than Keira Knightley (maybe that tall woman who used to be on “Third Rock from the Sun”?).