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Dayton
22 posts
http://www.ranker.com/list/hottest-tania-raymonde-photos/trent-walker

I am in the process of losing weight and would love to look like Tania Raymonde body wise.  But my cousin said that she is too thin.  What do you think?

 
Rezee
1964 posts
I think she looks fine, but who knows how healthy it would be for you? You have to take into consideration your frame and height before really figuring out what would be healthy for you.
Rezee
1964 posts
I'm also in the process of losing weight but I'm not focussing on the end result yet. More thinking about my health and how much better I feel. I've had four children anyway, I figure I'm never going to be able to get a perfect body anyway so no point dwelling on it!!
Mumof3Munchkins
2718 posts
Heck no, I'd love to look that lol.  I think as Renee said, it depends on your height as the taller you are the thinner you can look if you lose too much weight.  I guess you need to do whats right for you, but do it naturally and safely :-)
Mumof3Munchkins
2718 posts
Awww Renee, you look great for someone that's had 4 kids hun.  I lost 18kgs but it took me awhile to lose it like a year because I did it slowly and safely.  If you want to get to a certain weight hun, I totally recommend you do it the slow way and not on one of the fad diets that claim they work.  I'm only saying that because I've done them and they just get your hopes up and leave you feeling even worse as that can lead to over eating, believe me I've been there, done that.   So just reduce your portion size, eat little and often, drink lots of water and green tea, incorporate some safe exercise and try and cut out sugar and salt if you can, or even just reduce it.  Hope this helps somewhat :-)
chikoboo
3402 posts
I think she looks fine.

I've been trying to lose weight now for over 15 years and finally now I'm in 30's I've decided that its not what you look like its how you feel, being healthly is not just the physical being in the mirror staring at you, its a state of mind.  I'm still nagged by the doctor to lose weight, which I am but I'm not going to let media/social views dictate how I thin I need to be.  I eat healthy, exercise and have treats when I see fit, I drink plenty of water and get heaps of sleep, I can run up a flight of stairs 10 times a day and not be out of breath, so I think even though I'm round and flabby I've got some physical fitness and its now wonderful to say that I am starting to like me. 

I've been 140kg, I've been 65kg and I'm stuck somewhere in between now and I can say that honestly I feel fantastic right now that is until I get those morning when nothing seems to fit and I have a tantrum lol
Bird
231 posts
hehe Chikoboo you sound a lot fitter then I am, I'm out of breath with just a few stairs haha.
I think that girl looks fine, I can't see her bones! thats so gross when they're bony! She got an itty bitty waist and a little meat on her arms so nothing wrong with her lol.
Hmm, with each kid, (I got 2) it took me around 3-4 years to lose the baby fat. But yea I'm lazy, but I still got it off. No hurry I say xD As long as I can fit my favourite clothes and I don't look like a starved animal then I'm happy lol.
g1ggles2
358 posts
Ahhh yes it really is each to their own I think.
Some will look at that figure and thing far too thin, others will think it is the ideal and again others would still find fault & fat.

I personally wouldn;t want to be quite that thin but I do want to be a lot slender than I am now. After having my son I have kept about 4-5kgs of my baby weight (he is now almost 10mths) but I was already over weight & was just about to start nailing it on the head when I found out I was pregnant. My normal weight is usually between 92-97kgs but I personally would like to be about 80kg which was what my wedding weight was & I was happy but still had some junk in my truck which my husband loves hahah

Like Chikoboo most days I am happy with how I am until I have a bad clothes day then its melt down city in my house & im pretty sure my tamtrums can sometimes give my son a run for his money. However im physically fit & healhty (for now) if not a bit lazier since being on maternity leave (working on it hahah)

I think whats important is that you do whats right for you & dont let anyone else tell you how you should be & as long as your health is not effected & your realistic about your goals then hey the rest is all up to you :D

Good luck girl, I certainly hope you get to where ever your happiest figure wise :D
colleencanary
764 posts
That girl looks good and she doesnt look like an anoxeric model.
I've always weighed around 55kg and I'm 1,72 in height so you imagine that i look like a giraffe walking. Kids at school would fun of me and call me cigarette sticks which really hurt, but I soon got over it when all of them exploded into fat bombs after we left school for university. Everybody was pressuring me to pick up weight, even my doctor telling me that for my height I needed to weigh at least 65kg and nothing less. Sometimes people just cant help how their bodies are whether you are thin or fat because its alot to do with genetics, hormones, lifestyle etc.
If you feel healthy and you not putting your body through any hurt, then its no problem to be thin.
 
colleencanary
764 posts
Renee and Sarah you are two hot mommies!
Man I hope I look good when I start having kids :)
HouseOdBanana
350 posts
It all depends on your own body and what you find "good looking". Just remember to put your health above everything else.  
Cat
474 posts
I agree, as long as your healthy whatever weight you are doesn't matter. I cringe when I see comments on people's weight, whether its saying someone is too big or too skinny. Everyone is different and have different metabolisms. When I was in my late teens/early twenties I weighed in around 47kg, I am 5'3. I had family and friends always making comments and it really really bugged me. I ate just as much as my partner (who is a farmer... They know how to eat!) but I couldn't put weight on, I was extremely healthy, never sick. Now I'm 30 I'm around 55kg, still eating the same but have noticed my metabolism has slowed. I haven't had kids yet but feel when my time comes I'll continue to eat what I like in moderation, stay active and let my body decide what shape it wants to take. I don't like diets and I've never been fussed about cutting certain foods like meat out of my diet. Each to their own I believe. Oh and that saying 'Real woman have curves' bugs the heck out of me! 

Its all personal preference and as long as your happy and doing it for yourself then aim for the stars!
tannygirl
3392 posts
   I think so long as your healthy and can fuction well then it's up to you how much you want to weigh. I'm 27 and I'm about 57kg at 1.72 m. I used to have a really fast metabolism but when I hit 23 it slowed down a bit. So I started eating healthier and excercising. I personally prefer to be nigh slightly underweight because I'm nearing 30 and from there the kgs will get packed on so I figured that I'd rather weigh less now and then I can still be slim when my metabolism slows and I start gaining weight.
   I like to keep myself 57 kgs. I'd like to think it's my meatabolism but actually it's my diet. I eat alot of vegetables and some meat. I have to give up junk food and bread and carbs like that six days a week. I do break the rules if I get invited somewhere and one day a week I get to have the day off excercise and my diet. It's boring to be eating what I eat six days a week and live off brown rice for carbs when I want pasta and bread and potatoes and to be eating stirfries with heaps of vegetables when I want to eat crispy breaded fish and deep fried chicken and steaks drenched in sauces and to have to eat fruit for snacks when I want chocolate and chips but that's the sacrifice I make for the flat belly and thigh gap.
   I don't recommend everyone does what I do, it's not easy. But this is what I do if I want to keep my weight down and stay healthy.
Mrs_rain85
437 posts
I personally dont think that looks nice. she looks like shes got no meat on her what so ever and would snap. not sexy at all in my opinion.
Charmmy-Kitty
639 posts
Just google imaged her. I think she looked fine. But it really does depend on your frame. 
Jesse
745 posts
I definately think it's about being comfortable in your own skin no matter what weight you are, as long as you're healthy. What people consider 'too thin' is going to change person to person, my younger sister is 5'8 and 55 kgs and is always being told she's 'too thin' but she's a naturally slender woman. I agree with Cat about really disliking the saying 'real women have curves' and that horrendous horrendous meme that talks about dogs going for bones. I do think it's more important that you're comfortable at the size you are, while being conscious of your overall health as being very underweight or overweight can have serious health implications. 
MareeB
5239 posts
No she's definitely not too thin. You'll know when you're thin enough and feel healthy enough and gorgeous enough not to lose any more weight.
MareeB
5239 posts
Chickaboo and Colleen you are hilarious! Never mind how you look, your friends must love being around you because you're sooo fun  and have such lovely outlooks on life  :)
MareeB
5239 posts
...and I'm overwieght and eating chocolate while I write these posts....
Macs
5351 posts
Hi there. I had a look at the pic and I myself think its too skinny. My preferance is girls with curves are sexy.Just depends on what you like. Im a mum of two kids. With my fist girl I hit a high of 125kg. I lost 35 kg and then had my son. I lost it got down to 85kgs. Then recently I put on and I was in the nineties . I had to do something. Im exercising and eating right. I do have free weekends where I eat what I want. My lightest weight was 64 kgs at age 21. Ive lost ten kgs and hoping now to just maintain a healthy life.
Sylvia
149 posts
The topic of the public deciding what is "too thin" or "too fat" is one that I find really hard to deal with a lot of the time. I'm fairly tall, and naturally skinny for my height, and I've had to put up with so many comments on my weight over the years, both well-meaning and outright rude. Because of such comments, I spent most of my teenage years feeling extremely self-conscious about my appearance, and wishing I could put on a bit of weight. Obviously it's not good to encourage people, especially young impressionable girls, to lose weight just so that they can look like the 'ideal' stick-thin models, but neither is it good to make people feel ashamed for being thin if that's just what they are.

Like basically everyone on here has said, the important thing is to be, and feel, healthy, and that is something that is not necessarily going to occur at the same weight for everyone. :) xx
Kia
550 posts
Before you go on to do a weight loss journey, just be sure that you're not becoming obsessed with it. 

My best friend went through a period where she was seeing all these "thinspiration" instagram pages and decided she wanted abs and a thigh gap. She went from perfect frame, and completely healthy, to checking into the hospital 2 months later, warned about dying because of anorexia. And all because of her obsession. 


Be careful and actually consider whether or not you actually NEED to lose weight. And if you do, be sure to not overdo it. I think so many young ladies these days look at those kind of pages and always think they are not enough. 


As the other ladies have mentioned before me, what you weigh, and how much is considered too skinny really depends on you BMI, and your age and height. So keep in mind that if you do lose weight, you are highly unlikely to look like the girl in the picture. 


Also note that she is a supermodel. They are required to be exceptionally thin, and really tall. It could be super unhealthy for you to be the same weight. 
4545
1139 posts
I don't think it's very healthy to focus on losing weight to look like someone else - you should lose weight for you! 

I would also also like to (gently) point out that there shouldn't be such a thing as "too thin" or even "not thin enough" because weight and body size is all relative. Skinny-shaming women is just as bad as fat-shaming in my opinion... (I know most of you don't do this but I have seen hints of it in this thread!) Let's try and say positive things about each other :)
4545
1139 posts
P.S. You're all babes! ;)
accidentprone_x
845 posts
When I first started high school at the age of 12 going on 13 and only weighed 38kgs and I had no confidence in myself due to thinking I was too skinny and at the time I was anorexic and had been to a number of specialists too try too gain weight. I left high school at the age of 17 and managed to get myself to weight 49kgs. Which I also felt was really unhealthy for me as I am 169cm tall and I honestly looked like a walking stick. I am now 20 and I have never felt more confident than the size and weight I am now. I am currently 65kgs and absolutely love my body. Yes I may have stretch marks but I would rather have them then have my bones sticking out like they use too. I think it is all about being comfortable with yourself and if you want too loose weight go for it but as long as you are a healthy size it will look amazing. I have almost been told time and time again that I look way better the size I am even though I do have a belly that makes me look pregnant if only it could get distributed to other places in my body.
colleencanary
764 posts
Elena you are 1000% percent and what you said should always be the underlying message for everyone trying to manage their.

NEVER look at photos and let that be your benchmark. Our bodies are all different and we will drive ourselves nuts. I wish I could be alittle more curvy and look like J-Lo but its never going to happen for me because my body is designed to be skinny and if I keep looking at curvy picture I will go off my rockers. Putting on weight just doesnt happen for me.

Its the same if you're trying to be skinny. Not all girls were meant to skinny just the same as all girls can't be curvy.
Lutece
1849 posts
Elena has hit the nail on the head!

Each to their own but i think she looks good, and goodluck with your weightloss :)
MAGPIEFI
615 posts
The most important thing is not how much you weigh, it's only a number it's how you feel about yourself, and if you are comfortable in yor own skin, it's not about anyone else it's your body, a lot of my friends diet because I think they think they will look younger to other people, life's way to short to worry about a bit of fat, I'm all in for women who look like women we are meant to have curves
Mila
1209 posts
I dont think she's too thin at all, I think she looks healthy for her and I agree with some of the ladies on here thin-shaming is just as bad as fat-shaming, its not nice.  No one of any body size should be made to feel inadequate.  I really dislike seeing on facebook all the curvy is in and no one likes a bag of bones type posts... While I think that every body type should celebrate their own shape and size I dont think it should be at the expense of another.  We dont know each others stories and we should be celebrating our differences . If everyone looked the same it would be boring ! :).  I myself have gone through ups and downs high school years I struggled with eating disorders and the older i've got the more i've come into my skin I actually think since hitting over the 30 mark so I think rather than aiming to look like someone (although theres no harm in admiring other beautiful women!) just aim to be healthy, eat well, exercise, and look after yourself and your body will fall to whatever size/shape its supposed to. 
melly650
375 posts
She's beautiful! Definitely not too thin!

But I also agree with everyone, you shouldn't lose weight to look like someone else, you should lose weight because it's going to benefit your health. 

Your weight isnt the only thing that says youre healthy though, you should look at your mental state of mind and your physical wellbeing and everything. So if youre going to feel better by looking like her, I'd say do it. It's your body and you'll know when it's not going to be beneficial.
MicheleC
419 posts
I would be asking myself a number of questions:
1) Why her in particular? 
2) What is it about her in particular?
3) Is it a reasonable goal? Is it realistic?
4) Can you continue to be healthy at that weight/size?
5) What would you need to do to maintain that weight/size?
6) What do you expect life to be like when you get there?
7) What do you think you are missing, or missing out on now because you are not like her now?

Losing weight for all of the wrong reasons can be the start of a really unhealthy journey.

From the time I was a almost a teenager 12/13 no matter what weight I have been I have always 'seen' myself as fat/overweight. It started when I was teased and told I needed to lose weight. When I wasn't particularly overweight I had a wee rounded tummy and I would look in the mirror and think that because my stomach wasn't flat I was fat. I have been 60-65kg. 70kg, 80kg, 90kg, 104kg. I've worn and size 10 flared skirt and a size 20 in some clothes. During that time I have had my son and many things have happened including the need for medication that has been part of the weight gain.

I am 5'2" have wide hips and big boobs (14H), and have been this shape since 12/13. I have always had hips 2 sizes bigger than my waist and clothes never fit properly. I now have a mummy tummy and stretchmarks for Africa. Some things are in my power to change and some things aren't. I got them from the genetic lottery. All of the women in my family are short and overweight. So what things can I change and what can't I and still be physically and mentally healthy? That is always the question to sit with.

As far as whether she is too thin - that is a loaded question. She looks like she is a woman that is a healthy weight for her. But this may be deceiving. She may need to starve to look like that or she may never have to count a calorie.

Personally I want to feel comfortable in my own skin - mentally, emotionally and physically. I don't know if a number on the scales can dictate that.


 
Macs
5351 posts
You have a good point Mishi
MrsLissy
301 posts
I think it's nice to have something to aspire to but don't get too caught up if you don't end up looking exactly like that. I don't think it's appropriate to be passing comment on anyone's size or shape because unless it's a nice compliment. I'm getting annoyed with all of the body policing in the media and I think unless it is seriously impacting on your quality of life then why does it matter to anyone else. I think we are all very aware of our shapes and having it pointed out by others usually isn't helpful. I have had so many comments since I have lost so much weight where people think they are paying me a compliment but it's actually quite rude. I'm also now getting the make sure you don't get too skinny remarks. I'm going to stop where I am comfortable and the only other opinion I have time for is my hubby's. 
MicheleC
419 posts
Absolutely MrsLissy. By the way I like your glasses I think I have the same pair ;)
MicheleC
419 posts
Here's a great comment to get when you are 19. My then boyfriend's parents said I would be a nicer person if I lost weight! He wasn't my boyfriend for much longer after that as his parents vetoed the relationship!
Kia
550 posts
Mishi that is awful!! That is so rude! Sorry you had to hear that! 
Macs
5351 posts
Kias right. That is rude.
Hanna222
6 posts
She looks good, but I guess, the best weight is that makes you feel good, beautiful and healthy. 
trudijoy
8375 posts
unless someone has a very similar body type to you i dont' think you should be aspiring to attain anyone elses body, just to be the best and happiest YOU you can be.

Honestly. I've fought an ED in the past (and won) and lost 30 kg, and lived in Asia where my 'healthy' body weight is meant to be about 30kg less than I feel looks good on me. Comparison breeds discontent, even if it's manifesting as #inspo.

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