Comments on: THINNER YOU: 5 reasons to get rid of your skinny jeans http://blogs.ajc.com/better-health/2009/05/07/thinner-you-5-reasons-to-get-rid-of-your-skinny-jeans/ Taking care of you and your family. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:40:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Andrea Owen http://blogs.ajc.com/better-health/2009/05/07/thinner-you-5-reasons-to-get-rid-of-your-skinny-jeans/comment-page-1/#comment-783 Andrea Owen Sat, 06 Jun 2009 19:35:56 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/better-health/?p=350#comment-783 Thank you for this article. I am donating mine to NEDA for their display along with a goodbye letter to them. My skinny jeans are from a time that I struggled with an eating disorder and getting rid of them is for me, the final step to freedom. For some, the number on that little label meant a lot to us at one time. If you can be like the previous poster and use your skinny jeans to "keep you in check" than more power to you...but for many, too small clothing from the past represents something much bigger, something you couldn't understand unless you have been there. Again, thanks! www.liveyourideallife.blogspot.com Thank you for this article. I am donating mine to NEDA for their display along with a goodbye letter to them. My skinny jeans are from a time that I struggled with an eating disorder and getting rid of them is for me, the final step to freedom. For some, the number on that little label meant a lot to us at one time. If you can be like the previous poster and use your skinny jeans to “keep you in check” than more power to you…but for many, too small clothing from the past represents something much bigger, something you couldn’t understand unless you have been there.

Again, thanks!
http://www.liveyourideallife.blogspot.com

]]> By: Sam http://blogs.ajc.com/better-health/2009/05/07/thinner-you-5-reasons-to-get-rid-of-your-skinny-jeans/comment-page-1/#comment-586 Sam Fri, 08 May 2009 21:07:23 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/better-health/?p=350#comment-586 I think some of these comments have derailed from the intent of the article. This article is not about "people should wear clothes that fit," it's about how we set up unrealistic standards for our present and our future based on our past. Ms Howard makes the strong point that health is not directly proportionate to numbers on a scale, or the size tag on a piece of clothing. Fred: comment boards are not the appropriete place to express your negativeity and dissatisfaction about your life. I think some of these comments have derailed from the intent of the article. This article is not about “people should wear clothes that fit,” it’s about how we set up unrealistic standards for our present and our future based on our past. Ms Howard makes the strong point that health is not directly proportionate to numbers on a scale, or the size tag on a piece of clothing.

Fred: comment boards are not the appropriete place to express your negativeity and dissatisfaction about your life.

]]> By: Dara Chadwick http://blogs.ajc.com/better-health/2009/05/07/thinner-you-5-reasons-to-get-rid-of-your-skinny-jeans/comment-page-1/#comment-585 Dara Chadwick Fri, 08 May 2009 13:56:25 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/better-health/?p=350#comment-585 I love the idea behind this: Embracing and making the most of who you are and the body you have today. What's most important is taking good care of your health. Dara Chadwick Author You'd Be So Pretty If...: Teaching Our Daughters to Love Their Bodies -- Even When We Don't Love Our Own www.youdbesoprettyif.com I love the idea behind this: Embracing and making the most of who you are and the body you have today. What’s most important is taking good care of your health.

Dara Chadwick
Author
You’d Be So Pretty If…: Teaching Our Daughters to Love Their Bodies — Even When We Don’t Love Our Own
http://www.youdbesoprettyif.com

]]> By: Idefer http://blogs.ajc.com/better-health/2009/05/07/thinner-you-5-reasons-to-get-rid-of-your-skinny-jeans/comment-page-1/#comment-578 Idefer Thu, 07 May 2009 23:39:23 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/better-health/?p=350#comment-578 I like to keep a pair of skinny jeans around for the same reason that most people do. When you don't fit in them anymore, it is time to hit the treadmill. Sometimes your loved ones (and you) have a hard time saying that you are getting a bit chunky. The 'skinny' jeans, although harsh, speak without saying a word. They keep you in check. Isn't there some advice out there about not weighing oneself everyday, but to instead judge your weight gain or loss by the clothes you wear? It is better to make sure that those 'skinny' jeans are never truly labeled 'skinny'. Instead, label them 'healthy' jeans. Find a pair that fit you when you are in tip top shape and aim to wear them. The closer you are to them, the better. I like to keep a pair of skinny jeans around for the same reason that most people do. When you don’t fit in them anymore, it is time to hit the treadmill. Sometimes your loved ones (and you) have a hard time saying that you are getting a bit chunky. The ’skinny’ jeans, although harsh, speak without saying a word. They keep you in check. Isn’t there some advice out there about not weighing oneself everyday, but to instead judge your weight gain or loss by the clothes you wear? It is better to make sure that those ’skinny’ jeans are never truly labeled ’skinny’. Instead, label them ‘healthy’ jeans. Find a pair that fit you when you are in tip top shape and aim to wear them. The closer you are to them, the better.

]]> By: AtlantaFan http://blogs.ajc.com/better-health/2009/05/07/thinner-you-5-reasons-to-get-rid-of-your-skinny-jeans/comment-page-1/#comment-577 AtlantaFan Thu, 07 May 2009 22:48:00 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/better-health/?p=350#comment-577 Funny, I have the opposite problem. I am losing the weight and have a closet full of clothes that don't fit. I wish I had a few things from 10 years ago when I was my current weight, since it's expensive to buy all new things. I agree with many of the tenets of the article: 1. Losing weight doesn't make you happy. You have to be happy with yourself whatever weight you are. 2. Get rid of the old clothes. If you do lose weight, they'll probably be out-of-style anyway. Funny, I have the opposite problem. I am losing the weight and have a closet full of clothes that don’t fit. I wish I had a few things from 10 years ago when I was my current weight, since it’s expensive to buy all new things.

I agree with many of the tenets of the article:
1. Losing weight doesn’t make you happy. You have to be happy with yourself whatever weight you are.
2. Get rid of the old clothes. If you do lose weight, they’ll probably be out-of-style anyway.

]]> By: Wells http://blogs.ajc.com/better-health/2009/05/07/thinner-you-5-reasons-to-get-rid-of-your-skinny-jeans/comment-page-1/#comment-576 Wells Thu, 07 May 2009 22:15:29 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/better-health/?p=350#comment-576 When will people understand that you look better (and slimmer) in clothes that fit properly. When will people understand that you look better (and slimmer) in clothes that fit properly.

]]> By: Savvy http://blogs.ajc.com/better-health/2009/05/07/thinner-you-5-reasons-to-get-rid-of-your-skinny-jeans/comment-page-1/#comment-575 Savvy Thu, 07 May 2009 20:49:28 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/better-health/?p=350#comment-575 James, I feel your pain. Maybe these 'fluffy' women should invest in a full length mirror instead of skinny jeans. James, I feel your pain. Maybe these ‘fluffy’ women should invest in a full length mirror instead of skinny jeans.

]]> By: James http://blogs.ajc.com/better-health/2009/05/07/thinner-you-5-reasons-to-get-rid-of-your-skinny-jeans/comment-page-1/#comment-574 James Thu, 07 May 2009 18:23:25 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/better-health/?p=350#comment-574 Well, I agree with this artical. I can't tell you how many women I see at work, or just out in public and there back (love handles) are not only struggling to get out of there super tight jeans but their shirts are too short as well and its like the skin is just sticking out. I'm like why would you want to wear such restrictive clothing? Secondly, do you not see that when you look in the mirror? It's really something to see. Well, I agree with this artical. I can’t tell you how many women I see at work, or just out in public and there back (love handles) are not only struggling to get out of there super tight jeans but their shirts are too short as well and its like the skin is just sticking out. I’m like why would you want to wear such restrictive clothing? Secondly, do you not see that when you look in the mirror? It’s really something to see.

]]> By: d chambers http://blogs.ajc.com/better-health/2009/05/07/thinner-you-5-reasons-to-get-rid-of-your-skinny-jeans/comment-page-1/#comment-573 d chambers Thu, 07 May 2009 18:12:07 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/better-health/?p=350#comment-573 no matter what the size is,it's always refreshing especially for women to buy something new. realistically if you have children they don't get any younger and neither do we. if people are still hanging on to yesterday then tomorrow is lost. no matter what the size is,it’s always refreshing especially for women to buy something new. realistically if you have children they don’t get any younger and neither do we. if people are still hanging on to yesterday then tomorrow is lost.

]]> By: RJ http://blogs.ajc.com/better-health/2009/05/07/thinner-you-5-reasons-to-get-rid-of-your-skinny-jeans/comment-page-1/#comment-572 RJ Thu, 07 May 2009 16:31:07 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/better-health/?p=350#comment-572 Funny, I looked at an outfit that I bought 7 years ago and swore I would lose the weight to fit into it. It's still sitting there with price tag on it! Funny, I looked at an outfit that I bought 7 years ago and swore I would lose the weight to fit into it. It’s still sitting there with price tag on it!

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