I like Bacon and i’m not ashamed
just got home
I have seen a lot of posts here lately about losing weight, dieting, and things of that nature, and most of the people writing these posts are not big people in any way.
I just dont understand what the obsession is with being stick figure skinny, these pictures are me obviously, now the one where i am holding my son was taken 4 1/2 years ago, i weighed about 105. The other one is from like 2 months ago and i weighed about 140. I think i look a lot better in the one where i have a little extra weight on me, I think most women do. I think women were far more attractive when they were a little bit thick, they were voluptuous and curvy, now almost every model or actress is just plain scrawny. I mean what is attractive about seeing a womans bones sticking out. Now there are women who are just small framed and petite, and they are beautiful to, but when its forced it just looks unhealthy. I dont know maybe its just me but i dont think for a second that the skinnier you are the more beautiful you are.
Dont be ashamed of your curves, be proud of em. And if you have always been skinny be proud of that, i just wish women would stop trying so hard to change their self. Love who you are now, whether your thick, skinny, short, or tall, stop worrying about what others think. I wont give up bacon cause someone else thinks im not perfect, and neither should you, you are beautiful just the way you are.
trying to make things right 
Amen! I’ve seen a lot of those posts too and at the risk of gettin’ too “fresh” I think you look mighty awesome 🙂
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July 11, 2014 at 6:33 pm
Thankyou
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July 11, 2014 at 6:35 pm
I also prefer that my bones covered well, and agree that most of us look better that way. I like being able to give my kids soft hugs. As long as I can mostly keep up in a game of tag, I must be alright.
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July 11, 2014 at 8:05 pm
Exactly, and I understand people wanting to be healthy, but being underweight is not healthy either.
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July 11, 2014 at 8:12 pm
Well said! I am ashamed to say that I ha entry seen my sister in awhile and seen her at my parents the other day, and was shocked that she had lost so much weight! She is rail thin and too thin! She looks like a stick and almost unhealthy which makes me sad, a little extra is good! It’s healthy!
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July 11, 2014 at 8:56 pm
A little extra never hurt nobody,actually i wouldnt mind having a little more in certain places, lol.
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July 11, 2014 at 9:00 pm
Bahaha!
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July 11, 2014 at 9:02 pm
Nothing wrong with that!
There’s no need to starve yourself.
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July 11, 2014 at 9:04 pm
i completely agree, you know now i eat like i should and i have even started to like sweets, which i never did before, but it makes me wonder, back when i was drinking a lot, i could go a week without eating anything and not even be hungry, i dont know how i did that, i think i would pass out if i missed a meal now, lol.
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July 11, 2014 at 9:09 pm
Amen! I like the curves as well. The obsession with the perfect body extends to men as well. It took years for me to be comfortable with mine
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July 11, 2014 at 9:58 pm
Yes your right it does extend to men as well, I just didnt feel I was the right one to talk about it from a mans point of view. 😉
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July 11, 2014 at 10:04 pm
You look good in both the shots, by the way!
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July 11, 2014 at 10:26 pm
thanks much
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July 11, 2014 at 10:29 pm
I totally agree with your post. I work out just to stay fit. I’m allergic to this size 0 business (thinking about it, anything upto size 2 or 3 doesnt particularly please me 😛 )
I used to be stick thin before and when I look back I really dont like the way I looked.
On a different note, I like the way u look now and back then 🙂
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July 11, 2014 at 11:07 pm
Awww well thank you very much, I really appreciate that. 🙂
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July 11, 2014 at 11:20 pm
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Completely agree, darlin’. I continue to fight the battle of the bulge, it’s true. I’m curvy curvy, but also healthy so should put a sock in it, I know. I’m glad my hubby is not into stick insects, because I never have been one nor shall ever be – ha! Some people just are thin naturally and good for them. In any case, self image has more to do with “self” than the actual image we project. Beauty comes from the inside. You look great at 140, btw! Fab… 🙂
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July 12, 2014 at 5:02 am
Thanks hon, your husband has good taste, cause you are beautiful inside and out. ever since i saw that one picture of you with the swim cap on, i cant help but think of Marilyn Monroe when i see you. 🙂
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July 12, 2014 at 8:59 am
Oh you are a little sweetie! 😊 Thanks darling girl! And I gotta say you are rocking that gawgeous cowgirl look in those boots! Your hubby is a lucky dude…
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July 12, 2014 at 9:08 am
Thankyou, but i will not be satisfied with myself until i can make a swim cap look as good as you do. Lol 🙂
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July 12, 2014 at 9:12 am
Hahahaha!!! It’s all in the latex, my dear…. And the flowers!
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July 12, 2014 at 9:18 am
No it was just you and your awesomeness . 🙂
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July 12, 2014 at 9:23 am
As long as you’re healthy and you’re happy! And I think you look fine and dandy.
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July 12, 2014 at 1:45 pm
Thanks mark, I appreciate it.
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July 12, 2014 at 1:47 pm
You are very right! You look better with a little more! Fact is, skinnier doesn’t always mean healthy and heavier doesn’t always mean unhealthier.
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July 15, 2014 at 1:51 pm
Thank you I appreciate it, and definitely agree with ya. 😉
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July 15, 2014 at 1:56 pm
Awesome post. Accepting one’s self can become invariably infuriating when popular media imagery tells you that you’re not the right size, height, or complexion. We have to stop feeding the fears of being totally and undeniably us as we are.
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July 15, 2014 at 11:50 pm
I couldnt agree more! 🙂
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July 16, 2014 at 4:20 am
Thank you so much, you could not be more right. I am definitely following you… You have so much to say and so much to give to this community 🙂 thank you.
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July 22, 2014 at 6:29 pm
Wow thanks I appreciate that, I saw that you liked my comment on OM s blog, so if you wanna check out one of my feminist posts the title of one of them is feminism ridiculousness at its best
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July 22, 2014 at 6:31 pm
I will definitely do that. Thanks!
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July 22, 2014 at 6:33 pm
Sure thing, im following you now to. 😉
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July 22, 2014 at 6:34 pm
Awesome, thank you so much! My more active blog is a Chain of Effects, but hopefully I will be able to get My Student Voice up and running again soon.
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July 22, 2014 at 6:37 pm
you know what else is beautiful? your confidence and your self respect. Just sayin’…
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July 23, 2014 at 12:11 pm
Awww thank you so much, that is a wonderful compliment.
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Wow, wonderful blog layout! How long have you been blogging for? you make blogging look easy. The overall look of your website is wonderful, as well as the content!
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August 16, 2014 at 9:07 pm
Hi, I check your blogs like every week. Your story-telling style is awesome, keep up the good work!
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August 16, 2014 at 10:37 pm
Yes… health, physically and mentally should be a large goal in all of our lives. I’m personal a healthy 130lbs 😉
My concern is in the approach taken to fight off hateful words and unhealthy standards thrown at us my individuals and society as a whole.
One of the high school girls I taught at church, a sweet, vulnerable 17 year-old, is very skinny by nature. She is healthy but can not put on weight. This idea that we must, as women with “skin in our bones”, talk about how much better it looks etc. to be like us, is not the most loving approach to raise our own self-esteem. It hurts those who are skinny by nature (or who are struggling with body image as a whole) and we end up being the one throwing around hatful words.
All women have a unique beauty they posses, heart, mind and skin. Who are we to decide and voice what is beautiful. I’m sure we all have many differences in opinion on what is beautiful. And the practice of voices what we think is beautiful externally might be something we stay away from because we don’t know who is listening and where they are in their long journey of finding contentment with how they were designed.
As women, we deeply desire to be desirable (I honestly didn’t think I was to terribly desirable until my husband convinced me I was… at least to him 😉 )
Out of our need to be desired lets not make our skinnier sisters feel less desirable!
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January 2, 2015 at 2:37 pm
If you noticed i said if that naturally skinny or petit women are beautiful to but I dont think women look as good when they force it or go through extreme dieting routines to make themselves what others want.
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January 2, 2015 at 3:00 pm
Yes… we should be what we are not what others want to look at. You don’t like looking at me…. then stop 😉
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January 2, 2015 at 3:37 pm
Exactly
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January 2, 2015 at 3:40 pm
oh and these words are not for the author… you encouraged being proud of ones body no matter what the size… but some of the comments contain some specific words that my student has said hurt her to hear about skinnier girls like herself!
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January 2, 2015 at 2:41 pm
Oh okay sorry I just replied to your first comment and was like but I said…. lol
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January 2, 2015 at 3:01 pm
Sorry for that… I promise I was not trying to set you up 😉 but I realized after going back and rereading my comment I didn’t give you credit because I wasn’t honestly thinking about the post but the comments. I’m a not a crazy B… well at least some people don’t think I am 😉
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January 2, 2015 at 3:36 pm
Lol no worries, most people think I am at least a little crazy, but im good with that. 😉
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January 2, 2015 at 3:39 pm
Hear hear!
I weighed 98lbs before I got pregnant with my daughter. I now weigh 130lbs, and am making no effort to return to my pre-pregnancy size; I look awesome! My 5’9 frame needed to be filled out, and the baby weight did just that.
Besides, no-one should have to give up bacon. That’s just all kinds of wrong!
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January 2, 2015 at 2:43 pm
Thata awesome and im sure you look beautiful, and your right no one should have to give up bacon, lol.
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January 2, 2015 at 3:06 pm
Where’s the “love this” button!!?? Me too, girl!
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January 2, 2015 at 5:05 pm
Lol, thanks hon 🙂
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January 2, 2015 at 5:07 pm
Oh I love this! Just be proud of your body!
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January 2, 2015 at 5:50 pm
Thanks much, and thats exactly right
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January 2, 2015 at 7:07 pm
You look great, by the way!
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January 2, 2015 at 7:33 pm
aww thanks so much
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January 2, 2015 at 7:36 pm
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Thanks for this post. I am trying to lose weight as I am a bit TOO curvy. You have made me feel a little better about not being skinny (I like bacon as well so will never be a twig)! You look great by the way 🙂
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January 9, 2015 at 2:52 pm
Im so glad, dont worry about the curves im sure you look beautiful, and my husband likes the curves. And thankyou
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January 9, 2015 at 3:02 pm