For all you that are complaining about your looks...

[Tonya]

Facts on Figures : There are 3 billion women who don't look like super models and only eight who do.

Marilyn Monroe wore a size 14.

If Barbie was a real woman, she'd have to walk on all fours due to her proportions.

The average woman weighs 144 lb. and wears between a 12-14.

One out of every four college aged women has an eating disorder.

The models in the magazines are airbrushed -- not perfect!

A psychological study in 1995 found that three minutes spent looking at a fashion magazine caused 70% of women to feel depressed, guilty, and shameful.

Models twenty years ago weighed 8% less than the average woman.
Today they weigh 23% less.

~Beauty of a Woman~
The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears,
The figure she carries, or the way she combs her hair.
The beauty of a woman must be seen from her eyes,
Because that is the doorway to her heart,
The place where love reside!
The beauty of a woman Is not in a facial mole,
But true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul.
It is the caring that she lovingly gives,
The passion that she shows.
The beauty of a woman
With passing years -- only grows.





The Images of Mother
4 YEARS OF AGE ~ My Mommy can do anything!
8 YEARS OF AGE ~ My Mom knows a lot! A whole lot!
12 YEARS OF AGE ~ My Mother doesn't really know quite everything.
14 YEARS OF A! GE ~ Naturally, Mother doesn't know that, either.
16 YEARS OF AGE ~ Mother? She's hopelessly old-fashioned.
18 YEARS OF AGE ~ That old woman? She's way out of date!
25 YEARS OF AGE ~ Well, she might know a little bit about it.
35 YEARS OF AGE ~ Before we decide, let's get Mom's opinion.
45 YEARS OF AGE ~ Wonder what Mom would have thought about it?
65 YEARS OF AGE ~ Wish I could talk it over with Mom.

[Moose]

Thank you so much Tonya, I needed that! :)

[Tonya]

Originally posted by Tonya
If Barbie was a real woman, she'd have to walk on all fours due to her proportions.



Hehe, I'm gonna quote my own self. I just love that one! I have this mental image of all those pretty skinny blonds in hollywood crawling around on all fours when the cameras are off.

[RICHARD]

Originally posted by Tonya

If Barbie was a real woman, she'd have to walk on all fours due to her proportions.



I think you are just jealous you don't have a little pink plastic Corvette.;)

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

Thanks Tonya. I think it's awful the way everybody here thinks they are so ugly. No wonder the costmetic industry is doing such a bang up business! :rolleyes:

I don't know why everyone thinks they are ugly. I really honestly don't know an ugly looking person. Some people I know are pretty ugly inside, but that's a different story.

So all of you out there - GET OVER IT! YOU ARE SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE I KNOW - AND DON'T YOU EVER FORGET IT!!!!

There, glad I got that out of my system. :D

[K9soul]

I have seen that or some of that before, but it is always really nice to see it again. So many women, including myself, have insecurities about their looks or things they wish they could change, and sadly that is promoted from a very young age by Hollywood and toys like Barbie. It couldn't have hurt to make Barbie have realistic proportions :rolleyes:

[K9soul]

Oh, I just wanted to add too that this is another thing that makes our pets so special.. They always see the real beauty in us, the beauty of our hearts and souls!

[RICHARD]

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005QDT7/104-0729852-4007928?v=glance&s=toys&vi=pictures&img=14#more-pictures

[Fox-Gal]

Originally posted by Tonya
[B]
The average woman weighs 144 lb. and wears between a 12-14.


I'm average?! Is it wrong to still want to be above average?

Kidding adside, nice of you to post this for those of us who are insecurity about our looks. ME! It might just make me change my mine about posting my pic. on the PT web site thats been started. Maybe? ;)



yes I want the pink plastic Corvette, full size and no plastic please. ;)

[Tonya]

I don't like Corvettes. But I'll take a pink Hummer!

[Tonya]

I'm above average...I'm 170 lbs right now. lol. Still a size 12 though (not for much longer...), so I guess I'm half way in between. Wanna know my shoe size too? haha.

[slick]

Nice thread and very encouraging



but.....



I'm still not posting my pic :eek:

[RICHARD]

Originally posted by Tonya
I don't like Corvettes. But I'll take a pink Hummer!


Tonya,

Please,

don't set me up like that.....
:eek:


Come on slick.

[G.P.girl]

I'll take the crovett...but not in pink!

[Sirrahsim]

hmm I guess I'm pretty average then, I weigh about 140 and wear a Juniors size 13... don't know what size in women's clothes

[slick]

Originally posted by RICHARD
Come on slick.
Sorry Richard, you'll just have to wait until July for shock of your life.....

[trayi52]

Heres the deal, if you post yours Richard, Slick might just be tempted to post hers!!;)

[slick]

Originally posted by trayi52
Heres the deal, if you post yours Richard, Slick might just be tempted to post hers!!;)
:D :D Nice try......

I don't have enough money to replace all your monitors.....

[trayi52]

You could have went along with it, long enough to get his picture up here. Remember we have the right to change our minds, and the right to remain silent!!

Willie

[Tonya]

Originally posted by slick
:D :D Nice try......

I don't have enough money to replace all your monitors.....

Slick, I'm already convinced that you are one of the most beautiful people I've met.

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

Originally posted by Fox-Gal
yes I want the pink plastic Corvette, full size and no plastic please. ;)

Sorry, but all Corvettes are plastic. Corvetters themselves call them plastic cars. They're actually fiberglass. The frame, of course is steel, but the body is all fiberglass - and some plastic (bumpers, etc.) Sooooo, so much for not having a plastic Corvette. ;) :D

And ditto, Tonya - what you said about Slick. I've seen you Slick (video with Bassett) and I really don't know why you're afraid to show your face. So you don't have the face of Barbie, at least yours is real and not some plasticized, surgeryized, fake sort of face. It's you and we'll love it because we love you! :D

(Gee, if that doesn't get her to post I don't know what will) ;) :D

[slick]

Tonya and Debbie...thank you for your kind words....they mean so much to me. now QUIT IT!! I don't feel like having a crying session tonight......:(

I'm sure there will be plenty of pictures taken at the BBQ in July and IF they turn out OK I just might let Gini post them.

Tray: we've seen a picture of that hunk-a-man Richard :cool: Just search for a thread from the the BBQ last year.

Gee I guess I started this discussion so now I can end it. Let's get back to the subject at hand.

Smaller cars give me the heebie-geebies. I've been driving an SUV for about 10 yrs and I'm never going back. Corvettes and other sports cars are so small that if you get smucked, YOU get smucked. At least with a truck (well, I like to call it a truck :D) you've got something there between you and the other guy.

[Tonya]

No crying, Slick! Crying is for those sissy super models. lol. I agree with you...I drive a truck and I feel much better in it. I have a little more confidence that I won't get smushed. :D

[kimlovescats]

GREAT POST, Tonya. BUT... let's PLEASE not start posting our "average" weights!!! :eek: This post is supposed to make us feel BETTER!!!! :D

[micki76]

Originally posted by kimlovescats
GREAT POST, Tonya. BUT... let's PLEASE not start posting our "average" weights!!! :eek: This post is supposed to make us feel BETTER!!!! :D

LOL! True. See, Tonya's like, on 8 feet tall. So when she says she weighs 170, it translates into 120 at my height! :eek:

[zippy-kat]

Originally posted by RICHARD
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005QDT7/104-0729852-4007928?v=glance&s=toys&vi=pictures&img=14#more-pictures

I think Miss Meow needs one to match her kitchen...

[Fox-Gal]

Originally posted by Tubby & Peanut's Mom
[B]Sorry, but all Corvettes are plastic. Corvetters themselves call them plastic cars. They're actually fiberglass. The frame, of course is steel, but the body is all fiberglass - and some plastic (bumpers, etc.) Sooooo, so much for not having a plastic Corvette. ;) :D


:( :( :( Shoot now I have to be average without a corvette.

[Nomilynn]

Vickie - we posted pics AND videos of you in Bassett's threads!!!! So you are already famous!!

[lynnestankard]

Originally posted by slick
............ if you get smucked, YOU get smucked.

............................he he he he - great word - smucked - I've got to remember that one Vickie :D :D

Lynne

[tikeyas_mom]

i weigh more then 144 lbs :o and i am 17 and excersize!!!!

:o :o

i liked the poem

[Uabassoon]

LOL! True. See, Tonya's like, on 8 feet tall. So when she says she weighs 170, it translates into 120 at my height!

LOL I know, I was thinking about that too. I was like why does she look so much thinner than me, then I realized she's a whole foot taller than me :)

[RICHARD]

Originally posted by K9soul
I have seen that or some of that before, but it is always really nice to see it again. So many women, including myself, have insecurities about their looks or things they wish they could change, and sadly that is promoted from a very young age by Hollywood and toys like Barbie. It couldn't have hurt to make Barbie have realistic proportions :rolleyes:

How the hell are you gonna mold stretch marks on her?;)

Ken loses his washboard abs, some hair and
what good will Viagra do him??:eek:


Lololol


I think Walt Disney was one of the most vile, disgusting men on the planet.....


Why?

He has led MILLIONS of women that Prince Charmin (Yep, the toilet paper prince) will show up on a white horse, kiss her and they live happily ever after...

What happened to dating?

It sounds more like one of those deals where you find a wife on the Internet...

Wanted - Prince Charming.

I am a Domestic Engineer who is currently sharing a home with 7 horizontally challenged men who may be on the verge of contracting Black Lung Disease.

I am in the Witness Protection program due to an
murder scheme which I escaped by making a deal with the contract killer. Unable to return to my hometown due to evil witch who wants me dead.

While I do fear for my life at the moment I really need to be taken away from my current situation....willing to relocate and marriage is no problem-NO questions asked..


Married men with drama need not apply- no smokers or drinkers.

[2kitties]

I don't know, I grew up playing with Barbie. I watch tv and movies and I read magazines.
And I still manage to know the difference between a real person and a toy. I understand that movie stars and models get paid to look that way and it is their job. My job is to sit at a desk and design brochures. If my job was to be stick thin, then that is what I'd do. I may be cold, but I have absolutely no sympathy for a grown woman who gets sad looking at a magazine model. It's just plain silliness. That kind of problem is a product of poor self esteen, not a product of the magazine or the model.

Instead, I'm a real person who eats what she likes within reason, works out regularly and runs 30 miles per week for her health. Keeping thin and healthy is important to me because of me, not because of a doll or a model.

Sizes have changed. By today's standards, Marilyn would've been a 4.

[RICHARD]

Originally posted by 2kitties


Sizes have changed. By today's standards, Marilyn would've been a 4.

LOL......

So true.....


Who is the gal who was dating Jack Nicholson....

She does the lawyer series and also made Men In Black II.....I saw a picture of her on a magazine.


That chick has a serious eating problem...

I shudder to think that she thinks she looks good by being that skinny.......

yuck.

[Miss Meow]

Originally posted by zippy-kat
I think Miss Meow needs one to match her kitchen...

:D ;)

Magazine publishers only put out magazines with skinny models on the front *because we buy them*. The celebrity diet covers are the ones that sell the most copies. If publishers are exploiting our poor self esteems, it's no one's fault but our own, unfortunately.

PS I have a car that fits me, two stinky sausage dogs and just fits Shane and my purse :) I think if I drove an SUV, I'd sideswipe every panel before even leaving the car park!!!

[micki76]

Originally posted by RICHARD
LOL......

So true.....


Who is the gal who was dating Jack Nicholson....

She does the lawyer series and also made Men In Black II.....I saw a picture of her on a magazine.


That chick has a serious eating problem...

I shudder to think that she thinks she looks good by being that skinny.......

yuck.

Ewww. Laura Flynn Boyle. She is gross looking.

Remember when she wore this to the awards ceremony? :eek:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid101/p95e02c359158cd47ae98ca00e486f4ee/f9d8f88b.jpg

[slick]

Hey, I wore a Tu-Tu like that when I was 10 yrs old in ballet......mind you I actually looked cute ;)

My idols: Jann Arden, Momma Cass (RIP) and all the other "large" artists out there. Along with their outstanding talent, they have (had) the confidence to follow their dreams in spite of their size. God I wish I could be like that.

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

Originally posted by slick
Hey, I wore a Tu-Tu like that when I was 10 yrs old in ballet......mind you I actually looked cute ;)


Hey! Slick admitted she's cute! Come on everybody, you all heard it, didn't you?

[slick]

Originally posted by Tubby & Peanut's Mom
Hey! Slick admitted she's cute! Come on everybody, you all heard it, didn't you?
OK COME ON.....THAT WAS WHEN I WAS 10 YRS OLD......;) Everyone's cute when they're 10...

Edit: OMG I was just watching Funniest Home Videos and a clip showed a cat cuddling and licking a "naked" barbie doll....I laughed so hard I almost......:D :D :D :D

[2kitties]

Originally posted by slick
My idols: Jann Arden, Momma Cass (RIP) and all the other "large" artists out there. Along with their outstanding talent, they have (had) the confidence to follow their dreams in spite of their size. God I wish I could be like that.

Slick, while I applaud you for not being sizist, I think it is just as unhealthy you list these people as "Idols."

Let's be honest. Mama Cass died of obesity related heart disease (not the reported ham sandwich choke.) She was 5'5" and 238 pounds- twice the normal weight for a woman her height. Obesity is just as unhealthy as anorexia.

I disagree with the idea that we should look up to people who are overweight just because they are overweight. Like her for her music if you want, but her body type is nothing to idolize. It is just as deadly, if not moreso, than Laura Flynn Boyle's weight.

Obesity is an epidemic in the United States because we are becoming a lazy fast food society. This kind of body is not the norm worldwide and it is a MAJOR killer of Americans every year. So no, I don't think we should idolize anyone because they have a deadly eating disorder.

[slick]

I don't look up to these people just because they are overweight. I do love their music, but more than that, they did not let their weight get in the way of doing what they wanted to do. Confidence, that's what I admire in them.

[Tonya]

I look up to people in Hollywood who don't have to get liposuction, breast implants, botox, collagen, etc... I find a woman in Hollywood much more beautiful when they have a few flaws. It shows that they are confident and woman enough to love themselves just how they are.

[2kitties]

Originally posted by slick
I don't look up to these people just because they are overweight. I do love their music, but more than that, they did not let their weight get in the way of doing what they wanted to do. Confidence, that's what I admire in them.
I understand now. That makes perfect sense. I'm sorry I misunderstood your post.

But I'd probably admire them more if they tried to do something to make themselves healthy role models along with making great music.

When Ruben Studdard won American Idol, there was actually a gal on our radio here saying she was glad the overweight guy won because he is the idol of real Americans- and she was clear it was because of his size. That is not the example we need to set for young people.

You look at tv peole like Jennifer Garner- the gal on Alias. That girl works so hard for what she's got. She's a healthy, lovely size, very very strong, and she eats like crazy. If I had to choose one- she's the one I'd pick to idolize.

[slick]

Originally posted by 2kitties
I understand now. That makes perfect sense. I'm sorry I misunderstood your post.
No problem 2K. I should have been clearer in my first post. Group hug......:D