# I'm not THAT skinny... am I? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 10, 2003, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-that-skinny-am-i/167706 "2003-04-10T02:29:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-that-skinny-am-i/167706/41 "2003-04-11T13:54:53Z")
Moms: Gotta hate’am. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-that-skinny-am-i/167706/42 "2003-04-11T15:31:23Z")
It’s nice to see that there are people who have the opposite problem with their weight. It goes to show you that it’s not just overweight people who struggle. If you do try to gain weight, just remember to do it with your health in mind. Exercise to build muscle, don’t forego the vegetables, and take care of yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-that-skinny-am-i/167706/43 "2003-04-11T17:03:53Z")
Mr. Snicks is 6’6" (2m, near 'nuff) and just now tops 205 lb (91 kg) mark at 25. In high school, he played bball, lifted serious weights, drank protein “gainer” drinks, and did all he could to gain and the closest he ever got was 195. So you’ll be allright. Snicks ---
**Author:** ![Cyrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Cyrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyrin)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-that-skinny-am-i/167706/44 "2003-04-11T17:20:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Velma \* > \*\*You could brush your teeth with milkshakes! \*\* Instead of chewing Gum, chew Bacon! ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-that-skinny-am-i/167706/45 "2003-04-11T17:35:41Z")
Instead of lotion, slather your body with Nutella and slowly lick yourself clean throughout the day. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2003, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-that-skinny-am-i/167706/46 "2003-04-11T18:37:26Z")
Actually, I don’t mind being skinny, I just wish things might be distributed a little differently. I could try to gain weight, but I have a great metabolism that lets me eat all I want. I’m not going to screw around with it! ---
**Author:** ![moi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@moi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moi)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-that-skinny-am-i/167706/47 "2003-04-12T16:39:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gazelle from Hell \* > \*\*Instead of lotion, slather your body with Nutella and slowly lick yourself clean throughout the day. \*\* _SNARF!_ Ohmigods, Gazelle, I wish I had words for the hilarity of that statement. I read the OP almost immediately after it was posted, but decided I didn’t have anything constructive to add (I’ve never been mistaken for “too skinny”). Today, I think I reopened the thread as some sort of body-image-torture-device…but now I’m laughing too gleefully for any of the negative thoughts to have any effective. You’ve made my day! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![sbn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@sbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sbn)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-that-skinny-am-i/167706/48 "2003-04-12T17:28:26Z")
Hey! What’s this thing with loathing your A-cup bust? (for the record, this is a young man asking.) Some of us like them very much and consider them very sexy. Yes, they do the trick nicely and you should be able to enjoy them as much as your double-D sisters. In my opinion it boils down to the human tendency to wish for something else regardless of what you have. Just relax! It’s a lot more constructive to work with your perception of your body than trying in vain to live up to some arbitrary ideal. ---
**Author:** ![Shaolinrabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Shaolinrabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shaolinrabbit)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-that-skinny-am-i/167706/49 "2003-04-12T17:42:35Z")
FTR, I was a spindly sixteen year old once. Now I’m a 23 year old meatball. Careful what you wish for. . . I’m starting to look like I swallowed a watermelon. ---
**Author:** ![Doux\_elle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Doux\_elle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doux_elle)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-that-skinny-am-i/167706/50 "2003-04-12T22:25:51Z")
Im 5 ft 16 yrs old 100 lbs… am i fat or skinny? My B/f is 6 ft 2 inches, he says im skinny as hell, my doctor says I should fill out the froms to get a zip code registraded for my ass ---
**Author:** ![j.c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@j.c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j.c)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-that-skinny-am-i/167706/51 "2003-04-13T01:06:04Z")
I gained 10 pounds, and my boobs didn’t get bigger. Then I lost the weight (went back to a job that required less than 24-hour workdays). A few years later, about the same time I started getting gray hairs, my boobs got bigger and my wrists stopped looking so bony. (Didn’t gain weight, but probably lost muscle mass.) ---
**Author:** ![viking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@viking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/viking)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-that-skinny-am-i/167706/52 "2003-04-13T04:32:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by sbn… \* > \*\*Hey! What’s this thing with loathing your A-cup bust? (for the record, this is a young man asking.) > > Some of us like them very much and consider them very sexy. \*\* I’ll second **sbn** on this one. Well, both on the some of us liking them and on the this being a young (ish?) man asking. They fit so nicely in the palm of your hand that way 😉 ---
**Author:** ![neo\_arc\_angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8e7dd6/32.png) [@neo\_arc\_angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neo_arc_angel)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-that-skinny-am-i/167706/53 "2003-04-14T03:57:19Z")
Skinny? 6’0", 116 lbs no, not anorexic no, not bulemic hypoglycimic? maybe… ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-that-skinny-am-i/167706/54 "2003-04-14T12:07:09Z")
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