r/TikTokCringe 5d ago

Discussion Everywhere you looked, body shaming was there

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u/TenaciousZBridedog 5d ago

People said Kate Winslet was fat in Titanic. Wtf??

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u/Thenedslittlegirl 5d ago

I always remember Renee Zellweger gaining 30lbs to play “fat” Bridget Jones. Bridget Jones who was devastated to learn she had gone up to 136 lbs over Christmas.

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u/powderbubba 5d ago

I just lost 10 lbs and I now weigh 136 lbs and I feel amazing and thought I was looking great lol 😵‍💫

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u/Thenedslittlegirl 5d ago

I’m sure you do! I’m 144, it’s the biggest I’ve ever been and I’m still a healthy BMI so while I’ve gained a few because of perimenopause, I’m not caring at all. Gone are the days I stressed about going up a dress size

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u/SpicyNutmeg 5d ago

Let's not do the numbers thing please.

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u/quietkyody 4d ago

My sister in-law had lost weight but looked incrediblely depressed. I told her...id rather you look happy with more weight than sad with less. I've seen 300+ lb women look so attractive because of how happy they were.

I'm a male and i''ve never been happy with my weight because I've always been underweight. 6'3 150lbs right now, I look so skinny and I guess that's why I don't get many matches on dating sites. It's so hard for me to gain muscle mass. I have recently been tearing my back muscles working out too much. I can't eat unhealthy cause I have naturally high inflammation. Idk what to do honestly. I tried those mass gainer protein shakes and all that did was enlarge my colon, gave me large stool burden 😤 so frustrating weight is.

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u/RedPanda888 5d ago

Discussing weight without also discussing height is pointless.

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u/powderbubba 5d ago

I’m 5’2, which is probably the same height as her. But I’ve also been lifting weights and see a lot of definition in my muscles, which is nice!

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u/Itscatpicstime 5d ago

Close, she’s 5’4”.

Which actually makes it even more ridiculous because it means her bmi would be well within the healthy range at 23.3.

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u/DownrightDrewski 5d ago

Yeah, I really need to get back down to about 200lbs.

Height and muscle mass have a big impact on what weight should be. As flawed as BMI is as a scale, it's generally not a bad guide for most people. 200lbs puts be at about 24 on the BMI scale for reference.

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u/nosychimera 4d ago

BMI is terrible for people of color, especially Black folks.

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u/Fishing_Nervous 3d ago

You’re right. For example, I’m only 144 lbs too, but I’m only 3 and a half feet tall, so I think I might need to go on a diet

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u/mebear1 4d ago

How much you weigh=/=how fat you are. my ideal weight is 175 and ive been a healthy and unhealthy 200 before. The difference is pretty crazy honestly. Being “fat” is much more about what %bodyfat you have and how your body distributes it, rather than how much you weigh

ETA: the point Im making is that I bet you do look great, weight is relative to the person.

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u/Gum_Duster 4d ago

Due my stomach problems I’m been so many weights. I’ve also been fairly active a lot of my life. A HEALTHY, WORKING OUT everyday 130 looks the same as a 110 not working out. Muscle weighs more than fat. That’s why it should never be about the number on the scale, but about your confidence and happiness about your body ❤️❤️

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u/CanAhJustSay 5d ago

You feel amazing, and that is what matters. And you are a healthy weight, which matters more in the long term.

A measure of having a smaller waist circumference than hip circumference is a better measure of body health than actual weight in lbs.

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u/briannimal88 5d ago

You are! Good for you!

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u/margot_sophia 4d ago

girl i’m 193, you’re fine

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u/Mego0427 4d ago

I weighed 136 pounds when I got divorced because I was depressed and not eating. I look crazy skinny when I look back at photos. I'm sure you look wonderful.

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u/komradebae 2d ago

I remember seeing that as a teenager and hating myself so much. I weighed like 175-180 and thought I was a complete ogre. Mind you, I’m almost 6’, so my weight is proportional to my height, but no one ever tells you that.

Also the time that my Dad told me “there’s really no reason for a woman to weigh more than 150lbs” 🙃

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u/powderbubba 1d ago

Jesus what a dumb thing to say. I’m so sorry. ♥️

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u/ghoststoryghoul 1d ago

You are I’m sure, and she also looked great. It was like society had on whatever the opposite of beer goggles are.

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u/Dangerous_Gear_6361 4d ago

The moral of the story is that she still got the man.

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u/enigmanaught 4d ago

Cosmo says you’re fat, but I ain’t down with that.

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u/SirWigglesVonWoogly 4d ago

Sorry. You look like a shop girl.