Comments on: Jen Larsen on Being Skinny and Happy and Why They Aren’t Related

By: Parry Ernsberger

Parry Ernsberger — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:54:15 +0000

You are so welcome, lady! And thank YOU for sharing your story with all of us. I think you’re pretty great!

By: Jen Larsen

Jen Larsen — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 03:55:44 +0000

thanks so much, Parry. it is thrilling, every single time someone gets what i’m hoping i’m communicating.

By: Elizabeth Glass Turner

Elizabeth Glass Turner — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 21:48:39 +0000

I think you have to love something else more than you dislike what you see as flaws about yourself. You’ve got to have perspective. If you grab a kid from getting hit by a school bus, the kid’s parents aren’t going to be like “yeah, but she has cellulite.” Love living.

I worked in a nursing home. Ask any of those residents if they regret having a tummy pooch in their 20′s. If you need perspective – and we all do sometimes – visit some babies, small kids, and old folks. None of them have the burden of being anything other than honest.

Sincerely,
I’ve been everything as an adult from 143 pounds (thinnest) to 235 pounds (9 months pregnant) and now I just want to be fit enough that I can make my health a non-issue for my brand new daughter, because how I welcome life will affect her attitude towards her own little body and potential someday. I want to be healthy and fit enough to enjoy fashion and welcome whatever adventure waits around the corner.

By: Lexine Pishue

Lexine Pishue — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 20:49:56 +0000

It’s interesting how the myth of “thin = happy” hurts both sides. It means that fat = unhappy, and that thin != unhappy. Thin people are divorced from their feelings, because they should feel SO LUCKY to be thin, and fat people can’t be happy, because that’s just ludicrous – they could die/inconvenience others/be an eyesore at any moment! I love that we are getting to see the complications in these stories more and more. The happiest I’ve ever been is now, because I’ve finally accepted, embraced, and actively love the body that I have, not the one I thought I wanted.

By: Chelsey Sue Nickerson

Chelsey Sue Nickerson — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 20:43:35 +0000

I weigh about 100 lb. and I’ve been battling depression for about 7 – 8 months now. Being little doesn’t mean having no worries. I don’t know how many women have told me, “Oh I wish I were as little as you are!”. Honestly, it doesn’t matter. They have loving families and friends who cherish them. As long as you have those two, it doesn’t matter what it says on the tag in your jeans.