Actually, that Joe Millionaire weight-loss woman isn't a size 4; she's a 2. I only know this because that commercial is on ALL THE FUCKING TIME, and she giggles in the most insipid way every time she says "This is a 2!"

I actually think that's the little blonde, not the Joe Millionaire woman, who's a brunette. t /watches too much TV

This seemed it might appeal to certain people here: [link]

Whee!

No, it's the brunette t /another fat girl with issues .

See, I feel freakin' skinny as a 10/12, having been above that for so long. It's hard to wrap my brain around it as OMG HUGE!!!!

I have this fantasy of fitting an 8/10 in pants (the bustline as it stands won't let dresses go much smaller than they are now), but that would require losing another 10 pounds or so.

See, I feel freakin' skinny as a 10/12, having been above that for so long.

Yeah, if I can get back down to a size 10 post-preggo, I'll be really happy. I was a size 8 in college, but that was a combination of being 18, walking everywhere for the first time in my life, and not eating very much due to the general suckage of the dining hall.

Like Kat said, size perception is a funny thing.

I remember being in high school and being feeling like THE FATTEST GIRL EVER.

The last time I went to my parents house, I pulled out my prom dress.

I wouldn't be able to get into that thing with a shoehorn and some Crisco.

I wouldn't be able to get into that thing with a shoehorn and some Crisco.

But think what other fun you could get into with those tools!

In college, I wore anything from a 6 to a 10, depending. Oh, and one pair of size 4 stretch jeans that were really pushing it. (No muffin top, but I couldn't breathe in them.) I think I can get back to the upper end of the college weight range (which was 130-140), but the lower end was the start of my depression, back when I smoked more often than I ate, and not at all realistic as a goal.

See, I feel freakin' skinny as a 10/12

Right?

Now, I get that Joe Millionaire woman's feelings about her weight are just as valid as my feelings are about my weight. I have no idea how tall she is; I never think of a 10 as "fat," but maybe she's, like, 4'11".

I'm okay with her feeling fat at whatever size she is, but I don't like her insipid giggling and crowing over fitting into a size 2. Because it reinforces the message that size 2 should be The Goal for women.

The goal should be the weight at which you're healthy and comfortable. And, again, if Joe Millionaire-ette wasn't healthy or comfortable at a size 10, if a size 2 is the size where she landed to be healthy and comfortable, then more power to her.

And, above all else, I get that it's a *commercial* -- their goal is to make $$$$, and if they can make women think that they, too, can be a size 2, then that's what they're going to trumpet in their commercial, even if it isn't a realistic or achievable or sustainable OR healthy goal for the majority of women.

t shakes fist, just for good measure

I'm starting my diet today, and even if all the stars align and I lose as much as I'd like in the time I'd like, I'll be lucky to be anywhere near my target weight by the time of my 25th reunion in September 2009. But, I'd still be at least 50 pounds less than I was when I graduated, which would be great. I haven't attended a reunion yet, but if I can lose the weight, I'm thinking about going to this one.