While I was prepping this week, I kept coming across stuff on Pinterest and Tumblr about getting thin and working out. And honestly, like 80 percent of the quotes and pics I came across were pretty darn vile. SO I started actively searching for the worst thinspo I could find. You know what thinspo is? It's inspiration to be thin. Not to work out or be healthy mind you... just to get thin. Most of it revolves around just not eating ever. Pinterest no longer allows thinspo on the site and if you search it, you get a warning about eating disorders. So now Pinterest thinks I have an eating disorder, which is fantastic.
I compiled some of the worst of the worst here. Thinspo is super gross. If you need inspiration, try fitspo (fitness inspiration) or I don't know, get off the computer and hit a yoga class or something. Anything but this awfulness.
Look, I'm not anti-thin. Sometimes I think anti-thin is just as bad as anti-overweight in society -- like it's OK to mock skinny girls. But honestly, if you're a size 0 or a size 18 I don't care one bit as long as you're happy, healthy and where you want to be. Not salivating over a cube of cheese or hiding in the house or repeating "Water has 0 calories" all day long. Just be smart and do what you can do. And then throw these mantras in the garbage.
Uh, today's girl is taking a nap too... so...
Whatever. If he can't hold you up, dude probably needs to hit the gym himself. I am an expert on blaming on embarassing things on other people. Watch, I'll do it right now: Jae and manly man walking on the beach. We're kicking in the surf and playfully splashing each other a la The Notebook. He goes to lift me... grunts... and staggers. Instead of feeling bad, my eyes narrow. "Easy there, Hulk Hogan" I say sarcastically. End Scene.
See how easy that was?Moral of the story: If someone says anything about your weight, just turn it back on them. Works every time.
....said the woman who's never eaten cheesecake.
Yeah you should definitely alter your body to fit cheap overpriced lingerie made in China. Great freaking plan.
Apparently you were never "in" an English class amirite? Hows about you stop worrying about being in or out and worry more about your atrocious grammar?
PS There is most definitely life in between. I've been doing it for quite some time.
No, no. It's definitely grumbling. It's saying "Give me a sandwich please." Wow, your stomach is really polite and there you are starving it to death, you jerk.
You should probably see a handyman for that abusive mirror you've got there. Maybe get one with softer edges? Oh an also stop hating yourself because that's not the mirror's fault.
Yeah, because your blog should be a measure of all things socially acceptable. Have you SEEN my blog? I talk nonstop about llamas, nachos and Big Macs. I ate a Twix last night at like 10:30. I have no shame -- if I guaged what I ate based on what I did and didn't post on my blog I'd just nonstop shovel food into my face because honey badger don't care.
PS the people who read your blog don't care that you ate a hot dog relax.
Apparently this person has never hung around me when I'm hungry. I don't get calm. I lose my shiz and get reallllly cranky to the point that my husband knows to ask "When was the last time you ate?" whenever I'm in a bad mood.
Tell that to the Crypt Keeper.
.... so... you want to be a ghost?
I feel much better after word vomiting all my feelings about thispo. This is the real reason to have a blog. Just remember that fitness is a way to enjoy life, not make it miserable or punishing. Don't use this faux inspiration for anything but comedic relief.
You're better than salad and ribcages.
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Oh my gosh, I have a whole private board of atrocious thinspo crap in preparation for a post just like this. My favorite are actually the pins with a close up of a sweaty 6 pack that that say things like, "Victoria's Secret Model Workout in 10 minutes a day!!" 10 lunges, 10 sit ups, 10 jumping jacks, 1 glass of lemon water with olive oil, pureed kale, 4 1/2 raw almonds and 8 mermaid tears. EVERY DAY! Um, yeah, I'm sure that's what allll the VS models do...
Ew I know! Pinterest is the WORST for like "Do this cleanse and drink cucumber water for 7 days and you'll lose weight." Gee, thanks for that totally realistic plan, let me go ahead and pin that.
PS I already do a cleanse. It's called having a LIVER.
Thanks so much for posting this, Jae. Not only are all of these sentiments laughable, but they are extremely distorted versions of what is beautiful and healthy. I went through a thinspo phase a while back and all it did was make me feel worse about myself and want to eat, like, four almonds all day. Thinspo can be dangerous and I think some light needs to be shed on that fact.
(Gosh, that was probably a lot more serious than you had intended for your post.)
Now I think I'm going to go have an enchilada for breakfast.
I totally agree that it's super dangerous to dabble in. Just looking for these pics for my post could tell me that... not to mention all the pictures of like, emaciated girls. It stresses me right out.
Enjoy your enchilada. I *might* be taking my kids to the movies this afternoon and that *might* mean lots of popcorn. And by might I mean definitely.
I really don't get into what celebrities are doing with their lives, but when you mentioned awhile back that Gwyneth Paltrow follows "Tracy Anderson" diet/exercise routine, I looked her up. I was completely appalled.
I know that being in the entertainment business means that you need to watch your appearance but Tracy Anderson's advice nutrition sounded like absolute self-loathing. I would not trust her with the health of my body.
Aaaannnd I'm full of typos today....
The whole Thinspo thing scares the living s**t out of me! And it should scare the s**t out of anyone who has daughters. Some of those pictures look like Holocaust victims. How is that even remotely healthy? Who thinks that's attractive? Girls being judged by the gap between their thighs? Disgusting!
Starvation - it's the new pretty!
Pretty gross...
These just make me really sad. As a teen I wanted to be that girl, ya know? My sophomore year I quit eating and lost 30 lbs. I truly identified with ALL these pictures. It's been 15 years, and I'm finally to the point where I know that's not healthy, and it's not okay.
It's just really sad.
Sorry, I'll stop now.
Eeeeeew, no. Chocspo. - now that, I CAN do...
Oh my gosh, you guys all know how much I hate these things. HATE HATE HATE. The last four or five were particularly scary. Like women need any more reasons to hate themselves.
These are so sad. I too identified with stuff like this as a teen and was *mildly* anorexic (is that even a thing?) because I thought I was terrible. I remember being appalled at age 20 when someone thought I weighed 115 lbs and truly mortified at my first prenatal appointment when I did weigh 112 - though the doctor said I was underweight. It is crazy what developing some true self-confidence in non-appearance areas does for ones perspective though and now I feel so complete when I am able to participate in activities with my kids or friends and not get tired. I'm glad there is a push against this kind of stuff - we girls beat ourselves up enough without it.
Ahahaha! Best usage of "Honey badger don't care!" :) seriously though, it's sad that people really try to follow this atrocious "advice". It's not healthy and it's not attractive. (-says the girl eating nutter butter bites and drinking a diet dr pepper while reading awesome blogs!) good for pinterest for trying to blog these dangerous ideas. I know that they are still accessible if you look hard enough, but good for them for trying. What a sad twisted image of beauty to try to live up to.
It's called disordered eating rather than an eating disorder and it's a real thing. It's exactly what my food issue was/is too. I feel ya. My last pregnancy I just closed my eyes when on the scale. Best choice ever.
What makes me nervous is that thinspo and fitspo get completely mixed up. So some teenage girl looking for ideas on exercise and fitness instead get uber-skinny pics with advice to stop eating instead. The terms "thin" and "fat" actually make me shudder internally. Such short labels that don't tell the full story -- whether you're talking about yourself OR someone else.
Morgs, I came across a disordered eating blog this week and it was SO sad. It was something that started out positive and morphed into a girl whose entire life revolves around food in the worst way possible. Ugh.
PS Nora, Tracy Anderson is THE WORST and she's not even a certified trainer. She is insane. Work out two hours a week and eat baby food to "change your body"? Suuuuure.
Yeah the only excuse you should have for eating baby food is if you have a baby/toddler lol. Man the plums, peaches and bananas were delicious. What lost of girls fail to realize is that skinny doesn't equal healthy for everyone, it. Just depends on your body, it may be healthy for girls who are petite to begin with but a girl with naturally wide hips and big bootie does not need to be starving herself.
This was my favorite post ever. True AND so funny! I hadn't heard of "thinspo" but it just reminds me to teach my daughter that self-confidence and muscles are more sexy than being stick-skinny and also to always monitor my kids' computer usage! Ugh, the world we live in. Glad to hear that you trust your liver though, the cleanse thing is another of my pet peeves. And thank you for reminding me of the honey badger, that definitely brightened my day.
Thinspo creeps me out. Keep calm and the hunger will pass? How about EAT SOMETHING HEALTHY and the hunger will pass? When the bones start to show, there's more to lose? How about If the bones start to show, you've gone too far. Go back and get a sandwich.
Thanks for posting this. More Fitspo, NO MORE Thinspo!
Thispo is not that gross or bad. I mean, many people see thinspo more like skinny, wich is not the case. Here is a thinpo community that really stands out for the healthy diets and tips.
Your words are so true! I am a naturally skinny person, however, I do try to eat healthy, and try to get some exercise in. I HAVE to eat, or I pass out. Being fit and healthy is way better than starving yourself and/or working yourself out till you pass out.
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