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Originally Posted by J pold
I never really thought so but have been told regularly by multiple people that I look skinny at that weight, even at 215.
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Are the people calling you "skinny" by any chance overweight or people with self body image issues trying to make themselves feel better about themselves?
Also, sometimes people use skinny to attempt a compliment, especially after weight loss. What they don't understand is for those of us who spent their teenage years more on the underweight side of things, that being skinny likely caused just as much image issues for us as being overweight did for some. As some one who spent their teens feeling underweight trying to bulk up, to all of a sudden needing to drop a few in my 30s and then doing so to some degree, some people have now told me I'm looking skinny as a compliment to the weight loss. They don't understand that for me hearing that word causes a negative reaction that simply choosing "thin" instead wouldn't cause.
That said, I do agree with the other poster that for some people at that height, 205 could be too thin, while others it's a good weight.