Christina Hendricks: ‘I’ve always been fit’
October 22, 2011 in Christina Hendricks by Versus
Christina Hendricks recently opened up about her super famous figure, saying that she’s always been healthy and fit – here are her exact words from WebMD Magazine:
“I never even heard people talk about body types. Even now, it’s never been a focus in my life. I’ve always been fit, I’ve always been active, and I’ve always been healthy, but I’ve just tried to live my life the way I live it. It’s nice that I’ve gotten a lot of positive feedback about my body lately.”
At the same time, Christina admits that she…
“I have to constantly remind myself to check in and be good to myself, to take vitamins and exercise.”
… says Christina.
I’m waiting for all the haters
Sure, people who have different opinions than you are called ‘haters’. You’re not exactly the brightest crayon in the box are you?
LOL good comment nonomon. And it’s funny because I have seen Hazal do her fair share of hating on the celebs she doesn’t like the look of.
Agree %100, nonomon and S.
Um with “haters” I don’t mean people with a different opinion (I’m not a fan of Christina Hendricks btw) but people who are insulting her. In the last posts about CH people made really harsch comments. THAT’S what I’ve meant brainiac.
*harsh
Is it HARSH or am I a HATER to say….THIS WOMAN IS NOT FIT or clearly does not understand the meaning of fit (aka Frequency of exercise, Intensity of exersice/resistance and Time or duration of exercise)…NOT fit. Not a fan but not a hater either, just think that’s a lot of BS.
Uhm how do you think you can judge if she s fit or not by photosß
so you think all fit people are slim? Wrong.
there are professional athletes how have are not exactly skinny and there are lots of poeple who run marathons and such and they ain t exactly slim either.
narrow-minded huh?
@Ali, people who run marathons are most definately thin lol #fail
Ali- Personally, I don’t see Christina as the epitome of fit; her weight seems quite high, she has no visible muscle tone etc. However, obviously we don’t know her but she could well be the fittest person in the world. The only evidence I have that makes this difficult to believe is the fact that I’ve heard her previously state that she “isn’t allowed to exercise” due to her role in Mad men being one that required curves.
I’m not saying she has to be a gym bunny but in my opinion, doing no exercise at all does not describe the usual lifestyle of a ‘very fit’ woman. :/
*Like*
I wish we had the “like buttons” again.
Hey Ali!
Hmmmmm “narrow-minded”….well well well…pot calling kettle black much?!?
Thanks for putting words into my mouth luv, but my point was more in regards to a lack of ANY physical characteristic that demonstrates she exercises even a couple times per week…i.e. muscle tone…
You do NOT have to be slim be be fit, you are right but there should be SOME muscle tone
Megan she was not an A cup there like the post says. Do you know how small an A is? She could easily be a D there.
Also, she is much larger than a DD now, so that information is not valid.
hahaha, poor Hazal was just making a joke, and people get all “yo momma’s so fat”
Yeah, there’s no way she’s an A cup in the left pic. An A cup is like Kate Moss! Or is a US A cup different to a UK one? I remember having this discussion with someone previously. Even a DD in the UK is a big but not huge. Hendricks looks like a GG to me.
She certainly wasn’t an A cup, but maaaaaaax a small C, she wasn’t a D in either UK or US sizing in the before pic. In my eyes, especially comparing to her height and frame, she used to have breasts on the smaller side of average, no matter how I look at it.
I don’t doubt that she’s fit and active if she says so. you can be healthy at any size and CH is only about a 1/4 of the size people act like she is. Sometimes I think people are seeing something different from what I see because she looks perfectly healthy to me and yet others talk like she’s about to die of a heart attack.
Exactly! I mean to be honest, I’m not a fan of her figure but as you’ve said people act as if she is morbidly obese.
she’s not morbidly obese but she IS quite heravy and might actually be clinically obese.
this is not a healthy person – and that’s NOT an opinion
clinically obese? Dude your perception is warped if you think CH is clinically obese. And you CAN be fit and be bigger anyway, I know some people that are really fit, who do marathons and such, and have way more stamina than most people, and yet are technically overweight.
She may very well be clinically obese – it’s not even that hard! I am, for example, 5’7” and 190, that makes me obese, right on the line. AND I AM AN HOURGLASS / CELLO JUST LIKE HER, ONLY SMALLER AND WITH MORE MUSCLE. And I wear a size 8 / 10 US. Yep, obese.
She is too.
well, Snoops, it appears you don’t know how to do research nor do you know how obesity is defined or diagnosed:
“The commonly used measure of obesity is known as body mass index, or BMI, and is calculated simply as a ratio of your weight to your height. If having plugged your weight and height into the equation you come out with a number between 18.5 and 24.9 you are said to have a normal weight. However, if you come out with a number between 25.0 and 29.9 you are overweight and between 30.0 and 39.9 you are obese. Once you reach 40 or more you are morbidly obese.
In other words, obesity is simply a function of your weight and height.”
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/500017 – Wikipedia offered some great info too but was a bit too clinical and this seemed better for the lay-person…Ps only took 10 secs to demo that MY perception of what Clkinical Obesity is is not warped, nope, not at all, not even a bit;)
She is either overweight or obese, its OBVIOUS.
ah, yo you re a doctor or examined her?
Sorry to have to comment on yours again, JN 196, but you only act as if your opinion was a fact. BIG difference.
And don t do that, you can think whatever you want, but don t think you re opinion is a fact.
Wpw, was that a treat!?! (LMFAO) Reallllly? Check the quote and link…I think it’ll clear some things up for ya…Dr. Ali….lol
Regardless, she’s also a smoker. But of course, most of hollywood is.
I agree completely, and I believe she works out. It kind of looks like it might be kind of hard on her body though exercizing with breasts that large and that body though? Foot pain, lower back pain, chest pain??? That would need to be an awesome sports bra.
While I love Christina’s body and think she’s beautiful, I feel jogging would be a lot less fun with her body type.
I wouldn’t say she looks fit. She is average to big.
Well, even if you don’t look fit, you can still be fit
True but it’s also unlikely for someone who looks UNfit to be fit
Yup!
she very well could be fit, though these pics would indicate the opposite.
But didn’t she say something about them not letting her do any exercise for her show?
I believe her. She doesn’t look unhealthy at all, and being fit doesn’t mean looking like Leanne!
This is NOT fit. And I agree with the Leanne comment but you’re not offering a middle-ground…
You really have a hate boner for her, eh? I’m pretty sure I’ve seen you on other posts about CH, and you spend A LOT of time on them. Is it personal for you?
LOL is she serious? When I look at her I see one very extremely UNFIT woman. She looks like she has never worked out in her entire life. I am sure all her defenders will tell me otherwise.
What you see and what she really is are different things. Some people look at LeAnn Rimes and think she is wasting away and terribly unhealthy – others think she looks lean, fit and strong (I think she looks undeniably fit but not attractive). I look at Christina and I see a full-figured, ‘soft’ woman who could very well be fit and active. I agree that she doesn’t look like what most people think of when they hear the word ‘fit’, but that doesn’t mean that she is “extremely unfit”. That is your perception, but not necessarily her reality.
I am quite fit and active, but I don’t look it. People are surprised when I say I do pilates most days and work out for 45 minutes 3-4 times a week. I also eat a mostly healthy diet – but I’m not one to control it too much. You would look at me and say I’m extremely unfit but that would be an incorrect judgement based on limited information.
If Christina says she works out and is active, then I believe her. What weight you are has more to do with your diet and genetics than it does with physical activity – most people will not be lean and toned through exercise alone. I think she probably has a big appetite and doesn’t restrict herself a lot when it comes to food – but I totally believe she works out.
Exactly, I work out (because of my job) 3 to 5 hours a day, because of that I take car of what i eat and even though I’m thin I’m not skinny and you can’t really see much muscle (it’s there but it’s not really noticeable at first glance). I am more fit then the average person but my muscle tone is not very obvious because I have a hard time bulking up, in order to do that i will have to work specifically for that, wich I don’t want to
Exactly Erica – you can be be fit and have a big appetite and therefore look a bit bigger or softer, being fit is not too much about what you see.
This is very true Erica. Actually to point out to something to most people who are arguing about her being unfit, for the AVERAGE (I’m not talking about the genetically blessed) person its up to 70-80% diet to 20-30% exercise to be thin/lose weight/get ripped. This is from an actual trainer(s) (not myself) It won’t matter how much a person works out if they are eating more than their body needs, and yes while genetics play a role, it’s not the biggest factor (which also proves to show Leanne Rhymes is due to disordered eating and not being just an exercise junkie) She could very well be fit-in the actual meaning of the word, not just the visuals. I’ve known many women larger than me who are stronger, faster, buffer. Pant size honestly has nothing to do with fitness level. I don’t know much about Christina Hendricks but I can’t say she’s lying.
Great Comment!
Yeah great comment and you’re completely right.
Seriously, healthy is such a meaningless word. There are so many aspects that contribute towards a healthy person and it is rare that everyone has them all nailed down. As you said for the average person, diet is the biggest factor towards size so someone can exercise religiously but if they are still eating a lot of calories (even if they are from healthy sources) they will still be on the bigger side. So they’ll be healthy in terms of stamina but maybe not in size if they are overweight – if not then it won’t be a big deal. Then we have the reverse when someone eats limited calories but barely moves except to use the loo. That person may have a good weight but physically their health is not good. Then there is of course mental health, individual organs, etc that also play crucial factors.
So really you can only tell certain aspects about health from looking at someone, not the full story.
Erica, you are right. One of the trainers at my gym who does triathlon is big and solid. She eats right and competes too. It’s just body built, genetics and a bit of eating habit. She did tell me she drinks a bit.
just because ur skinny doesnt make you healthy and visa versa
I’m sorry but where did I once mention you should be “skinny” to be fit? Stop putting words into my mouth.
You can be large and fit but she is large and looks unfit.
Serena Wiliams is large and fit. Even though I don’t like her figure I am not going to deny she is fit.
Some of you say much worse about people much slimmer than Christina Hendricks. I t makes no sense.
Totally agree S. This woman is not fit in the least. Honestly, every time I look at a picture of her, I’m always surprised how freakishly small her head looks in comparison to her body.
S, she didn’t even reply to you, so she isn’t putting words in your mouth (just thought I throw that in there). I think women want to defend someone bigger than whats looked at as what society views as a “good” body. She is around the size of the average woman, but they probably don’t put on weight in the same areas, since her chest is pretty extreme, but it still fits in her body. I don’t think she is “fit” but she is not as big as people make her out to be.
Oh thanks for letting me know that Clare how very kind of you. I was wondering when you would show up since you do love Christina Hendrick and always show up on her behalf.
Oh and Clare I didn’t even mention her size.
Like I said you can be large and fit.
How about you calm yo’ sh*t, Son?
Seriously, you’re getting very aggressive over nothing.
Hahaha Messier that was gold
S, I hardly even comment on this site. Maybe you are talking about someone else. I actually DO NOT like CH’s body. I like slim and curvy like Bar and Sofia Vergara’s figures, but I also like Alessandra’s and Miranda Kerr’s so I am not all for big and curvy. I do think she is overweight but she is not obese, and could very well be working out everyday to prevent that from happening. I do read over the comments often and you are very aggressive. Calm down, its not like you life depends of be rude to others. As a teenager, I think you are acting very much like a 15 year old girl getting in a fight over nothing with one of her girlfriends.
Clare please shut up. How am I supposed to take you seriously when you just pretended to be both Messier and Anelis to make it look like people actually agree with you.? I have seen you many times on this site and it’s always defending fat women like Christina Hendricks. Don’t bother replying because I won’t be coming back to check your reply. How dare you call anyone else rude? look at what you are doing for goodness sake. Have fun defending fat women. I have never seen you admire Sofia, she is actually slim and not fat like your hero Hendricks. In futrue don’t bring in two other people to agree with you. I have seen this done so many times and it’s just so obvious.
schizophrenia????? maaaan S chill, u sound stoned
S, how do you know their the same person? Are you Vs?
Btw I’m not Clare!
I’m actually not being snarky, I’m genuinely curious? I’ve seen several makes these accusations, are there anyway anyone else than V can tell if someone posts under multiple names?
Serena Williams is more than ‘fit’ ha ha she is a athlete! Altogether different league! Fitness doesnt necessarilt depend on the amount of visible muscle.
I LOVE YOU FOR SAYING THIS!!!! THIS is the exact point many of you are NOT getting!!!!!
Most people would agree that Serena Williams is a big girl JUST like more than most would say the same of CH BUT you notice how Serena has these things which indicate she exercises…MUSCLES!!! You DO NOT have to be slim to be fit. (You also do NOT have to be super muscular to be considered fit if you are a bigger woman this just illustrates the point clearly…or so I hope).
She could very well be fit. We’re just bombared with images and messages from the media saying skinny = fit. She may not be going to the gym everyday, but she could very well still be healthy and doing exercises.
i think it’s quite judgemental to say she cant be fit cause she doesnt look fit. i have a friend who used to be an overweight kid. and she came first in her class cross country. and her teacher was so surprised. she does no exercise now and she’s still really fit. things arent always what they appear…
This is an opinion site on celebs bodies. How on earth is it “judgemental” to say she is unfit. That is the point of the post to begin with. I can’t say for sure if she is unfit, but I can say she looks unfit to me. In Rosie Huntington-Whiteley post people are calling her “gross” but I can’t say Christina Hendricks looks unfit?
when that is what it post is actually about….
Agreed.
no, you’re right, i don’t think its any different to people saying Rosie looks gross. of course people have opinions. but it doesn’t change the fact that it is judgemental does it. quite a few people have said she must be unfit. but none of us really know for certain. so to say she is unfit, is judgemental. Cause it’s an assumption based on how she looks.
Again…Abiity to perform physically does NOT necessary indicate fitness. It indicates performance ability.
Well, I’m going to be honest; she doesn’t exactly look fit. It may not have to mean anything, but she’s SO incredibly soft and un-toned. I wonder what exactly she does for exercise.
Maybe she just does cardio.
People need to realize that thin or skinny doesn’t always equate to healthy, and over size 6 and under size 16 doesn’t always equate to unhealthy.
My best friend in the whole world is a size 0, she is a stunner too. However, she has never worked out a day in her life. She also has a weird addiction to butter. It’s gross, she spoons it out and licks it like frosting. If I ate butter I’d be 300 lbs in no time, her…nope. I bet her arteries looks nasty. But she’s petite and tanned, so people put her in the healthy and fit category. My sister, is an unhealthy eater as well, has had 4 kids and is still a size 0. Within weeks of giving birth she is back in her little jeans again.
We all have different bodies, metabolisms, and genes. Some gain weight when they eat bad, some don’t. Their are thin people out there who never work out, yet still look like they do. There are larger/curvier women that work out, yet still have “softer” bodies.
Also, women who are hour glass shaped usually have a harder time losing and toning than other shapes.
I’m not defending or trashing CH body. I think that she is a beautiful women who is successful for her sultry and curvy looks. I can’t say judge if she’s healthy/fit or not, only a doctor who does a series of strength tests and blood work can determine that.
Typically you can tell the health of a person by their posture. If you have good posture 27/7 then your back muscles are usually strong. I’ve never seen a slouchy CH. Since she has a larger chest it would be easier for her to slouch than to not if she didn’t work out.
Sorry for the novel!
That’s pretty true, too. One of my friends was like yours. She ate the junkiest crap and I never saw her drink water… She’d clear through all the pop in my house, back when I still drank it! she was thin, but she had no muscle. She ended up gaining a little weight when we got older and it wasn’t until then that she started working out.
walks back and forth between the microwave and the ice cream maker. has a gym membership but only uses the hot tub.
I agree, both lc and Amanda. She doesn’t really look fit, even though it cannot be judged by a picture. This is guess work, obviously, but e.g. if she does cardio – like cycling or treadmill – perhaps 3-4 times per week, but doesn’t do strength training and eat 2000 kcal+, it won’t show.
Like someone else said here, it’s more like 80 % diet and 20 % workout. If you don’t watch what you eat, exercise can only take you so far. It’s still valuable, of course, but it won’t get you a VS body.
And one more thing. CH isn’t really being specific. Maybe being fit and active for her is going for a walk everyday or riding the bike somewhere. I have a hard time believing she goes to the gym 2 hours x 5 days a week. Like you, lc, i wonder what she does for exercise.
Everyone is welcome to their own opinions… So why does everyone have to be so rude to one another? There is no “real” ideal figure, and what the general public deems beautiful changes with the seasons, so no need to be so mean, ladies.
PS: I am also not a fan of Christina’s shape. I find her pretty chub chubs, beautiful face though.
Hmm she doesn’t look at all fit to me..
*fat?………hahaha is this a joke
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she is so doughy and untoned…literally i see no sign of muscle tone anywhere…and im not expecting to see crazy tone but really? i guess doing pilates once a week to her is fit…different standards i guess.
Muscle tone is not going to be visible on someone with more body fat – it’s just not going to show through. Doesn’t mean it’s not there though!
That’s right. And the term “fit” means a healthy heart, mostly. She can run for the bus without getting out of breathy and her vitamin levels are good. One measures fitness by health standards for one’s age.
Some of these comments seam to suggest you can only be fit if you are extremely lean and muscular, which is not the correct definition of that term. You can be fit and still not particularly good as pushups. CH looks healthy and I see no reason to think she has an unfit CV profile.
“out of breath”
Bibi, I agree with your definition of fit, which is what I want for myself, even when I am old and grey, I still want to run without being out of breath lol!:D
Finally, someone with a proper definition of what being fit really means. Nice comment.
totally agree
They mostly come out at night………mostly
I don’t really know who Christina Hendricks is, but I’ve seen pictures of her and I think she’s hot. She has a pretty face and a fairly nice body. Her body is not my ideal, but she pulls it off and while she is a “bigger” girl, I wouldn’t call her fat.
she is not fit, but that doesnt mean she is not healthy, and not everyone like fit bodies, but more soft ones, i think she looks hot
Hi,
I have to say I am a bit surprise about most of the comment here.I just came back from a trip to the US and to be honest; to me she seem (equal or) smaller then most of the women I saw there.This is not judgemental this is a plain comment based on what I saw.BTW I think shes pretty and that she will be at any size.
Eh, I’m wondering where you were visiting. Christina does look rather voluptuous. Maybe I just pay too much attention to my own age group (20s) so there arent as many fatties in it.
I visited NY a while ago and had the same reaction as Sassy!
Dude, really? I see tons of fat 18-25 year olds at my school. It’s the boozing , campus food, and whacky hours that does it. There are a lot of really obsese girls and guys, too, not just chubby. It’s nuts!!!
You should fit ..
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I feel like this site had just become a place for people to argue! So many silly fights on here, ppl getting so fired up.Calm down people! We are not talking about anything too serious here, just gossiping about celebrities! Chill out and have some fun
x
That’s what gossiping is… talking about things and arguing and discussing… aka ‘getting fired up’ like you call it. Doubt anyone gives a c.r.a.p about what other people say, they just give their opinion and then another person says they disagree with them, then they try to defend their opinion. I think that if this is weird for you it might be time for you to get off the internet.
It’s not weird just seems unnecessary. Sharing opinions is one thing but ppl are clearly arguing, telling each other to shut up and the like. Just seems a little dramatic to me.
I’ll keep ur advice in mind about getting off the internet, because all the Internet is good for is gossip? Lol ok nonomnom
I don’t know. I had a coach in hs that was larger than Christina that ran laps with us everyday that I would call fit. So I guess I could believe her.
I just read kind of the same article, but it was here http://celebrity-gossip.net/christina-hendricks/christina-hendricks-mens-health-hotness-554394
She’s not fit. She’s fat. And that my friend,is one letter diference
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i like ur comment
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haha me too
I don’t think that she’s fit. Before someone tells me that I only think thin people are fit, I would like to say that this is not the case. I see being fit is having some fairly noticeable muscle tone, no matter your shape or size. This is not what I see in Christina. I could be wrong, of course, as some people honestly just can’t seem to acquire some muscle tone even as they exercise daily, but I don’t think that this is Christina’s case.
If you get a Fitness Test it will comprise things like a Step Test to measure your O2 capacity and endurance. Nobody measures your visible muscle tone. Some women can’t build muscle easily at all.
NOT TRUE!!!!
Fat Caliber’s (or is it caliper’s…evs) are a major part of a fit test…to assess your percentage of body fat (and therefore percentage of muscle)…who’s been doing your fitness test…may wanna get someone new…
Nonsense! Fat calipers measure your subcutaneous fat and deliver a %. They are fairly unreliable but can give you a point to work from. Of course they can be part of a fitness test but they don’t determine your fitness level. They shouldn’t be used on somebody who’s very overweight anyway, but rather another method. I’m sorry, but I work in this field
yeah right
I see fat : (
Isn’t this really a definition discussion? We can’t all agree on this if we have different views on what fit is? If it is to be really toned with visible muscles, then CH isn’t fit. But if to someone fit is being in fairly good shape, then she might be. We can’t tell by pictures. So what is your definition of fit?
I think people should stop to think about this, before getting so upset. I don’t know what it is about CH, she must tick the wrong buttons with some people?? I am not a fan of her figure or even her as a person (only her role in Mad Men), but she doesn’t bother me the way she does some people here. It’s always ends in b*tch fights on CH posts, what is going on?
I agree. It is about definition. To me a person can be fit and still look ‘soft’ – i.e. no visible muscle tone. Muscle tone is not the only ingredient in fitness, in my view – but it seems to be the main ingredient for some people. Do we know what her resting heart rate is? Do we know what her V02 max is? Do we know how long and how intensely she can do cardio, how much weight she can lift, etc, etc? Until we know those things we can’t judge her fitness.
Just by looking at her, we know very little about her health – and fitness is part of health. I can understand the knee-jerk reaction of ‘she’s not fit – she’s kidding herself’, because she doesn’t look like your typical ‘fit’ person. But when people really think about it, I think they should give her the benefit of the doubt and widen their criteria for fitness beyond visible muscles and/or little body fat.
I don’t quite know why Christina gets such a powerful response either! Maybe it’s because some people don’t like the fact that she is seen as beautiful and sexy by many people. Some people don’t believe a fuller figured woman should be glamorised as she represents an unhealthy ideal in their eyes.
Christina is not my ideal body – but I still think she has a sensuality that is attractive and I like that she is different than 90% of the established ‘sexiest’ women out there. To me, she proves that sexiness is not just a dress size and being bigger doesn’t mean being automatically ugly.
Oh God Erica there can’t be one post about CH without you analyzing everyone’s opinions to death. So what if people think she’s fat? It has nothing to do with you, just get over it. Stop taking everything so personally.
For me personally it’s got nothing to do with people saying she is fat. Technically she is, i think. And I’m not going to guess if she is fit. You can’t tell that with anyone unless you know them personally, you can’t just tell from a picture.
What Erica, I and many others are saying is not that CH is not fat, but definitely really fit, but it is POSSIBLE that she is fit. There’s a huge difference.
I’m not gonna get upset by all those who say they don’t think she is fit (as in a guess, personal opinion), but the people claiming that she is most definitely not fit/that it’s not possible… that starts to bother me.
And that’s what most of the “defending posts” are about on this thread – the fact that you can actually be fit, even if you don’t look super toned, and i get why people wrote those “defending posts”. And from what i can remember none of these posters claimed that they knew for sure that CH is fit?! They said it is possible.
Anastasia, i was actually glad for Erica’s response. I asked out in the open what people think the definition of “fit” is, she answered. Why the heck you have to get all personal, when it’s got nothing to do with you or the discussion is beyond me. There’s was no need to the personal attack (again!) towards Erica. You seem to be the one taking it personal.
Now, if you have some thoughts on your own definition of fit, or maybe an official definition of fit feel welcome to join the discussion.
Srawberryfields, why do you akways have to act like Erica’s personal body guard anytime anyone disagess with her? and it’s always a long novel too.
I am sure Erica is quite capable of defedning her own opinion withouth you jumping in at every opportunity. Anastasia did not personally attack Erica did not call her any names. And no for the record I am not defending Anastasia either but it needs pointing out how you always go overboard and act like Erica’s body guard everytime someone happens to disagree with her. What was really so wong with Srawberryfields, why do you akways have to act like Erica’s personal body guard anytime anyone disagess with her? and it’s always a long novel too.
I am sure Erica is quite capable of defedning her own opinion withouth you jumping in at every opportunity. Anastasia did not personally attack Erica did not call her any names. And no for the record I am not defending Anastasia either but it needs pointing out how you always go overboard and act like Erica’s body guard everytime someone happens to disagree with her. What is really so wrong with Srawberryfields, why do you akways have to act like Erica’s personal body guard anytime anyone disagess with her? and it’s always a long novel too.
I am sure Erica is quite capable of defedning her own opinion withouth you jumping in at every opportunity. Anastasia did not personally attack Erica did not call her any names. And no for the record I am not defending Anastasia either but it needs pointing out how you always go overboard and act like Erica’s body guard everytime someone happens to disagree with her. I see much worse things said here and you don’t say a thing about it.
Sorry for the double post.
WHAT IS YOUR VERSION OF FIT???! WHAT IS YOUR THOUGHTS ON CH’S QUOTE.
Jesus, people, stay on topic. I’m getting sick of all this getting personal?! I’m not even gonna bother answering, S, why do you even care about Erica or I?
Oh, and Anastasia, I didn’t want to sound mean or anything, I actually usually like your comments, you’re really funny. I just didn’t get the need for the personal attack. But it wasn’t anything against you in general
I think I’m gonna stay away from the comment section next time there’s a CH post. Seems like some people are desperately set on turning it into a b*tch fight. Not what I’m here for.
You’re talking nonsense. No sorry I don’t take anything on this site personally, because at the end of the day it’s an opinion site not a support group for people with body image issues on either end of the spectrum. If you don’t like my opinion of CH, oh well, but stop trying to change the mind of other posters who think like me by making a million posts about it.
Just to add, thank you from the bottom of my heart for letting me know under what conditions I can join this discussion, here I was sitting on pins and needles waiting for you to give me the green light to post. Seriously, get over yourself, it’s you that’s taking a comment (not even directed at you) so personally.
Hey Anastasia. Most of my comment wasn’t directed at you, except for the last part where i directed it at you. Too bad if you didn’t like that part, but that’s just my opinion – personal attacks don’t belong here. If you feel otherwise i can’t change you.
All the other stuff was just general thoughts on comments from the entire thread. Sorry if that wasn’t clear. They weren’t directed at you.
I don’t even know your opinion of CH, you didn’t say??? And i don’t care if it’s different from mine.
My opinion on CH is that she does a great job on Mad Men, which is a show i looove. I am not a fan of her body. I think she’s been very unfortunate with such big boobs and if i was her i’d try to lose weight, but i don’t mind that she’s a sex symbol, and that some people find her body beautiful. Different tastes are amazing!
And its her body, who am i to say if she should change. I’m just stating my opinion.
So you can tell me your opinion on CH, if you feel like it, but if you’re just gonna get more angry, then please don’t bother answering. Though, I’m sorry, I’m probably not supposed to say that either?? I’ll get over myself now, thank you for the advice:)
Strawberry Fields, Aren’t you a sly one, trying to cause problems and drama where there isn’t any…. you know very well that I didn’t personally attack erica, I simply said she needs to calm down and stop taking any comments against bigger women so personally. STOP making it out to seem that I launched some vindictive tirade against erica, because it seems like it’s YOU that’s trying to cause drama, by blowing things up way out of proportion.
BTW you ask S why she even cares about you or erica? Well I have the same question for you….why do you respond to my comments when it has NOTHING to do with you? My opinion on CH has been posted numerous times on this thread, so I’m not going to repeat myself over and over again, I hope my refusal to do so doesn’t hurt your feelings too badly or get misconstrued as a personal attack, something that seems to happen a lot on this site.
@ S, you are absolutely right, I agree with EVERYTHING you say.
“S, why do you even care about Erica or I?”
Er hello, I might ask you the same thing.
Why do you even care what gets said between
Erica and Anastasia? Practice what you preach. And it was YOU who took this off topic to begin with by jumping in to save Erica as you always do. Yet you are blaming others?
Thanks Anastasia I agree with you also.
It was my original post, therefore i was annoyed with the less than “serious” responses, therefore i answered. Whatever, I’m out. This is too juvenile and not what I’m here for. I actually usually try to stay out of it, when you create drama as you often do, S… stupid to jump in, i’ll stay out next time.
I agree with Anastasia…get over it Erica. Your comments will not change their opinions.
I’m not a fan of her body type but if she likes it then good for her.
Other women will always hate you if you are a natural hourglass shape it’s just the way it is, even if you are heavier like christina.
She is NOT an “hourglass”, the only time she is that shape is when she has a corset on , once that comes off she has a large and flabby mid section which is clearly not an hourglass. Why do all fat women think they are hourglass,? it means shape not fat. CH is clearly not an hourglass with a tummy as big as hers.
Hourglass women gain weight all over evenly that includes the tummy, big or small she keeps that shape.
How THAT be the shape of an hour-glass…you know it narrows in the middle…not saying houtrglass shapes cant gain in the middle but their waist -hip ratio hs to still be significant to be considered hourglass… I’d say she’s a pear…a big one with an ASS on her chest (I swear her fake boobs plus the fat in there plus her real breast tissue = bigger than my ass…and I don’t think that’s a good thing)
Agree S-Christina is NO hourglass. She’s slightly some kind of pear/apple or something different. I just don’t see hourglass-like proportions there at all without corsets.
What hourglass are you talking about? She’s an apple if anything. Without those corsets she’d have no waist. And really, if I’m going to be jealous of anyone it would be Bar Rapheli’s body, not this matronly looking woman who always dresses like she just stepped out of the 1950′s (probably, because the fashion of those days included wearing corsets to give the illusion of an hourglass figure). This chick is just dumpy and overweight, and her face is well, let’s just say not pretty at all.
Fuller figured hourglass = cello shape.
She always has a relative small waist in relation to her bust and hips.
In corsets maybe.
Exactly, we have seen her in her down time with no corset and she has literally no waist at all, she is just very large and shapeless. If it wasn’t for her huge boobs, she would be seen as just another fat chick.
The only reason she is famous is because of her boobs. She wasn’t famous when they were small in 1999. She gained a ton of weight, her boobs grew, she put on a girlde and corset.
It’s funny how we never see her in a 2 piece since the gain. If she truly had an “hourglass” she would be rocking it in bikinis like Kelly Brook, but she doesn’t because unlike KB Christina is a lot larger in the mid section which is her reason for wearing the corsets in the first place. Even in the old Playboy pics from when she was slimmer, even in that pic she is no hourglass. It’s an illusion, smoke and mirrors with her.
In this video, there is a woman who is 300 pounds. She may not look ‘fit’ from the outside but holy sh*t is she strong, she lifts like an ox! I weigh just over 1/3 of what this woman weighs, I am ‘athletic’ and rather slim by society’s standards, have muscle ‘tone’ but I am no where near as fit or strong as she is. She makes me feel like a weakling
! This post made me think of those female (and male) athletes such as shot-putters, discuss throwers and some weightlifters who on the outside are quite ‘soft’ and some even have big bellies! but they are so fit and strong. Basically, what I’m trying to say is that ‘fit’ comes in different shapes and sizes. I often have to remind myself of this, because to be honest, I sometimes fall into that same prejudice that there is only one type of ‘fit’ which is of course totally untrue. Sorry for the essay, lol 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=YVVzgtp0_to
Great video, great point!!!
I didn’t see this before – thanks for the video, it’s very interesting and she is very strong! She’ll be doing her bones a world of good with all those weights – something I should do more of too. But I bulk up fast, so I’m a bit worried about getting too big!
Yeah Erica, she definitely inspires me to lift weights as part of my regimen. I definitely want to bulk up moreson on my lower body , I’ll have your bulk please!
She might consider herself fit, but I do not believe her. Because no matter what others say, I will NEVER believe that someone who exercises and maintains a balanced diet can be fat. If you hit the gym several times a week and mostly consume healthy/low fat food your body will be athletic and slim. If you are not, you are either doing something wrong (not exercising often/hard enough or ‘cheating’ with snacks or sweets) or you have slacked of in the past and are still in the process of losing weight.
I get really annoyed when I hear women complain that they live healthy lifestyles but can’t lose weight because when pressed, they will always admit to having bad habits that cancel out their efforts. Also, if you have been fat for years and suddenly you have decided to turn your life around and start working out, you cannot expect to see result right away. You will not turn into Rosie HW overnight. So please do not say ‘well I go to the gym 3 times a week but I’m still big so… it’s out of my control’ and start chowing down plates of cheese cubes. Ok, rant over.
You need to watch this tasje: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6-A0iHSdcA
It is very interesting and doesn’t fit into most people’s idea of what being thin or fat is. It’s not a simple thing and it varies greatly from one person to another. There are 7 parts to that series and I watched them all the other night after someone kindly found the link and posted it on the recent Rosie Huntington-Whiteley post.
I have to say, I find your way of looking at weight very black and white. I kind of feel like you are directing that last bit of your post at me because I said I go to the gym three times a week and I’m not thin – but maybe I’m just being sensitive.
Anyway, assuming that you can’t be fit, healthy and somewhat overweight all at the same time is incorrect to me. I don’t deny that I love to eat cake a few times a week and I have a big appetite which is hard to constantly fight against – but does that mean that I am unfit? No. I try hard now to be fitter and healthier, but I will never want to get up extra early every morning to pound the pavement and I will never cut whole food groups out of my diet in order to fit someone else’s ideal of what my health and fitness should be and look like! i will only take that advice from a qualified doctor. It’s not worth it to me – to others it certainly is (I know a few) – to each his own.
Watch those videos and you will hear experts on obesity say that many people who are overweight have a gene that actually causes them to eat more and turn more of it into stored fat and many people who are thin are the opposite – their bodies will not let them gain much body fat even when they do zero exercise and eat twice the amount of calories they are used to. The body either burns them up, turns them to muscle or won’t even let you eat that much. And when they go back to eating normally, the gained weight just falls away – they don’t even want to eat much and when they are full their interest in food is over – that’s not the case for many overweight people (including myself). In the videos you will see that this difference is evident in young children – some will eat even when they say they are full and some are not interested in more food. Are children capable of being lazy, gluttonous for the sake of it – or is it more likely they are simply reacting in a predetermined way, thanks to their genetic make-up? And for those of us who are already overweight, it is an uphill struggle to lose it as our bodies have produced extra fat cells which will never die off and our metabolism fights to keep us at the higher weight because that is our ‘set point’. That means being hungry all the time when you are reducing your calories to a more ‘normal’ level because your body believes you are in trouble.
Can all this be overcome by strict discipline? To a large extent, yes, but to make it sound like a simple thing is unfair to those who struggle with their weight. Maybe you are one of the lucky ones that does’t even crave more food in the first place and your body takes care of your extra calories pretty well – or maybe not, I don’t know you. You don’t like it when people try to make excuses for their size just as I don’t like it when someone says that their bodies are entirely down to hard work and overweight people are simply lazy – nothing is ever that simple! Ok, my rant is over too!
100% agree with Tasje. As a former fat girl with a morbidly obese father, i have the “gene” that every overweight person claims they have (i myself used it as an excuse for years). what erica is saying about the predisposition and genetic factor is an excuse for being overweight.
this supposed “fat gene” exists because all the processed foods people eat which trigger receptors in the brain to fool the body into wanting to eat more and more. all it takes is will power and accountability and you wont be fat. if genetics were all to blame, then how is it that everyone who gets gastric bypass looses so much weight so rapidly? because they are FORCED not to eat, when normally they have no will power and eat way like pigs.
no one is BORN over weight, you get that way through bad eating habits and lack of activity. maybe you have to work a little harder than your skinny friend, but anyone and everyone can reach a level of fitness for their frame. i think the “fat gene” excuse is so overdone, and people need to take responsibility for themselves and not try to blame it on genetics. oh, and CH looks very unfit and unappealing. that is all.
First off, I never said it’s all down to genes and I certainly never said anyone is born overweight! Have you watched those videos? There definitely is a ‘fat’ gene – it’s often called the survival gene and was of great advantage when we were hunter gatherers and went through times of feast followed by times of famine. The people who ate more and stored more fat tended to make it through the famine and therefore the genes were passed on and are very common. Does that mean that everyone who has the gene is destined to be fat? Of course not, and I didn’t say that. How you are raised is of utmost importance for your future health. Unfortunately that is not something you can control when you are a child and you can spend the rest of your life fighting against very ingrained behaviour AND genetics that is hard to control – not impossible, but very hard.
I am not using it as an excuse to be overweight – I know that I went through years of inactivity and bad eating habits as a teenager that I am trying to rectify now. I know that I have issues with knowing when I am full and therefore overeating without being aware of it. What I take issue with is the complete lack of compassion from some people and the refusal to acknowledge that genetics do play a part in our appetites and our body’s treatment of the calories we eat. It is a fact that some people find it virtually impossible to become overweight (or even a ‘normal’ weight in some cases) – that is down to genetics, not just their ‘self control’ (which they don’t need to exercise, as they don’t crave more in the first place)! They simply do not desire to eat more than their body needs and even when they do, their body deals with it and doesn’t allow them to become obese. Of course, most people are not like that – most people have the ‘fat’ or ‘survival’ gene and that is one of the reasons obesity is sky-rocketing – not just that humanity has suddenly lost all it’s self control and people want to be unhealthy!
I am not saying that I can’t change my body – I am actually changing it and have lost weight in the past and not regained it. I know it is possible to change your lifestyle and be healthier, happier and slimmer for it. I am glad that you lost the weight – good for you – but what you said takes a very black and white view of it and all I was trying to say is that it’s not that simple. But maybe it is for some people – I just know that many people find it incredibly hard to lose weight (that’s why a lot of people fail) and it’s not fair to have no sympathy for the hardships they face due to both learned behaviour patterns AND genetics.
And I disagree about Christina – she looks okay to me, not perfect, but not very unfit.
Genetics play a role, of course… but the good news is your genes are not your destiny if you have the motivation and will power to change them! Cut out rice and all wheat products… yes, that means whole wheat too… and you should see some progress in no time! It was a hard thing for me to do, but once I took the plunge, and the wheat was out of my system… I had virtually no cravings anymore, and it’s made a big difference in the way I look… much more than exercise does. I read somewhere that achieving a fit, healthy, hot lookin’ body, you need to focus 80% of your efforts on diet, and 20% on exercise. So far, this has worked wonders for me! Cutting out grains also reduced my undereye circles. Give it a go! Your genes are not your destiny!
true. There s like only skinny = healthy and not skinny = fat.
The perception our society is screwed up if so many people think like that. like, there is no grey line or so. I don t say I know the real deal, but calling her fat?…Naahh.
I can t believe there are people who dare judge by photos if she s fit, fat or whatnot and claim it as if they know her medical history. if you do that, expect to receive the same treatment from others.
It s the same thing with serena williams – she s getting called fit because of her bum and legs and please, don t nobody tell me she s fat, she s just super toned and has no caucasian body structure etc
Oh please you don;t know her medical history either to know she is “fit” people are commenting on how she looks to them, nobody is claiming it as fact.
These are opinions. It’s funny how a lot of people on here call Katy Perry and Rihanna “fat” when they are half the size of CH. And lets not forget how rude people are about slender models?
Erica, please do not take my comments as a personal insult because they were in no way meant as such. That said, I do have to admit that I did read your earlier comment and used it to illustrate my point. Like you said, I do not like it when people make excuses for their weight. To me it seems as if many overweight people try their hardest to find medical conditions they can blame for their body issues. Often referencing pseudo-scientifical articles that to me obviously biased. I watched the series that you posted and while interesting, it was not anything I had not heard or read about before. It concluded that some people have a genetical predisposition to either store excessive calories that are consumed in an unfavourable way or cause them to have a tendency to overeat. That, I honestly have to say is not news worthy to me. I KNOW some find it harder to resist snacks and I KNOW some have to work harder to be slim. But I also know that we do not have to be slaves to our genes. If cutting calories/doing cardio 2 times a week is not enough to get you to your ideal weight, well then you just have to work harder. It may be not fair that for some women that would be enough, but whatever! You do what YOUR body requires you to do.
Oh and contrary to what you may think, I am not one of those people who has no problem resisting temptation. I actually have a big appetite for a girl my height (5’3″). Moreover, two years ago I started using medication even increased my appetite even more! But my doctor explained that it will not be the medicine that will cause me to gain, it will be my own behaviour. So, in stead of whining or saying “oh well I cannot help myself, it is out of my control” I just give my body what it actually needs. Which is NOT a punishment of some kind. So no, I do not feel any sympathy for those who complain about doing what is right for their bodies.
Totally agree tajse, no way CH works out. I don’t believe it at all, if she did, she wouldn’t look this way. Plain and simple.
Okay, tasje, I’m glad you watched the videos, even if you got nothing out of them. We obviously just have different viewpoints and definitions of fitness and what looks attractive. We actually agree on many points – just not on sympathy and how much each of us can/should do about our bodies.
I’m getting some harsh comments for stating my opinion – thank you for being one who disagrees with me, but doesn’t make it personal and gives a well thought-out opinion back! It’s good to have debates like this!
Great comment Tasje! I completely agree.
I agree w/ anastasia who commented on one of ur other ridiculously longgg comments. srsly how do u have the time for this Erica?!
haha no i didnt bother reading ur whole rant and I dont think tasje did either. I’m not saying that ur info is wrong or anything, so dont take it out on me like u do w/ every1 else, though I think tht it wud benefit evry1 if u just calmed down a little.
I type fast and I think too much – that’s why I write so much! It’s fine if you don’t have time to read that much – with all your text-like spelling, I guess you don’t have much time to write either. I’ll put up with your style of writing, even though it bothers me, so can you put up with mine? Or at least ignore it?
It’s okay that you agree with tasje – we all have our different ways of looking at things. I’m not upset at all, just trying to understand other peope’s viewpoint and get mine across. I can think of other’s on this post that seem to be getting angry though – you seem to be a bit angry about what I wrote and how I wrote it.
Haha i do the same, Erica. I start writing a posts thinking: this is gonna be two or three sentences. And wupti – I’ve wrote a novel in 20 seconds. If people don’t wanna read that much i get it. But fine if some people do:)
Hi Erica,
I’m not sure what the arguments are on this site but it’s INDISPUTABLE that body types and metabolism are different according to one’s genes. Check out this quote from “Burn the Fat Feed the Muscle”, a well known bible of fat loss:
“With body types, most people (about 60 % of the population by my estimate) are “genetically average.” If you fall into this middle category, you will respond well and predictably to a properly constructed nutrition and exercise regimen. All it takes is starting and sticking to an exercise program and mastering the fundamental laws of nutrition. This includes all basic principles such as proper caloric intake, high meal frequency, balanced nutrient ratios, and smart food choices.
The 20% of the population on the right side of the curve represents the genetically above average. This lucky group will lose fat very quickly and easily, even if their nutrition and training isn’t quite perfect. They seem to have more “leeway” (they can get “away with” fewer workouts and more cheat days). On the extreme right edge of the curve, you have the people who can eat chocolate and donuts all day long, they don’t work out at all and they have “six-pack abs.” These are the “genetically gifted,” or as I affectionately call them, “the genetic freaks.”
The final 20%, located on the left side of the curve, are the genetically below average. These people have a more difficult time losing fat and will need to work much harder and be more patient than others. The further to the left side of the genetic bell curve you are, the more difficult it will be to lose body fat. At the farthest edge, you will find a tiny handful of people who have an immensely difficult time getting lean. This tiny group is the “genetically disadvantaged.””
Thanks bibi! That was basically what I was trying to say, but I got carried away!
Yeah, and I think what others are trying to say is that even if it’s harder for some it shouldn’t be an excuse to do nothing. Everybody owes it to themselves to be the healthiest they can be. I do take issue with people who think you need to show 6 pack abs to look “healthy”. This is really wrong, and for women that degree of leaness, if it’s not due to genes and build, is probably the result of undereating.
Tasje, is your only goal in life to be fit? You’re so judgmental.
No but if I knew that having an opinion on what constitutes ‘fit’ required submitting a full description of my goals and ambitions, I would have elaborated a bit.
Great comment Tasje. I agree 100 percent.
Amen, ladies! None of us have to be slaves to our genes. Some might have to try harder than others, yes… But It’s all about self control. I’m no natural waif, it takes a lot of hard work.
I have resisted and resisted because I hate fightes and to be honest I rarely visit here anymore, but I just have to comment for fear the vitriol will spill out onto some innocent victim
You irritate me with every single hypocritical comment you make. Fat people using the genetic argument are making excuses yet when anyone comments on thin people not overindulging or eating very little all of a sudden the genetics argument is completely valid? Have you ever watched athletics? Can you run a marathon in under four hours? Is that the only possible defintion of fit? Everyone I know who is extremely athelitic cannot concieve- thats a fairly good indicator of a womans health. But the truth is the arguments are immaterial. Anyone with any sense of proportion knows that her true fitness state cannot be judged on a few photos. No this is all about you- which I am sure sums up your life motto.
You are a truly awful individual. Your complete and utter inability to acknowledge any other point of view that doesn’t perfectly tie in with your own, your hostile and nasty attitude, and your worryingly paranoid delusions about people creating false identities seriously make me wonder if you have figured a way out of your padded cell and snuck your way on to the psyche nurses computer. I very much want you to know that every single comment you have ever made is wrong. The world does not revolve around some infantile defintion of skinny = perfect. There is so much more to life than that, much of which judging by your attitude you will probably never have the good fortune to experience. Clearly whatever diet you are on in desperate pursuit of this hallowed goal isn’t making you happy. Go outside, slob out, eat, and take a moment to appreciate the breath in your lungs, the sound of birds instead of gunfire, children playing instead of begging and couples, fat thin, spotty and deformed, kissing.
People like you and anastasia are precisely the reason why i have decided to give up coming here. I should feel sorry for you, and I do, but not enough to cross the road and spit on you if you were on fire. Lc seems very similar and is playing it clever only supporting the nasty comments rather than being brave enough to state them herself, but then she got in a lot of trouble herself for dual identites and nasty postings a while back. She learnt to be sorry enough not get caught again, sadly it hasn’t changed her attitude.
One last final comment. It disappoints me that others state they are defending CH but everyone is quick to say they aren’t a fan of her figure themselves, they are just trying to be fair. I feel that people like you have made people terrified to admit they like the way she looks for fear you will immediately call them fatties, cause only fatties could possibly like her. Well I think she looks fantastic. I AM A FAN. I could be jabba the hut i could be skeletor, all you need to know is I am very very glad I’m not you.
amazon, you’re not even worthy of a reply back, but I’m in a good mood and I’ll throw, you a bone: You need help, as you clearly have issues that go far and beyond what some people think of some celebrity. Unfortunately, I’m not a therapist, and from the looks of your little speech, you are in dire need of one.
Like anyone is going to sit and read ALL that.
Just because some don’t want to suck up to the “real woman brigade” of your “real woman have curves”
mantra. Of cliche ridden lines. Funny I don’t see you complain once about the nasty snide things people say about the VS girls. Oh but then you wouldn’t because they are not “real women”
You are one of those people I usually either skim through or totally skip over posts, you, Edith The Elf, SF and Erica all sound like exactly the same . You have a massive chip on your “real” shoulder. Just because people want to say someone is overweight and you can’t take that then boo hoo. It isn’t my personal resposibility to see that your feelings don’t get hurt. Go and worship Hendricks all you want, someone has to after all. Why don’t you get the owner of the site to ban all the “fat bashers”? then you can all live in “real women” delusional land happy ever after.
I always thought you were a boring old fuddy duddy which is the reason everytime I see one of your posts I just roll my eyes and think, oh it’s that boring old fart again, won’t bother reading her novel. Get over yourself you are not any more important than anyone else in this world. You are just a self rightous moron who thinks you are better than others. Well I have news for you. You are NOT. You are just a stuck up person who thinks only people who agree with your pro-heavy movement have the right to voice their opinions.
I’m only commenting in support of amazon – I am tired of these nasty arguments too. I really like this site and most of the comments I read state their opinion without slagging someone off or being mean-spirited. It’s a fact that people group together who have similar ideals and ways of expressing themselves – it’s not a bad thing. But we need to listen to one another’s opinions and not simply write them off as ‘fat-basher’s’ or ‘the real women brigade’ based on a few of their comments.
I don’t completely agree with amazon making it personal against S – but I understand it. S, you do make personal attacks and you do have a weird paranoid delusion that somehow because several people have similar opinions that contradict yours, that we are all the same person. I cannot tell you how ridiculous this is! I could just as well say that you and Anastasia. are the same person by that logic, as you agree most of the time and often support each other’s posts. But, I take the sane view, and realise that two or three or four people can agree with one another and still be separate entities and not just one evil mastermind aspiring to rubbish your point of view.
I disagree with you amazon that Ic deserves to be called out though. Her opinions may disagree with mine most of the time, but I don’t think she expresses them with the same personal venom as some others you mentioned. And I do believe that one can change from being rude to being a more moderate commenter – and I think Ic has done that. Even Anastasia. has become a bit more moderate, which is good.
But amazon, I really wish you wouldn’t leave because of a couple of commenter’s with bullying attitudes. I really enjoy your comments and I hope you will change your mind and come back! People have supported me on here when I have wanted to give up – and I get much more positive feedback than negative, so that is what counts!
And about CH. I do think she is beautiful, sexy and just fabulous! She is not my ideal body, but that doesn’t mean I don’t adore her! I love Miranda Kerr – and she is not my ideal either.
erica you don’t hold some holy authority on what comment is considered rude or not, people can express their opinions any way they want. This isn’t grammar school and you aren’t our teacher, no one has to write their comments in a certain way just to meet your standards or niceness.
Erica is wasting her time, I never read all her posts because they are way too long. I hardly ever talk to Erica or even mention her name, but she is always trying to get my attention, I really don’t care about her either way because I skip the majority of what she writes. If people
are going to get personally offended over something said about CH who none of you know personally then it is YOU who has the problem. Is she related to you? is she a friend?
NO. And lets not forget far worse things get said about other people. Amazon is anothter one who I never read the majority of her posts she just goes on and on and on like an old nun.
Not intersted in hearing it. Anatassia keeps this place alive, she brings some fun in, all of the pro-heavy momvement don’t have any sense of humour at all and are boring. And not one of them can fight their own battles always have to being a whinny friend along to help them out
to gang up on people. I will not change my opinion on CH so just deal with it and move on.
I am sure I will be in moderation again we know you guys stick together.
amazon, I’m not reading this entire argument, cos like i said a bit above, I’m done with these arguments, they’re silly and don’t help (therefore this is not a comment to ANYONE else on this post, i haven’t read anything but amazon’s
)
I guess you just have to be the bigger person, count to ten, and ignore trolls. I hope you keep posting once in a while 
I just wanna say that i hope you don’t give up, and never come back, cos I always like your posts
I’m with you, minus the low fat business. I guess it depends on what you consider low fat. I once tried 10-15% of calories from fat and it wasn’t pretty! Increasing my fat intake improved my health and I managed to stay thin and maintain muscle.
Lower fat probably works for people who have health problems or no self control, though.
To me she doesn’t look fit. In my country size of average woman is not even near to how her body looks, so it’s weird for me when i read posts that say “she is around the size of the average woman”. To me she isn’t near not even around the size of an average woman. But then again average woman in my country is 172 cm tall not 160 cm, so i don’t know. At the end of the day if you feel good about yourself and comfortable in your own skin other people opinions are not that important.
I believe christina. her weight doesn’t mean she’s not fit. here in italy girls are slim but not fit at all. I’m a size 0-2 but i’m def not fit, i’m very lazy and I don’t eat always well….some people are very toned and healthy without be thin or slim.
I would say here in Italy most of women are actually very fit. Yes, they are slim and many doesn’t look it, but they are actually pretty “strong” – use of bicycle, walking…of course, it depends A LOT of the region/town.
Christina to me looks “healthy”, on the plump size. I wouldn’t call her fit, because I usually identify the term with a slimmer built: but I’m sure that under her “fat” and curves there are muscles, and she definitely doesn’t look like a fat person who’s tired after few steps!
She might be able to be “healthy”, but I’d hardly call her “fit”
Correct, she is everything but fit.
“I never even heard people talk about body types. ”
Bull crap.
She is a pretty lady but she does not look fit by any means.
So many people get so angry about other people’s bodies! Whether you think she’s “fit” or not is your own opinion that you are fully entitled to, but what’s with all the anger? I think she looks great. And she seems like a really nice woman with a good attitude.
Heavier people can be healthy, and skinnier people can be unhealthy, no doubt about it. However, a person’s health does not factor in to how I view the fitness of a person. My idea of “fit” is how athletic a person appears. I’m not saying only athletes are fit, just that people need to look like they could handle a variety of athletic types of activities without collapsing quickly in order for me to see them as fit. Christina does not look like she could go on a 10 mile hike with a 20-30 pound back-pack on her back, without breaking down around mile 3 and crying she can’t go on. Could she do it? Maybe. Does she look like she could do it? Not to me. Therefore, I do not see her as fit.
i believe her, i used to run in races at school always coming second(pretty good for me), played basketball, biked and i was very soft, not much muscle tone, ate well but never “dieted” and was very happy with my body 5′ tall 110lbs and i know i was fit, but if u saw me in a bikini u would not have known how healthy i was because of my lack of muscle tone. And on the other hand my SIL has a muscle disorder, she can’t exercise or walk well and she looks like she works out, her arms are perfect!! so i guess is just genetic on her that she’s built that way. And That is
why i can see she could be fit. She could “look” fit as in with more muscle definition, etc, but that would probably mean going crazy on diet and exercise and she sounds like she is just enjoying life without being a slave to other people’s judgement on her body.
Many people have a really strange definition of fit, they seem to be confusing what they consider to be an attractive figure (slim, toned, lean) with the word fit. Fit doesn’t mean “looks good” (except in some slang, like in england, “she is well fit” = “she is really hot” haha), it means suitably healthy. Christina is, I’m sure, suitably healthy for her life’s physical demands. Not only that, one can be suitably healthy for some very physically demanding things, running, sports, climbing, whatever, and be of Christina’s size.
I agree with those posters who have defended her here, she never said she was ripped or eats an amazingly lean diet, she just said she is fit and active. Being bigger is not in any way evidence of not being active. Someone could sit on their ass all day and be tiny, someone could do sports every single day and be bigger, because one of these people is eating more than the other. CH never claimed that she doesn’t have an appetite.
I also really disliked the comment about how even if CH works out she is cancelling out all the good work by eating too much. That’s a really black-and-white way to look at things. She isn’t cancelling it out, if she didn’t work out and keep active, she would be less healthy, so maybe she isn’t fanatical about keeping fit or being in shape, but it doesn’t mean that working out doesn’t do her body and her health good, just like it does for anyone else.
I wish I could ‘like’ your comment snoops. I agree, people are confusing their definitions of an aesthetically pleasing body with overall, internal heart health which is what I would consider as ‘fit’ and can’t be judged by looking at pictures but rather by a professional medical examination. I know that I am very slim but not as active as I should be and therefore not as ‘fit’.
Yeah, I wish I could ‘like’ your comment too – very well said! Doing any kind of physical activity is beneficial to your health – whether that results in a slim figure or not is beside the point. The health of your heart, lungs and other vital organs is more important than what you look like – and plenty of people are fit, healthy and overweight, even though some people refuse to believe it.
Wish I could like this comment too. Being fit means being physically able to take on the demands of ones life. If one eats a bit more one will have a higher % of fat but the fitness level is the same.
Snoops you hit the nail on the head! I know we all have different interpretations of what is means to be ‘fit’ or ‘healthy’ but I agree with your definition 100% : )
I love this comment, Snoops. But i always like your comments
LOL, this is funny, you know why? My husband just told me that I have Christina’s shape, only I am much smaller. Fact is, I am in the obese category… so guys, I think that it is totally possible for her to be like 30 pounds over the normal weight limit, no doubt. According to BMI, Serena Williams is definitely obese, too.
Just wanted to say that BMI is not reliable when it comes to athletes. Most rugby players are overweight or obese according to BMI and no one would call them unhealthy or unfit! Nor is Serena Williams. It just doesn’t work for people with high muscle mass. And I don’t believe that CH is obese! She is 5’7″ or so and really not as big as everyone makes her out to be. Overweight, yes, but truly obese – no way!
You may have genes to be skinny or fat or muscular but with exercise and a good diet you can be as small or big as you want to a certain degree. I hate it when people say its in my genetics to be fat or bigger and they use that as an excuse. You control what goes in your mouth and how much you exercise. Stop making excuses.
Agree skinnygurl. If you put the effort in to being fit, healthy and looking good, it will work the only time it won’t is if people have some kind of rare disorder, but for the most part people are not actually doing anything about it.
There is no excuse. I don’t believe CH to be “fit” because she would not be as large as she is, if she was looking after herself. Of course nobody can say for sure if she is or not but my guess is no. She also has less of an excuse because she lives in LA, and is a celeb and will have easy acsess to personal trainers and fitness. She looks big, sloppy and uncomfortable.
If people are allowed to comment on how unhealthy skinny and slim people are all the time, then why shouldn’t others be allowed to do the same about someone who they see lager than is natural?. Nobody is born overweight.
I happen to like her. Sure she’s on the bigger side and looks more soft than toned but that doesn’t mean that she never works out. Using myself as an example, if I do my cardio but omit weights and strength training I also happen to look softer even though I actually do workout.
Excess weight is generally more dangerous to men’s health than women’s yet no one seems to be “concerned” about the health of prominent men until they are enormous. Women in public eye, OTOH, get the “concern for her health” plus the “setting a bad example” canards thrown at them at weights far below what would be considered a threat to their health or impede their ability to be physically fit.
Look guys, if you find skinny women to be more appealing than non-skinny women that’s certainly your prerogative. But cut the crap with the “oh, I’m just concerned that she’s not fit and healthy”. You’re not fooling anyone.
I believe that Christina is fit and healthy even though she looks soft. I’m 5’5″ and about 147lbs. I wear a UK size 12 and (unfortunately for me) I carry my extra body fat around the middle. I just look like an average mum in my late 30s but I’m fitter than I look. I eat mostly healthily (but I have a large appetite), kickbox twice a week, run 3 – 4 times a week and recently ran my first Marathon. My heart and lungs are healthy, my arms and legs are toned but I’m still a bit squishy in the tummy area. Ho hum, I’ll never have a flat tummy but I am fit.
i think she’s telling the truth
and some people just have big body
and really good for her for staying healthy ,and not trying to be size zero
you just need to work on what you have
People on this site are becoming a little too sensitive. Things should not be taken so personally, it is not like someone is calling YOU (anyone) out specifically and trashing your body type. This is a judgemental site (“celebrities on a scale” helllooo), if this is something you can’t handle, you shouldn’t be here. Sometimes people say nasty things, get over it. If you do not agree with it, rather than starting a fight and making the situation worse, just move on to another comment…
As for Christina, I really like her and her body is beautiful…But she is not fit. I do not see any muscle tone whatsoever. Demi Lovato is a bigger girl too and I see her as fit because you can tell she is firm, which you can only see once you get past all the make up and tacky outfits.
Good post Jennifer. It really is quite sad when people get offended by what is said about celebrities.
“People on this site are becoming a little too sensitive. Things should not be taken so personally, it is not like someone is calling YOU (anyone) out specifically and trashing your body type. This is a judgemental site (“celebrities on a scale” helllooo), if this is something you can’t handle, you shouldn’t be here. Sometimes people say nasty things, get over it. If you do not agree with it, rather than starting a fight and making the situation worse, just move on to another comment…”
Amen Jennifer! Sometimes I wonder if it’s the celebrity herself who is writing comments, LOL
Are you talking about sexy or healthy? You’re entitled to your opinion and thats fine but I don’t really get what you’re saying here. You can say she’s not sexy, that’s your opinion and that’s fine but healthiness is not a matter of opinion or taste.
Uh… I like her face and eyes, but I do think she’s quite big. It’s insanely amazing what corsets do for her though, make her a perfect hourglass, when she’s really not one.
Never liked her body type. I wish she lost some.
I’m going to school to be a personal trainer…
QUALITIES AND PRINCIPLES OF FITNESS INCLUDE:
Cardiovascular endurance (Measured by 1.5 mile run, which should be done in 12 minutes for good fitness)
Muscular strength (How much force can be exerted in a one rep max.)
Muscular endurance (How long strength exercises can be done for, how many unweighted squats can you do without stopping.)
Flexibility (Your range of motion)
Body Fat Percentage (The percentage of fat on your body, measured through calipers, girth measurements, bioelectrical impedence measurement, etc.)
I would find it hard to believe that she could fall into being fit in everyone of those categories. Most body builders will only fall into two of those categories. Long distance runners will fall in to one. To be truly fit, you have to fall into the good categories for all of them. If you’re good at all of those things, trust me…you can see it.
Maybe she thinks she’s fit compared to unfit people. I think she’s gorgeous and beautiful.I’m sure she’s even a lovely human being on the inside too.
But fitness is fitness, the same way looks are looks.
And just because someone is active, doesn’t mean they’re fit, many people do activities without even tracking their heart rate or progress…to gain any benefit from cardio, you need to be working at 60-80% of your maximum heart rate.
This thread reads like a rough draft of a script for a new Mean Girls sequel. Ah, the internet…
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