It’s called “fat talk.” You’ve probably heard it before when women talk negatively about their bodies. Well turns out this talk has a pretty significant impact. Laci tells all you ladies out there why you should cut out the fat talk.
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“Fat talk (women speaking negatively about the size and shape of their bodies) is a phenomenon that both reflects and creates body dissatisfaction.”
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I'm really tall. I really am for my age (5 foot, 7) and that makes me feel less attractive about myself. I know, I know, all girls wish they were taller, but guys usually date girls shorter than them. But I'm the tallest in the grade!
So I'm the only one who wants to gain weight because I'm 20 pounds under weight
I used to fat talk I did hate how I looked but now I'm fine
Is it bad that I'm 11, 5.5 tall and i'm 80-90 Pounds….
I'm more than 1.70 and 50 kilos, so I can't worry about being fat at all XD
im fat i dont care but other people do
I need to lose weight
I'm fat and I hate my body, but I don't do fat talk
When the person you have been with for years gets fat….its had not to leave the relationship, if not physically but both emotionally and in being attracted to that person.
It works inversely too. People often fail to realize just how much we influence one another simply with our attitudes. Even negative people don't want to be around other negative people. It just amplifies the problem. By the same logic, as well as from personal experience, hanging around more positive people can significantly help skew your outlook for the better.
I'm only 11 and weigh 191 pounds. I try to keep it off but I keep gaining more. I want to kill myself sometimes. I need more counseling.
Everytime i decide to start excercise or diet It's usually late at night when I have to go to bed and can't do much, but when i wake up I change my mind and go back to unhealthy, It's a problem.
Lady, I am sure some people have said you are fat. You have a little roundness to you that is true, but you look absolutely stunning. Why? The confidence and the smile I think are the key. Often, that is what those "I'm so fat" complainers are missing, not the "right figure".
Often, when I find myself in the company of women who claim they are fat, I try to explain how wrong I find that statement.
I admit, I've said that my thighs are a bit chubby, but then I think to myself, "So what if my thighs are a little chubby? I'm skinny everywhere else and I'm proud of who I am." I've also mentioned maybe a million times that I hate having a flat chest, but that doesn't mean I want to change how it looks. After all, huge breasts cause back problems, so I'd much rather remain the way I am. Besides, I can always reduce the amount of fat in my thighs with exercise and turn it into muscle instead.
Complaining about yourself or your life doesn't make a good social first impression. I think most people are going to be very turned off by your emotional issues about your body if you haven't even given them a positive reason to want to get to know you.
I don't understand the fat thighs thing… How can so many women actually not know that fat thighs are attractive? I know there are magazines with stick-thin models everywhere, but there are also billions of anime drawings on the internet depicting the opposite…
if you participate in fat talk it doesn't mean they hate thier bodies. it is for the most part impossible to not like your body so much that you think it is somehow worse then others. most peoples bodies are not perfect and probably not ideal. if a person really hates thier body they probably would do a ton of plastic surgery. even if a person has small parts of thier bodies they don't like there definitely are going to be positives they have. even for those who do things like liposuction or etc. even if they say they hate thier bodies it most likely isn't true. if a person really hated thier body they would amputate themselves for no reason or get a knife and scar themselves up. people do lie to other people for attention. like you said people who engage in fat talk are most often' a healthy weight and are probably thin or medium. that is my guess but i don't know for sure. i don't really know people who engage in fat talk. it is definitely a sign of a mild self esteem problem. the media definitely helps encourage this type of negative thinking by creating unrealistic body standards or examples that are not healthy for others to try to be. now on the topic of how overweight people who say they like thier bodies are more likely to make more friends or be liked by others. i don't know if that is true. i don't get if they are trying to say that confident overweight women are more likly to have friends of different body types. i know for a fact that people who are unattractive are less likely to make friends with people who are attractive there are many scientific studies that back this up.
Laci is a babe
I find it problematic when Laci says "hey guys" at the beginning of her videos… some of us are not heterosexual cis gendered men… we DO NOT identify as guys and I am really offended, an apology would be in order I think. I am waiting
I hear two messages in our society that are in contradiction to each other. One is that looks don't matter and beauty is irrelevant because "beauty is only skin deep" – something that Laci seems to believe. Because, after all, why should a person be judged by their looks? Surely your physical appearance shouldn't define you, or your value, as a human being, right?
But whenever this sort of argument is made, it is almost immediately followed up with: "But hey girl, you should feel GOOD and ATTRACTIVE no matter what your weight is / how you look to others." Uh, didn't we just say five seconds ago that looks don't matter? So why are we now saying that everyone should feel "good" about their appearance, as if to suggest that everyone IS attractive?
You can't have it both ways. If "fat is beautiful", then there is nothing wrong with calling someone fat, because it becomes a compliment. If looks don't matter, then that implies that nobody should even CARE if someone else calls them fat or unattractive or otherwise, because physical appearances don't matter (remember my earlier statement that a person's value doesn't come from their looks?).
It is funny PC reasoning to say that beauty is only skin deep, but hey, girl, your skin is looking HAWT, therefore you should feel good about yourself either way. It is… bizarre, disingenuous, self-esteem-enhancing feel-good talk in my opinion. Most people realize that some people are simply more attractive than others. There is no way of getting around it (take it from a more or less average-looking guy!)
I'm 13 5"4" and 110 pounds am I fine or should I weigh less?
if youre a size 6 or under you dont get to bitch about being fat imo
Can Laci's face get any Fatter?!?!?
Talking down on yourself can be a motivating strategy to do something about what makes you unhappy. It can be used in a positive way.
I believe that degrading bodies is harmful to one's psychological health, yet I also believe that accepting fatness around the abdomen area is harmful. There must be a middle ground between the two extremes. It may be best to accept and love one's body as it is, and based on that love and care, one learns about what one needs to become strong and healthy. Healthy has no image, but it can be detected by a series of medical tests. In other words, if your doctor says you're healthy based on the test results, then you're golden, and you can continue what you do.
I've never publicly talked down about myself although my sister does it frequently. (I have enough negative talk in my brain without opening my mouth and confirming it!!)😱 I'm afraid if I do, someone will agree with me and shatter my existence!! Besides, I think people who constantly talk about their appearance are fishing for a compliment.
I wish I had a burrito.
Laci I love your smile :)
You always look so happy!
I love my body, but that doesn't mean I accept it's flaws.
Your not just fat laci, your horrifyingly ugly.
It's not hard to be thinner than you, Laci.
A few reasons why some men rather like to be single, right there.
From the video it sounds like a cancer that spreads and hurts all who get touched by it. Probly should stop it 😅
My sister used to do that where she would talk down about herself, and if anything it made me feel worse because I'm a lot bigger than her and a lot less pretty than she is. But there are still aspects of myself that I do love and I try not to engage in that kind of talk very much.
So basically people hate it when your honest about your insecurities.
Tip: If your not honest about it you can't deal with it.
If someone hates their body then they should be able to talk about it. It's a burden that really sucks so you shouldn't make someone deal with it all alone.
I post pics on my Instagram of
my body without saying anything and I don't get a lot of compliments… May be I should start fat talking to bait compliments… 😂😂💃🏻💃🏻💖💖 lol joking. I don't feel the need to do that 😂😂💁🏻💁🏻👸🏻👸🏻😘😘
who else but laci
I do the same thing but about my art even when the drawing was actually good I still talk shit about it
She'd be a trillionaire. (I don't know how to spell it)… Or more
I got a fitness advertisement 😂
People are obsessed with modest and that's why girl's can't except compliments
Overweight people can survive famines longer than skinnier people and they are harder to kidnap. Checkmate :)
There are three types of women. Skinny, thick and unhealthy.
Being fat is gross
If someone tells you you are fat and you are then you shouldn't get offended. Just go and lose weight simple.
I wonder if Dana Lynn Bailey thinks she's fat?