Earlier this week our team was in a business meeting. The discussion turned to image and how people judge you based on that, it was fairly benign. Then, the person we were talking to mentioned a nutrition colleague of ours and stated “she looks too thin. You guys, on the other hand, look healthy.” I couldn’t resist “so you’re saying we look fat?”
Trust me, I have no desire to look too thin, that’s not the
goal. And too thin for women over 35 equals more wrinkly. But I like thin (even
like the word thin thus The Little Book
of Thin even though some do not). The person went on to clarify that we
look like we eat healthfully (I like that). She was lumping us into one
category and I know One Smart Brownie and Snack Queen look great…so why then
does that type of comment sit the wrong way? I started to feel nuts that this
lingered in my head so I emailed Carolyn expecting her to quell my mental spiral and
she said “funny I’ve been thinking about that too.”
I think this goes to show you that, even for nutritionists,
weight is a touchy subject and comparisons probably not a good idea even if
they aren’t mean-spirited.
