Wimmins and getting chunky

krooton

krooton

krooton

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It has come to my attention that a surprisingly large number of female friends I have known since my and their late teens, who have been slim for ages, are suddenly becoming considerably larger right around hitting 30 years old.

The ones in questions have not had kids, so its nothing to do with that, and it doesn't even look like they are just getting fatter, they are actually becoming chunkier by way of body-shape. Legs (which usually stay whatever size they are unless you hit hippo size) that once were slim are now chunky and more muscular looking.

These were petite women (under 5'5", size 6-8) who over just the past few years started to hit 12-14 dress size. None of them have ever been in to exercising or sport.

Is there a biological cause for this, and I don't mean just 'getting old' as my gf has been a 8-10 all her adult life.
 
Morgoth said:
Their body clocks are going tick tock, tick tock, which makes them sad.

So they eat.
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But it doesn't seem to just be excess fat, calves don't get fat until you are obese, and their calves have gone from slim to chunky/muscular.

Perhaps they are taking roids? :p
 
****es me off when people say bigger women are 'real women'

So eating too much makes you a 'real woman?'

Vented majorly at the TV when Gemma (the miss piggy look-a-like) on TOWIE pulled off her sarong yesterday revealing that glutenous, overweight, varicose vein infested whalesque torso she so foolishly brands as 'a real woman'
 
[FnG]magnolia;22138442 said:
You should hang out with more hard bodies. Maybe get a table at Dorsia.
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Nah, prefer dinner at The Ivy and then some cocktails in Chinawhite. ;)
 
TommyV said:
****es me off when people say bigger women are 'real women'

So eating too much makes you a 'real woman?'

Vented majorly at the TV when Gemma (the miss piggy look-a-like) on TOWIE pulled off her sarong yesterday revealing that glutenous, overweight, varicose vein infested whalesque torso she so foolishly brands as 'a real woman'
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Doesn't help when companies cash in on the whole thing.

"Are you a massive hefter, but too lazy to exercise and lacking the willpower to eat normally? Then Jacamo is for you!"
 
Still, at least men don't get fatter as they get older. Oh, wait...


Ignoring the massive double standard being operated here, the reasons both sexes get fatter as they get older are the same:

1) More food. Generally people in a steady relationship eat more.
2) Less exercise. Not so much deliberate trips to the gym (but they get less frequent and intense), but all the other bits of life now get done slower or not at all.
3) Less care. Linked with 1), once you've settled you're less likely to look after your weight.
4) Age. The older you are, the less food you need to keep a constant weight. But few people reduce their food intake with age.


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i noticed this when a few girls in the year above/same/below me hit their mid 20's

a couple of girls who were like bean poles in school suddenly got massive arses and thighs and a bit of a tummy.

it didn't really bother me but i bet it made a lot of other girls feel great.
 
krooton said:
None of them have ever been in to exercising or sport.

Is there a biological cause for this, and I don't mean just 'getting old' as my gf has been a 8-10 all her adult life.
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thats pritty much it. lack of exercise and spending more time sat down hits everyone come there 30's.

il warn you now when they start talking about diets keep telling yourself in your mind DONT SAY ANYTHING NUMBNUTS!!

i have a habbit of giving fairly straight answers if asked and now my mates long time gf wont talk to me after she asked about going on a diet and i suggested she should get off her backside more as well as diet, my mate has thanked me many times over for this but she hasnt spoken to me for about 3 years now.

thats right kiddies the truth hurts :p
 
alexthecheese said:
Is he talking about the increase of muscle mass, though?
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Yes, I don't think that exercising and eating less would make much of a difference as it doesn't look like the body fat has shot up, more that they base body shape has changed to a heftier one.

I've seen women with porky torsos and really slim legs, I've never before seen legs go from slim to chunky by means of muscle. And again, they don't work out or anything.
 
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