How thin is too thin?

[Haole Girl]

Do you think this is too thin?


Traylor Howard (Natalie Teeger, in the TV show Monk)

[Symarip]

1. They tried to make me go to rehab

But I said, no, no, no.

[Haole Girl]

3. At frist I thought she looked good...

but then I realized she'd lost too much weight. IMHO, anyway.

[mcctatas]

12. ...

:hi:

And thanks for the earworm jackass, now I will have to go to the AODA services meeting with that song in my head :P

[BarenakedLady]

2. Depends on the person really.

:shrug:

[Haole Girl]

4. True enough

Hey, did you make it out of your pj's today? :-) :hi:

edit: totally wrong word. :blush:

[BarenakedLady]

5. Aye

Even went out grocery shopping. Progress.

:)

[Haole Girl]

6. I have cabin fever today

We have an ice storm here. :-(

[unpossibles]

7. I think she looks good, but maybe because her weight/size seems to fit her

and she doesn't look ill at all, although she's definitely skinnier than what I normally "go for" so to speak. But she still looks good. As someone who has been "too skinny" and "too fat" this is one aspect of our society that annoys the hell out of me, the obsession with weight, instead of just being happy and healthy.

[Haole Girl]

9. In some shots she looks healthy...

in others I'm not so sure.

[unpossibles]

14. gotcha

I don't really follow celebs or TV stuff much, so this is the first time I've seen her.

[guitar man]

8. depends

From a health standpoint, it's hard to say,some people do really thin better than others.

From an attractiveness standpoint (speaking to my personal tastes), yeah, she's way too skinny. I like big,bouncy, curvaceous, voluptuous natural women. But that's just me. :evilgrin:

[Haole Girl]

10. Well,

hopefully she is healthy!

[Drunken Irishman]

11. Na, she doesn't look too thin.

She's thin, but I bet she's healthy.

[Haole Girl]

13. Hope so

:hi:

[NJmaverick]

15. Unless she lost weight, since the last time the show was shot

she never struck me as being too thin or even skinny. I suspect this might just be a bad picture.

[Shell Beau]

16. I don't know. It depends on the person, their body type, their

metabolism, etc. Some people are really thin naturally.

[Kali]

17. I have no idea who that is but from one picture and nothing else to compare with

I would say she looks fine. "Too thin" to me involves a hella lot more info. Some people just are skinny, some are not. If there has been some kind of drastic change then maybe yeah too thin, or hell the reverse could even be true. My main concern with REALLY skinny, but otherwise healthy bodies is having no "reserve" in the case of illness (especially gastrointestinal bugs!)

Me, I got too much reserve.:rofl: (but maybe I could get a date with GTRMAN - heh)

[guitar man]

18. :)

:blush: :hi:

[Jamastiene]

19. When the face looks sunken in and the rib bones are showing.

She looks thin, but a healthy type of thin. I'd say she's not too thin. I'd want to put some meat on her bones though, but that's just the cook/nurturing/momma type in me.

[TZ]

20. Thats pretty much it in my book.

I'd add when the clavicle is prominent as well. An animal that has its bones so noticeable is usually yanked away from its owner as malnorished. When you see a human in the same condition, I don't care what the freaking people say, thats NOT HEALTHY.

[unpossibles]

21. but even that can be deceptive

When I was poor and skinny, I was very healthy. I rode like 20 miles a day average on my bike, walked a lot, and ate a lot of good fresh, healthy food, but weighed about 25-30 pounds less than I do now.

As the little guy in my family (I'm only 6'2"...), my bones are pretty big and prominent. Hell, even when I am in the upper end of my height's "normal" weight, my elbows and, shoulders, clavicles, and hip bones still stick out a little. I know saying "I'm big boned" sounds funny from someone who was skinny, but it's the truth.

[TZ]

23. There is a difference between bony and gaunt.

And I think most people can tell the difference.

[unpossibles]

27. agreed - but not my family

especially the ones who for years made fun of me for being "too fat".

And they wonder why we're not close.

[Haole Girl]

22. Thanks Jamastiene & all who responded

I won't be concerned then. Just seemed like she lost a lot of weight between seasons & I was wondering if I was the only one concerned. Apparently so! lol

[Gormy Cuss]

24. This is too thin

[Haole Girl]

25. While I know ...

anorexia does sometimes occur in men, it's much, much more common in women.

Maybe I've just been in Texas too long. It is a very "fat friendly" state & there aren't a lot of women (or men) who are too thin here.

[redqueen]

29. Where in TX do you live?

It's a big state, and attitudes vary a lot. Where I live is most definitely NOT "fat friendly".

I think the guy in Gormy's pic looks fine, too.

[Haole Girl]

40. I live near DFW

compared to Los Angeles, it is very "fat friendly." There have been many studies verifying it... but it's also IMHO. :hi:

[mwdem]

39. Steve Jobs....I heard he's got a hormonal problem

from fighting cancer? Yeah, he's a bit gaunt compared to last year.

[Gormy Cuss]

41. He looks emaciated.

I hope that his docs can address the problem. The good thing for Jobs is that he can afford the best care money can buy.

[Heidi]

53. He's recovering from treatment for pancreatic cancer. Here's an article:

Apple's Steve Jobs will stay as CEO
Apple says hormone imbalance cause of weight loss; easily treatable
updated 6:23 p.m. ET Jan. 5, 2009
NEW YORK - Apple founder Steve Jobs, a survivor of pancreatic cancer whose gaunt appearance in the past year has alarmed the Mac and iPod lovers who look to him as an oracle, said Monday he has an easily treated hormone imbalance and will remain in charge of the company.

The news sent Apple stock up more than 4 percent on a down day for much of the market. But Jobs did not say whether the problem was related to the cancer, and some analysts said the health watch may not be over.

<snip>

In a public letter, Jobs, 53, said his thinness had been a mystery even to him and his doctors until a few weeks ago, when “sophisticated blood tests” confirmed that he has “a hormone imbalance that has been ‘robbing’ me of the proteins my body needs to be healthy.”

<snip>

Jobs announced in 2004 that he had undergone successful surgery to treat a very rare form of pancreatic cancer — an islet cell neuroendocrine tumor. The cancer is easily cured if diagnosed early. Jobs did not have a deadlier and more common form of pancreatic cancer called adenocarcinoma.
More: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28504079/

[BlueJazz]

26. I think she looks just Fine.

[bigwillq]

28. She looks fine.

Some people are naturally thin, while others are naturally bigger no matter how much they exercise or eat.

This woman, who I have no idea who she is, doesn't look too thin to me.

[LuckyTheDog]

30. All I know is this...

... Traylor Howard is the best reason to watch Monk.

[Rob H.]

31. That photo is about ten years old

She's still looks like this, AFAIK:



I don't think she's too thin in either case--then again, I've had a crush on her ever since she played Joy on Boston Common. ;)

[Haole Girl]

33. I was catching up on Monk episodes...

when I noticed her weight loss last year. Good to hear she didn't keep losing weight! She is a really good actress, I think. :hi:

[LisaL]

43. If the photo is old I think she gained a little bit.

I just watched Monk's re-runs and I don't think she was as thin as she is in that photo.

[Rhythm]

32. She looks proportional... no bones showing... no sharp clavicals

In that pic, she looks fine. Healthy.

[JimGinPA]

34. Karen Carpenter Said...

Everyone should be as thin & rich as they want to be.

[Haole Girl]

36. Aww man..

that was really terrible.

She had an amazing voice didn't she?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UziGwZBvth0

[RebelOne]

54. Karen Carpenter didn't say that. It was said by:

Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor said: "A woman can't be too rich or too thin."

[Inchworm]

35. Looks ok to me

My answer to "what is too thin" is a little over the top so I'll hold on to it :)

:hi:

[Genevieve]

37. She looks cute. . nt

[PfcHammer]

38. Too thin is when yo pants is down round your ankles cuz

you don't got no booty to hold em up:rofl:

[LisaL]

42. When was the photo taken?

I just watched re-runs of Monk and she didn't look as thin as in this photo to me.

[Zavulon]

44. No, it's not.

She has some muscle around her shoulders, it isn't just skin and bones. I think she's cute.

[elshiva]

45. She's very skinny, but not too skinny.

That picture reminds me more of Amy Acker than how Howard actually looks on the show.

Amy Acker:

[Deja Q]

48. GAAH! When I saw Amy I ackered!

:puke:

[crimsonblue]

46. she looks good. n/t

[Haole Girl]

47. Damn...

my husband thinks I should be that thin. I was really hoping some people would back me up & say she was too thin. Oh well. (sigh)

[Withywindle]

49. Tell your husband to stuff it.

You should be healthy for your body type, whatever that type may be.

That actress looks like someone with a naturally ectomorphic shape. She's a little bit thinner than women I usually find attractive, but not sickly.

If you don't have that body type--which is kind of rare, though WILDLY overrepresented among celebrities--please don't make yourself ill trying to achieve it and please don't take bullshit from people who think you should. It's just fashion. Look at the women who were considered the height of beauty 50 or 100 years ago. Not that thin. No reason to think the beauty standard will be the same in 50 years either.

[LisaL]

50. This is very unrealistic.

She is a very skinny woman in this photo. Most women do not look like that.

[krispos42]

52. Depends how your your body carries the weight

She's lean, not thin, which is good and healthy. But as to eye-catchingness, she's not on my radar.


Now Laura San Giacomo, on the other hand, is most definately on my radar!




*sigh*

[petronius]

51. I think that's a horribly ugly outfit!

I wouldn't call her too thin - she's small, but I'm not getting any alarm bells. I think that, except in the obvious cases, it's impossible to make that sort of assessment from a picture. Body compositions vary so much that a healthy weight may look very different from one person to the next...