topic Re: Wondering? in Among Friends

Wondering?

Bonkers1 — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 19:53:55 GMT

If you were in front of the camera find it easier to keep in shape?

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charsha — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 19:54:21 GMT

Oh definitely!

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SilleeMee — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 20:10:13 GMT

I don't understand the question...?

I stay in shape b/c it's good for my health. I don't need a camera.

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LavernLuvsShoes — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 20:23:01 GMT

@SilleeMee wrote:
I don't understand the question...?

I totally get it.

I've often looked at (a few of) the hosts and the models and wondered if they really eat as much as they say they do at Thanksgiving and Christmas and other holidays?

Or if they truly enjoy regularly snacking on the sweets and carbs that are displayed on the food shows, as they seem to imply?

In my mind, there is NO way they're being honest with us...

Unless they either sneak off and "purge" afterwards, or they workout like mad every day (LOL)

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Trinity11 — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 20:17:32 GMT

@Bonkers1 wrote:
If you were in front of the camera find it easier to keep in shape?

No. Years ago, when I modeled, I found it equally as difficult as now to stay in shape. I gain weight easily. Just a fact for me and it has always bothered me @Bonkers1 .

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LavernLuvsShoes — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 20:21:22 GMT

@Trinity11 wrote:
No. Years ago, when I modeled, I found it equally as difficult as now to stay in shape...

Ditto - I don't have just one sweet tooth - ALL of mine have always craved sugar!

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SilleeMee — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 20:31:24 GMT

A scale, not a camera, helps me keep in shape.

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occasionalrain — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 22:03:12 GMT

Not everyone is prone to gaining weight. I eat whatever appeals to me, don't avoid carbs or sugar and have never been overweight. I do avoid, diet food and sugar substitutes because I find them unhealthy.

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Mz iMac — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 22:35:22 GMT

@occasionalrain You're like me. I eat whatever I da.mn well please & don't gain an ounce. Must be genetics & a high metabolism.

Diet drinks taste nasty to me as well as diet foods.

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Trinity11 — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 22:49:22 GMT

@occasionalrain wrote:
Not everyone is prone to gaining weight. I eat whatever appeals to me, don't avoid carbs or sugar and have never been overweight. I do avoid, diet food and sugar substitutes because I find them unhealthy.

My husband's entire family is like you @occasionalrain . Very slim and when my MIL was alive, she frequented some of the best bakeries and served them at family dinners. Everyone would indulge and I used to just marvel with my BIL how they did it.😊

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shoekitty — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 23:23:23 GMT

@occasionalrain I can gain weight easy if I totally let go , due to exercise issue. Since I have mobility issues I don't exercise, ride bikes, etc like I did. BUT, I DO EAT WHAT I want basically. And I stay same in my weight. I too don't eat diet anything, or artificial anything for the most part. I think if you eat well rounded, don't gorge, you will do fine. At least I find it true with me. I do eat candy, pastries now and then, what I want kind of. I see people do that all the time and not be over weight. I realize some can't eat carbs or sugar or they off on the deep end, luckily I choose what I eat for health, and taste too

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Bonkers1 — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 23:33:19 GMT

@Mz iMac

You are so fortunate.

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Bonkers1 — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 23:36:06 GMT

@SilleeMee

The scale is my enemy.

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shoekitty — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 02:01:49 GMT

@Bonkers1

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Bonkers1 — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 14:29:22 GMT

@shoekitty

OMG that is so funny. Thank you

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Still Raining — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 15:36:32 GMT

Been watching since the early 90s, so there have many longtime salespersons on air. Based on this, the answer is NO. Some seem to have blown up like a balloon. Sizing has changed too, there used be a lot of 32 bras. Now mostly gone.

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shoekitty — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 19:45:18 GMT

@Still Raining wrote:
Been watching since the early 90s, so there have many longtime salespersons on air. Based on this, the answer is NO. Some seem to have blown up like a balloon. Sizing has changed too, there used be a lot of 32 bras. Now mostly gone.

@Still Raining sizes have changed! Idk how old you are, but I am 77, and the sizes were different back before late 1970's, early. 1980's. They have gotten larger, but for real, lol. In the mid 60's I wore a size 10 or 12. I was 125 lbs, 5'4", and had hour glass type figure. I was very muscular as I was an avid walker, and biker. Now I weigh about 135, shrunk to 5'2", still am hour glass shaped but wear a 10, or Medium. If I bought any clothes at QVC I wear small mostly. I believe the Universal sizing changed in 1982, but could be wrong. That's why sometimes vintage, or antique clothing always seems so small for the size inside label these days. At least what I have discovered

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Lucky Charm — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 02:07:25 GMT

@Bonkers1 wrote:
If you were in front of the camera find it easier to keep in shape?

I don't think it would make me any more conscientious of what I look like out in every day life.

If I were on TV, it would be in front of millions of people. People I don't know!

But in every day life, it's around my husband, family, friends. I think I'm more conscientious around people I know.

So the answer to your question is, no.

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Lucky Charm — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 02:09:45 GMT

@SilleeMee wrote:
I don't understand the question...?
I stay in shape b/c it's good for my health. I don't need a camera.

That's the truth. It's almost like it's a matter of life or death. Seriously.

Just like smoking would be. Do you want to risk death from lung cancer or whatever other cancers are associated?

It's really what it boils down to ....

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AngelPuppy1 — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 10:41:19 GMT

No, I would not find it easier - but it would give me more incentive!!! Anyone who struggles with their weight, knows that it is never easy no matter what is involved!