I just went out to get some lunch and wanted to pay as someone called me a fat cow. I turned around to look at two Thai Korean wannabe girls (there are a lot of those girls here) giggling and laughing not only at me but also at other girls who aren't skinny.

So I went to their desk and told them that they maybe should search for other hobbies because they clearly had no hobbies and a very sad life since they had the need to put others down to make themselves feel better.

Since I am in Thailand, I constantly get stared at and those stares mostly come from girls who are skinnier than me. Don't get me wrong, I am slim myself but not skinny (people often mistake that. There is a difference between skinny and slim) but here in Thailand there are so many girls who are skinny to very skinny to nearly anorexic.

It has a lot to do with genetics, food, clima etc, of course.

Asians are in general slimmer and tinier as Europeans/Caucasians etc etc, so if you are not of Asian heritage I would not recommend you to pursue to be as skinny as them (unless you are naturally skinny/slim) because it is not healthy for you!

As for me, I am naturally a bit curvier and never could be as skinny as for example Hyuna or Taeyeon because my body is simply not made for that. Since I did sport since I was a little child, my body developed after that. I can built up muscle very fast and I have quite a lot of muscles (compared to many Asian girls) so I don't look super skinny.

There was a time when I was very conscious of my body and my weight and I started to lose weight. I lost 10 kg in two years (from 55 kg to 45 kg) but that was way too much so I put on some weight again and now I am very happy with my 47kg.

In Germany, I often get to hear from others that I am underweight, when they hear how much I weight, but then they ask me why I don't look underweight at all. It's because I am not underweight at all and because of the muscles I have.

Everyone of you knows BMI right? The BMI is the body mass index and many people preach it like there is no tomorrow when it comes to weight. The thing is, the BMI is made from a European for Europeans so you actually can't really use it on Asians because many of them are naturally skinny and they have leighter bone weight than Europeans/Caucasians etc in comparison.

And even if, there are people who are actually overweight, according to the BMI, but are completely healthy, like people who do a lot of sports. How and why? Because they have a lot of muscles and muscles can be very heavy. Most athletes have a lot of muscles but not very much fat and eat very healthy. They are not overweight in any way at all.

Then there are people who are naturally very skinny and it is very hard for them to actually gain weight.

Point is, whatever kind of body shape you have and whatever weight you have, don't put yourself down. There are so many young women here who call themselves too fat when they actually are not. Don't strive for an ideal that you never can achieve because your body is either not made for it or because it is very unhealthy for you.

You should love yourself just the way you are.

But of course you have to be honest with yourself as well. If you don't feel comfortable in your own body, then do something against it. Lose weight if you feel you have to need to lose a few kgs. If you want to do that, then don't be a lazy and lie to yourself by telling yourself that you will start tomorrow for sure, and then you don't. Eat healthy, exercise a bit, cut down the junk food (even though it is delicious, it is bad for your body and will only cause you problems when you are older) and stop eating late night (10 pm or later. It's bad for your body.) and so on.

Same goes for people who actually want to gain weight. There are special diets for skinny people to gain weight.

So here is a picture of me at the beach of Ko Tao. As you can see, I am nowhere near the skinny ideal many Asian strive for (and many Europeans) and I don't have the body type and shape they like, but I am very happy with my body and I probably wouldn't wish for any other body XD