Living in Taiwan makes me feel so insecure about my size, everyone here is so much smaller than me and I really can’t understand why? Looking at all my female family and friends they have breakfast, lunch, dinner and even some sweet drinks or snacks where as I have to eat the same amount as a 12-month old to not gain weight. I’m already more than 170 cm tall and don’t even weigh 50 kilograms yet almost all the women here are even thinner while eating like regular people. How can this be possible? Do any of you girls feel the same way while living here?
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Certainly that’s thin enough. Why would you want to be any thinner than that?
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Do you workout and have toned muscle? Weight and thinness should not be used interchangeably. Those Taiwanese girls you see could weigh more than you even if they look thinner. Or maybe they walk around more and burn more calories. Just 30 minutes of extra walking per day will make a big difference.
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Yeah, Taiwan’s beauty standards are harsh, thin is still the ideal. A lot of girls eat light or skip meals to stay that way because that’s what society praises. And let’s be real, most guys here are into that look. That said, the gym butt trend is catching on, and guys are into that too now, thin but toned is becoming the new goal.
Don’t disregard bone structure. And knowing mandarin to be able to explain back to people talking trash
Intestinal parasites, bacteria and basically runny shit and programmed poor diet makes up for a lot as well. Check out the cancer levels and organ diseases. It may not be in your best interest to be one of those stats to settle on a local thin pole either 
At the same time, don’t get obese. There is a difference between taiwan skinny and canada skinny. Somewhere in the middle is probably ideal. Though skinny a s award literally means unhealthy. Much like obese, just 2 sides of a spectrum.
Be healthy. Find someone healthy. Then be happy 
if it’s hard to meet someone in English, learn the language and expand your horizons. Lots of good guys and gals around that aren’t attracted to disgustingly sick, be it fat or skinny
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Over 170 cm tall and under 50kg is underweight, by the way?
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170cm and 50kg and still wanna be thin? I think the issue isn’t the weight
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50kg is the ideal here but they don’t take height into account. 50kg is too light for someone of 170. That can’t be healthy.
Asian people put too much stock in these sort of things (reaching a certian weight, having a certain face shape, skin colour, number of eyelids etc.) without thinking why.
Just ignore it.
I dont think Taiwanese are so small either these days. Lots of fattys nowadays, lots of girls with fat guts on show etc.
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“A lot”, are you sure? Most Taiwanese like their three square a day in my experience.
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Lots of people are making assumptions but the best is the OP sends a pic.
- Some eat very less, so that they can stay thin as paper.
- Some eat twice a day in huge portion (mostly veggies and fish no rice), they walk more and exercise.
- Some has Hyperthyroid so they stay thin.
- Some starve themselves to stay thin.
You are already super thin and you shouldn’t compare with others as long as you are healthy and happy.
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