When one size doesn't fit all

There's an old saying that 'sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me' which increasingly seems to hold less truth.  Listen to the media, pick up any magazine, or watch any talk show and they're all about how a person looks.  It's all about the size zero - but is that healthy?  Speaking as someone who never has been and never wants to be a size zero I would say not only is it an unhealthy obsession it's downright dangerous. My husband recently lost a lot of weight - around 70-75 llbs - it took him a year of diet and exercise to get to just under 200llbs.  That wasn't his target weight but he can maintain 200llbs and still eat normally.  According to his BMI he needs to lose another 10 llbs - only losing that much more would make him start to look skeletal..  With that dramatic a weight loss some people thought he was ill, our next door neighbour was convinced that he'd taken some slimming aid.  My BMI target is 120llbs I'm ten over that but if its a choice between counting every calorie to lose that extra poundage or eating normal healthy food and remaining a size 10 I know which I prefer.  Every body is different, we all have a golden ratio when it comes to weight our own personal number - your body will let you know what yours is.