Interesting post Fadi. Being 30 weeks pregnant and having put on about 10 kgs so far has given me some food for thought lately. I've generally had one of those skinny builds and have never weighed over 60kg, so to see the scales tipping over the 70kg was an interesting experience at first! Yet when I look in the mirror, I don't look any different to my pre-pregnancy self except for the basketball in my stomach. I look and feel glowing and healthy which I am so grateful for. So the scales can go and get stuffed... I'm not going to have my life dictated by them (or a lying mirror)
When I was in my early twenties I was like the woman in the top picture... looking back I probably had some anorexic tendencies as I reduced my cals to under 1200 per day, joined a "thinspiration" forum (don't ask), and starved myself to under 55kg. The skinnier I got, the more unhappy I was. Thank goodness those days are long gone now!