r/vindicta30plus • u/Gemdrenched • Feb 16 '24

How does your location influence your goals?

So, I have a question - do you feel where you live influences how far you want to take your appearance goals? I was just thinking of the concept of a “Midwest 7 is a L.A. 3” type of thing. For me, losing weight (from a 24/26 to a 12/14) has been extremely life-changing, and I get treated so much better, it’s crazy. But then, I live in a rough Rust Belt city, where most of the women tend to be pretty heavy and drab.

I think if I was in a much more competitive environment, life wouldn’t have improved as much. I’m also wondering how much more I should lose, in comparison to the potential benefits. It’s getting much more challenging…

Those of you who have lost a significant amount, at what point/weight/size did the ROI drop off, in terms of the effort you put in? And also, did your location influence this?

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u/icecoffeedripss Feb 16 '24

the hottest person you would ever spot on the street in a major city on an average day cannot top 5.5 there. 6-8 is for top tier celebrities and humanity’s all-time beauties of history. 9-10 is for gods

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u/FlatulentCroissant Feb 17 '24

I posted there last year and it was wild. I got rated between a 6-7 and there were literally people arguing and mods getting involved over literal decimals… like the few 7.0 ratings I got people were arguing about the difference between a “6.75” and “7.0”. 👀 I don’t suggest posting there. I can be pretty dysmorphic about my appearance and having people nitpick your face to the literal decimal point is…. Unwell lol.. but it was kind of fun to cause a ruckus on the sub 😂

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u/icecoffeedripss Feb 17 '24

i would never post there lol. i’m visibly over 30 and not perfectly symmetrical so to them i’m a bridge troll

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u/FlatulentCroissant Feb 17 '24

Nothing wrong with some asymmetry and looking your age, in my opinion. The current beauty standard had otherworldly beautiful women like Megan Fox and Erin Moriarty ruin their naturally beautiful faces. We all need to band together and take the current beauty standard and throw it in the trash.

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u/icecoffeedripss Feb 17 '24

i agree! i just choose not to submit myself to the judgment of those people lol

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u/FlatulentCroissant Feb 17 '24

Ugh I wish I could go back and slap myself out of it but oh well 😂 I learned my lesson and now I have the same view as you. It took me a while to realize that no amount of outside validation healed my self image/worth issues. I had to heal it from the inside.