70+% of American women, and about as many men, are over-weight in the medical sense. https://t.co/zCBoldpoEX

— Wilfred Reilly (@wil_da_beast630) July 5, 2025

I had that exact experience in Israel in the 1990s.

Went there, and I was stunned by how incredibly beautiful nearly all of the women were. Young, old, it didn’t matter. All were gorgeous. At first I didn’t comprehend how. I just thought it was something in the water. I had no idea.

Then I realized after about a day that I’d seen maybe one slightly overweight woman and zero obese ones. Additionally, the women were far more fit and put together in general. It was such a different world. That’s when I realized that most people could be pretty attractive if they, first and most important, drop the extra weight, and also take care of themselves fitness-wise and dress well. To use the rather-distasteful but useful typical numerical rating, being skinny vs. being overweight or obese can easily cause you to go from a 3-4 to a 7-8 with no other changes.

Israeli women tended to do all of the things I mentioned above so they all seemed like goddesses compared to most American women.

While I was there I hooked up with an Israeli woman who would’ve easily been a 10/10 in the US but there she was just…a fairly normal girl. I’m more than happy with my life now but we connected before email was a thing so didn’t stay in touch. She was such a fun person and I’m glad I got to spend a little time with her.