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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is OP - Thanks for your opinions everyone.  My whole life I have been considered thin and I'm the sort of person most women hate because I don't watch what I eat and don't exercise (except yoga once every week or two).  I have a small frame (not big-boned) and am NOT curvy at all (wish I was!).  Over the past 5 years, I've very gradually put on about 10 lbs.  Prior to that I hadn't gained weight since my teen years - even after two kids I lost all my baby weight right away.  I have been feeling insecure and fishing for compliments lately.  I work full time and have been struggling with motivating myself to fit exercise in my routine and trying to eat better.  I can see how some people end up with eating disorders - it's difficult to determine how others see you. [/quote]

OP, I'd say thinnish side of average, if we are talking about average without factoring in how obese our country actually is.  If you take into account the "real" average.  you and I are both sticks.  Wisps of grass, even.

I'm shorter and weigh less (since I'm shorter) but I know EXACTLY how you feel, and would characterize myself the same way.  I don't like how I feel but think in a perfect world my "stats" put me at thin end of average, just like yours do.  Yet, with 2 kids, longish hours at work, and a busy life because we want to do it all, time at the gym or exercising comes last.  You andf I BOTH need to change that.  The thing is, right now, it's about how our clothes fit and how we feel.  We struggle with this internally and hope we can control it by eating, but it doesn't seem to be enough.  But, if we don't start working out now,  there will come a day where it is not about how your clothes fit but is instead about how you can't lift the grocery bags or walk hunched over because you injured yourself by letting a muscle get weak and now it seems like it is permanently damaged.  We have to start getting oil changes for the car, if you know what I mean.  Stop looking back at the thin and beautiful days, and instead look forward to the I need a functional body days.  I am preaching to myself, I promise, not just you.  I'm thinking it is time for me to make the shift.  I'm 44.  Some days I have a sense that I should have been paying attention to the idea of preserving function starting at least ten years ago.  If you are younger, start now and you will be way ahead of me by the time YOU are 44.[/quote]

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