Maraya1969
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Sun Apr-27-08 02:53 PM
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Size 8 women. I hate you. |
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Sun Apr-27-08 03:20 PM
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1. today's size 8 is yesterday's size 14 |
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Sun Apr-27-08 03:26 PM
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2. I don't pay much attention to these things, but I thought size 8 was average. |
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My ex-wife is a 2-3 and I know she's small, but I thought average was 8-10.
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Sun Apr-27-08 04:17 PM
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3. The average American woman is a size 12-14. |
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For some perspective, Marilyn Monroe was said to be in that range most of the time, I would say closer to the 12 range most of the time. She was about 5'5, I think.
We may be a generally overweight society, but we pay far too much attention to the numbers.
One of the latest ads I saw recently was where Queen Latifah was saying that she was a "healthier size" now that she had started a certain program. Bout time someone came out with adverts like that.
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Mon Apr-28-08 02:01 AM
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4. I didn't know that was what her size was. I am the same size and I don't |
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Edited on Mon Apr-28-08 02:08 AM by Maraya1969
like it at all. Plus I gave away all my heavier clothes the last time I lost weight and people gave me a bunch of size 8's so now I have very little to wear.
My mother always tells me to get clothes that fit and I will look better and of course be more comfortable. I have bought some things at the local Good Will recently.
The thing about being a size 12-14 is, for me, I feel uncomfortable. I feel bloated and like my stomach is blown up like a basket ball.
Some people are better and feel more comfortable at a higher weight and some don't. I'm one of the ones that don't. Maybe because I got real heavy once and I fear that will happen again. I have a friend who is obese and maybe morbidly obese and she works a lot and does all sorts of thing. She is always on the go and I wonder how she does it with a weight of over 300 pounds.
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