A little bit more serious, now...

[attack_laurel]

Oops, lost a couple of people off my friends' list with that last post. :)

On the other hand, I love how polite everyone is in the discussions, and I do appreciate it. Yesterday's post was pretty much off the cuff, based on some reading I've been doing lately, which in turn was triggered by my experience with the Lyrica.

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[gargoyal3]

People told me I should "be a model" in my early teens. I got sick and then grew like a weed, 5'9" and just over 100lbs :)

But it always made ME annoyed because I wasn't as strong as other kids. Couldn't run far, or lift stuff, or climb, because I had no muscle mass. Honestly, I would far rather be shorter and sturdier, so I could play more.

Which brings me to another point. Even model-shaped women are not culturally "rewarded" for being that size. I'm the national average height for MEN. So this makes me threatening to them. God forbid I wear HEELS! I'm not little and cute with giant boobies, so somehow I am also "not a woman". Awesome, thanks.

And clothes? ALL sleeves are 3/4 length in my universe. Most pants don't go near my ankles. Size small shirts reach someplace around my bellybutton.

So, screw it. I don't regret my recent gain of 10+ pounds. In an archeological sense, it makes me feel wealthy, that I can afford to eat that much :) I enjoy having arms, and thighs, for the first time in my life. They go nicely with the belly and flat, white-girl butt that I've always had. I'm no longer a 13 year old, now I am a WOMAN, and being one of those means you have body fat. No body fat = GIRL.

[nicolaa5]

I'm also 5'9"--but it's all in my legs. 34" inseam. It's starting to get a little better--I now have two stores where I can buy a limited selection of pants in my length, plus a third store where sometimes they just make them long enough, without going to Tall Girl.

I'm also a size 16 (although I was back down to a 14 before my Dad died and I got lazy with the eating). Honestly, I would not want to be much smaller than a 10. 12 would be about right. But to show you how weird sizes can be--my Mom wore a 10 most of her life; towards the end she was wearing 8s (more the sizes changing than her). Mom was 5'5 1/2" and never weighed much more than 125. I've got about 3 inches on her in height. When I was a size 12 (in university), I weighed 170. I now weigh a little under 200. That's a 75-lb weight difference, but I carry my weight so differently than she did that the clothing size difference is not nearly as much as might be expected.