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I'm on the edge of turning 30 and it hasn't changed much. I've never really had the big boobs and booty that are needed to be considered curvy and since I put more weight in my middle and I have a small/medium frame I know I need to get down to a lower weight. I agree that when men say they like curves it tends to mean big boobs and butt/hips/thighs

My ideal weight is still the same as I wanted in my teens :o only thing that has changed is I want to be more toned and strong looking now because I realized being skinny fat and untoned doesn't look good, especially as I get older.

Anyone watch "Lost Girl"? The primary actress (sexist I know, I know) Anna Silk is my definition of curvy. Her sidekick (character's name is Kenzie) is my definition of stick thin.

I prefer curvy/athletic. For me that has been the norm for my body all my life and I like it. I am 5'4" and I weigh 135 lbs. I will never be 5'8" and weigh 120 lbs. and I don't want to. I would be happy to lose another 5 lbs. but I won't obsess about it if I don't.

I'm almost 54 now and I started forgiving all sorts of small flaws in my 40's. I have a small pot belly - no big deal. My thighs are a little big - ditto.

I am very healthy and quite muscular and that's just fine with me.

Dagmar :cb:

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Originally Posted by Nola Celeste (Post 3600618)

I wish I could go back in time and give my tweenish self a hug and show her some pictures of Katy Perry. I'm in my forties, so the ideal body shape of my formative years was a fair bit more restrictive than it is today. Now we see women with a lot of different body types showcased as beautiful, but there was a lot more uniformity then. If your cheekbones weren't visible, you just weren't trying hard enough.

Thin was in--and that meant everything else was out. Madonna was actually a shock to me in the early '80s because she looked...well, she looked pudgy compared to the Farrah Fawcett/Cheryl Tiegs body types that were everywhere just a few years earlier. (She wasn't pudgy, of course; she just had a compact, athletic body instead of the thin, willowy type of the late '70s.)

I remember thinking Madonna was a bit chunky when she started out and I wasn't surprised at all when she got thinner a few years later.

Even though I'm older ( just turned 50, gah!) the body type I aspire to hasn't changed since I was a teenager. I want to be slim-hipped, small-busted and narrow legged, with minimal body fat and a flat stomach.

People will be more beautiful when she is confident.
Health is the most important thing. Forget about fat or thin.

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Originally Posted by Mudpie (Post 3657816)

Anna Silk was born in 1974. She's just shy of 37: she's a woman grown. Ksiena Solo was born in 1987. Solo is just 23 years old. Women are still growing into their bodies at 23. We tend to keep growing until we are about 25.

i am 53, I cannot have the body of a 12 years old and would not want one either. I had 2 children so the hips went a little wider but in general it goes with the rest. I weight now 134 measure 5,1. My measurement are 35, 25, 37 which following my weight loss and body building make me feel quite good. Now focussing on loosing another 10 pounds.