My Definition of Slender

Let me say early on here that when I talk about slender, I don’t mean Hollywood slender. I don’t mean Major City slender – NYC, LA or Paris. Slender in those places equates to "waif" in my view. Let’s face it – looking like a model or a 20-something starlet is just not realistic or appropriate for the rest of us. I watched the movie “the Devil Wears Prada” with my 2 daughters. They were confused by the line in the movie that labeled the tall actress fat at size 6. Of course it was meant as a joke in the movie. The only reason it is funny is because it is true. In the modeling world you must be tall and size 4 and under. Well, not here in suburban America.

My definition of slender has more to do with how you feel about yourself. When you pass by that cute dress at the mall, do you say to yourself “Oooooo! I’d look great in that!”? Do you go in and reach for the smaller sizes that correspond to your height? At 5’ 3”-ish, the sizes that I feel slender in are 6 and below. However my girlfriend from college is a gorgeous 6’ tall. Slender for her would be a size 10 or 12. But, numbers are just numbers. The important fact is that you think of yourself as slender.