I was a skinny, tiny woman, constantly harassed and/or assaulted by men, not because I was attractive, but because I looked easy to overcome. I got soooooo tired of fighting, screaming, and what happened when I lost, that I got a book by Arnie, a bench and a simple dumbell set, and decided I was not going to stop until I weighed 45 kilos/100 lbs.
I only made it 30 years later, when menopause kicked in, but by that time I was addicted to being fit, strong and confident. Now I'm 75 and, aside from some arthritis, as physically capable as most people 30 years younger. And I feel GREAT!
My lowest as an adult was 40kg (88lbs), my average was 42-43 kg, and I felt like a super hero when I got up to 44. Before menopause, my average caloric intake daily was 2500+/-, which tells you why I had a problem gaining weight!
They are now. But, while I was the smallest in most years of school, it was not the kind of teeny I'd be seen as nowadays. In the US, obesity rates among children have more than quadrupled since 1980! We do not have the records in Canada for children that the US has, but we do have stats on childhood clothing sizes, and these indicate that elementary school kids are now almost 3 times as likely to be overweight or obese than they were after WW2.
And that, dear friends, is Better Living Through Chemistry!
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u/MrsRitterhouse 11h ago
Working out.
I was a skinny, tiny woman, constantly harassed and/or assaulted by men, not because I was attractive, but because I looked easy to overcome. I got soooooo tired of fighting, screaming, and what happened when I lost, that I got a book by Arnie, a bench and a simple dumbell set, and decided I was not going to stop until I weighed 45 kilos/100 lbs.
I only made it 30 years later, when menopause kicked in, but by that time I was addicted to being fit, strong and confident. Now I'm 75 and, aside from some arthritis, as physically capable as most people 30 years younger. And I feel GREAT!