My Doctor's suggested weight for me is 105. I am 5'2" and that is currently 110 pounds less than I weight now. At my slenderest adult weight I wore a size 4 petite and weight 140 - 145 pounds. I know I am fat (which I frankly don't mind), but I also think I am just heavy, because how could I be two sizes smaller than scrappy at the same weight when I am two inches shorter! I weighed 105 in my ninth grade year after spending the summer in an extreme depression and only eating popsicles. For the rest of my high school life, I only ate one small meal a day in order to maintain that weight. I was a size 0 and it was not at all worth it.

Huh. David Sedaris is doing a book reading in the Evanston Borders tonight. I'd go, but I figure it'll be insanely packed. Plus I saw him live once before....

eta: for Chicagoistas, he's also doing a reading "Thursday at Barbara's on Halsted."

If anyone knows of anything developmental that's NOT generally considered to be the mother's fault, please let me know so I can blame DH for it. Thanks!

Um. Male Pattern Baldness is all I'm coming up with. Though isn't that through the mother's father? feh.

tangent, but I'd like to add it to the stabination pile, just for eyerolliness. An associate just changed a profile to include the intro "I'm a technological MacGuyver"

he is pretty darn good at putting stuff together, but this kind of kills his claim by his claiming it.

And of course I had to bring it right over here to display. I'm such a good person.

I once had myself at a size 12 (this was more than 20 years ago; I'm 5'9" and have fairly large bones). I kept myself at that weight by exercising fairly strenuously and on less than 1,000 calories a day (usually in the 800-900 range). um ... NO, not any more.

Um. Male Pattern Baldness is all I'm coming up with. Though isn't that through the mother's father? feh.

Actually breast size is supposedly passed down mostly via your dad's mom than your own. So there's that.

Actually breast size is supposedly passed down mostly via your dad's mom than your own.

Oh. Huh.

Actually breast size is supposedly passed down mostly via your dad's mom than your own. So there's that.

I'm one bit of anecdata, but I definitely take after the women on my father's side in that regard. And I hope for Annabel's sake it's generally true, because if she takes after DH's mom, she'll be a nice average 36C or so and not have to take out a mortgage to buy her bras from specialty shops.

Actually breast size is supposedly passed down mostly via your dad's mom than your own.

Damnit, can't I get anything right?? My dad's mom gave me her overweight gene but not the boobage gene--do you know how hard it is to find a small-running C cup in the larger band sizes? My sister and I both got our mom's boobs, unfortunately.

Actually breast size is supposedly passed down mostly via your dad's mom than your own.

I have my grandma's (dad's mom) exact body, including breast size. It's kind of freaky.

I'm finding this whole thing hilarious -- I'd say "I thought it was just me", but I never really thought about it at all, in any "this is a known phenomenon" kind of way.