Another post got me thinking.....
like many of you, I read a lot of the reviews posted here.
I am trying to understand the "Baby Fat" description.

My definition of athletic seems to qualify as baby fat to someone else.

And many seem to think baby fat = BBW-or just plain overweight, and that is definatley not the case.
Since there is no clear yard stick I thought I's tos this out there...

What do you call Jessica Simpson? baby fat or average?

J-Lo or Beyoncee? Curvy or Athletic?
How about Kim Kardashian or Salma Hayek- baby fat or curvy?

Oprah= BBW or Curvy?

Cameron Diaz athletic or skinny?

Sandra Bullock ? baby fat or average?

Grace Park Skinny or Athletic?

Jennifer Aniston- height/Weight proportional or average?

I'm trying to decide where Natilie Portman and Kiera Knightly land as well.
Kiera=skinny/athletic
Natilie=average/skinny/toned

Angelina jolie = skinny for sure
Heidi Klum = stunning - I mean baby fat, really.
Valerie Bertinelli = bbw or baby fat?
Mariah Carey = baby fat or BBW or just slutty enough.

So....
skinny/fat/athletic/toned/average/bbw/curvy.........they can all be sexy when attached to the right attitude.













There are girls that look like gymnasts or body builders, complete with 6-pack abs. That's beyond toned- and really beyond athletic. That is "olympian"

There are girls that look like a rail- have no fat but also no muscle that is neither toned or athletic- but not baby fat. I guess that is "skinny"
So.....


-- Modified on 1/8/2011 9:29:59 PM

For me the term "Baby Fat" applies to a young woman who maybe hasn't attained full maturity - physically. She might have a little extra on the hips or on the butt....and this will disappear as her body changes. I've always considered the "cut-off" age for the term "Baby Fat" to be around 22 - 23.

But that is just me!

Pat

Baby fat can also mean the fat a woman gains during pregnancy. I personally interpret it as extra weight around the hips and stomach, but obviously there can be many other interpretations and it is very subjective.

I wish I knew what skinny and thin were supposed to mean, also. To me, "skinny" sounds skinnier than "thin".  But the top to bottom sequence on the review form bounces around:
Average
Skinny
Thin
Athletic
Very Muscular
Baby Fat
Flabby
Heavy
Very Fat
Other

How about adding a new field to the review form and database: BMI!

Just changed my mind. The way reviewers pick numbers, we'd probably have 95% of providers with a BMI from 18 to 25 and zero providers with a BMI greater than 27.

Edit: Shouldn't this be on TER General instead of just Boston?

-- Modified on 1/8/2011 7:40:24 PM

To me, the definition depends not on actuarial tables but on the categories available here on TER.  The order seems to be, weight-wise:
Skinny - which could mean anything from anorectic to very thin
Thin - which to me means thinner than average (because average these days means "not toned" or "could stand to lose 5 or 10 lbs.") but not too thin but not average either.
Average - this is the trickiest category, it seems to me, because a lot of guys will use this catergory to describe a provider who's not just slightly chubby but who's actually chubby.  So I just assume that "average" means "not thin and possibly a very little bit overweight."
Baby Fat - I think of young providers with a bit of a pouch or slightly thick upper arms here.
Flabby - If the lady is a bit older and has 15-20 pounds she could stand to lose, or if she's very untoned all over but not at all a BBW, I would use "flabby" to describe her.
Heavy - We're well into BBW territory here.

I suppose if one of us is looking for a spinner or a fit type of lady, he should stick to Skinny and Thin.  Me, it's not about measuring height and weight as much as it is a friendly, sexy attitude.  My 2 cents.

The little bit of a tummy on a younger girl that is otherwise in-shape is my sense of baby fat as well. The trouble is I see many interchange the baby-fat term for what I would call a winter insulation layer.
Not fat as in pear shaped- not athletic and not toned. Maybe best described as "womanly." Urgh...not sure how that plays

The next step will be to get TER to update the provider profile after each review- since the weight variable can go up/down rapidly for many.

, or less tactfully: on the way to being fat.
There have been better technical definitions posted than mine.