When I was younger "athletic" meant a thin girl with good muscle tone and definition. In the case of taller girls it seems that athletic means thick. Is size 10 athletic?  In the case of the short ones it often means thick legs or big shoulders. Descriptions such as average are often thinner than athletic. Thin often means skinny. Have the physical descriptions become useless?

anything from a Russian Ballet Dancer to a Bulgarian weight lifter.

If you look up what the average size/weight is for women today most publications say the average american is 15-20 lbs overweight, so if a chick is just thick in certain places but not always from body fat, probably described as athletic. When I grew up, it was women who looked like softball players and who were pear shaped that had the athletic tag on them... yes, things have changed, because athletic did not mean small back in the day. It meant big boned, tall and solid.  

From what I've learned, the body type selection is set by the first person to review that lady.  No matter what someone else enters in subsequent reviews, that does not change.

The average female is 20 pounds heavier than the ladies of the 80's from what I read. It seems like political correctness is the reason hefty girls are being described as "athletic."

I can only imagine how many 5' 2" 200 lb heifers would have their body type listed as "average" if hookers filled out their own profiles.

... what I think of is, this woman should look like she could be an athlete, in some way, shape, or form. There's lots of different kinds of athletes, so women who are athletic will also cover a wide range of body types.  

I beleive in this industry the physical description lies in the eyes of the beholder.  Like others have said "thin" or "athletic" to one person can be interpreted as skinny or average to another.

I always like to "weigh in" (pun intended) on these discussions by suggesting that TER add BMI to Profiles.

Is a combination of pics and reviews that say "pics are accurate"  

Yes the profile is written by the first reviewer but a provider can contact TER to update her services on TER.  I'm not sure if we can change our physical description.

10 pounds to her weight and five years to her age. Reduce her scores by 20%.

This is the exact reason many have to lie about their age and weight... most figure you are doing just what you said so if hse is really 30 she will put 25 since you're adding 5 years. And, adding 10 lbs. is stupid as hell unless she is over 5 ft. 6 and that would not be noticed. If she is under 5 ft. 3 10 lbs is A LOT of weight to hide.

So if "hefty" girls are being called athletic because of PC then "big" or husky" guys are just a PC way of saying fat. Fat is fat in either. GaG said it best...athletic can be ballet to bodybuilding (my addition). It depends on what level of athletic one is used to.

Look at the pictures, read the reviews. When she answers the door if she misrepresented her physical attributes in a way that is unacceptable then walk away. Game over.

I've walked away on more than one occasion. Never been blacklisted. I did not say pictures would be accurate. I said if they where not accurate then walk away. So spare me your bullshit for posting another useless thread.