When I was 26 there was no 'obeasity' epidemic. Kids weren't fat like they are today. We ran around outside until the street lights came on, we never had computers and cell phones. The problem with this article is the two extremes and the modern feminists attitude.

I don't like it when women are lean and ripped. It's not feminine, or necessary attractive to me. Nor is being comfortably and ignorantly overweight. I allowed myself to get overweight last year (I ate poorly and was not active) and I lost 30 pounds just eating smaller portions of lean meat, fruits, and vegetables with 30 minutes of kalistenic,  bodyweight and balancing exercises two times a week. It wasn't difficult, I just had to choose not to drink soda, not to eat fried foods and so much sugary stuff.

This whole idea that it's okay to be overweight just because "it isn't all about looks" is foolish. How about not being overweight for your health? How about working out and stretching simply to maintain a healthy weight and promote a healthy body instead of focusing on a cardio and weight training regimen? Or your body fat percentage?  

Unlike the girl in this article, I believe she did let herself go.  I heard the exact same thing from the last woman I dated.  She got upset with me and said relationships are not all about looks. Never said they were. Like the girl in this article, she missed the point.  She was 46 going on 47, smoked cigarettes while she had stroke level blood pressure and she gained weight consistently after her divorce. She was a spinner. Her daughter tried to encourage her to go to Orange theory with her but she would not go.  There is nothing to me that is less attractive than a person who consciously won't do what's right for their own benefit because it's simply easier to not do anything at all. It isn't a quality I find attractive in anyone and it isn't gender specific