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At the 'top of my game' I weighed in at 152 on my 5'5" frame and could run 2 miles in 13:54, do 100 sit up and pushups in 2 minutes and barely break a sweat.
Unfortunate part is: I also did a number to my knees.
While it may be possible to get half of that kind of performance back, at least, I'd pay for it later on by having my knees fall apart.
So I have to be careful what KIND of excersise I do to make sure I don't hurt my knees any more than I did.
(Repeatedly smacking one's knees into teh ground on top of rocks without knee guards is stupid, and you pay for it.)

That's why I'd dropped back to 132 in 1997 prior to getting mono. I had to be careful of my knees.
I'd give anything to be a semi-athlete as well.
I'm stuck to hiking and bicycling.
Which doesn't do much for teh rest of you.
(I can still do the sit ups and push ups. IF someone can keep my psycho cat from trying to take up residence upon me while I'm doing them!)
And in the busy hectic chaos that is my day, there isn't any time for any of that anymore.
Except maybe Saturdays if it isn't raining or snowing.

My sister in law could be considered 'plus size'.
She insists she's fat.
Obsesses about it at times.
I had to ask her, since she's an artist as well, "When you think of woman, does she look like a stick, or is she curvy and comfortable in her own skin?"
Of course, comfortable in their own skin and curvy.
She laughed and admitted defeat for now.