Notice that I said "misrepresent", not "lie about". That's because whereas in the realm of height there is an objective standard for determining how tall somebody is, in the weight department, you're allowed to subjectively rate your body type. So it's not lying, per se. But I will say that there is some misrepresentation going on.*
So, you know how you see a guy's profile and he claims to be 5'7"? And then you meet up, and he's wearing these ridiculous military boots with 2 inch heels? And still he's barely eye-to-eye with you, and you're 5'4.5" at best?
Frustrating, right?
It's the same when you wear puffy sweaters and coats in all your photos and describe yourself as "average", when in reality "husky" would be more accurate. It's time for a lot of people on her to take a great big gulp of reality and start being honest with themselves and everybody else about their weight. There's nothing wrong with "a little extra padding", although there is if your date is expecting you to be "athletic".
My penchant is for really slender women (what a surprise, right--a guy who likes skinny women, who wouldn've thunk it?), so to keep out my own bias I've polled some mixed gender co-workers for examples of the body types. Here are the results:
Slim/Petite: Kiera Knightly or Natalie Portman
Athletic: Jessica Biel or Rebecca Romeijn
Average: Kate Winslet (now) or Julianne Moore
A Little Extra Padding: Kate Winslet (Eternal Sunshine) or Renee Zelweger (Bridget Jones)
Ample: Kirstie Allay (now) or Queen Latifah
Hope that helps.
*If you're somebody that I've met from Nerve, I'm emphatically NOT referring to you in this post. I've been very lucky (and/or good at vetting profiles with misrepresentation) in this regard.
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