A few months after my last major breakup, I received some blunt advice “Get back to your date weight.” I don’t think anyone would ever mistake me for a heifer, but somewhere in the span of the relationship I let myself go (a whole five pounds!). It sucks, because it’s usually the girls that put on weight after getting hitched.

I’m pretty lucky. For the most part my weight has been relatively stable through my adult years, and now that I’m sexy, single & ready to mingle, those five pounds somehow magically disappeared!

But the term “date weight” takes the form of many names. Among some girls it’s also known as the “Hey baby” weight. It’s different for every girl, but it’s the size & shape you achieve when random people on the street eye you once-over and yell “Hey baby!” Within San Francisco, the homeless like to use “Hey pretty lady…” because even the bums are classy like that.