Honestly, I will never understand why the standard for a woman to be "sexy" or to look good in a bikini is dictated by how "thin" or "petite" she is.

There is nothing wrong with being a little thicker than society's standard of beauty.

If anything a lot of guys (myself included) find women with meat on their bones sexy. In fact, I would take a 6 ft tall bulky Amazonian woman over a thin woman that looks like she has an eating disorder any day.

And no, 176 pounds is not fat; far from it.

Just focus on looking like yourself and being genuine and people will love you