I used to be skinny (except I struggled with belly fat). Now my arms and thighs and everything else are catching up when it comes to "volume."

I used to be size 2 and now I'm...well, I recently couldn't fit into Medium in pants (I'm a bit in denial about this, like maybe it's the brands...[sigh]...hard time coping with the reality, since I tried 3 different brands ).

My mom tells me skinny is what attracts men and I need to lose weight. But when I started to gain weight, some men started turning heads in ways that they never did when I was skinny.

I still want to lose weight for health reasons. But should I not aim to return to size 2 in order to maintain my curves?