A few years ago, I entered a store in Pacific Mall where I wanted to try on a pair of pants. The store owner told me that I was a size large in Hong Kong sizes. She searched through her stack of pants to find the largest size and as she handed me the pants, I looked at her in disbelief. Size large? I have always been skinny, and I had always worn a size small – or medium if I wanted a comfortable fit. The only time I thought I could pass for a “large” was in kid’s sizes. I tried the pants on, and they fit. I ended…