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What do you mean by svelte? You don't look overweight at all. More like an 'athletic build', which is what you'd expect for someone who engages in athletic activities on a regular basis (plus does a bit of wrenching). I'd guess that if you suddenly started riding 200 miles a week for the next few months, you'd get a bit more 'wiry', but you wouldn't get svelte (due to genetics) unless you starved yourself and did nothing more physically taxing than yoga or a very low resistance form of cardiovascular exercise.
That's all meant to be positive, BTW. I don't think you should feel disappointed by raw data and body image paradigms. I spent years being depressed about being pale and hairy. What must people think? Western society labels me a freak! I'd be more attractive with a skin tone I lack the pigment to achieve. I'm a fucking werewolf! Then I got over it, appreciated being healthy (function over other people's idea of form), and started believing people who said "vive la difference, you look fine", instead of dismissing it as patronising guff.