Am I fat?

I clicked on the thread genuinely expecting people to be saying don’t be so silly, and why are you beating yourself up doing a thread on this!

It’s no wonder so many young girls have eating disorders and self worth problems 🤦‍♀️

I know right. Peak Mumsnet!

This thread is actually making me feel sick.
Are some people actually telling a 10 stone, size 12 woman that she is fat!!!
Jesus fucking christ

I'm your height and have just lost 2 1/2 stone to get me to 10 stone 13lb. I'm starting to not feel fat anymore but I know I'm on the upper end of where I should be.
So no I'd say your not fat but you are edging in the upper ranges of healthy

I dont think you are fat at that weight but depends where you weight goes as some people can be skinny but still not have an flat tummy. Im 5.3. and weight 8 and half stone but my tummy can bloat up due to IBS so I do watch what I eat for health reasons.

No. You're not. You're not even chubby. All these ridiculous comments on here - No wonder we live in a world where young girls have massive self esteem issues and beauty standards among them are insane!!!

Embrace your body and love yourself. Ignore the tools on here saying you're chubby. Jesus.

Fat isn't a feeling. Saying you feel fat as shorthand for not liking how your body looks is fatphobic. (If you're actually fat, you can't take it off at will. Yes, there are ways of dressing that will disguise/ hide some fatness, but fat bodies are always fat, it's not a thing you feel sometimes).

If you can buy clothes, in person, in most high street shops you aren't meaningfully fat. If you're very slim or very short you're still usually in a better position than a fat person as it's easier to have clothes that are too big tailored to fit than to have a much more restricted range only available online.

I'm 5 ft 8 inches and weigh 10 stone so possibly you are a bit cuddly. I'm a standard size 12.

These replies..... At 18 I was 5'5" and 9 stone and was very slim, willowy stature, small waist, big boobs, small frame. As you get older and have kids you change. My ideal weight now would be just over 10 stone, at that weight I would again be "slim".

I am currently 11 stone, slightly overweight, with enormous boobage. If I went down to some of the weights suggested here I would look positively ill at 58 years old.

If it makes you feel better slightly fat people live longer and healthier lives 😉

It doesn't matter what size others are or their attitude, if you feel that at the top end of a healthy and your body composition isn't making you feel your best, it's fine to make positive changes.

Gradually tweak habits to make them healthier. Drink plenty of water. Add in more plants, and protein, reduce ultra-processed foods, build in more movement. Carry baby in a carrier for weight bearing exercise. Add in more walks. Short exercise sessions. Do something that makes you sweaty. Do something to make you stronger.

You don't need a radical, punitive diet or hours in the gym, but making realistic habit changes will feel better, and keep you healthy well into older life.

Being at the borders of a healthy weight isn't a terrible place to be, but if habits don't change, you'll probably find yourself in a harder, less healthy position in a few years time. Losing muscle mass at this stage of life makes weight gain more likely in the future along with mobility issues much further down the line.

OP don’t worry too much what others think, if you want to change do it for you.

I have always been slim/small boned and am 5 ft 4, when I quit smoking I ate a lot of junk and too much each day I hit 9 stone 10, I did look chubby and people commented to me on it. I know that sounds crazy but I’d previously always hovered at 7-7 and a half stone and my face got really round it just did not suit me at all.

Feeling like shit I then went back to eating more healthily or at least reducing the amount/portion sizes and exercising gently (always walked but started workouts 3 times a week/couch to 5k). By the time I was pregnant with my DD I’d settled at about 8 stone, I then gained 2 stone in both pregnancies and lost it through breastfeeding, I have always remained at 8 stone 7-9 since having them (youngest is 4 now) and this is my ‘natural’ weight I’d say. But I do eat healthily most of the time.

I could be slimmer if I started working out again but I just don’t have time or energy right now, the school runs are enough at the mo. I aim
to get fit in September but not worry about the number on the scales as such.

It just shows it does vary wildly, but I personally look better with less weight on. Some people look better with it on and end up looking gaunt at the weight I am!

It’s personal, if you feel unhappy or not yourself then do it for you not anyone else. I’d never say you are fat, your BMI is healthy, it’s down to you if you feel like you’re not the weight you should be.

Also congratulations on your baby. You should look in the mirror and thank your body for what it’s done!

That quiz is very tedious, and parts of it are hard to work out. I got bored very quickly! What answer does someone of 5 ft 3 and late 50s give at the start? (Question 1.) All I can see for 5 ft 1 to 5 ft 4 is aged 80-101. But there are lots of choices for children.

Anyway, the poster who said this site is a toxic cesspit sometimes was correct. Posters late last night telling a 10 stone 5 ft 4 woman that she IS fat actually. FFS! Yeah maybe just MAYBE she isn't super slim (she admits she has a muffin top,) but 10 stone at 5 ft 4 is NOT FAT.

I was that weight at 5,2. It was a little chubby. I was slim at 9 stone.

This is mumsnet, where anyone who eats more than a lettuce leaf a day is a big greedy fatty.

Said no-one ever.

I'm sure this has been said but it depends on so many factors. How muscular are you, do you have big boobs?
I weigh the same as you but am 5ft 8. I have very little muscle and small boobs. If I get to 11 stone I look fat - even though I'm tall and it's still a healthy BMI. Even at just over 10 stone I'm not that slim. I mean, I'm slimish but not exactly wasting away.
Yet I have friends who are shorter than me and can get to 11 stone stone and look really slim. It's because they're muscular and lean. They don't have any flab and the muscle makes them heavier.

These threads should be banned.

It is so subjective.

You have a healthy BMI. But I'm an inch shorter and at that weight would not look slim. But there are people of the same height/weight that would look great.

Women often don't like the way they look at any weight, sadly .

Here you go OP
https://uquiz.com/quiz/hXV2kr/how-fat-are-you-extremely-accurate-pictures-included

Everyone is different. I carry weight all over. I’m 5ft 5 and at 10 stone can wear a size 10 and definitely slim. I’m not 10 stone at the moment though 😂

I find weight a bit irrelevant. Body fat % is a more interesting measure.