Am I unusually heavy for my size or do I have reverse body dysmorphia?

[SaltySeaWitch]

Name change as this is incredibly obviously outing if you know me at all.

I’m often seeing threads with women saying they weigh X amount and are Y size, or have a low BMI and wear a larger size than me or think they need to lose weight. I can’t tell if I am unusually dense (yes I’m aware that muscle is ‘heavier’ but I’m not an elite athlete by any stretch!), or just think I look much slimmer than I actually do 😂

I’m about 166cm. What do I weigh and what clothing size do I wear?

No idea what you weigh but I guess a size 12-14 in clothing, you have a really nice figure

I think you look great op, you look fit, healthy and strong and just right - balance of curvy and healthy looking

You have a perfectly proportioned figure. You look a healthy weight. Probably size 14 maybe 11 stone?

Size 10, maybe 9 1/2 stone?

No idea but you look fab! Love the flowery top and the jeans

Size 12-14? 11 stone?

Well, either way you're gorgeous.

I have often wondered the same thing. 165cm, size 14, i weigh 15 stone. I know of people my height and size who are 12 stone, or people my weight in a size 22. Can only imagine it's about distribution! I think I'm fairly evenly distributed whereas some people my weight will have skinny legs and a big tummy meaning they wear a bigger size 🤷🏻‍♀️

Actually, I'm going to revise that, my first guess was based on the shorts pictures.
In the jeans pictures, I think you look bigger, maybe 12-14 ,10-11 stone.
Very enviable figure!

You look slimmer in the first two pics compared with the last.

Who cares about your size/weight...you look fab.

I’ve always been really heavy for my size. Even as a skinny 14 year old I was a good 9.5 stone - way more than my peers.

I have lead bones.

Look fab - would guess size 12-14, 10/11 stone?

Surely it depends which store you use. I am 5ft 4ins and weigh 9st 12lbs or 63kgs and have Sizes 10, 12, 14 and 16 in my wardrobe which all fit.

You have a lovely figure.

Size 14, 11 stone! I'm the same height as you.

I'm your height and from the photos, I'd say I'm a similar size. I weigh 11st 2lb and wear size 12. I'm a couple of pounds overweight (based on BMI).

166cm is about 5’5, am I working that out right? I would say a size 12-14 and about 13 stone. You have a lovely figure- strong and curvy!

I would say 11stone and a size 12-14. I’m a similar size and shape and think you look great so now I feel better about myself!! Thanks.

Size 12 around 10 1/2 stone?

I’ve said this for 45 years. No 2 peoples’ height/ weight/size are the same ratios. Just as CICO is not the same for everyone. I do wish that the diet industry and society as a whole would accept this! You look fab btw!

I reckon you're a size 16 and weigh 13 stone. I'm constantly surprised at how people underestimate weight. 10 stone is waif-like.

I'm the same!
5ft 10 and even the doctors has been at what I weigh (I'm not saying it's healthy/unhealthy) but I eat well and exercise a lot

(I really think you probably weigh more than 13 stone, but don't feel able to say so in the face of so many people saying you weigh less. Interesting, isn't it?)

I would say around 12 stone, size 12-14.

You have a really nice figure. The way I determine if someone is overweight is by looking at their tummy and yours looks a healthy, flat size. Therefore there’s no way you are overweight or unhealthy.

I would say you're a size 14 (and maybe a 16 in shops that have smaller sizes). You have a flat stomach which definitely helps with perception. Given your height, I would say you are at least 80kg, but maybe closer to 85kg.