To say you can still look okay at 13 stone?

[sayitaintsobow]

I'm 13 stone 7... To my horror! I knew I'd put on a lot rapidly in a short space of time. I'm aware this actually makes me obese. And I need to lose weight for my health

I don't think I look huge though. Definitely not. Might say I'm a bit chubby at a push. Face doesn't look too fat

AIBU to say you can actually be obese and not realise because you don't look 'fat'?

I'm 5'3 so not tall

I'm 12.9 and 5.7 and feel absolutely huge! And I look really fat in photos. So I admire your confidence!

Something tells me I am majorly deluded

I was a size 12/14 at 13 stone and 5’6”.

I guess it depends how you hold your weight. I'm 5 foot 7 and used to weigh a similar amount to you and thought I looked OK at the time. I lost 4 stone and looking back on photos I think I actually did look very overweight. Maybe that's because I'm used to seeing myself much smaller now though?

There's no way I'm a 12
14 on a good day.

@sayitaintsobow I'm the same weight and height, have been for years and think I look OK. Must used to it

I’m 5”2, and currently edging towards 9st, usually around 8 1/2 but have gained due to medication. I’m definitely a bit “chubby” looking at 9st.

I would look awful at 13 1/2 stone. I’m 5ft 5. But I appreciate everyone carries weight differently.

I'm 5ft7 and looked fantastic at 12stone7, I'd just lost 5 stone and was fitting in size 12 and when I got down to 11st11 I looked underweight.

Everyone carries weight differently and if you feel good OP then who cares. I expect you'll get the competitive under eaters on telling you you're really overweight and they'd be the size of a house at that weight but if you're happy it doesn't matter how someone else would feel at that weight

If I was 13 stone, my BMI would be about 25 as I am v tall. I’d love to be 13 stone. I’m 14 stone something and honestly look fat. Not obese bit overweight. I am trying very hard to lose weight with IF.

I’m the same height as you and 9st 8
and defo look fat in certain clothes, so as a pp said I have to admire your confidence.

We all have the weight we feel the most confident at. I'm 5 ft 7 and 13 st would be too much for me and my frame.

I'm 5'4 12 stone, a size 14 and look a right fat fuck, no 2 ways about it.

I’m 5’8 and look quite nice around 12/13 stone- not slim but not excessively chubby, nice curves. Am 17 stone now so wouldn’t mind getting back there!

I'm 5' 3" and 11st. I definitely look ummm... well padded. I think at 13st I would not be looking OK.

You, however, may look absolutely fine on it - in which case you're lucky and I'm jealous 😂 I'd still try and lose some though, for health reasons... and yes I am fully aware that it's not that easy 🙈😁

Of course you can!! Firstly, weight is such a flawed way of measuring 'beauty'. It literally tells you your gravitational relationship to the ground. End of. It doesn't take into account your muscle mass, how/ where your weight is carried and a multitude of other things. Also, for those saying they 'looked huge' at that size as if that eliminates the possibility of beauty is heart breaking. Big, small, tall, short, wide, narrow, beauty is SO subjective and of course being 13 stone doesn't preclude you from it!

Long story short, I bet you look fucking fabulous ❤️

" I admire your confidence " just sounds so bitchy!

It's hard for most of us to notice weight gain or loss as it can creep up gradually.

Short of being a highly muscular athlete then 5ft3 and 13 stone is unlikely to look anything other than overweight. You've acknowledged you need to lose some weight for your health and will hopefully find a way to do it that that suits you and your lifestyle.

This thread will go the same way though:

• Handfuls of posters claiming they look obese at 8 stone so couldn't imagine thinking 13 is ok. By 9 stone they need to live off 2 grapes and a lettuce leaf to avoid becoming a hellish vision of gluttony.
• Handfuls of posters who are overweight themselves arguing that BMI is totally inaccurate and therefore an obese BMI should be ignored because people are getting bigger and it's body shaming to suggest otherwise.

I’m 5”7

At my heaviest (12 stone) I felt awful

I’m 10 stone 10 now and would still like to shift a stone

Snap! Oh dear, and oh well for now too!

I’m 5ft 7, 14 stone and a size 16, when I get down to 13 stone I’m a size 14 and 12 stone I’m a size 12! Everyone holds weight differently! I’m also a very active person and walk to and from work which is about 1 1/2 hours a day.

I'm the same weight and height and think I look huge, I was 9st, 7 years ago and had been all my adult life, menopause hit and boom - 4,5 stone on. I keep catching my reflection and I can't believe how big I am - maybe it's because I'm used to being slim

13 stone 7 is heavy for someone of your height (as you know) but you can of course look ok, if not very nice to! I don't know why so many threads get started as click bait for the fat phobics on Mumsnet? Why does it keep happening on a daily basis? 🤔

Can we have a bingo card for "We've forgotten what a healthy weight looks like" or "Well I'm your height and 5 stone lighter and still look chubby". I give it approx 30 seconds.

I must have carried it well as they say. That’s not the case now mind. I’m a 22 and look it. I’ve got some pictures and of when I’m bigger but don’t look it but they’re too outing to post. As I say though, that’s definitely not the case now!😂

I weight over 13 stone and consider myself to look okay! Okay is a pretty low bar to measure yourself