To say you can still look okay at 13 stone?

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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

Of course you can! Your shape, muscle, and the way you carry your weight all make huge differences. I know a woman that is 5’4” and a former competitive lifter that took T and steroids while competing. She’s close to 13 stone and looks really good. She says that she’s built like a brick shithouse and she’s right! 😂

I’m 5’6” and very small-framed, plus my face bloats up when I gain weight. If I get close to 9 stone I start looking like a bloody pufferfish so I stay under it for my own sanity.

I think you look great too @0utForAWalkBitch! Your stomach is so flat !

How are you 17 stone??? You look like 11 stone. I'm confused.

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Probably lots of muscle.

I think it depends on a person's frame and shape. At 13 st and 5ft 9 I was a size 12, occasionally a 10 in some shops (but a 14 in coats and jackets because my shoulders are so broad!) I think I looked good then. But like I say I have a broad frame so looked balanced. My friend who is the same height as me felt she looked overweight at 13st as she has narrow shoulders, small bust, slender calfs and wrists, so didn't look in proportion.

If that photo is really you at 13st and a bit, it doesn't look like someone who's 5 3" and weighs that much.

Where do you carry the weight? Thighs? bum? Boobs?

@PrettyMaybug tall, huge boobs, solid thighs
It makes more sense if I stand next to my relatives - uncle was a heavyweight boxer, grandad was a wrestler, I'm basically the female version of them.
Currently a size 16, if I drop to 14st 7 I'm a size 14

I'm 65 now and have been overweight all my life at around 10 and a half/11 stone at 5 foot 2, but I had a 'high cholesterol' scare last year and weighed in at 12 stone. Make a few changes and the weight will reduce. I changed to soya milk and yoghurts, nuts and fruit for snacks. I've lost a stone in six months and my cholesterol has gone to 'satisfactory'. As my husband died because of clogged arteries it gave me a fright.

I'm 5'5, 11.8st. Used to be 9.7st back in my 20s, looked and felt fucking amazing then. Now I just feel fat and heavy and I hate looking at myself. My face is puffy, my arms are wobbly, I have a fat fold that gets in the way when I try and bend down, and I look disgusting in anything. I even had a little girl point at me and say "urgggggh!!!!!!! Look at HER!". I am in the process of changing my day to day living to combat this, but it;s hard when you suffer from crippling anxiety and dependency.

Nah.

This made me laugh out loud 😂😂😂

5'2. When I was 9stn I was a size 8 and looked really slight. Think it very much depends on where you carry your weight, how much muscle you have, bone density etc.

Op. I’m 5’1 and a half and I weight nearly 14 stones. It’s all on my belly and chin. I love food too much. I think I look Ok then I see photos. I bet you look lovely It’s good to remember we all carry weight very differently. Life’s hard. I don’t think weig. Should be another thing that women are tainted by

There are plenty of us chunks who don’t argue against BMI. But we also recognise that, regardless of the health implications, some heavier people can look good. I don’t, but a friend of mine is easily 15 stone and 5’3’’ but looks great in whatever she wears.

My mum is fairly tall so she can carry it off. Some people can.

Someone probably won't look their absolute best in their body if they're overweight/obese. But it can make someone look younger as it fills out facial lines.

What matters more is the health risks of being overweight (which are real risks.)

Well you look fabulous OP. I can only put it down to muscle weight if your height is accurate! I certainly don’t think you need to lose anything to look better but maybe for health reasons.

Are you sure your scales are accurate though?? I’m asking because I’m 5.8 and just weighed myself at 11 and a bit stone but I’m also 9 months pregnant and feel and look huge (certainly look WAY bigger than you). Maybe it’s my scales that are broken …

Well, you’re not overweight 😂

This thread has made me feel really down

Agreed! And all these people saying they weigh a few stone less and look chubby 🙄
I’m your height and have been your weight and I looked absolutely normal. Not fat, not thin, just average

Of course you can, people can look amazing at any size. How you feel about yourself and how much your body deals with being overweight is a different matter though; the 2 aren't correlated imo.

Your legs are amazing! I'm so jealous as your weight must be spread out. I wouldn't look at this and think you're over weight.
I'm 5 ft 3, I fluftuate betwenn 9.5 stone and close to 10 stone. I carry about 5 stone of that around my middle 😆 thighs are not in proportion with my regular size calves, they're not huge though. I've skinny arms, small boobs and my collar bones always show. Sometimes I get a double chin.
I used to be 8 stone, I looked too skinny then but at least I was balanced out! I look in the mirror now and think what the hell?!

I bet you look great.

These threads are funny because 90% of people will tell you they once saw someone your size in a circus, and they had to have their clothes made especially.

The truth is, you look like most women. If you’re happy it will shine from you. Be happy

I think it all depends where you carry your weight

I'm 5'1 and all extra weight always goes onto my stomach first,

My sister is 5'4 and any extra weight goes mainly to her boobs

I'm 5ft 10 and at Christmas I was 12st 9.I felt and looked heavy imo.