would you call me fat?

[mummmsy]

either to my face or behind my back

would you guys say i was fat? i'm 9 stone 4 and 5 foot 3...hour glass shape, massive tits (32f)

I'm 5 3", weigh 7 st 11, and my BMI is 19.5.

I wear a size 10 and sometimes an 8.

Oh and my bust is 32C/D.

whoops got me there OhChristFENTON

i too was 11 stone when i had my dc 7 years ago peachypips - have a for your coffee, it's early days yet

bloody mothers eh!?

Thanks mummmsy ... Back on the diet tomorrow

anniewoo I don't think I'm fat. I think I could do with losing a bit of weight... it's different! Actually, more accurately, I could do with toning up and converting some of the flab to muscle (which would probably mean I weighed more rather than less).

MysteryFairy please look at your BMI. It's just over 19.

I'm 5'2" and 7st7, which is too thin: I look scrawny at the moment. 9st4 would be too heavy for me but I have small bones: my feet are size 3 and I have freakily thin wrists (but bust is 28G, which makes me look fatter than I am). On anyone normal I think it would be absolutely fine. Ignore your mother! I feel your pain on the mother front, mine came to see us a couple of weeks ago and sighed sadly at what a lovely life we'd had before and how DS had limited it. I only just refrained from thumping her, especially as I don't really understand what she was on about: our lives haven't changed in any very dramatic way since he was born!

narkedpuffin- you asked another poster to look at her BMI- saying it was just over 19.

Thatis actually healthy. The acceptable range is 18.5-25, and the recommendation is that you should be nearer the lower end.

My BMI is 19.5 and at a check up with a consultant ( for something not related to weight or general health, ) he said that was "perfect". I have tiny wrists- 5.5 inches- and am generally petite, but still have around 24% fat according to my scales.

The better way to judge your health is not BMI but waist size - over 34 inches for women and you are heading for trouble- diabetes, heart disease and cancer.

hmmm ameliagrey i'm at the upper end of my bmi, maybe that's the problem...

No, I'm 5'4" and 9.5 stone with 32DD boobs in my early forties. I'm the heaviest I've been and feel like I could lose a couple of pounds but I do not consider myself fat. The nurse at the GP recently described me as petite which was nice though I'm not sure I agreed with her. :)

If I was the same size and answering this question when I was 18 my answer would have been the opposite because I thought the stick insect look was fashionable.

that's interesting about age, augustajones because i'm in my very late 20's - prob a factor one way or another!

I'd say you are chubby/chunky. I'm 5ft 3 & 8st 4. I don't have big boobs like you, but I am....solid on the thighs

So how does one figure out their bmi?

I think the best way to work out BMI is to look in the mirror naked. The charts would say I am low BMI, but you only need to look at my thighs to see not the case.

I (sometimes) feel like an egg timer where all the sand has fallen below the waist.

Also have about 4-5 friends who are similar heights, similar, within 1/2 stone weight & completely different shapes & dress sizes.

IMO, not many people are in proportion. Would you feel happier weighing less ?

How comes everyone on MN has massive knockers?

ahaha MidnightinMoscow

Willowisp I'm completely in proportion, that's the problem, I've been able to put on a stone and still look good.

I think i feel fat because I'm not toned (and because of my Bloody Mother!) and yes would be happier if I weighed less... the elusive half a stone less

BMI calculator

www.weightlossresources.co.uk/body_weight/healthy_weight/bmi_calculator.htm

As you can see, 25 is on the cusp of normal and also overweight.

BMI is a guide- some people like athletes have BMIs that would put them as overweight- but it's all muscle.

Your waist size is more important, and where the fat is distributed. If it is round your middle this is a sign that you may also have internal fat which contributes to heart disease and diabetes. If as a woman you have chunky thighs, big bum but a small waist- say 26-27 inches, then you are most likely healthy.

The other point is- waits for flaming- that so many people are now overweight- something like 40% of all women- that we have lost our perspective on what is a healthy size. if you look back at photos of people on the 1940s and 1950s then they appeared much slimmer overall.

I feel really huge after reading some of these weights!

Me too CatKitten

oh no! that wasn't the intention at all

I'm 5'2" and 7st7, which is too thin: I look scrawny at the moment.

See, this is my exact height and weight, and I don't look too thin at all. I have 30F boobs, a belly that looks about 4/5 months pregnant, which means I have to limit myself to certain styles of clothes (2 c-sections close together is the reason) and also love handles.
I can look thin if I wear skinny jeans and a voluminous top, or look flabby if I wear a shift stype of dress, or anything fitted near the wait. I wear a Next size 6 and an 8 anywhere else. But if I chose the wrong style of clothing, I could even chose a 12 to fit my belly into.

So I think it really depends on how you carry your weight. Or if you are flabby or muscely. I am more flab than muscle. I'd rather be more muscle and toned and weigh more really.

OP - I weighed the same as you just after I gave birth, and even then no, I wasn't fat, just chubby.

I don't think so, reckon you'd have to be 2 stone heavier before the word "fat" came to mind.

If that 9stone+ is completely apple shaped I might think "fat", though more likely "plump".

Yes I did AmeliaGrey, because she was talking about her thighs being too big, needing to lose weight etc.

"So I think it really depends on how you carry your weight. Or if you are flabby or muscely. I am more flab than muscle. I'd rather be more muscle and toned and weigh more really."

Yes exactly the same for me. I'm 5'2" and about 8st, and I am a bit too fat. No I'm not overweight, but weight and fat are different things, and I am fat in the sense of having too much body fat for my size (and probably not enough muscle/lean body mass). I assume this is how people are able to weigh significantly more than me and be the same or smaller in clothes sizes.

It's about shape as well - I can often wear a size 8 top, or a dress if it has a flared skirt, as I have small-ish boobs and a small waist, but sometimes have to go up to as much as a 12 in trousers or jeans because I'm a bit pear-shaped and seem to carry most of my fat around the hip/thigh region. Especially now almost all jeans seem to be very slim-cut in that area!

You can't really tell a lot about how someone looks just from the height/weight numbers (except for extreme cases obviously), and there's not much point comparing yourself with others especially if it makes you feel bad about yourself!

Peachypips you are me! Height, weight and new baby. Wont be forever