Are you fat?

[sallysparrow157]

There are so many threads on here where people say 'I'm a size 8 but I feel flabby' or 'no wonder teenagers have a poor body image when people who are size 16 or 18 think they're big'
I'm a big 16. I am 5 ft nearly 5 and weigh just under 14 stone.
I feel less fat than I did 3 stone ago, I would class myself as chubby but my fatness doesn't turn heads.
So... Do you think you're fat?

No, I'm not fat.

I'm 5'10" and a solid size 10 (which basically means anything from an 8 to a 12, depending on the shop).

Although I am not skinny and don't exactly look amazing naked (I've had two kids), I am really happy with the way I look clothed.

It's not OK to say this, though. It's barely OK to say it on an anonymous forum, and if I were to say it in real life, it would get people's backs up, as if I have tickets on myself, so I would never admit I was generally pretty happy with my body shape to other woman.

Likewise, it's also not OK for slim women to find fault with their bodies, because that's tedious in the extreme, too.

We have such a fucked up situation going on, really.

The best I can hope for is, is that my 3YO DD picks up on the fact that I'm satisfied with my body, and confident within it. I definitely come out and tell her how lucky she is, that's she's going to be tall (taller than me, at the rate she's going). I absolutely want to instill body confidence in her at the earliest stage.

im 5ft 8 and a size 22/24
I weight just over 19 stone,
yeah im fat know I could do with losing some weight but im happy, never had body hang ups, confident and I am what I am sort of person

Filly I really sympathise. But this thread is just odd. :)

Size 22 and 16st (also 20 weeks pregnant but was big before). I am not fat. I HAVE fat. Having fat does not define me, it is not what I am.

Ooh. That's interesting

I wear size 14 clothes, or L, and I feel quite slim.

(6ft though)

I seem to lack that self loathing body bashing gen, I don't know why. It saddens me how many women hate their bodies. Where does it come from? I read the same media tripe as everyone else, but it doesn't make me compare myself to models and despair.

If I could bottle my body confidence and hand it out I would!

Why do women hate their bodies? Beats me, it really does.

Ah, cross post with Japanese margaret! Join the club :)

Pangaea at 5'7" and 9 stone there is no way you could be overweight unless you have very tiny bones. I weigh half a stone more than you and am very slim.

Sadly any extra weight I carry always goes on to my hips and thighs, but my BMI is 20.8 (so yours must be even lower than that) and my heart attack risk is 1.8% (fresh from 5 yearly health check)

"This thread is odd". I YOUR opinion presumably?

I don't think it's odd, I think it's very useful to explore emotions and feelings around body size. I don't you should have to be hugely overweight to be allowed to do that.

Links arms with Margaret and Potato in "actually fine" club.

And surely it's obvious that four "size 12" women may feel very differently about their bodies - one may have shot up from a size 8, one have lost weight through heroic efforts from a size 22, one may have an actual eating disorder, and one may be 5 foot tall in M&S's more optimistic efforts and actually be medically obese.

I'm pudgy.
158 cm and weigh around 57 kg.

I'm a short ass so anything extra shows up straight away. My stomach over my jeans, my thighs are always 'strong'.
It may not look fat to others but I feel it.

I am 5'5", weigh 14stone, size 16 bottoms, 18 tops.

I feel very very fat for me. used to weight 11stone size 12 but gave up smoking and put on 3 stone. lost 2 stone last year and felt better,but then had an accident and hurt my leg which meant I couldn't run anymore and put it all back on again plus a little bit more.

however I am aware that when I was 11 stone / size 12 I still complained that I was fat and am becoming aware that it doesn't matter what I weigh or what I look like I will not be happy. which is a whole can of worms I haven't addressed yet.

I'm not fat. I'm 5' 9", wear a size 12, and I look fab!

Aha! Yay! Nice to see some other satisfied customers. :)

5'9" 10st 7lb. I'd say I look OK with my clothes on but I've got that horrid middle-aged tyre thing going on.
I do lots of sport & feel fit, which is important to me and my body image.

No. I am 5 ft 6 and weigh 11 stone. Bmi "normal" (top of the normal range but normal). I wear a size 14, occasionally 12 for trousers.

I exercise and feel proud of my strong body. I had massive boobs and wobbly bits but I don't care. I am not fat, I am fabulous!

Used to be bulimic and hate myself a LOT. It's been a long journey to get to my happy, borderline massive ego place!

I think it's all relative. Most people I know are slim...size 6-12, so when I was a size 14 I felt fat, probably because at that stage I was fatter than anyone I spent time with. Dh is the same, in his office there are very few people who are even slightly overweight, they all exercise regularly and watch what they eat.

167cm (5"7) and 116kg (18 stone) I am very fat. doing something about it though.

I'm 5"4 and 9st 7. I'm not fat but have fat bits. I hold weight around my arms boobs and back so look fatter than I am. Also small framed so 7lb makes a bug difference.

I'm 5ft 5, just under 11stone and wear a size 12 in pretty much all shops. I don't feel massive but know I could do with dropping another stone or two. I'm on it though!

I've just gone from a size 16 to a 14 losing nearly 2 stone on the way. I'm less fat and more toned than I was, but yes I'm still fat. I'm still an unhealthy weight so I think personally it's helpful for me to still feel fat. I need to lose more weight to be healthier and if I don't feel fat I won't want to lose weight so much.

Am 5'8" and weight just under 13.5 stone.

Not fat, I'm 5' 6 and a size 10, but definitely flabby due to zero exercise for years. Taken up cycling now in the hope that it's not too late to tone up.

I'm fat.

5ft 1in and currently weigh 17st 4lbs. That's better than the 19st I was a couple of months ago, but I'm slowly loosing the weight.

I'm a size 20-22, was 22-24.

No matter how big I am I always have a defined waist which I'm grateful for.