I'm so heavy

[withmycoffee]

I am 5'3" and a small UK 12. So I'm a little chunky for my height but not anything excessive. I wear mediums In most brands. Being shorter ideally I would be a uk 8 and wear xs but I'm in my 50s and look ok. I work out and have significant muscle but.... I am 80kg. EIGHTY. How am I so heavy?

Actually I do have dense bones. I've had bone density tests for my thyroid and was told I had VERY dense bones

That is very weird @withmycoffee I am the same height as you . I normally weigh around 70 Kg and wear a 14-16. Even with putting weight in over the last year I don't weigh that much.

I would have said there was something wrong with the scales . Even with a lot of muscle mass I can't see how weighing 80 kg is possible . Have you tried weighing on another scale ?

are you sure that your scales are right? I'm an inch shorter than you, size 10/12 and 67kg (and trying to lose weight for a healthy BMI!)

I think they say that your waist measurement is quite important in terms of health/diabetes etc.

No need to share on here if you don't want to but it might be worth looking that up as reassurance.

@saffysue

I think they say that your waist measurement is quite important in terms of health/diabetes etc.

No need to share on here if you don't want to but it might be worth looking that up as reassurance.

My waist is 30". I used to have a teeny waist but.... menopause. It's still not in the danger zone though.

That is strange. I’m 5’11, size 14 and 72kg.

DH is 5’11, late 50s and weighs less than you. His feet are size 9 ½ and his jeans size 34.

Measure your waist and is it more than half your height?

What is your ethnicity?

@LizziesTwin

DH is 5’11, late 50s and weighs less than you. His feet are size 9 ½ and his jeans size 34.

Measure your waist and is it more than half your height?

No, my waist is 30" my height is 63"

@LizziesTwin

What is your ethnicity?

Mixed Asian Caucasian. So I should be lighter if anything

I'm not quite sure what relevance that has to the OP @LizziesTwin

Thank you - I was a bit worried about asking. I think you must just be the exception that proves the rule.

Because some ethnicity have denser bones than others, Scandinavian women are more likely to have osteoporosis than women from Sub-Saharan Africa, for example. Also different ethnic groups have different percentages of fast & slow twitch muscles.

@Shinynewapple21 - Google 'bone density and ethnicity'.
It's hardly new information.

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4968570/

I'm 5'2 enjoy weightlifting and a good size 12 similar size bra and waist and the heaviest I've ever got to was 68kg.. knowing that without the muscle mass I was around 60kg but a bit wobbly.. you're the same weight as some of the guys I train with, so those bones must be so heavy!

It's fascinating the link to the different ethic structures. I'd never of thought to ask.

[quote DianaT1969]@Shinynewapple21 - Google 'bone density and ethnicity'.
It's hardly new information.[/quote]

Eh? I was commenting on the relevance of the weight and height of Lizzie's husband to the OP!!

Because I am amazed that a muscly woman who is not very tall can weigh more than a substantially taller man, who will have more muscle than her due to biology & a heavier & larger bone structure.

At 5ft 3 and 80k means your 12 stone 7
I think your scales have eaten to much crap 😂 are you weighing them on a flat surface like a wood floor and not on carpet as I know that if I put my scales on anything like carpet it can be half a stone different
I’m 5ft 6 and have recently lost some weight I was 80k back in Feb and I’m now 73k and aiming for 70k by May
I can’t see how your not overweight unless your built like one of those Russian Olympic Shotputters but even they look overweight to me

@notagainmummy

your scales are wrong.

This.

I'm fatter now but even my GP is at my weight
5ft 10 and 15 stone makes me a size 14, 12 stone and I go down to a size 12
I am built like I should be lugging sacks of stuff around/powerlifting though. Broad shoulders and big thighs
(White British but with black Caribbean ancestry)

Also where are you buying your clothes from
So many shops do bloody vanity sizing it’s difficult to judge what’s the correct size any more
If you work out a lot so do you wear a lot of sports / Lycra stuff which is much more forgiving in terms of sizes

I'm 5'3", a size 10-12, and 68kg. I'm lumpy and bumpy and have 36gg boobs, I could afford to lose a stone but when I do my face looks gaunt and I have a large thigh gap. My BMI tells me I'm overweight but honestly, I don't look it - just look like an hourglass shape. When I was working out 2-3 x a week I was 71-73kg and fairly muscly.

I love using this
www.mybodygallery.com/

Heavy bones make a huge difference. I suspect I have these also because I sink in water, even the sea. I'm average height, 29" waist, tiny wrists but chunky ribcage/shoulders (debunks the wrist theory!) I'm not as heavy as you OP, but probably would be if I was weighed with clothes on, as I presume you were in hospital.
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