How can you tell if you are 'big boned'? Does it even exist?

[peggotty]

Is it possible to know if you are big boned? If I lose a certain amount of weight I immediately start to look better, slim even, but I am still officially in the' overweight' range. I do have broad shoulders and am above average height. Is there any such thing heavy bones?

I am nearly 6' with size 8 feet and broad shoulders and hips.

I look my best at 14 stone which is still overweight but any lighter and I look "lanky"

I don't think you can have heavier bones but some people carry weight better than others.

It's frame size rather than heavy bones. Apparently the heavier you are the lighter your bones are because wrong / poor nutrition. I'm 5'11, BMI of 25, but I have little hands, size 6 feet & I look a bit chunky at the moment. I actually don't look slim until have a BMI of about 20, which is borderline underweight for my height & advancing age.

Wrist size. There are web calculators that will tell you.

Thanks for that foreveronadiet! According to that I am large framed (surprise surprise). But at least it means I don't gave quite as much weight to lose to be in a healthy range

yep it is more the frame (i.e. muscles and fat to fill that frame) than the actual bone mass/weight.