How can i be overweight but not fat???

[Jmama]

Im only 5'4 but i weigh 12 stone!

I did weigh 8 stoe before i had ds, but the thing is i dont look fat! that sounds silly i know, but my stomach although a tad wobbly doesnt bulge over my jeans, my arms have nosigns ofbingo wings and my legs are decent enough to wear shorts. the only big thing about me is my boobs which are mahoosive

But yet i still weigh alot more than i should, i eat real healthy i dont eat barley any sigar and fat is at a minimum and i guzzle water all day long. Anyone else have the same or know why?

Have you asked a Dr for his/her opinion. Could be that your boobs just weigh alot. (hope that doesnt sound too cheeky but you did say they were big). You maybe retain water also and this might be a reason for it. Sorry cant be much more help that that I am overweight but I am fat

Im kind of the same Jmama, i weigh a few stone more than i should but dont look 'fat', i did think i was just in denial but i asked my sisters and my mum who are always brutaly honest if i need them to be. I have no idea why though.

I am the same height as you and the same weight, but then I think I am fat!

Dont get me wrong im not model potential or anything! im size 14, im comfortable with the way i look and i just have my tummy toning left to do.
I excersise quite alot. But it seems what ever i do the wieght just doesnt come off, if anything its slowley going on! but im either getting thinner or not changing shape at all and it just doesnt make sense!

JM many many years ago before I put on more weight than a baby elephant (I am currently on the I need to do a Michelle McMannus thread) I was very very fit and active, ran for the county, trampolined, played netball I really was a walking talking fitness fanatic. However everytime I looked at my weight to height ratio I was always in the over weight section, there was not an ounce of fat on me. Do not worry about it if you are fit and active and not carrying a lot of fat then you are perfectly fine.

The chances are that you have quite alot of muscle mass, especially if you have been doing toning excercises. I once started going to the gym several years ago to tone up and although my measurements were shrinking my weight went up by a stone in 4 weeks. I've just lost quite a bit of weight but I still weigh 12st 10lb but I have been told that I dont look it. I have size 14 measurements and I am 5 foot 6. If you feel that you look okay dont worry so much about what it says on the scales, you just need to get your head around it a bit, it took me a while to accept because I think we all seem to go on what we weigh, not actually what we look like or how fit we are. Take care