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What weight am I (with picture)?

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ThisMustBeMyDream · 28/05/2023 19:08

I'm just curious what others would think my likely weight is from this picture. I'm 5ft 2 for reference.

What weight am I (with picture)?
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Queenager · 28/05/2023 23:19

I would guess about 14 stone.

UnctuousUnicorns · 28/05/2023 23:21

"But I doubt you look the same."

There's a pic of me earlier in the thread; as I said, I don't think I look seven stone lighter than the OP in that pic, but I am. But then, I agree with a PP re body blindness. At my lightest adult weight, 7 st 10 lb, I still looked in the mirror and critiqued my shape. Madness, I know. 🤷‍♀️

MajesticWhine · 28/05/2023 23:23

My guess was 15st before seeing the follow up posts

JudgeRudy · 28/05/2023 23:31

I've peeped at your reply but I was going to say about 16stone. You're short but I'm imagining adding a few inches to your tours and legs to make you 5ft 6 'me'. You look like a mesomorph body type so quite muscular....but with a big layer of fat on top. Lots of replies here mentioning BMI but I'd be aiming for size not weight as your BMI will likely be on the high side even when you're not carrying huge amounts of fat. ....which you are now, just in casecyou didn't know.
Mesos can get lulled into a false sense of security because they can carry quite a bit of extra fat before they loose their waist but sleeves will get tighter and forget 👢

Glad you're on the road to better health.

Livinginanotherworld · 28/05/2023 23:33

I’d say around 13-14stone

fairycupcakes · 28/05/2023 23:49

The amount of people talking about BMI is scary - it’s so outdated. If you have muscle you’re going to be heavy. I’ve mentioned on this thread earlier I’m a size 8/10, 5’5”, I have a 27” waist, hourglass shape and I work out. I’m a little over 11 and a half stone last time I checked meaning I’m technically overweight by a stone if I were to go by BMI and yet I’m very fit and healthy. It’s outdated, dangerous and shouldn’t be used and if it is used it needs to be in conjunction with something else and not standalone. FWIW OP I wouldn’t have put you at the weight you actually are which is what I mean when I say appearances can be deceiving - I’d had said you were around 15 at the most. Wishing you the best with your weight loss x

clpsmum · 28/05/2023 23:56

FrownedUpon · 28/05/2023 19:16

18st

Don't be a cow

Mustthinkofausername · 28/05/2023 23:57

14.5st

DiddyHeck · 29/05/2023 00:08

clpsmum · 28/05/2023 23:56

Don't be a cow

That poster was only 15lbs out, how does that make them a 'cow', considering how many people were wildly out by quite a few stone???

Teenagehorrorbag · 29/05/2023 00:12

Honestly, as PPs have said, I'm really not sure that a flat weight measurement is really relevant. I'm 5 ft 2 (used to be 5ft 3....😮) and would have guessed you at about 13 stone. You're curvy but not 'fat' looking. But I think weight is a really individual thing.

I always used to be a very small build, and never weighed much. I have tiny wrists and ankles etc. My heaviest was in my teens at 8 stone 3 but I look back at the photos and I wasn't anything more than slightly rounded. But I lost a stone as soon as I left school and was never more than 6 1/2 to 7 1/2 stone after that, until middle age. But I wasn't thin, I always had back fat and spare tyres. (Not that I cared, and I've never worried about my size as I was always small enough to get away with it). Since menopause and leaving work I am now hugely blubbery around the back and belly, and although I still look OK in the right clothes, I have to admit I'm a blob these days. But I still weigh less than 8 stone!

My MIL is in her 90s and struggles with her weight. She is slim in the hips and legs but a bit curvier than she would like around the top half. She has shrunk over the years and is probably 5 ft now. Recently she told me she was 13 stone, and I was gobsmacked. I can't see how she can weigh that much. I can't see how she is 5 stone bigger than I am!

She has size 6 feet where mine are 4s, but she's not huge at all anywhere apart from being quite buxom. It must be about having big bones or wider bone structure or something. I really think weight is a massively personal thing, and people should only use it to monitor their own ups and downs, rather than comparing to other people, or so-called 'norms'.

We can all tell by looking at ourselves in a mirror, or by trying on our favourite clothes, whether we have lost or gained weight, and whether we are happy with our size. We don't need scales to tell us what is good.

OP - please ignore the scales and just go with your own common sense. You look great to me. If you'd like to be smaller then you can work towards that, if you're happy as you are then that's fine too. If you want to lose weight then knowing your current weight is a good starting point to monitor how any weight loss is going - but it doesn't matter if you are starting from 10 stone or 20. I really think it is a meaningless number except for enabling a person to monitor themselves.

(And yes, I know about BMI but I think that's dodgy too. Mine is low but I know I'm fat, and in the wrong places. I also know that very muscly people such as rugby players always 'fail' the numbers. there are many factors at play...)

TulipTuesday · 29/05/2023 00:18

ThisMustBeMyDream · 28/05/2023 22:01

They are April jeans from matalan in petite. I think they are a few years old although I think they still do the same type, but probably in different styles.

I knew these were April jeans! I have the same ones in all colours/styles, they are so flattering. I’m a curvy size 14 and I love them.

AnaLaBooth · 29/05/2023 00:23

It's hard to tell, but looking at your hands and feet probably over your typical weight recommendation for height. Keep your dignity and self respect and make healthy changes if you wish to.

I am an outlier, I am 5'4 and 7.4 stone. To look at me you'd think i was over 8 stone which must mean I have hollow bones and very featherweight fat stores. Ironically I do yoga, work out and eat a healthy diet, My health is currently good and I am a size 8/10. We are all so very different in how our visual appearance translates to a scale. When people hear my scale weight they do a double take. It's all bollox. I do not look so light.

AngryBirdsNoMore · 29/05/2023 00:23

@Teenagehorrorbag if you weigh 6.5-7.5 stone you are by no measure ‘fat’!

NewNovember · 29/05/2023 00:32

I have read you weight but my guess before was 14 stone. You don't look 17 and I am being honest.

SheSaidHummingbird · 29/05/2023 01:35

Was going to guess 16-17 stone

PerfectYear321 · 29/05/2023 01:43

I was going to say 15 stone then I read the thread.

PerfectYear321 · 29/05/2023 01:47

After reading your posts I would say your weight and BMI seems right and I was probably trying to be kind.

toucaninjapan · 29/05/2023 02:04

16-17 stone (you look similar to my friend and that's her weight)

NotMyMill · 29/05/2023 02:06

Alwayswonderedwhy · 28/05/2023 19:37

I'm the same height and very overweight at 12 stone. I think people saying 10-12 stone are being very kind but not very helpful.
A healthy weight for that height is around 8 to 9 and a half stone.

OP, I’d have said about 13-14 stone before I saw your update.

It depends on the person. We are built differently. Op may have a high muscle mass so it might not be purely just fat but generally speaking there are very toned girls I know who are super fit and spend a lot of time in the the gym who are 12-13 stone at a similar height with tiny waists and toned arms and legs etc.

NotMyMill · 29/05/2023 02:11

AnaLaBooth · 29/05/2023 00:23

It's hard to tell, but looking at your hands and feet probably over your typical weight recommendation for height. Keep your dignity and self respect and make healthy changes if you wish to.

I am an outlier, I am 5'4 and 7.4 stone. To look at me you'd think i was over 8 stone which must mean I have hollow bones and very featherweight fat stores. Ironically I do yoga, work out and eat a healthy diet, My health is currently good and I am a size 8/10. We are all so very different in how our visual appearance translates to a scale. When people hear my scale weight they do a double take. It's all bollox. I do not look so light.

Exactly, people are too stuck on the scale it can be helpful as a guideline but isn’t the be all and end all for figuring out how much excess fat you are carrying.

I had a friend like yours. We looked a similar weight and could swap clothes as both size 8-10s but she was about 7 stone 10 whereas I was 9.5 stone.

To be fair she was quite active too, she walked a lot daily. I assume her muscles just aren’t very dense. Mine are.

NotMyMill · 29/05/2023 02:16

fairycupcakes · 28/05/2023 23:49

The amount of people talking about BMI is scary - it’s so outdated. If you have muscle you’re going to be heavy. I’ve mentioned on this thread earlier I’m a size 8/10, 5’5”, I have a 27” waist, hourglass shape and I work out. I’m a little over 11 and a half stone last time I checked meaning I’m technically overweight by a stone if I were to go by BMI and yet I’m very fit and healthy. It’s outdated, dangerous and shouldn’t be used and if it is used it needs to be in conjunction with something else and not standalone. FWIW OP I wouldn’t have put you at the weight you actually are which is what I mean when I say appearances can be deceiving - I’d had said you were around 15 at the most. Wishing you the best with your weight loss x

100% it’s also discriminatory for various reasons too. BMI is trash and the NHS needs to do better with using it as such a blunt tool.

theres many articles out there explaining why BMI isn’t that helpful but here’s one. https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/health/diet-nutrition/a35047103/bmi-racist-history/

The Racist and Problematic Origins of the Body Mass Index

BMI is not the standard of health it's been made out to be.

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/health/diet-nutrition/a35047103/bmi-racist-history/

Aria999 · 29/05/2023 02:16

I was going to guess 14 stone as well. You carry it well. Good luck with your weight management intervention.

mydogisthebest · 29/05/2023 08:11

I was going to guess 14 to 15 stone. I can't believe some posters are saying 10 or 11. No way.

Not being nasty but your thighs are pretty big and around your bust so that's a good indication of size and weight.

Great to hear you are dieting and exercising and doing well

Creamyoda · 29/05/2023 08:15

BMI is certainly not perfect and in a clinical setting thankfully now ethnicity is taken into account when calculating, but let's be real there aren't that many people who show as overweight/obese who couldn't do with losing a few lbs for their health. I think when people think of overweight and obese they think someone must be excessively fat with rolls and rolls of it, but realistically the human body isn't designed to carry much fat at all, it puts pressure on your body from quite a lowish percentage.

JenWillsiam · 29/05/2023 08:45

peachgreen · 28/05/2023 22:28

Ahh I feel every word of what you’ve posted OP. I weigh almost the same as you, although I’m 5’7” so my BMI is lower. I used to weigh almost 22 stone and didn’t have a single health problem other than snoring. I could exercise, walk for miles with no problems, my blood pressure and cholesterol were on the healthy side of anything etc etc. Everyone, my doctor included, was surprised when they found out how much I weighed.

Best of luck with your weight loss. It is so tough. But it’s worth it. And you look great, for what it’s worth.

Being obese and not having health issues under 40 is normal.

obesity causes issues - significant - later in life. This isn’t something to gloat about.