How tall are you and what do you weigh?

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Just wanted to do a quick poll really. I was just wondering how tall people are and how much do you weigh. I know it sounds really nosy (!) but I was reading a magazine (think it was Reveal) and I was quite surprised that a 5ft 6 woman weighed 8st 8 when I weigh 10st 2 (atm am hoping to diet but you know how it is!!)

How do you work out your bmi?

I am 5'8 and 10st10lb. I got down to 9st7lbs after having dd but put it all back on after I went back to work sat at a desk all day.

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I'm 5'3 and exactly 8st, pre bean I was just under 8st but I'm not too worried about the extra pounds. No idea what my BMI is, how do you work it out?

ive always hated the label morbidly obese mainly because it brings images of my mum who is unable to walk due to the excess weight. I can get up off the floor with ease and can run if i need to but tend to avoid doing that otherwise i could give myself 2 black eyes!! I have more energy than some slim people i know and my weight does not prevent me from doing anything. Im rarely ill and have normal blood pressure etc.... I am active and have a reasonably healthy diet. I love carrots! So lons as they are covered in chocolate!!

BTW AAA you are stunning!!

thank you ,,i spent my entire teenage life having pepole some strangers saying god you could be a model if you wasnt FAT!! arrgh wish i had said you could too if you wernt so damn ugly !! but no prob went home and comfort eat !!

You can work out your BMI here

5'8 and 11stone 5 --- need to lose a stone to look better and another 1/2 stone to be where I want... starts today...

Thanks Swiper. My BMI is 22.84 which according to that site is healthy. I've always wondered what mine was.

according to my BMI i am over 40% FAT!!!! that means 60% Brains, wit, intelligence, beauty, etc.... OH DEAR!!!!

bonkerz?? my dr is really nice at the mo and is keeping an eye on my throid levels and so i am trying one last time to kick this body of mine into gear!! am on 300mg of throxin now !,bloody body likes being fat i think lol actually not lol ,,,but i have had some really nasty remarks from drs when i was younger like you go in for a sore arm or something,,well if you lose weight madame!!.arrgh!!

This thread (and I don't know why) has encouraged me to get off those few pounds that I've wanted to shift for a while. Today I start being good!

I'm "morbidly obese" too, Bonkerz, and I also have a BMI of over 40%. 60% brains, wit, intelligence and beauty can't be wrong

village...good for you..[hugs] i had a friend who only needed to lose a few pounds but i gave her encouregment as for her it was hard as it is for me the only thing i think is funny is i used to say to her if you wake up size 16 you would cry and sulk if i wake up size 16 i would run down the street with all the labels hanging out!!

Almostanangerl, I know what you mean about the doctors. You go with a sore throat - it's your weight. You go with depression - it's your weight. You go with pheumonia - and of course, it's your weight.

wigwam ..and bonkers shall we start a petition so they change morbidly obese to 100%more sexy ? have never been a normal weight since about 8 years old and i would love to know what my figure would be like though,,

you and me wwb are what make the world go round. Personally i ahev enough worries and pressures without adding to them and i know now that im gonna get jumped on by some people whjo are going to say its not possible to be fat and happy and that my confidence is a front for my size etc etc BUT i can honestly say i love myself and dont view myself as morbidally obese. Infact when i look in the mirror i dont see fat, i see me!!! I dare say that if it dies start to affect my quality of life then i may do something about it but at present i do everything a slim person would do.

wwigwam !! yep had depression ,,but i must admit it was the fact that i was desperatly tring to lose weight that finaly pushed me over the edge ,,but my dr was really good he said dont try to diet while your on the ads lets sort one problem out at a time ..nice man now im 2 stone heavier then then ho hum!!

My confidence is a front, although I don't think it's a front for my size. I just think that life is for living at whatever size you are - you can't put life on hold until you lose weight, so you might as well just live it and love it the size you are.

Oh, and in answer to the original question, I'm 5'9" and I weigh almost 20 stone. I think that counts as a "fatty", Fio2

i was a size 8 at 16 and size 14 at 18 and my wieght has crept up slowly with age BUT can honestly say that i think im at my optimum weight as i have not gained for the past 2 years. I did lose a stone in january when i had a mc but put it all back on again in a flash!! I can also say that at 17 i was shy and had no confidnece and couldnt go anywhere on my own without being self concious!! The bigger ive got the more confidnece i have got and im now at the point where i know people who are worth being friends with accept me for WHO i am and not what i am! I must also add that when i mention to my friends that i am atleast 10 stone over weight they all say they dont understand how i could lose 10 stone and not become very poorly!!

bonkerz wish i could be like you ..but i find it really depressing ..at the weekend we went o duxford and my dh went up in a tiger moth ..you could have pleasure flights also in a different plane aND I THOUGHT OH I WOULD TAKE THE DDS UP THEN SAW ON THE LEAFLET I WEIGHED TOO MUCH ,,that is heartbreaking for me and i love swimming but havent been for about 18 years ..and we go to oz in august and i am desperate to swim..what a pratt i would be going all the way to the barrier reef and standing on the beach!..and i dont want to die youn either

BMI of 28. No surprises there, it says I'm overweight! ! No way sherlock!

I was really inspired last week by a guy they featured on This Morning - did any of you see him? He weighed 44stone and they managed to help him lose just over 20 stone in a year!

Proved to me that with determination it can be done so this time I'm not giving up!!!!!!!

i am 5ft 1 1/2 and weigh 8st 6

always weighed 8st before having the boys.

My BMI is 30.9