"I want to lose weight, but I don't want to get too skinny!"
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My point is though that in that pic I'm 5'7 and about 160-165 lbs puting me in the "overweight" category of BMI. Does that look overweight to you? At that time you could also see 4-pack definition. So when I personally say I want to get down to 160 because I don't want too look too skinny, sure it sounds odd when for my hight "normal" is 130-150. But seriously? Taking another 30 pounds off of me in that pic? I'm I would NOT look healthy, I would in fact look too skinny.
So while people may pick a weight in the "overweight" category it doesn't always really mean they are "overweight", you know?0 -
People who have never been thin have no idea what a healthy weight actually looks like (on themselves).Iwishyouwell wrote: »OK, this has always intrigued me because I've seen in on just about every weight loss or fitness board I've ever even cursorily passed through.
Overweight and obese people setting goals that are still pretty high, or are right at the high end of the "normal" scale, with a disclaimer of "I don't want to be skinny!!!".
Why do you think that is? What's with this apparent fear of becoming too low in body fat and/or weight? Many of the weights I see where people believe they will, or did, look too skinny/thin/emaciated use to be commonplace, average and normal a few decades ago (or in parts of the world today). Yet there seems to be this apparent backlash these days about conceptualizing a body that's relatively lean or light.
What do you think is the root of the big thin scare?
Also, you get people telling you that you look anorexic when you don't because they aren't used to seeing you at a normal weight. So they take that to heart.
I'm 5'3" and I went from 166 to 132 -- still a good 20 pounds heavier than my weight for most of my life and a perfectly healthy weight (and really I had a good 15 pounds more to lose at the time) and my mother -- who had known me at 102 pounds -- accused me of being anorexic due to my size and not the length of time it took to get there. I was eating plenty of food and even now looking back at photos, I looked healthy and good.
But I don't listen to crap like that. I knew I wasn't anorexic and I liked how I looked so I laughed at her then ate a huge sub right in front of her and she shut up. :-)
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CupcakeCrusoe wrote: »I personally set my goal at the high range of normal bmi because I have never, ever, been normal bmi in my life. Except as you know, an infant and small child.
I will re-evaluate when I get to normal bmi. I think a lot of people do.
This is exactly what I plan to do.
My first goal is for the very top end of healthy BMI (my priority is my health) - this seemed a very long way away when I started.
When I get there I'll work out how much leeway I want and want appearance changes I want.0 -
Calliope610 wrote: »I find it interesting that OP is questioning the validity of others personal choices and preferences, yet her avatar states "Do what works for you, not everyone else."
I find it interesting that not once in this thread have I questioned the validity of anybody's goals.
I asked for views about an overall shift in perspective regarding what we, collectively, consider thin/skinny. Wondering why sizes, weights, shapes that were considered common and normal just a few decades are now often categorized as too skinny, or emaciated, or inappropriate. Why do so many of us who have weight issues, hell many who never really did, suddenly consider ourselves as automatically being at the larger end of normal when the previous generations didn't.
It's interesting that a couple of you seem to seriously feel attacked by the mere exploration of this phenomenon. I couldn't care less where you personally set your goal. If you find this line of conversation so offensive, you are quite welcome to move along.0 -
I find it strange too. People claim to have different body types though and claim to be more muscular naturally whereas they look emaciated at a low weight, but I do wonder if they are fooling themselves. Without purposely lifting weights to bulk up, I question if they are right. I look best at the low end of the bmi scale or a little underweight according to bmi.
I look fine at the top end of my healthy BMI, but I'm not scared of getting smaller.
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My BMI was 24.9 in this pic. This was after 2 kids (I've had a 3rd now and am getting back to this size) but when I was this size in my 20s, my BMI was about 23. Strength training makes a difference
If you've never been thin before, you can't imagine how you'd look, and it must be weird. I've never heard anyone worry about getting too thin though.0 -
Iwishyouwell wrote: »OK, this has always intrigued me because I've seen in on just about every weight loss or fitness board I've ever even cursorily passed through.
Overweight and obese people setting goals that are still pretty high, or are right at the high end of the "normal" scale, with a disclaimer of "I don't want to be skinny!!!".
Why do you think that is? What's with this apparent fear of becoming too low in body fat and/or weight? Many of the weights I see where people believe they will, or did, look too skinny/thin/emaciated use to be commonplace, average and normal a few decades ago (or in parts of the world today). Yet there seems to be this apparent backlash these days about conceptualizing a body that's relatively lean or light.
What do you think is the root of the big thin scare?
I'm lean, but I'm not "skinny"...nor would I want to be "skinny." I'm by no means a muscular body builder type...but at my current weight I'm "overweight" by BMI standards...even though I'm 16-17% BF. At the very highest end of the BMI scale for my stats, I'm at about 10-12% BF...very lean. Why on earth would I should for anything lower than that...I'd have to burn up a bunch of muscle just to hit some arbitrary BMI number that is largely irrelevant.
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And I'm going to pointMsHarryWinston wrote: »My point is though that in that pic I'm 5'7 and about 160-165 lbs puting me in the "overweight" category of BMI. Does that look overweight to you? At that time you could also start to see some 4-pack definition. So when I personally say I want to get down to 160 because I don't want too look too skinny, sure it sounds odd when for my hight "normal" is 130-150. But seriously? Taking another 30 pounds off of me in that pic? I'm I would NOT look healthy, I would in fact look too skinny.
So while people may pick a weight in the "overweight" category it doesn't always really mean they are "overweight", you know?
Yep, I totally get you. I'm 5'6" and in the photo in my profile where I have the blue shirt and the camera is in front of my face, I'm 162 if I remember right. In the pink tank, I think I was 158. The lowest weight in my weight range is something like 118 -- 40 pounds less! For me, that is too thin.
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DawnieB1977 wrote: »I find it strange too. People claim to have different body types though and claim to be more muscular naturally whereas they look emaciated at a low weight, but I do wonder if they are fooling themselves. Without purposely lifting weights to bulk up, I question if they are right. I look best at the low end of the bmi scale or a little underweight according to bmi.
I look fine at the top end of my healthy BMI, but I'm not scared of getting smaller.
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My BMI was 24.9 in this pic. This was after 2 kids (I've had a 3rd now and am getting back to this size) but when I was this size in my 20s, my BMI was about 23. Strength training makes a difference
If you've never been thin before, you can't imagine how you'd look, and it must be weird. I've never heard anyone worry about getting too thin though.
you look good in that pic. I also think that boob size and where you hold your weight matters a lot. I have tiny boobs at pretty much every weight and I am extreme pear shaped which is a bad look at a high bmi for me. I also had a double chin at 24.9 bmi and was bordering on a size 14. I really looked fat at 24.9 bmi. I didn't look like you at all. I also don't have muscles naturally which makes it worse. probably should lift.0 -
And in answer to OP - I believe at the beginning of my weight loss I probably said similar.
For me it was that having been very overweight for so long I couldn't relate to a small frame and couldn't picture myself ever getting there.
Setting my initial goal at the very top end of healthy made it feel more achievable, and more like the person I was used to being.
For me 'I don't want to be too skinny' wasn't anything to do with a specific look or weight, but more to do with 'I want to be healthy but I still want to be me'.
As I get closer and closer to healthy weight 'me' is changing in all kinds of ways so I think when I get to healthy I might want to keep going with a bit of a recomp (I like my slowly emerging muscles).
TL:DR? Fear of failure and unfamiliarity with slimness caused me to say similar things at the outset.0 -
CupcakeCrusoe wrote: »I personally set my goal at the high range of normal bmi because I have never, ever, been normal bmi in my life. Except as you know, an infant and small child.
I will re-evaluate when I get to normal bmi. I think a lot of people do.
This is my situation, as well. The last time I was normal to under weight was when I was a 5 week preemie baby.0 -
FitFroglet wrote: »And in answer to OP - I believe at the beginning of my weight loss I probably said similar.
For me it was that having been very overweight for so long I couldn't relate to a small frame and couldn't picture myself ever getting there.
Setting my initial goal at the very top end of healthy made it feel more achievable, and more like the person I was used to being.
For me 'I don't want to be too skinny' wasn't anything to do with a specific look or weight, but more to do with 'I want to be healthy but I still want to be me'.
As I get closer and closer to healthy weight 'me' is changing in all kinds of ways so I think when I get to healthy I might want to keep going with a bit of a recomp (I like my slowly emerging muscles).
TL:DR? Fear of failure and unfamiliarity with slimness caused me to say similar things at the outset.
This. I couldn't even imagine myself at 125 or 130, having been greater than 150 for as long as I could remember. 145 seemed achievable.
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DawnieB1977 wrote: »I find it strange too. People claim to have different body types though and claim to be more muscular naturally whereas they look emaciated at a low weight, but I do wonder if they are fooling themselves. Without purposely lifting weights to bulk up, I question if they are right. I look best at the low end of the bmi scale or a little underweight according to bmi.
I look fine at the top end of my healthy BMI, but I'm not scared of getting smaller.
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My BMI was 24.9 in this pic. This was after 2 kids (I've had a 3rd now and am getting back to this size) but when I was this size in my 20s, my BMI was about 23. Strength training makes a difference
If you've never been thin before, you can't imagine how you'd look, and it must be weird. I've never heard anyone worry about getting too thin though.
you look good in that pic. I also think that boob size and where you hold your weight matters a lot. I have tiny boobs at pretty much every weight and I am extreme pear shaped which is a bad look at a high bmi for me. I also had a double chin at 24.9 bmi and was bordering on a size 14. I really looked fat at 24.9 bmi. I didn't look like you at all. I also don't have muscles naturally which makes it worse. probably should lift.
So true, frame size and how you carry your weight make a huge difference. I'm an hourglass shape. I have strong leg muscles, small waist, big bum and have boobs the size of your head. No that is NOT an exaggeration. I'm a bit of a booby freak of nature. *shrug*. My boobs are actually super small in that pic (for me, they were like a 32 I. Yes, as in G-H-I) because my body fat was so low even though I was such a high weight, and that's with no weight training, I was a runner.
To hell with BMI! We're all super special snowflakes!!
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The answer is different for each case. A personal goal is just that, personal. No one has the right to pressure anyone to lower/raise goal weight unless it poses a health risk.
In my case, I simply like my curves and prefer a little bit of body fat going on. Too skinny for me is when I start losing my curves or go under a D cup. It doesn't matter if it's still within healthy range, if I don't look the way I like to look it's too skinny.0 -
CupcakeCrusoe wrote: »FitFroglet wrote: »And in answer to OP - I believe at the beginning of my weight loss I probably said similar.
For me it was that having been very overweight for so long I couldn't relate to a small frame and couldn't picture myself ever getting there.
Setting my initial goal at the very top end of healthy made it feel more achievable, and more like the person I was used to being.
For me 'I don't want to be too skinny' wasn't anything to do with a specific look or weight, but more to do with 'I want to be healthy but I still want to be me'.
As I get closer and closer to healthy weight 'me' is changing in all kinds of ways so I think when I get to healthy I might want to keep going with a bit of a recomp (I like my slowly emerging muscles).
TL:DR? Fear of failure and unfamiliarity with slimness caused me to say similar things at the outset.
This. I couldn't even imagine myself at 125 or 130, having been greater than 150 for as long as I could remember. 145 seemed achievable.
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This. Both of these statements was it for me, exactly.
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Well speaking for those that have been seriously overweight for a long time, reaching "goal" weight is almost impossible due to the excess skin we grew to accomodate the extra fat.
Personally speaking, I know how smoking hot I looked when I graduated high school, at 5'6" and 175 pounds. That is a full 20 pounds over the highest recommended weight for my height. Guess what? I. Don't. Care. I know it's a good weight for me. Also? I don't give a hoot what anyone else sets as their goal weight. It's a very personal choice.0 -
I think some people need a goal that is less intimidating "easer", Choosing the high end of the scale does that.
There are others who need a goal that is "harder", and chose a goal on the low end of the scale.
The great thing about long term goals is they can be adjusted as you come close to them. I would bet most people end up adjusting their goals as they are as to better visualize the end result.0 -
FitFroglet wrote: »For me it was that having been very overweight for so long I couldn't relate to a small frame and couldn't picture myself ever getting there.
That's similar to my story too. I was a fat kid. Lost weight in my late teens. I carried my weight "well" so I always assumed I was just a big boy. That was confirmed by other people, who just thought I was suppose to bigger in general. Got down into my 180s and even though I had decent muscle mass, was surprised that I still had so much fat left. That's why I learned about frame size, "normal" weight ranges, and learned that my idea of weight was very warped by my hears as a fat kid. I was never large framed, husky, "big boned", or anything like that. Fat is visually very deceptive.FitFroglet wrote: »For me 'I don't want to be too skinny' wasn't anything to do with a specific look or weight, but more to do with 'I want to be healthy but I still want to be me'.
"I still want to be me".
That's one of the most fascinating insights I've seen on this topic.
It's so rooted in self perception. If you've been fat long enough, even if you hated being fat, there is a sense of the unknown on the other end. If I'm not this thing, which I've struggled against for so long, which partially defined me, for the bad and good, who am I?0 -
My BMI is 26.4Malteaster wrote: »I think that although people may claim to have a goal weight above normal BMI, once they get there they will reconsider and reduce their goal downwards.
I also think if you have a lot of weight to lose it is hard to visualise what you will look like at goal, and perhaps they imagine that they will look borderline anorexic.
This is a fascinating topic.
Why? BMI was never meant to be used on an individual basis - it was meant for population analysis
It is no sign of how healthy I am as an individual
Why use bmi as an initial goal? Because it is a general starting point. It is nice to have a vague idea of where you're headed when starting to lose weight.
My BMI is 26.4 -I truly am not certain I want to drop another 10lbs to hit a BMI of 25 - but maybe I'm kidding myself
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My BMI is 26.4Malteaster wrote: »I think that although people may claim to have a goal weight above normal BMI, once they get there they will reconsider and reduce their goal downwards.
I also think if you have a lot of weight to lose it is hard to visualise what you will look like at goal, and perhaps they imagine that they will look borderline anorexic.
This is a fascinating topic.
Why? BMI was never meant to be used on an individual basis - it was meant for population analysis
It is no sign of how healthy I am as an individual
Why use bmi as an initial goal? Because it is a general starting point. It is nice to have a vague idea of where you're headed when starting to lose weight.
My BMI is 26.4 -I truly am not certain I want to drop another 10lbs to hit a BMI of 25 - but maybe I'm kidding myself
You look amazing! o.O I don't think you need another 10 lbs off you at all.0 -
I think it's just because the averages are getting bigger. Big differences seem more extreme. If the average person is slightly overweight, people who are more thin may look too distorted to what we're used to. If the average person was slightly underweight, we'd probably have people worrying about being too close to the middle of the healthy BMI and getting too large.0
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My BMI is 26.4Malteaster wrote: »I think that although people may claim to have a goal weight above normal BMI, once they get there they will reconsider and reduce their goal downwards.
I also think if you have a lot of weight to lose it is hard to visualise what you will look like at goal, and perhaps they imagine that they will look borderline anorexic.
This is a fascinating topic.
Why? BMI was never meant to be used on an individual basis - it was meant for population analysis
It is no sign of how healthy I am as an individual
Why use bmi as an initial goal? Because it is a general starting point. It is nice to have a vague idea of where you're headed when starting to lose weight.
My BMI is 26.4 -I truly am not certain I want to drop another 10lbs to hit a BMI of 25 - but maybe I'm kidding myself
And I look at that pic and think you look awesome, but if you said you wanted to drop another 10 or so pounds to lean out further I wouldn't ever even think of saying it was inappropriate or accuse you of dubois anorexia. I don't think your body in a lower weight range would be inappropriate, even if you didn't desire it for your own personal goals.
There is nothing wrong with stopping higher. I'm questioning why stopping lower seems to be increasingly stigmatized.
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MsHarryWinston wrote: »DawnieB1977 wrote: »I find it strange too. People claim to have different body types though and claim to be more muscular naturally whereas they look emaciated at a low weight, but I do wonder if they are fooling themselves. Without purposely lifting weights to bulk up, I question if they are right. I look best at the low end of the bmi scale or a little underweight according to bmi.
I look fine at the top end of my healthy BMI, but I'm not scared of getting smaller.
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My BMI was 24.9 in this pic. This was after 2 kids (I've had a 3rd now and am getting back to this size) but when I was this size in my 20s, my BMI was about 23. Strength training makes a difference
If you've never been thin before, you can't imagine how you'd look, and it must be weird. I've never heard anyone worry about getting too thin though.
you look good in that pic. I also think that boob size and where you hold your weight matters a lot. I have tiny boobs at pretty much every weight and I am extreme pear shaped which is a bad look at a high bmi for me. I also had a double chin at 24.9 bmi and was bordering on a size 14. I really looked fat at 24.9 bmi. I didn't look like you at all. I also don't have muscles naturally which makes it worse. probably should lift.
So true, frame size and how you carry your weight make a huge difference. I'm an hourglass shape. I have strong leg muscles, small waist, big bum and have boobs the size of your head. No that is NOT an exaggeration. I'm a bit of a booby freak of nature. *shrug*. My boobs are actually super small in that pic (for me, they were like a 32 I. Yes, as in G-H-I) because my body fat was so low even though I was such a high weight, and that's with no weight training, I was a runner.
To hell with BMI! We're all super special snowflakes!!
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DawnieB1977 wrote: »I find it strange too. People claim to have different body types though and claim to be more muscular naturally whereas they look emaciated at a low weight, but I do wonder if they are fooling themselves. Without purposely lifting weights to bulk up, I question if they are right. I look best at the low end of the bmi scale or a little underweight according to bmi.
I look fine at the top end of my healthy BMI, but I'm not scared of getting smaller.
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My BMI was 24.9 in this pic. This was after 2 kids (I've had a 3rd now and am getting back to this size) but when I was this size in my 20s, my BMI was about 23. Strength training makes a difference
If you've never been thin before, you can't imagine how you'd look, and it must be weird. I've never heard anyone worry about getting too thin though.
you look good in that pic. I also think that boob size and where you hold your weight matters a lot. I have tiny boobs at pretty much every weight and I am extreme pear shaped which is a bad look at a high bmi for me. I also had a double chin at 24.9 bmi and was bordering on a size 14. I really looked fat at 24.9 bmi. I didn't look like you at all. I also don't have muscles naturally which makes it worse. probably should lift.
I'm an hourglass, my boobs are a DD, and I have wide hips (not complaining, I've had 3 babies and not needed stitches #childbearinghips). I do a lot of strength training so I suppose that's why I weigh at the top end of BMI? People are always surprised by my weight.
I'm bigger now (6 months post partum) but I think that if I get down to that weight I'll be even smaller than in this photo. Back then (last Summer) I'd liked to have dropped another 10lbs or so.0 -
MsHarryWinston wrote: »DawnieB1977 wrote: »I find it strange too. People claim to have different body types though and claim to be more muscular naturally whereas they look emaciated at a low weight, but I do wonder if they are fooling themselves. Without purposely lifting weights to bulk up, I question if they are right. I look best at the low end of the bmi scale or a little underweight according to bmi.
I look fine at the top end of my healthy BMI, but I'm not scared of getting smaller.
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My BMI was 24.9 in this pic. This was after 2 kids (I've had a 3rd now and am getting back to this size) but when I was this size in my 20s, my BMI was about 23. Strength training makes a difference
If you've never been thin before, you can't imagine how you'd look, and it must be weird. I've never heard anyone worry about getting too thin though.
you look good in that pic. I also think that boob size and where you hold your weight matters a lot. I have tiny boobs at pretty much every weight and I am extreme pear shaped which is a bad look at a high bmi for me. I also had a double chin at 24.9 bmi and was bordering on a size 14. I really looked fat at 24.9 bmi. I didn't look like you at all. I also don't have muscles naturally which makes it worse. probably should lift.
So true, frame size and how you carry your weight make a huge difference. I'm an hourglass shape. I have strong leg muscles, small waist, big bum and have boobs the size of your head. No that is NOT an exaggeration. I'm a bit of a booby freak of nature. *shrug*. My boobs are actually super small in that pic (for me, they were like a 32 I. Yes, as in G-H-I) because my body fat was so low even though I was such a high weight, and that's with no weight training, I was a runner.
To hell with BMI! We're all super special snowflakes!!
you are lucky
Yeah, no doubt. I try to not take it for granted, but obviously I kinda did which is why I have to lose weight now. The scale crept up and I kept looking fab and then BAM! Put on 80lbs and now I'm screwed and have to pay the price.
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I just think its them saying they would be happy just to be in the normal range of not being overweight and they arent being too ambitious. Same as with toned, they dont need rippling muscles but theyd like a bit of shape. For people losing weight it takes a lot of getting used to and is moe than some of them can imagine that this time they will finally get to a weight which is normal and healthy.
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Iwishyouwell wrote: »My BMI is 26.4Malteaster wrote: »I think that although people may claim to have a goal weight above normal BMI, once they get there they will reconsider and reduce their goal downwards.
I also think if you have a lot of weight to lose it is hard to visualise what you will look like at goal, and perhaps they imagine that they will look borderline anorexic.
This is a fascinating topic.
Why? BMI was never meant to be used on an individual basis - it was meant for population analysis
It is no sign of how healthy I am as an individual
Why use bmi as an initial goal? Because it is a general starting point. It is nice to have a vague idea of where you're headed when starting to lose weight.
My BMI is 26.4 -I truly am not certain I want to drop another 10lbs to hit a BMI of 25 - but maybe I'm kidding myself
And I look at that pic and think you look awesome, but if you said you wanted to drop another 10 or so pounds to lean out further I wouldn't ever even think of saying it was inappropriate or accuse you of dubois anorexia. I don't think your body in a lower weight range would be inappropriate, even if you didn't desire it for your own personal goals.
There is nothing wrong with stopping higher. I'm questioning why stopping lower seems to be increasingly stigmatized.
I think it's a good question and an interesting one. When Jennifer Hudson dropped all of her weight, she made a point of saying, "I'll never be skinny." This did lead people to question, well if you don't think you're skinny now, what are you saying? It's weird, because as someone else pointed out, our problem in this country isn't a plethora of underweight people, it's the opposite. And then someone accused the OP of wanting to be underweight, when that was never said or even implied. So there's clearly some kind of "badness" to being thin for some people. I wonder too, OP, where that comes from.0 -
well for someone who is starting at a very high weight they can expect to have high excess skin poundage as part of the package. This could very well mean that in order to be healthy they'd have to stay at the higher end of their "healthy" weight range because while the skin contributes to the numbers on the scale it doesn't actually contribute anything to the function and health of the body. If, for example, I were to get down to 130 pounds I would still be 12 pounds above what would be considered "underweight" according to the BMI. That's plenty healthy, right? Except at 130 pounds I will have approximately 18 pounds of excess skin based on amount of weight lost. This isn't lean mass, organs, muscle, skeletal system, essential fat. It's just extra, useless junk hanging off me like skin drapes. So saying I'm a good and healthy weight at 130 pounds would be like taking a 112 pound 5'7" individual, putting them on the scale, saying "you're underweight. let's fix that" and then draping 18 pounds of skin over their arms to boost the numbers and calling it a day. For someone who has been quite obese, staying at the higher end of their healthy range (or possibly even lower end of "overweight" depending on how much skin they are carrying) might actually be the best option even if it's not ideal. At least until they can get the skin removed.0
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DawnieB1977 wrote: »DawnieB1977 wrote: »I find it strange too. People claim to have different body types though and claim to be more muscular naturally whereas they look emaciated at a low weight, but I do wonder if they are fooling themselves. Without purposely lifting weights to bulk up, I question if they are right. I look best at the low end of the bmi scale or a little underweight according to bmi.
I look fine at the top end of my healthy BMI, but I'm not scared of getting smaller.
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My BMI was 24.9 in this pic. This was after 2 kids (I've had a 3rd now and am getting back to this size) but when I was this size in my 20s, my BMI was about 23. Strength training makes a difference
If you've never been thin before, you can't imagine how you'd look, and it must be weird. I've never heard anyone worry about getting too thin though.
you look good in that pic. I also think that boob size and where you hold your weight matters a lot. I have tiny boobs at pretty much every weight and I am extreme pear shaped which is a bad look at a high bmi for me. I also had a double chin at 24.9 bmi and was bordering on a size 14. I really looked fat at 24.9 bmi. I didn't look like you at all. I also don't have muscles naturally which makes it worse. probably should lift.
I'm an hourglass, my boobs are a DD, and I have wide hips (not complaining, I've had 3 babies and not needed stitches #childbearinghips). I do a lot of strength training so I suppose that's why I weigh at the top end of BMI? People are always surprised by my weight.
I'm bigger now (6 months post partum) but I think that if I get down to that weight I'll be even smaller than in this photo. Back then (last Summer) I'd liked to have dropped another 10lbs or so.
yeah, I am not even an A cup at that bmi. I also have super wide hips and bigger thighs and had nothing to balance it out.0 -
MsHarryWinston you look fine as hell in that pic.
But your weight doesn't surprise me. You're taller than average, blessed in the chest, and have some serious muscle mass. You look like our stereotypical image of a beautiful amazonian warrior, ala Wonder Woman. So no, your weight doesn't surprise me at all, and you're an obvious outlier for the typical BMI range.
Which most people aren't. Even though it's common to believe they are.0 -
DawnieB1977 wrote: »DawnieB1977 wrote: »I find it strange too. People claim to have different body types though and claim to be more muscular naturally whereas they look emaciated at a low weight, but I do wonder if they are fooling themselves. Without purposely lifting weights to bulk up, I question if they are right. I look best at the low end of the bmi scale or a little underweight according to bmi.
I look fine at the top end of my healthy BMI, but I'm not scared of getting smaller.
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My BMI was 24.9 in this pic. This was after 2 kids (I've had a 3rd now and am getting back to this size) but when I was this size in my 20s, my BMI was about 23. Strength training makes a difference
If you've never been thin before, you can't imagine how you'd look, and it must be weird. I've never heard anyone worry about getting too thin though.
you look good in that pic. I also think that boob size and where you hold your weight matters a lot. I have tiny boobs at pretty much every weight and I am extreme pear shaped which is a bad look at a high bmi for me. I also had a double chin at 24.9 bmi and was bordering on a size 14. I really looked fat at 24.9 bmi. I didn't look like you at all. I also don't have muscles naturally which makes it worse. probably should lift.
I'm an hourglass, my boobs are a DD, and I have wide hips (not complaining, I've had 3 babies and not needed stitches #childbearinghips). I do a lot of strength training so I suppose that's why I weigh at the top end of BMI? People are always surprised by my weight.
I'm bigger now (6 months post partum) but I think that if I get down to that weight I'll be even smaller than in this photo. Back then (last Summer) I'd liked to have dropped another 10lbs or so.
yeah, I am not even an A cup at that bmi. I also have super wide hips and bigger thighs and had nothing to balance it out.
At least you can wear halter necks and skimpy tops and not worry about a bra!0
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