Anyone else naturally heavy?

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  • oliviabog
    oliviabog Posts: 101
    Hey MFPers,

    So I think I am just naturally very heavy.

    Does anyone else have this problem or are my bone made of metal and I should sign up for x-men!

    thanks

    Your bones probably weigh about 30 lbs. The rest is "other stuff".

    I don't know why weight is a factor in prescribing birth control. It's not as if heavier women can't get pregnant otherwise doctors could just prescribe cupcakes instead of the pill.

    If you were a doctor you'd give the coolest prescriptions! Change of proffession?
  • ceciliaiv
    ceciliaiv Posts: 7 Member
    Sounds like you're curvy! But also, you're right, muscle weighs more than fat. I weigh toward the higher end of healthy for my height but to look at me it's not very obvious. A lot of it is naturally putting on muscle pretty easily and having a "medium" frame (and I could also stand to lose 5 pounds). It's easy to tell by looking at your wrists for example. I have slightly larger sized wrists than some friends who are inches taller than me -- they're just small-framed!
  • fooninie
    fooninie Posts: 291 Member
    Hi there!

    Firstly, it is hard to be a woman with a wider (more solid) stature. I can relate. People are always surprised when I tell them my weight. While I do think there are some things we can do to keep our bodies at an ideal weight, I also know that some people are not meant to be less than, say, a size 5.

    I feel your pain. BMI is a VERY flawed calcuation and can only be considered accurate when done in conjuction with a bone/muscle density test under the supervision of a trained professional. Those online BMI calculators are rubbish.

    To conclude, media tends to "pick" what an ideal body "should" look like and ram it down our throats to the point of utter contempt. If you look at art work from earlier centuries, women were voluptuous and lumpy and just as beautiful as anyone today. We all (men and women) come in all shapes and sizes, it's what individualizes us.

    Go easy on yourself, you're BMI is but a number ;)
  • kelly101386
    kelly101386 Posts: 389 Member
    Was it microgynon by any chance? The one that is combined? If so, a lot of doctors restrict it if you're overweight or have one or more health conditions or a family history of health problems ie diabetes, heart conditions. I was on it for three months then taken of it as my father had a heart attack and I was fat. Gutting but they wouldn't do it without reason.
  • bidwell69
    bidwell69 Posts: 10 Member
    I believe people can be naturally heavy as im one of them im 6 feet tall and when I weighed around 190 lb I was told to lose weight by a doctor and I only had a 32 inch waist.

    He failed to spot my naturally wide shoulders and my monster legs.

    I have 3 children also and one of them is built the same way and told to lose weight at medicals.

    Its ironic that if I go to doctors now weighing 250 + pounds they never mention my weight.

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