What real women look like
kristilappin
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Has anyone else had a look at their size on mybodygallery.com. If so what did they think? I was pleasantly surprised by putting in my figures. I still want to lose weight, but it made me realise my figure is not as bad as I think it is.
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I've actually contributed to it. It's a great project!
It has confirmed that my current weight, and goal weight, are perfectly reasonable. I often have people tell me that my goal should be as much as 50 pounds below where it is. Nope!0 -
I'd never heard of it but just had a look. I'm not to bad for an old bird!0
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I appear to be unique and my search produced no results0
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I do not really understand what this site proves? That people of similar weight, height and body type look more or less the same? Isn't it like looking in the mirror?0
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So, apparently I'm different because there were three pictures that showed up for the height/age/weight I am, and all said pant sizes that were at least a couple smaller sizes than me. Good to know I must be bigger than most people who weigh what I weigh.
Gonna have to give this website a0 -
Ugh, It just makes me feel worse about myself. 5ft 7in, 150lbs section (the only one that showed an image despite me being 155), 34 hips, small top... only a few photo's.. need to lose a lot more weight!0
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I do not really understand what this site proves? That people of similar weight, height and body type look more or less the same? Isn't it like looking in the mirror?
In theory, yes, you can just look in the mirror. For me, having lost a fair amount of weight, it becomes difficult to see yourself as others see you.
Sometimes I catch a glimpse of myself and see someone who is obese. Other times I can see myself and think I look amazing. It depends on my mood on that particular day. Really seeing yourself as others do is difficult for some of us, so to look at someone else who is close to our age and size , it gives us an idea of what others see when they look at us.0 -
That website is just to show different body yes and is not intended to make us feel bad about ourselves if we don't fit in.kmccann357 wrote: »Ugh, It just makes me feel worse about myself. 5ft 7in, 150lbs section (the only one that showed an image despite me being 155), 34 hips, small top... only a few photo's.. need to lose a lot more weight!
No you don't.0 -
kmccann357 wrote: »Ugh, It just makes me feel worse about myself. 5ft 7in, 150lbs section (the only one that showed an image despite me being 155), 34 hips, small top... only a few photo's.. need to lose a lot more weight!
@kmccann357
5'7", 150#, 36"-ish hips
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Interestingly enough, I do get lots of women who basically look like me when I put my stats in...which is reassuring, because usually when I put my height and weight into things they tell me I'm underweight. But, the women I'm seeing on this site with my stats don't look any more underweight than I think I do (with maybe one exception), which somewhat reassures me that I have a reasonable self-concept of my own body size.0
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I like the page, I actually have no one I could compare to elsewise. Friends are either not in the same weight category or not the same height, celebrity stats on the internet are just a guess, so it´s really nice to see that the body I think is attractive is only 5 kg less away from my body weight and not some unreachable goal out of the land of narnia.0
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What a great idea! I looked up my current size and also where I want to end up.0
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The women who are in their early 50's, are 5 ft 4.5 to 5 inches tall, and weigh 139/140 pounds look terrific, but most of them wear size ten pants and size medium shirts. One lady in with my stats wears a 4. I wear a 4 to 6 pants and small shirts, but I also do some heavy weight lifting.0
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MindySaysWhaaat wrote: »So, apparently I'm different because there were three pictures that showed up for the height/age/weight I am, and all said pant sizes that were at least a couple smaller sizes than me. Good to know I must be bigger than most people who weigh what I weigh.
Gonna have to give this website a
You probably have less muscle/more fat.
That's actually a good piece of information that could help inform your workout plan. Do you need to start lifting or to lift heavier?0 -
The idea is to look at possible goal weights, not necessarily at your current weight. It's also to get some idea of what real, non-photoshopped, non-model bodies actually look like.
I am much taller than most women, so I have nobody to compare with in real life.
I contributed a photo when I was at 220. Most people would hear that number and expect someone who looked awful--but I did not. Height makes a big difference.0 -
I appear to be unique and my search produced no results
And the site just made me feel bad about myself. Yeesh. Yeah, screw my 135 goal, I need to get down to like 110 to look good... ergh... so that's like 115 more pounds to go. Although I lift weights so chances are 135 will look fine.0
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