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Why your weight is a meaningless number...

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  • Emilia777
    Emilia777 Posts: 978 Member
    atypicalsmith wrote: »
    Emilia777 wrote: »
    atypicalsmith wrote: »
    ninerbuff wrote: »
    atypicalsmith wrote: »
    WakkoW wrote: »
    Weight in combination with height means a lot. This would be interesting if they were all the same weight and the same height.

    Even if they were all the same height, there are people who are small boned and people who are big boned. I am small boned and should weigh no more than 110; people my height who are big boned should weigh no less than 125.
    Sorry but the "big boned" thing is a myth. Frame structure (wider clavicles, wider pelvis', etc.) can differ, but the actual circumference of the bones from people of the same height hardly differ at all.

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    Then why is my wrist half the size of another person who is the same height? And you are a fitness expert???

    Out of curiosity, what is your wrist circumference?

    Gosh, that was hard to measure! Six inches.

    Mine is the exact same. Thanks for measuring.

    I just wondered because I always thought I was "big boned", but now I find myself in the lower end of my recommended BMI and could easily lose lots more weight to be actually lean. I really do wonder whether this whole "frame size" business actually means anything. *shrug*
  • 999tigger
    999tigger Posts: 5,235 Member
    edited June 2015
    http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/imagepages/17182.htm

    Actually there are more dtailed explanations than that.
  • MamaBirdBoss
    MamaBirdBoss Posts: 1,516 Member
    Emilia777 wrote: »
    atypicalsmith wrote: »
    Emilia777 wrote: »
    atypicalsmith wrote: »
    ninerbuff wrote: »
    atypicalsmith wrote: »
    WakkoW wrote: »
    Weight in combination with height means a lot. This would be interesting if they were all the same weight and the same height.

    Even if they were all the same height, there are people who are small boned and people who are big boned. I am small boned and should weigh no more than 110; people my height who are big boned should weigh no less than 125.
    Sorry but the "big boned" thing is a myth. Frame structure (wider clavicles, wider pelvis', etc.) can differ, but the actual circumference of the bones from people of the same height hardly differ at all.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
    9285851.png

    Then why is my wrist half the size of another person who is the same height? And you are a fitness expert???

    Out of curiosity, what is your wrist circumference?

    Gosh, that was hard to measure! Six inches.

    Mine is the exact same. Thanks for measuring.

    I just wondered because I always thought I was "big boned", but now I find myself in the lower end of my recommended BMI and could easily lose lots more weight to be actually lean. I really do wonder whether this whole "frame size" business actually means anything. *shrug*

    I think it means some things. The same amount of fat on a small frame might hang...less appealingly, shall we say.

    I was well within "normal" BMI with a healthy hip/waist ratio, and yet my navel circumference put me in the high risk group until this week. It's still very close to high risk! And I probably have a little more muscle than the average woman of my weight and height.
  • atypicalsmith
    atypicalsmith Posts: 2,742 Member
    999tigger wrote: »
    http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/imagepages/17182.htm

    Actually there are more dtailed explanations than that.

    Thanks! Apparently "small-boned" etc. is NOT a southern thing, but refers to body size and not the actual circumference of the individual bones.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,055 Member
    edited June 2015
    I'm 5'6.5", my wrists are 7" in circumference and I wear women's size 11 shoes. When I was in Basic Training I had to get boots and hats from the male side of the room. The height and weight chart says I should be 140-163, but I looked fine at 170 when I was in the military and when I was a full time yoga teacher.
  • Merkavar
    Merkavar Posts: 3,082 Member
    healthy_life2015 wrote: »
    TimothyFish wrote: »
    Well, yeah, weight by itself is meaningless, but when you combine weight with height and body fat percentage, it tells you a lot.

    I agree - my point is that comparing your weight to someone else's is a pointless exercise.

    And I admit the title of my thread was a bit misleading, but I wanted to make it sound interesting!! :smile:

    I honestly don't think I have seen people with large differences in height compare weight.

    If your 6 foot and someone is 5 foot it would be silly to compare weight, like obvious to the point I can't imagine people doing it.
  • allenpriest
    allenpriest Posts: 1,102 Member
    Well I'm the perfect weight for a man who is 9' 7" tall. The bad news us I am only 6'4" tall. The good news is I used to be the perfect weight for a man who is 10' 8". So there's progress.
  • allenpriest
    allenpriest Posts: 1,102 Member
    edited June 2015
    Working on the 2nd hundred. Then another 50
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    What about people like me who have small fingers and hands? It makes sense that my fingers will not go around my wrists.

    I do have wider hips and wider shoulders, short legs and a long torso). When I was fat people said I was big boned. Now that my weight is normal, I am smaller boned. To me, it's all just terminology. What matters is how I feel in my own skin. :)
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