How we perceive ourselves versus how we really look.

amusedmonkey

Interesting. Being okay with the way I look I thought I would guess closer to reality.

Livgetfit

Woah!

Julia_yulia

Woah

MsAmandaNJ

LaceyBirds wrote: »

kgirlhart wrote: »

https://web.archive.org/web/20160330024156/marisota.co.uk/shop/freeformat/page.action?pageId=7758

Thanks for the link. I'm 3.5 sizes smaller than I think.

Sometimes I'm shocked when (similar height) people share their weight and I'm about 30 pounds heavier, yet they look heavier than I think I do. They're either not being truthful or their frame is much smaller than my own and I have a lot more muscle. The incongruency throws me for a loop.

MsAmandaNJ

MsAmandaNJ wrote: »

LaceyBirds wrote: »

kgirlhart wrote: »

https://web.archive.org/web/20160330024156/marisota.co.uk/shop/freeformat/page.action?pageId=7758

Thanks for the link. I'm 3.5 sizes smaller than I think.

Sometimes I'm shocked when (similar height) people share their weight and I'm about 30 pounds heavier, yet they look heavier than I think I do. They're either not being truthful or their frame is much smaller than my own and I have a lot more muscle. The incongruency throws me for a loop.

That's what I said...tried to shorten the quote and messed it up pretty good!

MsAmandaNJ

My inability to function right now is ridiculous

lorrpb

JessicaMcB wrote: »

courtneyfabulous wrote: »

Probably not exactly what you were looking for but found this:

http://bodyvisualizer.com

Wow that was actually really spot on for me

It was pretty close for me too.

janicelo1971

They are also making the "average" american think "average or acceptable" is a size 14 which for folks my height...5'6 and under is obese!

kgirlhart

janicelo1971 wrote: »

They are also making the "average" american think "average or acceptable" is a size 14 which for folks my height...5'6 and under is obese!

This is so true. I was "average" for many years. But I was also overweight most of my adult life and obese for the last few years. Just because most people are overweight that doesn't make it healthy.