What's your frame/build? I'm 5'3"and...

summer827

I'm a small frame. 5' with a 5" wrist circumference. I don't talk about weight/fat loss because my family/friends scoff that I am "tiny" because I am short. My excess weight is mainly in my thighs and upper arms. The fat around my waist is leaving first!! I don't really know what weight I'm shooting for, since I want to be fit more than light, but I think there are about 8-9 lbs of excess fat to come off.

Amberly10

I am 5'1" and currently 149lbs. I have a small frame, before getting pregnant with my 4th child I was 105lbs. I carry most of my weight in my legs and behind but am also carrying some in my belly, back and arms. I started out at 154lbs and my first goal weight is 144 by Feb. (I feel like I will def. lose more by then but don't want to set myself up for disappointment, thus the small goal) I don't care if I ever make it to 105lbs again but I would like to be atleast 120lbs by my anniversary in June.

TeutonicKnight

I am 11.5 inches tall and weight 1.2lbs. I was involved in a shrinking accident and now live in a dollhouse. Trying to get down to 15 ounces. My ken doll clothes are tight on me.

Seriously, 5'11" and I fluctuate between 175-200lbs. Trying to get down to 165lbs and staying there.

ashnm88

My doctor even says I have a large frame.

TheRoadDog

One easy way to determine your body frame size is to wrap your thumb and major fingers around the smallest part of your wrist.


If your fingers overlap, an estimate for your frame size is a small frame.
If your fingers just touch, an esimate of your frame is a medium frame.
If your fingers do not touch, an estimate for your frame is a large frame.


According to these guidelines I am a large frame.

cameralinds

I don't know if anyone mentioned this, and I don't feel like going through the comments, but a good rule of thumb when judging frame size is to take your middle finger and thumb and wrap it around your wrist. If the two fingers overlap, you have a small frame. If the two fingers touch, you have a medium frame. If the two fingers don't touch, you have a larger frame.

I'm 5' and 133. I have a medium frame, so my goal is to be around 119.

JStarnes

One easy way to determine your body frame size is to wrap your thumb and major fingers around the smallest part of your wrist.


If your fingers overlap, an estimate for your frame size is a small frame.
If your fingers just touch, an esimate of your frame is a medium frame.
If your fingers do not touch, an estimate for your frame is a large frame.


According to these guidelines I am a large frame.

Even my pinky & thumb overlap...I have a very tiny frame.

So what's that mean, I can afford to carry even less weight?

crazedcujo

I'm a little compact dude at 5' 4" with a medium frame - back in June I was 177 lbs, down to 147 lbs currently - my goal weight is about 135 to see that six pack.

BioShocked89

I'm 5'6 and a larger build girl. When I lost all my weight a few years back, I weighed in the neighborhood of 165-175 lbs and as heavy as that sounds, that was an excellent size for me, and I looked very healthy. Right now I'm in between 5'6-5'7 and I weigh 286. Which is nothing compared to my after pregnancy weight (which I lost before returning to MyFitnessPal) which was 340!

redbird99

Your frame is the size of your boney frame, not the flesh attached. Here are some charts for men and women that use either wrist circumference or elbow breadth to tell.

http://www.am-i-fat.com/body_frame_size.html

"In order to refine and define theoretical weights, researchers added frame size as a factor. The sizes are categorized into three categories:- Small frame, medium frame and large frame. The reason for this is that obviously bone structures vary in size and density from person to person. Equally obviously men and women have different structures. Bone mass and muscle mass all play a part in determining your optimal weight."

fteale

I forgot to mention- the website I used to calculate my frame size also had a way to get a rough idea.

Wrap your thumb and middle finger around your wrist. If your fingers overlap, your frame is small, if they touch, it's average, and if they don't touch, its large. Not sure how accurate that is, but my finger definitely overlap, and I have really small hands.

I think it's forefinger, not middle finger. Nearly everyone's middle finger overlaps.

fteale

Your frame is the size of your boney frame, not the flesh attached. Here are some charts for men and women that use either wrist circumference or elbow breadth to tell.

http://www.am-i-fat.com/body_frame_size.html

"In order to refine and define theoretical weights, researchers added frame size as a factor. The sizes are categorized into three categories:- Small frame, medium frame and large frame. The reason for this is that obviously bone structures vary in size and density from person to person. Equally obviously men and women have different structures. Bone mass and muscle mass all play a part in determining your optimal weight."

Could you explain to me why according to my wrist measurement (bone) I have a very small frame, but if I take my elbow measurement (where I have muscle) it says I have large frame? I know I have a small frame because of my rib cage and hip width, but different people have different sized bones in different places, you can have small wrists but wide hips, for example. Measuring one place is far too simplistic to give any idea.

rowerrunnercmt

I think I'm a medium frame, but I don't know!
I'm 5'8" and currently 177 pounds. When I was 5'7" my lowest weight was 142 (US size 8/10). Right now I'm a size 12/14, but I think I'd be an 8/10 again at my goal weight of 160.
I have a hard time finding shirts/jackets that are long enough in the torso and the sleeves, and pants long enough in the leg but high enough in the rise. But I think this is just my height rather than my frame size.