Am I fat?

smantha32

Got this from Facebook

I am larger (always has been) than the "National Average"

I am NOT that thin at a size 12. At a 12 I look even bigger than the size 16 girl.

EmCarroll1990

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I am larger (always has been) than the "National Average"

I am NOT that thin at a size 12. At a 12 I look even bigger than the size 16 girl.

I'm not even as thin as the size 4 chick at a size 3. I think we need to bare in mind that these are models, so the added height may make them look thinner.

ladykate7

I'm 5'4, 118 at the moment, and I still feel huge. My family keep telling me that I look so much better, and isn't it great how slim I'm getting. Logically, I know that's true, because I'm fitting into my size 10 jeans and my size 12 dresses, which is what used to fit when I did think of myself as slim, five years or so ago. However, I look in the mirror, and all I see is that 150 pound girl I was last year. It may not sound like a lot to some of you guys, but on my frame, it was big.

I'm the same way. When I reached my ideal two years ago it became my new standard. After awhile I started to feel fat, even though I was maintaining that ideal. Now my ideal is to drop another size. 5'6 145-150 size 10-12 right now. I battle with myself over the change in ideal. A healthy size 8-10 is completely realistic for me, but is it worth the frustration and guilt I feel about not sticking with a weight lose & maintence plan to get there when I was thrilled to get to where I'm at now.

*sigh. Its a slippery slope I'm on. Will I ever feel that I've reached my goal?

As for the OP's true question, yes and no. I see other people as fat, but it doesn't bother me.

kittenmitton

No, I don't see other people as fat. Only myself and really really morbidly obese people. I weigh 114 pounds, but even when I see someone who weighs around 140 pounds and is my height, I still think she's thinner than me. I still look in the mirror every single day and see someone who is 90 pounds heavier.

albayin

I think I am fat. I know it's wrong but I grew up in a place where people would simply call you "fat girl" when you are 5'5 and weight 130 pounds, because everybody else's weight is double digit not matter their height.

jfluchere

Got this from Facebook

I am larger (always has been) than the "National Average"

Size 12 looks healthy.

Elizabeth_C34

Got this from Facebook

I am larger (always has been) than the "National Average"

Size 12 looks healthy.

Agree.

I'm closer to the "national average" physique now at a size 14 regular (I like saying "regular" instead of "women's" btw), but hoping to get down closer to the size 12 lady, but with more muscle and less body fat.

To answer the OP, I do see myself as fat still. It's getting better the more I lose.

I do notice other people's weight, but I try not to assume anything. There were girls on here that outweighed me by 20 lbs when I started (so over 240) who were way fitter than I was (some are fitter than me still). Appearances are deceiving and weight is not a measure of character or quality in a person.

becoming_a_new_me

I'm phat and proud!!

wait...did you say fat or phat? either that it's the same

becoming_a_new_me

Got this from Facebook

I am larger (always has been) than the "National Average"

Size 12 looks healthy.

Agree.

I'm closer to the "national average" physique now at a size 14 regular (I like saying "regular" instead of "women's" btw), but hoping to get down closer to the size 12 lady, but with more muscle and less body fat.

To answer the OP, I do see myself as fat still. It's getting better the more I lose.

I do notice other people's weight, but I try not to assume anything. There were girls on here that outweighed me by 20 lbs when I started (so over 240) who were way fitter than I was (some are fitter than me still). Appearances are deceiving and weight is not a measure of character or quality in a person.

#3 is more real-looking....just sayin. Totally sexy!

MySweetPotato

yes, i still think i'm fat. because i droped 20 pounds and gained 10 back. i am now 150 pounds and 5ft6. although people look at me as "normal" i always feel way bigger than others. i am very bulky, too.

Laura_beau

Got this from Facebook

I am larger (always has been) than the "National Average"

I am NOT that thin at a size 12. At a 12 I look even bigger than the size 16 girl.

I'm not even as thin as the size 4 chick at a size 3. I think we need to bare in mind that these are models, so the added height may make them look thinner.

I think they are using UK sizes.

A UK 8 is a US 4, a UK 12 is a US 8, a UK 16 is a US 12.

Plus, they are probably about 5'10- height generally makes you look a size or two smaller than you actually are. (So I've been told).

PercivalHackworth

Am I that fat : No!
Am I thinking I am : Yes!
Is it changing : Yes!

r1ghtpath

i don't know if these sizes are accurate or not, but there is a body image website that has galleries of pics of women at different heights and weights, and the girls in the size 4-6 range often look like the first girl, depending on how muscular they are. same goes with the size 12 and 16. these woman are not flabby, and i'm sure photoshopped, but, you don't have to be a size 16 and flabby. :-)

i know my self talk has ALWAYS been "i'm fat." always. even when i wasn't fat at all. i have a picture from homecoming senior year of high school and i was a totally normally sized teen, size 4 or 6, and yet i thought i was fat. and i think the reason that i was in that mindset for my youth, and college years, and now well into my adult years, was because my mother and grandmother perpetuated it. my mom looked at that picture from H.S. and said, " yes, you are. you could stand to lose some weight."

i was a size 4 my freshman year of college and i gained some weight, and my mother immediately took me to a doctor and told me to tell them that i was getting fatter and i needed help.

so, i have never felt comfortable in my own skin. i am working on it though!!! i am now single, after a 15 yr relationship. i have kids, which took a toll on my body. and i am hoping at some point to get involved with a man. i want to be CONFIDENT with my body. so, i just keep pushing forward and working hard and work on POSITIVE self talk :-)

I think they are using UK sizes.

A UK 8 is a US 4, a UK 12 is a US 8, a UK 16 is a US 12.

Plus, they are probably about 5'10- height generally makes you look a size or two smaller than you actually are. (So I've been told).