Do you get mad or happy when people get your weight wrong?

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  • 126siany
    126siany Posts: 1,386 Member
    Last night I was walking to the shower in my bathtowel and my dad said, "Hey skinny!". Of course I'm praising myself in my head, "woo!" Then he asked, "What are you now, 140?" Stopped me in my tracks, that's almost 40 pounds iighter than what I am now. I corrected him and he just didn't believe me. Bugged me the rest of the night, glad he didnt overestimate, but still...

    Anyone else go through something like this? Did you get upset, or happy with yourself for someone getting it wrong?

    Your dad should know by now that you never, ever, try to guess a woman's weight. There's no right answer, ever.
  • maricash
    maricash Posts: 280 Member
    It doesn't bother me either way. Most people (myself included) are terrible at guessing people's weight and people can look very different at the same weight, even when they are the same height -- check out mybodygallery.com and you'll see just how different people's bodies can be.

    Also, weight (i.e. the number on the scale) doesn't mean as much as we think it does. I'm always surprised on here by people who say they want to gain muscle but not gain weight -- i.e. that they don't want to have a stronger body if it means the number on the scale will be higher.
  • jmeyer925
    jmeyer925 Posts: 326 Member
    I see everyone's point of view! I definitely don't see it as an insult, but still feels like it's minimized by all the work I've done. But as a man, he probably doesn't know much about women's weight haha :laugh:

    Thanks for all the stories and input! Makes me feel better! :flowerforyou:
  • SeaChele77
    SeaChele77 Posts: 1,103 Member
    If they guess me *more* than I am I'll admit I may get upset. If they guess under - I'm happy. If they guess *way* under then I think their just being nice or too chicken to say what they really think.
  • EvanKeel
    EvanKeel Posts: 1,904 Member
    Both. It's nice that some people think I look lighter than I am, but It would be nicer if I were actually that weight. A friend was helping me shop for a belt and handed one to me. I laughed and told her that it won't fit because it's a 32. She gave me kind of a blank look, as if to say, "So?" I had to inform her that I wear, in fact, a 38. She didn't believe me so I had to demonstrate to her that the 32 was simply too small.

    I have this longish torso that hides my weight fairly well (at this size). So I'm happy that she thought I was a 32, but sad that I'm still a 38.
  • ThePhoenixRose
    ThePhoenixRose Posts: 1,978 Member
    Being 5'10, people consistently think I'm 20-30 lbs lighter than I am. It's a compliment. Get over it.



    Kthx.

    I'm 6ft. i so get that!
  • mfpcopine
    mfpcopine Posts: 3,093 Member
    Why would someone be estimating your weight? It's like questions relating to age. After a certain point, you just don't do it.
  • _the_feniks_
    _the_feniks_ Posts: 3,412 Member
    Couldn't care less. Unless I'm at a fair. Then I'm happy when they're wrong because I get free ish I can give to the kids.
  • michelleindeed
    michelleindeed Posts: 117 Member
    Yeah, I get the "no way you weigh that much!" from people because I'm 5'11". I'm okay with them thinking I weigh less than I am. :)
  • Chapter3point6
    Chapter3point6 Posts: 1,233
    HELL NO!

    It means I win a stuffed animal :bigsmile:

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  • mariiyah
    mariiyah Posts: 136 Member
    either way i'd be happy.
    if they overestimate i can tell them that i am really much lighter & be proud of myself.
    if they underestimate i can tell them that im a lil heavier than that but lighter than i was at the beginning and be proud of myself.

    i dont let my weight bother me anymore. i am just happy with working it off and getting to a good place slowly but surely. (i think it's because I AM working on it which made me feel like this. if i wasnt working on it, i'd be pissed if they over estimated cos i would have thought they were trying to make me out as being super fat & if they underestimated i'd think they were being cruel and calling me super fat. LOL)

    eating clean and training hard really does change u for the good i guess.

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