I think I need to be told I am fat

I think you look just fine, I would never use the words obese to describe you based on this photo.

I agree with what many of the posters have said. You carry your weight evenly and you don't look 190lbs at all, but you are overweight for your height (obviously or you wouldn't be here asking). I wouldn't rely solely on the BMI charts though. I am 5'6" and 183lbs. I am technically almost 30lbs over weight (I should be between 124 and 155 according to the BMI chart I think). My goal weight is 160lbs. I had my body fat percentage measured recently and I fall within the healthy percentage for my age, gender, and height. I obviously have weight to lose and more fat on my body than I would LIKE to have so here I am. We can do this! Me, You, and so many others here. Buckle down and do what you know you have to do! Focus.

I can see you wanting to lose some but no way would i think you are 190 especially at that height! You wear it very, very well. I would say maybe 10-20 lbs at most. But do whats best for your body and how you feel. I do think we are all too critical of ourselves i have had the same feeling but i think its true that sometimes cameras and the angle that we are captured can make us look bigger than we really are.

You do not look morbidly obese. But you do look overweight. I had the same problem as you...I used to think I looked good in one outfit and then I would see a picture of myself and be like "Do I REALLY look like that???" I do have to say that you do not look like 190 lbs...I'm 5'3" and I looked bigger than you when I was 167!

Now, the funny thing about me is that, now that I've lost 30 pounds, I feel way more conscious about how I look than before. It seems like I had more confidence in my looks back in the days when I was 30 pounds heavier and thought I looked good lol!

I woulda guessed 140, I don't know where you're hiding another 50lbs. And thats a cute outfit!

you definitely dont look morbidly obese, and you might be obese (its hard to tell your body composition with clothes on) but yeah i would say you are overweight.

i dont know about needing to lose 50 pounds. try 30 pounds and see how you look and feel then

sorry but i can't believe all these people saying things like "i look fatter than you" or whatever. just because you look bigger than the OP doesnt really mean much in terms of whether or not she needs to lose weight :laugh:

just keeping it real. i was someone who people would say all the same kinds of crap too about not looking all that big, having muscle under the fat, blah blah blah. female friends can be supportive, BUT sometimes they will try to mix you up in their own delusions because if they say that you are fat and they are bigger than you, then what does that make them? OP if you know you're overweight then get to doing something about it.

make some fitness goals that'll help keep you motivated while you lose weight. you know what you need to do, you dont need to have a survey from strangers to tell you what needs to be done

can relate to this. When i got down to 145 my ex boyfriend said I was tiny. Well I'm 5'2" and have a rather small frame but I'm over weight -_- so I look wide! When he told me I was tiny I felt skinny...I wasnt even toned...yeah i thought I was so good looking lol
I got conceited.
But it soon wore away, its just confidence dear its a good thing trust me. It shows in the picture your body language and stuff. well you could say to yourself for five minutes a day repeat it. "I just need to improve my body just a little more to have the best body I will ever have!" well thatts my mind set right now lolol

While the outfit does fit you well, yes, you are overweight.

we're the same height, basically the same weight, roughly similar body shape, and i feel fat as hell. not sure if that helps, but i don't even like to be seen with myself in public. i can't wear my own clothes properly, and when I go to the bar sometimes i *gasp* have to buy my OWN drinks!!!!

no but seriously, I feel massively large and out of shape. technically, i'm pretty fit, but i don't look or feel it at all right now. friend me if you want...

I think was you REALLY want to hear, is that you look great and definitely not obese. Which okay...who doesn't want to hear that ?!

We're at the same place!

I'm 5'3 and 200, and when I look in the mirror, I feel great about myself! Especially when I have clothing on. It's not -so- hard to find something flattering, and we've got curves! The right shirt hides the fact that my stomach sticks out and my back isn't so flat. I feel great! And I certainly don't think about the weight i've got to lose.

I didn't really worry about it until I hit almost 210 and a double-chin started to form. That was when I couldn't be happy about my face in the mirror. I think you just need to remember that even if you don't feel bad now, that one ugly lump is just around the corner. Better to reverse the trend before you get too old and can't do it anymore!

You and I probably have the exact same measurements! I'm telling you, I have almost the exact same body shape as you (same height, almost same weight). But when I see pictures of myself I want to vomit. This picture of you, I think you look great! Isn't that funny? I think seeing pictures of ourselves we are a lot more critical. I know I'm considered Morbid Obese and that seems so frightening, but I don't see you as being Morbidly Obese... :ohwell:

Definitely not seeing morbidly obese!!
The pic was taken at a bad angle so your face looks a bit off
But your body ... you look good. I don't think you're even that much overweight!!

You look moderately overweight at the ABSOLUTE worst. I've no idea how much muscle you have, but remember that muscle weighs more than fat. To be quite honest, I think you don't look bad at all.