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    How much do people think you weigh...

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    • Posts: 1,626 Member
      People underestimate my weight. They think I am my goal weight 130 (when I am 161 right now). They say "You don't need to lose any weight, you look good!"
    • Posts: 1,165
      Most people underestimate my weight because I'm thin and they don't take into account the fact that I'm tall.
    • Posts: 1,306 Member
      Just now, a very brutally honest coworker told me 145, and this morning I weighed 158
    • Posts: 1,026 Member
      I AM 5'10" AND WEIGH 180LBS, I'VE HAD A COUPLE PEOPLE SAY I LOOK ANYWHERE BETWEEN 130 AND 150LBS, DONT KNOW IF THEYRE TRYING TO BE NICE, BUT ITS A LOVELY THOUGHT, AND THEN I HUG THEM!!! HAHA
    • Posts: 1,603 Member
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      Yeah, and how many "parsecs" does it take them to guess that? :-p
      Cute.

      I'm another one who carries my weight well. My profile picture shows me at my leanest, when I weighed 144 lbs. I'm 5'5".
      People typically guess that I'm around 20 lbs. lighter than I actually am.
    • Posts: 20 Member
      So, everyone here says people guess lower than what they weigh! Three things are possible:

      1) Everyone carries their weight well
      2) People tend to aim low when guessing others' weights in a culture where overestimating someone's weight to their face would be extremely hurtful
      3) Only people who look thinner than they are are keen to post in this topic.

      Hmmmm...
    • Posts: 201 Member
      I'm 5' 8.5" and have a big frame. At the size I am now people would expect me to weigh about 210lb or so I guess. But in actual fact I weigh 237lb. I've told people what I used to weigh and their eyes just about pop out of their sockets LOL.

      When I was in my 20's a few of my workmates and myself tried to lose weight. I was about 14.5 stone I think and lost 3 stone; my work colleage was very short and she wanted to go from 8.5 stone to 8 stone. It took her just about as long to lose that weight as it did me to lose mine. In those days no-one with a slender figure seemed to weigh over 10 stone but when I got to 11.25 stone the bones in my chest were obvious and I was down to a size 14 (Kiwi sizing). I looked as good in my skin being that weight as those at 9 stone.

      I really do think it is all about the size of your bones (I can't usually buy bracelets to fit me and I have to be careful with watches as well), plus your height.

      Chill - it's no big deal. We know the truth and those that can't buy into it, well it's their problem. LOL
    • Posts: 116
      People guess lower for me. Way lower, makes me feel a bit heavy! I'm around 119, guesses are usually around 110 but often go below 100. Do they really think I'd look healthy if I were 5'9 and 90 lbs?
    • Posts: 683 Member
      The same thing happened to me on Thanksgiving. I'm 6'0", 196, but most people thought I was around 180.
    • Posts: 108 Member
      I have a chest deformity called pectus erectus which means my chest cavity is inflated to make me look like a bigger guy than I actually am but if I'm not wearing a shirt it's pretty obvious I'm overweight most people guess I was around 160 - 170 but I was actually around 200 now I'm around 184 though getting close to a normal weight for 5'7
    • Posts: 2,066 Member
      Most women are pretty shocked to find out that I'm about 135-140. Their goals are usually about 120 or 110 and they think that I look like that goal.
    • Posts: 36 Member
      People usually assume I am 25 pounds lighter than I really am. :smile:
    • Posts: 42 Member
      i usually wear big clothes so people think im big then when i take of the sweatshirt BOOM muscles everywhere haha they think im 190 but im 180 currently but im 6'2 and very lean
    • Posts: 213 Member
      Most people think I weight about 130 but I weigh about 150 (I'm 5'9)
    • Posts: 37 Member
      I don't know about everyone but whenever anyone has guessed my age, it's always 5-7 years younger than I am. Weight, always less by 20-30lbs. I think it's just our nature to embellish a bit. I mean, what if someone guessed and they were right or worse, OVER!! I usually take the compilment and the actual guesses with a grain, I mean, I may not be all that but at least I'm around people who are nice : ))
    • Posts: 2,675 Member
      A Korean pupil once said 'I bet you whinge about your weight and you're only 55kg'. I was about 65kg then. All he had to compare with were Asian teenage girls, so no wonder he got it wrong.

      On the other hand, when I weighed 65kg in Japan, female pupils would make fun of how fat I was behind my back...
    • Posts: 8,138 Member
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      Yeah, and how many "parsecs" does it take them to guess that? :-p
      Cute.

      I'm another one who carries my weight well. My profile picture shows me at my leanest, when I weighed 144 lbs. I'm 5'5".
      People typically guess that I'm around 20 lbs. lighter than I actually am.

      A parsec is a unit of distance, not time. Failed another geek check...
    • Posts: 508 Member
      Most people underestimate my weight too--but I can understand that. Muscle is much heavier than fat but it takes up a lot less space and I have quite a bit of muscle under the fat layer. So I look smaller and lighter than I actually am.
    • Posts: 77
      people are absolutely shock ed when i tell them i weigh more than 300lbs. i do carry my weight very well even my doctors are shocked. my highest weight at one time was 343lbs i now weigh 311lbs i want to be 299lbs so badly by 2013. if i can go into the new year under 300 there will be no turning back from there. 12lbs to go i think i cam do it.
    • Posts: 435 Member
      One time I got sick and went to a walk-in clinic. When I was touching base with the doctor about what was wrong she told me they had my weight wrong and I had to argue that I really was as heavy as the scale said I was lol
    • Posts: 621 Member
      Recently, my boyfriend's brother was guessing people's weight and he guessed mine at 135lbs, which is only 2lbs less than what I really weigh.
    • Posts: 210 Member
      I don't really talk to people or socialise so I don't generally have people commenting on my weight or asking what I weigh etc. I expect most people think I weigh more than I do though. I usually wear pretty baggy/unflattering clothes that make me look bigger than I am. Don't think anyone has really noticed I've lost any weight either.
    • Posts: 411 Member
      most people think I weigh around 210...it's really 250. I'm lucky to have alwyas had a pretty good muscle mass which makes me more compact.
    • Posts: 422 Member
      I weigh around 235 right now, but most people guess 150!!!! It's because I'm tall, wide hips, hourglass shape... I carry my weight well, I guess. Sometimes I can't even believe I weigh so much.
    • Posts: 1,540 Member
      People think I weigh 120 and are floored when I tell them 134 lol
    • Posts: 779 Member
      800lbs.
    • Posts: 279 Member
      I'm 120lbs/4'11. I've had people guess my weight correctly, and then other people think I'm much lighter than I am. Thankfully people don't say I look heavier!
    • Posts: 109
      By pictures, people say I look skinnier than I say I weigh. When I was 285 lbs, people usually guessed 240-260s. I've always looked really heavy though, unless I'm just well proportioned in clothes.
    • Posts: 435 Member
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      Me too.

      And me this ^^^
    • Posts: 81 Member
      People guess that I weigh way less than I do, but they also guess that I'm a few inches shorter than I am. I think I'm just surrounded by giants.
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