How much do people think you weigh...
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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!"0
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Most people underestimate my weight because I'm thin and they don't take into account the fact that I'm tall.0
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Just now, a very brutally honest coworker told me 145, and this morning I weighed 1580
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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!!! HAHA0
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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.0 -
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...0 -
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. LOL0 -
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?0
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The same thing happened to me on Thanksgiving. I'm 6'0", 196, but most people thought I was around 180.0
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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 5'70
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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.0
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People usually assume I am 25 pounds lighter than I really am.
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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 lean0
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Most people think I weight about 130 but I weigh about 150 (I'm 5'9)0
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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 : ))0
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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...0 -
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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...0 -
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.0
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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.0
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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 lol0
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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.0
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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.0
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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.0
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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.0
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People think I weigh 120 and are floored when I tell them 134 lol0
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800lbs.0
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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!0
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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.0
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People usually assume I weigh LESS than what I really do.
Me too.
And me this ^^^0 -
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.0
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