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    Proof there's no such thing as big bones

    Posts: 256 Member
    edited February 24 in Chit-Chat
    People trying to be kind have called me Big Boned my whole life. This X-ray of a 900 pound man shows what a load of crap that was.

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    Bless their hearts for trying to be nice.

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    • Posts: 2,205 Member
      Nope, no big bones, Just wide frames, as far as I know.
    • Posts: 8 Member
      Awesome! I cringe when I hear "Big Boned". How much bigger can bones really be?
    • Posts: 1,254 Member
      Then why doesn't every 5'6" 130 lb woman wear the same size shoes? Yes, most of the "big bones" comments are excuses but different people do indeed have different size bone structures.
    • Posts: 79 Member
      ^ I'd like to respectfully point out the difference between foot size and bone size.
    • Posts: 9,532 Member
      Then why doesn't every 5'6" 130 lb woman wear the same size shoes?

      They pretty much do. Three-quarters of women fit in just three shoes sizes - and that's without adjusting for height. Adjusted for height, they fit in two shoe sizes.
    • Posts: 1,099 Member
      People do however have differnt bone structure. My hip bones are much wider set then many people I know so obviously I will never be as small as them due to my bones. Yes the bones themselves are not really bigger but the way my body is built is "larger", and not the same as everyone else.
    • Posts: 8,329 Member
      Awesome! I cringe when I hear "Big Boned". How much bigger can bones really be?

      age-dinosaur-bones-1.jpg
    • Posts: 19,251 Member
      Some how I suspect that's not really an X-ray. It's supposed to be Keith Martin, the fattest man, but no.

      Not sure what shoes have to do with anything but am curious.
    • Posts: 256 Member
      People do however have differnt bone structure. My hip bones are much wider set then many people I know so obviously I will never be as small as them due to my bones. Yes the bones themselves are not really bigger but the way my body is built is "larger", and not the same as everyone else.
      I wonder if the difference has to do with how the muscles lay on the bones. I agree that women the same height and weight can look different. The thread below is about how the same woman had a 4 clothing size difference at the same weight and the same height. The difference was her workout routine.

      TOPIC: 135 Vs 135: 4 size difference
      http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1283044-135-vs-135-4-size-difference

      Fat distribution can account for things like wideness of hips. That's why all 130 pound, 5'6" women don't wear the same bra size
    • Posts: 742 Member
      Yeah, I noticed one of my pals had reached a size 9 at 170 pound mark, but she was about 5 ft 8, I believe. On the other hand, I am 155 pounds and 5 ft 3, and I wear a size 11. My pal has a ruler kind of figure and I am almost shaped like an hour glass. I have wide hips and thick thighs and calves. My butt is bigger too. I couldn't understand that either, so I had to attribute it to her having a ruler figure to allow her to fit in the smaller sizes...I don't know, just a wild guess...
    • Posts: 49 Member
      I always assumed people who said "big boned" meant "larger frame". I'm 5'10", and even at my thinnest I still have broad shoulders and hips. Surely we can agree that people have different sized frames?
    • Posts: 256 Member
      I always assumed people who said "big boned" meant "larger frame". I'm 5'10", and even at my thinnest I still have broad shoulders and hips. Surely we can agree that people have different sized frames?
      I never associated the expression big boned with larger frame but I should have. Apparently that's what the expression should mean, even though people I grew up around didn't use it that way. The medical field divides human bone structure into small, medium, and large. I didn't know that.

      http://www.healthstatus.com/health_blog/body-fat-calculator-2/frame-size-how-much-does-it-affect-your-weight
    • Posts: 19 Member
      One picture is proof?

      There is definitely such a thing as big bones. My wrist are so big I can hardly find watches that fit (I'm 6'4" 270). Go find a petite woman and and large guy and see the difference in their wrist.
    • Posts: 2,819 Member
      Some people do have bigger bones than others.
    • Posts: 29 Member
      Same here. I have also always associated big boned as having the same meaning as large framed.
    • Posts: 3,473 Member
      Some people do have bigger bones than others.

      Variety is the spice of life
    • Posts: 239 Member
      show previous quotes

      age-dinosaur-bones-1.jpg

      Just curious, was this photo taken at Fernbank in Atlanta?
    • Posts: 17,890 Member
      The picture - be it genuine or hoax - doesn't prove anything. Small framed people can be fat too.
    • Posts: 1,662 Member
      I've got a 5'10" daughter who wears a size 11 shoe. She hasn't been below 150 lbs. since middle school, and often buys guys' sneakers and even smaller men's sport coats at thrift shops. She definitely is big-boned. When people see us together, they don't even think we're from the same species, let alone the same family! You can measure body frame by wrist and neck size. So, big-boned is not always a euphemism for overweight or fat.

      Another term that confuses me now is "curvy." It used to mean shapely, as in Marilyn Monroe, but now it's also come to mean overweight.
    • Posts: 39,744 Member
      heh.
    • Posts: 139
      Some people do have bigger bones than others. And I don't mean in length but in width. I am very petite compared to my younger sister. I am 5'4 and 123 lbs and she is about 5'7 and 150 lbs. Besides the obvious height difference, when she is at her skinniest her arms and such look wider where as mine look tiny and boney. Her bones are definitely wider than mine. Not sure if I'm making much sense but I know what I'm talking about! haha
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    • Posts: 122
      As someone who in deed has big bones the Proof is in my wrist bones but x-rays would also show you. I beg to differ.
    • Posts: 8 Member
      I'll agree with both that there's no such thing as 'being big-boned' and what some other people said that there definitely is 'being wide-framed'.

      I have a wide frame with broad shoulders. I know there are some weights that I will never be able to reach and that's fine, because on the flip side of that I know if and when I go to bulk up with muscle my frame will be able to handle a lot more.
    • Posts: 5,214 Member
      I've seen some purdy big bones in my day.
    • Posts: 4,646 Member
      They lied to me:sad:
    • Posts: 4,323 Member
      thats a 3D rendering
    • Posts: 7,166 Member
      I have a large frame. Big head, wide shoulders, wide rib cage, big hips, big hands and feet. I am 5'9". I have a healthy BMI, a healthy body fat percentage and weight 155lbs.
    • Posts: 1,998 Member
      People trying to be kind have called me Big Boned my whole life. This X-ray of a 900 pound man shows what a load of crap that was.

      cfY7Bu9.jpg

      Bless their hearts for trying to be nice


      Weird, skeleton and body facing forward but head facing to the back..:grumble:
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