Big Boned my Butt!!!

I guess the next saying will be that "Oh, I'm just too short for my weight."

I LIKE!!! Ever see the Cheers episode where Sam asks Norm what he's up too and Norm replies, My ideal weight if I'm 7'2"? Hilarious!!! ME TOO!!!!

Did anyone else think the title of the thread was misleading?

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I'm 5'8" tall. I have broad shoulders, so I have got away with carrying more weight than most people think I weigh. That said, I'm not blaming my physique for my being overweight, that's entirely due to me not eating the right things & not exercising.

My current goal is around 12stone, but, as it's been over 15 years since I was anywhere near that weight, I've just got that as a target. I may decide when I reach that weight that I can lose a bit more, I'd still be in a healthy BMI range, or I may decide that I'm quite happy as I am. I'll decide when I get there!

There's a reason that the BMIs (accurate or not, an entirely different debate!) are ranges - people's bodies do differ. However, the ranges are not in the remit of 46lbs.

I also think that if someone's going to use an excuse for being overweight, be it "I'm big boned", "I have a slow metabolism" (when it hasn't been medically checked), "I can't exercise because I'm allergic to sweating" or whatever, they don't actually want to change & nothing you say or do will make a difference. Leave them to it & keep on making your own life healthier while supporting those people that do want to be healthy

lol love it ,,i have just said the same thing in one of my replies to a post ,,you are right there is no way people can be fat through big bones ,,its impossible ,,to set it straight you can have shorter or longer bones which makes you big or small & if you are fat for a long period of time your bones do get denser & tougher because they have had to carry a heavy load so they accomadate this or else they would break under the weight of it ,,,so nope i agree with you & i wouldnt want people to think there is a reason for them being overweight when there isnt as i wouldnt want them to think they couldnt lose it or there was no point trying ,as its the best thing you can do ,gain energy confidence ,look great ,healthy for your body & mind ,,its just fantastic & a new lease of life ,,,good post x

True, big boned means larger frame, sure.

But, most people just use that as excuse as to why are are overweight. For some people, its true. For most, its just another reason they give themselves not to do anything about their weight. Same as "Its not my fault, its my glands". 1 in a million this may be true, but for the majority its just another excuse.

Btw, who is Big? :P

I'm only 5'3, but when I weighed 125 I looked like Skeletor - I've got shoulders like a linebacker, a big rib cage, and wide hips. My sister is the same height, weighs around 105, and when I weighed 125 _I_ was the one getting comments about looking too thin. Large frames/big boned/however you want to say it, it does exist. Does it explain 50 excess pounds? No. But there is a decently wide range of healthy weights in the BMI chart for a reason.

I am one of those gals that if I weighed at the low end of my healthy range...I would look anorexic..and in fact, when I look back at myself at 125-135 lbs...you can see my ribs and a very sharp, square jaw bone... not at all attractive to me. I got more attention and felt a lot healthier when I went up from 145-160...as the extra "padding" (LOL!) softened out all those sharp boney angles... but then life took it's toll on me and I blew up way past that... I am working on that now... but I do believe that there are "frame size" differences... Even at 125 lbs I looked bigger than my friends at the same weight...

According to the bmi I am obese yet my doctor told me I was not big boned or had a large frame (I'm 5'9" 219lbs) He just said you have more muscle weight than the average person. Your bodyfat percentage is very healthy(13%) which pretty much means there are two reasons you are heavier/bigger than somebody else your height. Either you're fatter(face it people) or you carry around more muscle weight than they do!

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Did anyone else think the title of the thread was misleading?

Pervert.