You don't have ''big bones'' or a ''big frame''

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  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    tlflag1620 wrote: »
    What kills me about all the talk of "large frame size" is most of it (or at least a disproportionate amount of it) is coming from women. Men are actually the ones most likely to be treated unfairly by the bmi tables. Men are more likely to have a truly "large frame" at any given height. BMI is actually very, very forgiving to women, "allowing" them to be as heavy as an equivalent height male and still be counted as a "normal" weight, despite having considerably more body fat (generally). I can't help but wonder, whenever a woman says bmi isn't a useful measure for her because of a large frame, is her frame really as large as a man's? Really? Because it would have to be in order for that to be true.
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    Yes. That's why I prefer guys much taller than me. My fiance has a foot on me. My ex is the same height and build as Dan Marino and was often confused for him.
    BigAnnieG wrote: »
    Hi, 6'2 here. Yup, as large as a man's.

    I should clarify that I was referring to men my height. Since I said that, I've been looking at men around my height (5'6.5") and so far they all seem to have less shoulder breadth than me. I realize my perception may not be terribly accurate, so I pulled out my graduation photo from USAF tech school and looked at my shoulders vs the men who were around the same height as me. It does appear that I have the same or larger shoulder breadth as some (but not all) of the men around my height. And the classmate I found most attractive is the one with the widest shoulders.
  • evileen99
    evileen99 Posts: 1,564 Member
    robininfl wrote: »
    stevencloser wrote: »

    And that is still the same link that puts a 6'6'' guy, and a 5'5'' guy in the same pot for determining frame size.

    Oh sorry I guess



    I am tall for a lady and have thin bones. So my frame size, if you are measuring by wrist (5.5" or so) is small. I cannot wear bracelets, they fall off. My frame size, if you are measuring by shoulders width, is large. My frame size, if you are measuring by hips, is average. I don't look unusual or anything, just tall and lean, it's a common build for a tallish person.

    Ring size is the same as the 4'10" secretary who works at our office, and I've got nearly a foot on her. I am not convinced that height and bone width are that closely related, if you put a picture of a tall and thin guy up, he'd have smaller diameter bones.

    All of those are separate moving parts. People don't just scale up as they get taller and down as they get shorter, otherwise all short people would be really small around. You can be short and compact, short and petite, tall and thick, tall and lanky, any variation.

    Again - none of this refutes the fact that 99% of overweight by BMI measures is overfat, and that BMI misses more often in the other direction, classes overfat people as normal because their weight is inside the bubble.[/quote]

    This. I'm 5'8" and have wide shoulders and hips but a small frame--my ring size is 3.75; my wrist measurement is 5". Height and width do not determine frame size.
  • morgzz6
    morgzz6 Posts: 3 Member
    I’m 5’2” and my wrist is 6.5”
    I’m a big boned girl
    My shoulders are big, so is my torso, it’s big with a defined waist (29.9 inches) it still big for my height,
    But i got small hands and feet
    I really feel horrible cuz I’ll never have a small waist and many other girls with the same height
    What should i do?
    I do have a large bone structure (I’m 135 lbs)
  • Emmapatterson1729
    Emmapatterson1729 Posts: 1,296 Member
    This one is a touchy subject for me. Big frames and broad shoulders/hips run in my family. I say I'm the runt at 5'8" in my Amazonian family. Most the women are over 6' tall in family.

    I didn't end up large framed, but my youngest sister is 6' tall and broader than most men. Even at her smallest weight, with bones showing she looks very large irl.

    Can't really judge off pics on a site/app like this. In my sister's pics she posts, she appears very thin looking, but in real life, she is very big (not fat). She likes the way she is, took advantage of it, and played right wing on an all men's ice hockey league.

    But frames, build, and bones do play a part in size.
  • threewins
    threewins Posts: 1,455 Member
    I agree that bones don't weigh particularly much, but we've all seen people who are bigger or smaller than people the same height. My brother is muscular, I am not. His goal weight is 10 kg heavier than mine.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    morgzz6 wrote: »
    I’m 5’2” and my wrist is 6.5”
    I’m a big boned girl
    My shoulders are big, so is my torso, it’s big with a defined waist (29.9 inches) it still big for my height,
    But i got small hands and feet
    I really feel horrible cuz I’ll never have a small waist and many other girls with the same height
    What should i do?
    I do have a large bone structure (I’m 135 lbs)

    I'll quote myself from your thread. Also, a lot of people there asked you questions which you did not answer. In case you did not get the notifications, here is the link: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10766315/i-am-a-big-boned-girl
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    morgzz6 wrote: »
    I’m 5’2” and my wrist is 6.5”
    I’m a big boned girl
    My shoulders are big, so is my torso, it’s big with a defined waist (29.9 inches) it’s still big for my height,
    But i got small hands and feet
    I really feel horrible cuz I’ll never have a small waist as many other girls with the same height
    What should i do?

    I have a large frame, and when I was in high school hated my big calves and feet. But later I started doing yoga and realized how beneficial large feet were for balancing poses.

    I stopped comparing myself to other women not long after high school - when I was in the military I realized small feet were not critical in order to gain male attention, lol.
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