Ha!~ Large Frame BMI! I knew it :O)

Thanks for the post...

The only problem with this is that my wrists were huge (like, no separation from my forearm to my hand huge) before I lost weight. Now my wrists are so tiny that my bones are very evident and I can wrap my finger well over my thumb when clutching (I couldn't even touch the tips before I lost weight) now.

I think it's kind of giving false hope, IMO.

Long bones don't mean more girth, btw.

Thank you so much for posting this! People need to realize that the "BMI calculators" that base it on measurements & weight can only provide the roughest estimates. Genetically, even if you discount height, some people have bones that are more dense than others; some naturally have more muscle mass than others; either of those variables can make you heavier without actually being fatter.

My doctor has a test that's a little more accurate, and I encourage people to try this if you really want to know your BMI. It's a fancy machine, you grab the handles and it sends an electrical pulse up one arm and down the other. The pulse will travel at a different speed through fat, water, muscle, etc. so it lets the doctor calculate your body mass percentages with a lot more accuracy. When the "official chart" had me at a BMI of 45, my doc's little machine said it was truly more like 40. Still insanely high, I grant you. But when I get down into a lower range, now I know that the chart is likely to have a pretty large margin of error for me.

woo hoo- that means just one more point off my BMI and i'm 'normal' yippie!!!

i'm 5'11 too

woo hoo- that means just one more point off my BMI and i'm 'normal' yippie!!!

i'm 5'11 too

me too! I always knew i was large framed anyway my hands are like saucers! my lovely man-hands

Awesomeness! I'm 5'8 with 7.25" wrist too and I always thought this was slightly skewed towards average sized people. Glad to know I'm moving closer to normal!

You have no idea how happy you've made me! I decided my goal weight was 180, 185 regardless of the fact that that weight still placed me in the overweight category according to the standard BMI charts. With this adjusted one, my goal is spot on! Awesome! I'm a big girl! My family would commit me for an eating disorder if I got down to 150-160 (what the standard BMI chart says it should be)!

I'm borderline. I'm 5'5.5" and my wrist is 6.25. A lot of the time I either have to round down to 5'5'' or round up to 5'6" when I enter my height into forms. If I take the 5'5'', I am big boned but if I take 5'6'' then I'm medium.............Oh well, thanks for the information:)

I'm 5'1 and have a large frame, i always knew that tho lol

Also, if you know you have excess fat around your wrists, this is probably not the tool for you, my wrists have always been the same size so I know that this is a good tool for me. When I was 12 the doctor was confused bc he said I was "overweight" at 117 lbs but I was all bones. There is no one size fits all , just get healthy and you will achieve your goals

Wow, just wow and Thank you, thank you, thank you! Not only have I found out that I am (according to both sites) in the large body frame, that I am just into the Obese category (not dropped off the edge of the great abyss of no return) but I also can see that there are other women out there just like me. Not all of you look like your from The Real Housewives OC (Thank GOD & what a joke)

Thank you for posting this and thank you other ladies for repsonding and showing me that there are others women out there that look like me and are still amazing too.

Has done SO much for myself esteem Thanks.

As a result of this post, I am now considering changing my approach to weight loss, health & fitness.

As well as focusing on losing weight, I am also considering growing taller too. :laugh:

Great post! Iam 6" tall and have always, always, always had big bones and large frame, even when thin. And even now, my wrist bones are "right there" not covered in the fat that seems to be sticking to the rest of my body! Thanks!!!!!!

I am a jewelry repair technician, and coming from my years of experience, anything below a 6.5 is small, 6.5-7.25 is average and anything above 7.25 is large. Not saying that whatever medical science this is, is a lie, I have just been in the business for 11 years, and worked for several stores, plus went to school for this. I don't think they would order the 'average' size if it wasn't average. Plus, the larger or small sizes are generally special ordered. Aside from that, my wrist is a 5.25 @ 5'7" which is small, but not that uncommon. Someone who is big-boned to us, would be a 7.25+ and those are really rare. . . . Just a thought mfp'ers.