I'm really cunfused about my weight

I'm 5'4" tall and weight 161 lb but I'm wearing size 4/6 in jeans and size S/M in shirts. all my friends that are about my height and wearing bigger size than me, weight less for some reason. How can it be?

i just have to say....WTH? I am same weight and height and I wear 12/14. Someone jipped me somewhere!

As previous commentors were saying.. body composition makes all the difference. I am also the same height and weight and I wear a size 8. Trying to get down to the 4/6 range!!

I'm 5'4" tall and weight 161 lb but I'm wearing size 4/6 in jeans and size S/M in shirts. all my friends that are about my height and wearing bigger size than me, weight less for some reason. How can it be?

i just have to say....WTH? I am same weight and height and I wear 12/14. Someone jipped me somewhere!

ALMOST the same for me. I'm 5'3" tall and weigh 147 lbs. wearing sizes 10/12! I've been jipped also!

People are different. There are many, many reasons that could cause this. Different body structures, different amounts of body fat and muscle. Your bones could weigh more than their bones. They could have less or lighter organs than you.

I would take a guess and say that your friends have more body fat then you do muscle weighs more then fat does which is why you can be the same height/weight as someone else but they would be in larger clothing sizes. :flowerforyou:

Muscles weighs the SAME as fat ... it just takes up less space pound per pound. That would probably explain it. Two people can be the exact same height, weight, age etc but fit into different sized clothing based on body fat %, muscle mass, fat distrubution etc.

It tends to annoy me when people say muscle weighs more than fat! ha ha... it weighs the same! Just takes up much less space.

I had to walk away from a lady at work once when she told me a pound of muscle weighs more than a pound of fat.
I love you for this post. 5lbs. of fat is the same weight as 5lbs. as muscle, but muscles takes up a ton less space.

Muscle weighs more than fat.

Muscle does not weigh more than fat! It just takes up less space!

You're keeping the wrong thing constant. The OP wondered why she was heavier than her friends who wear the same size as her. SIZE is the constant here, and if you have two bodies of the same size but one is more fat and one is more muscle, the muscle body will be heavier because muscle is heavier than fat OF THE SAME SIZE.

To make it even more simple - take two pairs of size 4 jeans, fill one completely with muscle and one completely with fat. Which one will weigh more? The one filled with muscle.

everyone is completely different, I weigh 177 lbs and wear a size 7/8 jeans, yet I am still considered overweight.

Muscle weighs more than fat.

Muscle does not weigh more than fat! It just takes up less space!

It does not take up less space. A cubic cm is a cubic cm.

Nice

To reiterate - both of the following statements are true:
Muscle weighs more than fat, when volume is constant.
Muscle takes up less volume than fat, when weight is constant.

You will weigh more the further north or south you go from the equator. If you want to weigh less quickly, go move closer to the equator.

Do you get taller at the equator too, as you're further away from the magnetic poles

You might. We would need really big calipers to find out.

I'm 5'3.5" and was 177 at my last weigh in. I am currently in a size 10 and wear a medium in shorts. When I got married 9 years ago however, I was 150 and in a size 4/6. I think it all depends on your body structure. I would say that if you are happy with the way you look and you are healthy, then don't worry about the number.

Muscle weighs more than fat.

Muscle does not weigh more than fat! It just takes up less space!

You're keeping the wrong thing constant. The OP wondered why she was heavier than her friends who wear the same size as her. SIZE is the constant here, and if you have two bodies of the same size but one is more fat and one is more muscle, the muscle body will be heavier because muscle is heavier than fat OF THE SAME SIZE.

To make it even more simple - take two pairs of size 4 jeans, fill one completely with muscle and one completely with fat. Which one will weigh more? The one filled with muscle.

Thank you! I hate when people go into the whole "a pound is a pound" because yes, we are aware of this. However, a square inch of fat will weigh much less than a square inch of muscle. THAT is what the "muscle weighs more than fat" statement means, not that a pound of muscle is heavier than a pound of fat >.>