Are you Big Boned Or Overweight

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  • LaMujerMasBonitaDelMundo
    LaMujerMasBonitaDelMundo Posts: 3,634 Member
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    That's just one of the many excuses of some overweight people (I was also guilty of this before) & even if your bones are "big" it will only be slightly bigger & there won't be much difference on the weight. I read somewhere that our bones only weigh 2kgs. & if you're larger framed, its just a slight 5-6 lbs. heavier.

    First I thought I was big boned but when I was measured at the gym, they told me I'm only a medium framed based on many factors. One thing they did, they instructed me to wrap my wrist with my thumb & middle finger & my fingers just touched. On the finger test, if your thumb overlaps your middle finger then you are small boned, if it touch then you are medium boned & when fingers do not touch then you're large framed or "big boned". However being like that isn't an excuse for being overweight.
  • bobie1978
    bobie1978 Posts: 204 Member
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    hmmmm you can have a big bones I'm short 5ft 2 and do have big bones for my height.. (of course i'm overweight at the moment) But when I was at my smallest.. still had a big bones (110lbs) Which is a healthy weight for my height.
  • SMoRZ3
    SMoRZ3 Posts: 6 Member
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    I'm husky, or at least thats what my pants say! ;)
  • KeriA
    KeriA Posts: 3,275 Member
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    I am small boned, and know it.
  • joybell32
    joybell32 Posts: 252 Member
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    im gonna have to say both! :grumble:
  • pornstarzombie
    pornstarzombie Posts: 297
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    I don't care what someone wants to tell me, but when my wrist measurements are almost 8" [and there is NO FAT on my wrist, as I am not overweight and have "bony" wrists] and my elbow width is what it is...I have a large frame. Notice I'm not saying "big boned" and using it just as an excuse to be overweight. I'm also 6', however my friend who is 6' has a very small frame, her wrist only measures 6" and I forgot what her elbow width was but it was smaller than mine.
  • hapoo100
    hapoo100 Posts: 940 Member
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    I'm husky, or at least thats what my pants say! ;)

    HAHA as a kid I had husky pants and I thought it meant tough like the dog. Then I got older and realized what meant...wasnt a good day
  • jworb
    jworb Posts: 146 Member
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    you can use this site to calculate your frame size... it's helpful, since I've always thought I had a large frame but according to this I have a medium frame, so now I may change up my weight goals.

    http://www.healthstatus.com/calculate/fsz

    good luck!
  • Bikini27
    Bikini27 Posts: 1,298 Member
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    I always thought I was big boned because that's what they call big girls. Now that I'm losing weight, my wrists are tiny and dainty. Turns out I was just fat.

    Big boned, sadly, is just another way of saying big. :/
  • Allic1971
    Allic1971 Posts: 145 Member
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    looking at frame size, I have a large frame.... which is true, when I was 16 my friend and I used to be in the same size clothes uk12 but I weighed 28lbs more than her, and from the photo's we look the same.....
  • teagin2002
    teagin2002 Posts: 1,901 Member
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    My doc told me I was big boned. When he saw that I am so small for my weight he measured my wrist and elbow and then told me I am big boned and need to stop focusing on lowering my weight and start focusing on lowing my body fat and raising my lean body mass %.
    I like it cause I get to eat more since my body burns more at rest :)
    I weigh 175 and wear a size 8 US jean yay!!
  • Articeluvsmemphis
    Articeluvsmemphis Posts: 1,987 Member
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    big boned doesn't exists to my understanding, lol
  • rdzilla
    rdzilla Posts: 113 Member
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    Large framed <> Big Boned

    I am generally massive everywhere. 6'2", size 15 feet, 11 inch hands, 38 inch long sleeves. Do I think I could ever be below 200 pounds? It'd be really, really tough. It is all about finding a weight that you're happy and healthy with and to not obsess about "being X pounds will make me happy".
  • firedragon064
    firedragon064 Posts: 1,090 Member
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    Yup, I have large frame aka big bone by measure my wrist.
    Not only that I have big arms and I also do heavy weight lifting.
    I love to wear petite clothes (5'1) but I have problem find tops that would fit my arms.
    Most of my friends - around my weight are 110 lbs or less since they have small frames.
    I doubt I will ever go down that low.. I would look so sick and I don't want to go down that low any way.
  • Ambrogio1
    Ambrogio1 Posts: 518 Member
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    Large framed <> Big Boned

    I am generally massive everywhere. 6'2", size 15 feet, 11 inch hands, 38 inch long sleeves. Do I think I could ever be below 200 pounds? It'd be really, really tough. It is all about finding a weight that you're happy and healthy with and to not obsess about "being X pounds will make me happy".

    Brotha is big!
  • MDWilliams1857
    MDWilliams1857 Posts: 315 Member
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    Im not big boned or fat, Im just short for my weight. If I was like a foot taller I would be fine but for some reason I stopped growing at 6'.
  • toothfairybuttkicker
    toothfairybuttkicker Posts: 12 Member
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    i was once passed for an operation as the consultant said i should be assessed as a man. His justification was that i had a large mandible (jaw bone). I think he was trying to be diplomatic and avoid upsetting me by saying i was a LARGE woman (fat). On reflection i do have broader shoulders thenmy husband and he was a rugby player (think american football)
  • CoderGal
    CoderGal Posts: 6,800 Member
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    i was once passed for an operation as the consultant said i should be assessed as a man. His justification was that i had a large mandible (jaw bone). I think he was trying to be diplomatic and avoid upsetting me by saying i was a LARGE woman (fat). On reflection i do have broader shoulders thenmy husband and he was a rugby player (think american football)
    If someone told me i had man bones Id punch them in the man bone
  • toebass
    toebass Posts: 73 Member
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    I'm husky, or at least thats what my pants say! ;)

    I got called a husky in highschool for quite some time - I'd play spot with the boys and give them a run for their money on occassion, but i was always fat
  • tabinmaine
    tabinmaine Posts: 965 Member
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    I am small boned, no excuses here. I can wrap my thumb and forefinger around my wrist and touch the fingertips together......

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