Small, Medium or Large...frame size?

I would like to know this as well

They go by your wrist measurements. Here is a site you can check out.
http://www.am-i-fat.com/body_frame_size.html

I come out to having a large frame.

I am large framed - or as my doctor so kindly puts it "Made for birthin' babies" LOL! I have large bones and wide hips : ( The problem with this is that every pound shows. Makes me wanna cry! :sad: I also wear a size 10 or 11 shoe depending on the store...NOT good! My doctor told me I am large framed so I guess you could always check with your doctor if you have questions? :flowerforyou:

frame size is determined by bone size and structure... so if you put your point finger and thumb around you wrist comfortably ( don't squeeze them:

they over lap- your a small frame
barely touch- your a medium frame
don't touch at all, your a large frame

My wrist is about 1/4 inch wider than my 6.5 year old daughter's wrist. I have a small frame.

The problem with the fingers measuring the wrist is that some people have long fingers and some people have short fingers. Go with the wrist circumference reference that Amandanoralynn posted - MUCH more accurate than your own fingers.

Here's a neat little calculator that takes elbow breadth into consideration as well as wrist measurement:

http://www.icb2001.com/What_You_Should_Weigh.asp

This is a pretty good body frame calculator.
http://www.dietandfitnesstoday.com/bodyFrame.php

It uses your wrist circumference and your elbow breadth compared to your height.

I wonder if those calculations are accurate for every body. I ask because I don't have a very typical build. I have small wrists, long fingers, narrow hips, but a large ribcage and broad shoulders. I'm like an inverted pear. All the calculations say I have a small frame, which seems right for most of me, but not my upper body. I wear size 4 pants, but my 36-something bra is snug. I can wear a medium sleeveless top, but if it has shoulders/sleeves in it, I usually have to wear a large and sometimes XL. I just wonder if freaks like me are the exception to the rule?

Ideal weight calculator

http://www.healthcentral.com/diet-exercise/ideal-body-weight-3146-143.html

I wonder if those calculations are accurate for every body. I ask because I don't have a very typical build. I have small wrists, long fingers, narrow hips, but a large ribcage and broad shoulders. I'm like an inverted pear. All the calculations say I have a small frame, which seems right for most of me, but not my upper body. I wear size 4 pants, but my 36-something bra is snug. I can wear a medium sleeveless top, but if it has shoulders/sleeves in it, I usually have to wear a large and sometimes XL. I just wonder if freaks like me are the exception to the rule?

P Jilly: Same here, I have tiny wrists, feet, long thin fingers, narrow hips but a really broad back and big ribcage. I'm 2 sizes bigger on the top than the bottom.
I'm hoping with a bit more work this will translate to a nice athletic looking body like yours in your profile pic rather than the big ol' man back I'm seeing right now :laugh:
Your pic has given me hope, thanks

Bump to check out the calculators later.

I wouldnt worry about frame size, just keep track of your body fat percentage and how you look in the mirror as you progress, and you will see what your ideal weight is once you have your body looking the way you want it to look.

The wrist thing doesn't work for me either, I've had under active thyroid from birth and always had really thin wrists and long fingers in proportion to rest of my body, even when I was 16st my wrists were still thin but all the weight was on my torso (boobs, tummy, bum etc) and arms have always been thinner than my weight suggests. I usually looked more pregnant than over weight all over.

Does this make me apple shape? I've naturally been around 9 and half stone for the longest in teens early twenties at my healthiest which according to charts for my height puts me in the middle as I should be between 8 and half to 10 and half stone, so I guess I would be a medium frame?

I don' t think I would look healthy under 9 stone my boobs are already looking deflated and face and neck older and I'm still 5lbs off 9st 7 (133lbs). my abdomen/hips are still the biggest in proportion with rest of my body though I do have a waist now that curves in!

Now that I've lost some weight, yet still got a bit of belly left, if I lie down or suck my belly in there's a two to three inch drop between my rib cage and belly. I reckon that at least suggests a 'large frame' .