Large Framed Women

Hi, You are exactly me about 20 years ago. I am the same, but 5' 6.5" and a wee bit heavier at the final straw-breaking-camel's-back point, otherwise known as I-can't-stand-the-pain-anymore phase of approximately 325 lbs! I am also size 9-10 ring when at my best, can't-find-a-large-enough-wristband when it's watch-buying time. Can't wait to see 190-200 lbs. as a final goal because I still look damn sexy at that weight and feel just fine there too---but haven't seen that weight in about 15 or so years. Heck with the son(s) enjoying the roller coaster adrenaline-rush! I want it for myself; to fit in the ride and not have to step out, humiliated as I did at Universal Studios, with the THANK GOD excuse of my son needing to use the restroom and not the snide little ride operator ranting that IF I could only press the bar down one more click all would be okay... Only he didn't know that I was wedged in so tight that the bar didnt matter. I felt as though I was about to pass out from not being able to breath at that point! I was tired of going to restaurants with boothes, afraid I would be seated in one and couldn't fit and have to move again. I often felt the twiggy style waitresses did it on purpose to humiliate me... That or the majority were having a "duh" moment and couldn't estimate my belly-girth to their table-chair width ratio... I needed to make sure there were tables and that I specified that before ever entering. Airline seating was always so fun. No one wants to sit next to a fatty. Such blatant discrimination against fatties. We are looked down upon, loathed and hated. And no one bothered to ask us how we felt as we scrunched our arms/legs together to be sure to allow others their space and forget about even bothering to use the bathroom as fitting in was difficult enough then closing and opening the door? OMG and can a person even wipe their own behind when fat and in what felt like a 2 ft. x 2 ft. bathroom.. I couldn't fit then when not at my highest weight. Then I had an ex that would comment, "You eat so much chocolate, they could split your veins open and Hershey syrup would run out!" AND I didn't eat only when upset, I ate to celebrate when I was happy, when I was mad, when I was so-so, you name it. Food addiction is real. I am still fighting it. I pray for you and I pray for me too. From 325, I have come down to 262 roughly.. And roughly meaning last night for some unknown reason I fell into my old pattern of eating because I already over-ate mode. Self-loathing is worse than when others loathe.... We should love ourselves more than loathe ourselves. So today is new and I am back on track. One day wasted and today is fresh and full of promise! I wish you much luck and success as I do for myself. Keep on keepin'-on!

I'm 5'0" my sw last week was 173 lbs, my current is 170. I've looked at xrays of myself before. I'm wide. My ribs, my hips my shoulders, all wide. I don't have all this fat hanging on a tiny frame. Looking back on family photos of my great grandmother when she was around my age, it looks like I inherited the "short stout, tough looking, italian" gene
Either way, I set my goal weight at like 140, I'm not concerned with the weight as much as I am with following this well until August.

I have an extremely large frame, and my goal weight is really high. I find that every person has a different body type, so I don't worry about what the "healthy" ranges are.

I have a high waist, a long torso, shorter legs, but I am really tall, which is strange. I have broad shoulders, a huge rib cage, extremely long arms (really, I am a baton twirler and I need to custom order batons for men to get them long enough), I have a huge hands (which is good for the guitar playing), long feet...

In other words - I am not your normal demure woman. and I realize I never will be.

So do what seems right for you. You will know when you get there.

I would love to join that group. I am 5'5" and am currently 190 lbs, (down from 208) I did have a goal weight of 135 when I first joined mfp but since reading so much on here I have decided that maybe 160 or so is a better goal. I want to look healthy not unhealthy and I think being 135 would make me look like that. That's what I weighed in high school but after 3 kids my body is not the same :laugh: but I am improving a little bit everyday :happy: :flowerforyou:

Good Morning Everyone -- 5'8" here at 265 to start. Large boned, sturdy hips, broad shoulders and solid strong. Can't change any of the skeleton but I can change what is on those bones. My goal weight is 180 which I haven't seen since my daughter was born. Ok, she is graduating from high school in 6 weeks so you know . . . . this is been a long time coming.. . . but it is time to have time for me. Gearing up now with excercise and other things to keep me ready for when she leaves for college. Glad to find the group and have a Super Sunday!

Hello!!!!

I am 5.5...maybe 5.5 and a half. I weigh 259 and I look super hot at 180. I know this because I was there about 4 years ago when I lost 100lbs. Unfortantly, I didnt stick with it and gained it all back. I have broad shoulders, big bones, and a big BUTT!!!! I could be a football player...LOL. I take after my dads frame...UGH!!! Thats okay cuz nobody will mess with me..right? LOL!!! Anyways hears to liven large!!!!

hollaring!
I actually had a nurse say after weighing me 'woah. you don't look that heavy. although i guess you have a large frame so you'll never be skinny will you?'

*****y as that was, it proves that i'll never be tiny no matter how much i try!

i would like to be in this group. i am currently at 260 and would like to get to 180. i love to eat, think about it way 2 much which is probably why i struggle to lose but I would like some support in this journey!! and i will admit, i suck or im not that consistent with logging.

If you want to be part of my large frame group and did not get an invite, just holler on here and I will invite you.

Invite me please

I also have a large frame. I'm 6' tall, and I'd be happy just getting back to 250 pounds right now. Last time I was 250 pounds, I was wearing size 16/18 jeans, and size 14 tops (and looking good in them)... the same sizes that people UNDER 200 pounds seem to typically wear. (Of course I have lots of work to do just to get back to 250...) I just carry all my weight in my boobs, hips and thighs. I don't even know what size I actually am right now, since most of my clothes are old and stretched out.

But would love for any/all of you to add me!

I'd love to join the group! I'm 5' 8.5", SW 282, CW 234. My first goal is 210 and then I hope to get down to 170 - 180. I have a large frame (according to the wrist test) and when I was at 170 I thought I looked really good. I really have no desire to go any lower.

I saw the closed post first and posted there, sorry!

I would love to join in. I am a big girl. I have been big my entire life. I am short, 5'3", but I swear I have big bones! Can't even get my fingers around my wrist and there's NO fat there. When the nurse went to weigh me at my physical last week, she was looking for the 180s. I had to tell her "Nope, I'm over 200." She was shocked when I came in at 225. I've always been told I "carry my weight well." It still sucks! At my biggest I was 250. At my thinnest I was 183, and some people felt it was an ideal size for me. My goal is 145, but I am not sure if I can reach it. To embrace my larger frame... I've started lifting weights. I am never going to be petite and I think I'm okay with that. I still want to get healthy!

hey, I would love to join this group! I am a large framed woman and I always have been. Used to really bother me but now I see the beauty in it. I am 6 ft. tall so people usually think im not at heavy as I am but I am so ready for this excess weight to come off! My starting weight was 285 and now I am at 275. I had gotten down to 265 but got lazy and stopped working out/tracking my food. But I am back to tracking food and exercising again. My goal weight is around 160-180, haven't really decided where I will stop, so I guess I will re-evaluate my goal when i get down to a lower weight.