I just got this today. I went to the Dr. and the nurse weighed me and started at 150. She nudged it a little. Then a little more. Did this a couple times til she moved it to the end. Then she had this look of amazement when she moved it to 200. I weighed 202(dressed and had just ate lunch :P). She didn't say anything but she looked dumbfounded. lol.

I've had them do this. It's humiliating. It's like they don't realize you're standing a full head taller than they are. Those 8-10 in. weigh a lot!

I've had this happen to me before. I usually help so that I can get off the scale quicker!

I hate it when people don't think. I had problems with my eating and as a 5'10" woman I struggled to understand what weight I should be I once was down to 144lbs but by starving myself, I looked awful. I couldn't even buy gym pants to fit yet I was in a mid healthy range according to bmi. I would be overjoyed if I was 180lbs, in fact my main long term is just to get to 175lbs.

I love being in this group because I get to see other people with numbers that make sense to me.

I love this too about this group, but I have read a lot of posts from tall women on here that have very low numbers as their goals. I realize there is a wide range of healthy weight based on your frame. I'm 5'9" and the bmi charts show my healthy range is 125-170. That is a huge range and I would imagine most people my height should be falling in that 150-155 range. Let's encourage a healthy viewpoint of what weights are good on tall women.

Im 5'9 and weighed 140 and felt awesome and healthy but curvy at the same time! everyone is different!

I agree lol, When ppl ask me my weight and I tell them to guess they guess like 150 and that is less than my goal of 155, and have over 30lbs to lose

Honestly, I LIKE when people can't guess my weight. Some people who are shorter look heavier at the same weight, but I like that I can carry it.

My goal is 180. Honestly, the shock and awe of being 6' and 230 is kinda funny to me. Most people don't think I weigh over 200lbs simply due to my height. *shrug*

I'm a tall gal surrounded by not so tall people and it gets on my every last nerve when 5'0 people say I'm fatter than them just because I weight like 20 pounds more than they do... Hello, I'm a foot taller than you are!!!! I feel like some people honestly think ALL women should weigh 90 pounds and if you're 90 pounds and 6 feet tall than oh my gosh, you would be like queen barbie! I don't think so. 180 would make me just as hot as a 100 pound 5'0 tall girl.

My mother in-law who is a lovely woman has been asking me a lot about my weight-loss. A while ago, when I told her I had lost 20 lbs she was incredibly impressed, but when I said I currently weigh 215 lbs she couldn't hide the shock on her face and she followed with a "really?" comment. I had to remind her that I am 6 ft tall and she is only 5ft 2 and that makes a very significant difference. I explain that being at my goal weight of 180 would put my bmi back into the healthy range and I would no longer be overweight.

I try not to be offended. I have difficulty understanding weight from the perspective of a short person, so why should I worry that a short person has difficult understanding weight from my height? I just use it as an opportunity to educate. I'm proud of my weight loss and my personal goals, even if they seem ridiculous to some.

I usually use this to see what I would look like at a certain weight -- http://www.mybodygallery.com/

Fascinating website, thanks for the tip!

I'm 5'10" and learned long ago not to tell people how much I weighed because they simply refused to believe me. Now I'm taking control of it, I just tell 'em how much I've lost and how much is still to go, which gets the positive responses I'm after ;-) Was delighted to find out yesterday that I am now 10lb lighter than my skinny 6'5" hubby!

Was delighted to find out yesterday that I am now 10lb lighter than my skinny 6'5" hubby!

Can't wait for this!!!! (my hub is 6'4" and still 10# under me. grrr)

I work with a very short (5'4"?), rotund man who's been trying to lose weight, so he always comments on my weight loss. Last week, he asked me how much I weigh- and I just looked at him incredulously. He told me that he probably weighs more than I do, so I asked him how much he weighs. His answer "180". I laughed and told him that I still weigh more.