Large Framed Women

Being large boned or large framed is hard enough but adding the weight seems to make it so much worse.
Im 6' tall and have huge hands (size 11 ring) and equally large feet (size 11-12) I have trouble with anything
long sleeve because Im broad thru the shoulders and need to buy my jeans all in "tall" otherwise they look
like Im expecting a flood.

I have an easy 100# to lose and have chosen this group here at MFP to aid in support and encouragement.

Thanks for adding me....

(Ive lost just a spit more than 20 lbs in the last 3 weeks)

i'm in! my BMI says healthy is 125-165. i weighed 125 in 6th grade and wasn't fat. sigh.

Large Framed here too.

SW: 318.8lbs

CW: 311.6lbs

GW: 185-200?lbs

I'm 6'2, SW 285-CW 268-GW 200? I am so tall and have a large frame, but my doctor said he thinks I should weigh 200lbs. I'm thinking more like 225, but who knows. I guess I'll find out when I get there.

I would like an invite too, please!

wow this makes me so happy! i'm 5'5" and i have been a 'big girl' all my life. My family/friends say "you're not fat, you're just
bigger-ish, you don't need to lose weight though, you're just broad" and it turns into this awkward conversation of them trying to evaluate that i'm not fat, just 'big'. LOL

I never understood this. When people guess my weight they always say something like 140/145. I actually weigh 160 lbs, my biggest at 167.

My goal weight is 145.

I went for a physical before I lost weight previously and the doctor looked at her BMI chart and told me it isn't right for everyone and 145 is plenty low for my build.

My BMI is consistently overweight throughout my life, and my doctor has always brushed it off, saying that i don't have to worry about it at all, that i don't need to lose weight. i have yet to get my physical this year, we'll see what she says

Can I get an invite?

Same!!!

Wow. Today is day 1, and i am in shock at how honest this site is!!! What i thought was a healthy restaurant choice was the highest over all! I wanted to see how i did on normal eating and needless to say I need to adjust my choices.
Large Framed Woman describes me to a T....I am 5'2.5" and very large boned, I am not willing to admit my weight at this point beings that i am on day 1, but like many of you I have not set my gw at the standard chart, I am setting it at 150, I just feel that the standard for my height at 125 would make me look emaciated and frankly I like curves....my standard saying is that I have an hour glass figure, its just a 3 hour glass figure instead of a 1 hour glass!
I want to do this so I don't hurt anymore when I move, I want to be active and actually be able to breath through it. And there are so many more reasons, but feeling better is the main goal!

I'd like to join!
I'm 5"10, I'm pretty sure I have a large frame... my goal is similar, anyway, about 175 lbs. I know it sounds kinda spiteful, and yes this is an extreme exaggeration coming up , but it kills me to watch people celebrate hitting their goal of 115, when I know that I will probably only weigh that much when I'm dead and nothing but a skeleton is left of me.
(ETA: CW is 236)

having a large frame is not a good enough excuse for me to have more body fat than is healthy/than i'd like. my goal weight is 140-145 which would put me at 18-20% body fat. i'll probably end up being a size 6 or maybe a 4 at that weight

id love to join this group Add me
sw 330
cw325
goal weight 250 ( for now)
id love to talk to people with the same struggles

You're a size 10 at 197lbs!!!!!!!!!!! I am jealous!

I'm 5'7 and a size 11/12. People guess that I'm about 25 pounds less than I actually weigh (which is a good thing, don't get me wrong!) But I've always felt fat because I wasn't a size 6 or 8.
I used to work in retail and I brought a woman a size 11 skirt to see if she liked the style, because it was what I was used to grabbing. She looked at me horrified and said "That's a FAT size!!" She then looked me up and down and realized she'd just insulted me loudly. It was SO embarrassing. I had just lost 45 pounds, and I thought I looked pretty good up until her stupid remark.
I gained 70 pounds when I was pregnant with my son and have recently lost it all But now I feel like it isn't enough because my BMI is a point or two off from what I'm told it's supposed to be. Not to mention my size is considered 'Plus size"
Sometimes I don't know if I actually look good or if my husband is just being a sweetheart!
I think it really sucks that we get thrown into categories of what we should weigh, when we are all so very different.

I'm 5'5" and large framed. My GW is 175. We'll see when I get someone near my GW but I don't think I would look or be healthy below that weight. I'd love an invite to the group. I will be great to find friends that have similar goals.

Just as a comparison, my fiancee is 5'4" and weighs 60 pounds less than me, but has a TINY frame - she looks big because she carries it all differently. I'm definitely bigger, but she and I appear similarly overweight due to the difference in our body's natural ideal healthy weights!