What Do You Consider "Fat" for a Woman?

[Bonzi]

120-140 is a healthy weight for someone who is 5'5".

I look good (for 51 anyway... )

 

[ChrisL]

It all depends on your bone structure too. Some people are larger people and some people are smaller people and some are average. Your build is also something that should be taken into consideration and not just relying on a BMI. A BMI is just supposed to be something to go by. I'm sure that doctors veer from those "perfect" BMIs and take into consideration a patient's other characteristics and issues.

 

[Bonzi]

It all depends on your bone structure too. Some people are larger people and some people are smaller people and some are average. Your build is also something that should be taken into consideration and not just relying on a BMI. A BMI is just supposed to be something to go by. I'm sure that doctors veer from those "perfect" BMIs and take into consideration a patient's other characteristics and issues.

Using common sense... really all you need it a mirror to tell if you are out of proportion - not rocket science!

 

[ChrisL]

It all depends on your bone structure too. Some people are larger people and some people are smaller people and some are average. Your build is also something that should be taken into consideration and not just relying on a BMI. A BMI is just supposed to be something to go by. I'm sure that doctors veer from those "perfect" BMIs and take into consideration a patient's other characteristics and issues.

Using common sense... really all you need it a mirror to tell if you are out of proportion - not rocket science!

I know a woman who was always thick in the hips, thighs and butt. Even as a teen and on the thinner side, she still had a big butt, hips and thighs. Pear shaped, and that was just the way she was built, you know? It's like hereditary or something, I guess. Her mom was built the same. Some people will never have a tiny butt or skinny legs, and that's just how it is. Some other more thin girls will probably never have a big fat butt or thighs. BMIs are targeted for average built people but there are a lot of outliers too. I think if you have a good doctor, he or she will take that kind of thing into consideration.

 

[Bonzi]

I don't mean to be rude, but, why is it always the 3 of us talking about this... is every other woman on here fat?

 

[TrinityPower]

Hey now, I have chimed in lol

 

[Bonzi]

Hey now, I have chimed in lol

I know - you are one of the 3

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

Somebody here will go unnamed

 

[TrinityPower]

Oh! I thought you were talking about Diana

 

[RodISHI]

I don't mean to be rude, but, why is it always the 3 of us talking about this... is every other woman on here fat?

Even if someone says they are not online you would not know. I recall a doctor who told me I had fat when I weighed 99lbs. I had to laugh at him.

 

[Bonzi]

I don't mean to be rude, but, why is it always the 3 of us talking about this... is every other woman on here fat?

Even if someone says they are not online you would not know. I recall a doctor who told me I had fat when I weighed 99lbs. I had to laugh at him.

No, that's true, there are some here that just don't dabble in this kind of conversation, noted.

 

[ChrisL]

I don't mean to be rude, but, why is it always the 3 of us talking about this... is every other woman on here fat?

Even if someone says they are not online you would not know. I recall a doctor who told me I had fat when I weighed 99lbs. I had to laugh at him.

Fat at 99 lbs? Are you 3 feet tall or something?

 

[ChrisL]

I don't mean to be rude, but, why is it always the 3 of us talking about this... is every other woman on here fat?

I'm very interested in this kind of stuff. I type about it for a living and I am into physical fitness. Also, I notice that there are a LOT more fat people around than when I was a kid. Obesity is a problem in this country according to statistics and my own eyes.

 

[Bonzi]

I don't mean to be rude, but, why is it always the 3 of us talking about this... is every other woman on here fat?

Even if someone says they are not online you would not know. I recall a doctor who told me I had fat when I weighed 99lbs. I had to laugh at him.

Fat at 99 lbs? Are you 3 feet tall or something?

My step-mother is 5"2" and 98 lbs... small bones...

 

[TrinityPower]

I don't mean to be rude, but, why is it always the 3 of us talking about this... is every other woman on here fat?

Even if someone says they are not online you would not know. I recall a doctor who told me I had fat when I weighed 99lbs. I had to laugh at him.

My ex called me that when I was 95 pounds lol

 

[RodISHI]

Well for one I'd have to say I have my share of fat; on the other hand it is really no one's concern except for maybe Rod's. I love being married to him. He says its totally up to me how I look, dress, wear my hair or whatever.

 

[Bonzi]

Hubby teases me but - I think most men that put women down it's because they feel they are not worth of them... so it's a sick compliment

 

[RodISHI]

I don't mean to be rude, but, why is it always the 3 of us talking about this... is every other woman on here fat?

Even if someone says they are not online you would not know. I recall a doctor who told me I had fat when I weighed 99lbs. I had to laugh at him.

Fat at 99 lbs? Are you 3 feet tall or something?

My step-mother is 5"2" and 98 lbs... small bones...

My grandmother was 4'8. I was taller than her at 8 years old. My dad used to say he had no clue where I got legs at because it gave me some height.

 

[ChrisL]

I don't mean to be rude, but, why is it always the 3 of us talking about this... is every other woman on here fat?

Even if someone says they are not online you would not know. I recall a doctor who told me I had fat when I weighed 99lbs. I had to laugh at him.

Fat at 99 lbs? Are you 3 feet tall or something?

My step-mother is 5"2" and 98 lbs... small bones...

I am also tiny at 5'1". My weight usually fluctuates between 98 and 105 pounds. I think my ideal weight is supposed to be like 105-110, but any more than 105, and I start to feel a little sloppy looking. I think that because I'm short I don't carry extra weight well. I begin to look rather round.

 

[RodISHI]

Hubby teases me but - I think most men that put women down it's because they feel they are not worth of them... so it's a sick compliment

I think you are correct. A friend of Rod's was commenting on his pondering why there are so many fat women around now days. Hell the man has never been married and he's over sixty. I told Rod 'does he think he is a specimen or what'.