Do some people have heavy bones causing them to be heavier than others but not look it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bones comprise about 14% of your total weight for men and 10% for women. Bone density would need to vary significantly for it to be noticeable.

Well to start, it seems to vary quite a bit between men and women.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes i think this is true.

I'm 5'4, fairly small (size 0-2-4, depending on brand) but i weigh 125-130, which is on the high end of "healthy BMI" for my height and age. Everything about my body is just "solid". I both look small and petite but at the same time solid. I also have a very long torso. I don't look like im above average for weight. I'm in excellent physical health and run or cycle daily.

My son is and has always been the same way. From birth, the other babies were little piles of floppy mush. DS came out rock solid. Not fat, not chubby. Just solid.

But we are just built differently than other bodies.

Solid because of muscle tissue. Not bone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bones comprise about 14% of your total weight for men and 10% for women. Bone density would need to vary significantly for it to be noticeable.

Well to start, it seems to vary quite a bit between men and women.

You mean someone who’s 10-30% taller and larger frame than women has 4% more bone volume?

Duh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bones comprise about 14% of your total weight for men and 10% for women. Bone density would need to vary significantly for it to be noticeable.

Well to start, it seems to vary quite a bit between men and women.

You mean someone who’s 10-30% taller and larger frame than women has 4% more bone volume?

Duh.

I don’t think you know how percentages work.

[Anonymous]

Yes. My family is fine-boned. I'm 115lbs for 5'4". I'm slender, but I don't look thin - there are no bones jutting out. Everything is rounded, because the bones are very small. My young adult son is 100lbs and 5'5". He has bird bones.

We're all at risk for osteoporosis.

[Anonymous]

It's a myth from decades ago and it's not supported by science.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes i think this is true.

I'm 5'4, fairly small (size 0-2-4, depending on brand) but i weigh 125-130, which is on the high end of "healthy BMI" for my height and age. Everything about my body is just "solid". I both look small and petite but at the same time solid. I also have a very long torso. I don't look like im above average for weight. I'm in excellent physical health and run or cycle daily.

My son is and has always been the same way. From birth, the other babies were little piles of floppy mush. DS came out rock solid. Not fat, not chubby. Just solid.

But we are just built differently than other bodies.

That's not the high end of a healthy BMI for your height...it's almost exactly in the middle.

[Anonymous]

I'm not sure the reason, but I'm also someone whose actual weight seems to surprise people. I have always been very very thin-appearing but when I get on the scale, it's apparently heavier than I look. My size has ranged from 00 (when I was a teen at 120 lbs, 5'8") to 4-6 (now when I'm 140).

My family of origin is definitely on the more solid side--all thin but solidly built. None of us has ever broken a bone despite being involved in sports, riding, etc.

[Anonymous]

You’re solid bc of muscle mass.

[Anonymous]

It's the muscle that weighs more. Some people have larger bones but that's not what you're seeing on the scale, it's the heavier muscle hanging on those bones.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure the reason, but I'm also someone whose actual weight seems to surprise people. I have always been very very thin-appearing but when I get on the scale, it's apparently heavier than I look. My size has ranged from 00 (when I was a teen at 120 lbs, 5'8") to 4-6 (now when I'm 140).

My family of origin is definitely on the more solid side--all thin but solidly built. None of us has ever broken a bone despite being involved in sports, riding, etc.

It’s because of muscle, not your bones. My kids also weigh way more than people expect, because they’re muscular but just look like regular kids. Nothing to do with bones.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not really bones but if you work out and are muscular you will weigh more than you look, certainly. That’s why building muscle and being in shape is great, even if you are overweight.

Why is weighing more good? Better resistance to a strong wind?

More muscle mass means better resistance to injury, burn more calories just by sitting down, less likely to develop heart problems and diabetes, less pain as you age, etc.

[Anonymous]

Your bones become denser/thicker with weight gain to support your bones. If you were overweight your bones would be heavier than someone of the same sex and height as you who was thinner.

[Anonymous]

Q. Do some people have heavy bones causing them to be heavier than others but not look it?

A. No.

Your dimensions drive how you "look."

And your muscle and fat drives most of your weight or mass. Plus some weight rounding errors due to constipation, organs, bones, brain, boobs, water in your system.

[Anonymous]

Nice try OP.

NOO!