“Overweight” but don’t feel you look it?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Not sure if anyone has said this but be wary of vanity sizing. I should be a solid size medium and yet there are many brands of clothes that I can fit a small…sometimes xs. I am 5’8 and 151. I’ve gained almost 10 pounds since the pandemic. I think I have only about 4-5 more pounds to go before I start to look overweight. I am carrying most of my extra weight in the tummy and hips.

It didn’t take long for someone with an unhealthy relationship with weight throw out the BS “vanity sizing” comment.

151 and 5’8” is bottom of bmi and 10lbs less is an unhealthy weight.

Pp here who wrote this…I don’t have an unhealthy relationship with weight at all. I feel good about my weight yet I know when I start to feel bad or start to pack on the pounds quickly that it’s time to cut back. This is not because I will actually be overweight but because I will feel heavy and also start to look like I’m over weight as I carry most of my weight in my midsection, legs and hips. I’m pretty sure this is what I said in my Op but you are looking to find someone to complain about on this fine day. Lastly, vanity sizing is real in the fast fashion clothes I buy. Perhaps you shop elsewhere and aren’t privy to this.

It’s real!

https://time.com/how-to-fix-vanity-sizing/

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The next generation will hopefully not have such a f’d up view on size.

My daughter is size 10/12, 5’7” top of her BMI, D1 college athlete vegan.

She is unbelievably healthy and beautiful and never once thought oh wow my bmi.

Unfortunately not. There are injectable drugs that can make you as skinny as you want to be now. Well not quite, but they will be there in a few years. It’s going to have a huge influence on body culture.

You are talking about outliers. Come back to earth please.

I am not. I study these drugs for a living. They are extremely effective and becoming exponentially more effective with each new release. If you don’t think it will have an impact on culture you are very naive.

I agree with this. There are already Instagram influencers posting about getting them through online pharmacies by lying about having Type 2 diabetes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure if anyone has said this but be wary of vanity sizing. I should be a solid size medium and yet there are many brands of clothes that I can fit a small…sometimes xs. I am 5’8 and 151. I’ve gained almost 10 pounds since the pandemic. I think I have only about 4-5 more pounds to go before I start to look overweight. I am carrying most of my extra weight in the tummy and hips.

It didn’t take long for someone with an unhealthy relationship with weight throw out the BS “vanity sizing” comment.

151 and 5’8” is bottom of bmi and 10lbs less is an unhealthy weight.

Pp here who wrote this…I don’t have an unhealthy relationship with weight at all. I feel good about my weight yet I know when I start to feel bad or start to pack on the pounds quickly that it’s time to cut back. This is not because I will actually be overweight but because I will feel heavy and also start to look like I’m over weight as I carry most of my weight in my midsection, legs and hips. I’m pretty sure this is what I said in my Op but you are looking to find someone to complain about on this fine day. Lastly, vanity sizing is real in the fast fashion clothes I buy. Perhaps you shop elsewhere and aren’t privy to this.

It’s real!

https://time.com/how-to-fix-vanity-sizing/

Omg we know vanity sizing is real and have for decades. It has literally nothing to do with the topic at hand, which is the relationship between the number on the scale and an individual’s body habitus.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure if anyone has said this but be wary of vanity sizing. I should be a solid size medium and yet there are many brands of clothes that I can fit a small…sometimes xs. I am 5’8 and 151. I’ve gained almost 10 pounds since the pandemic. I think I have only about 4-5 more pounds to go before I start to look overweight. I am carrying most of my extra weight in the tummy and hips.

It didn’t take long for someone with an unhealthy relationship with weight throw out the BS “vanity sizing” comment.

151 and 5’8” is bottom of bmi and 10lbs less is an unhealthy weight.

It's definitely not the bottom of BMI. It's in the upper part of the healthy range. Source: I am 5'8" and look at my BMI all the time

You look at your BMI “all the time”.

You have an unhealthy relationship with your weight… source… you and your posts.

PP. Maybe I do? I dunno. I've always been a healthy weight (according to BMI! ha).

Anyway, the range for 5'8" is 122-164lbs.

[Anonymous]

I’m 5’4” and 163. Generally a size 12. I have had nurses at drs offices literally say “really?” When they see my weigh on the scale. I feel like I look I should be 145/150.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure if anyone has said this but be wary of vanity sizing. I should be a solid size medium and yet there are many brands of clothes that I can fit a small…sometimes xs. I am 5’8 and 151. I’ve gained almost 10 pounds since the pandemic. I think I have only about 4-5 more pounds to go before I start to look overweight. I am carrying most of my extra weight in the tummy and hips.

It didn’t take long for someone with an unhealthy relationship with weight throw out the BS “vanity sizing” comment.

151 and 5’8” is bottom of bmi and 10lbs less is an unhealthy weight.

Pp here who wrote this…I don’t have an unhealthy relationship with weight at all. I feel good about my weight yet I know when I start to feel bad or start to pack on the pounds quickly that it’s time to cut back. This is not because I will actually be overweight but because I will feel heavy and also start to look like I’m over weight as I carry most of my weight in my midsection, legs and hips. I’m pretty sure this is what I said in my Op but you are looking to find someone to complain about on this fine day. Lastly, vanity sizing is real in the fast fashion clothes I buy. Perhaps you shop elsewhere and aren’t privy to this.

It’s real!

https://time.com/how-to-fix-vanity-sizing/

Omg we know vanity sizing is real and have for decades. It has literally nothing to do with the topic at hand, which is the relationship between the number on the scale and an individual’s body habitus.

Pp didn’t seem to know it was real. 🤔

[Anonymous]

I'm 5'7 and 145 and feel I look fluffy. You probably are a lot kinder to yourself than I am.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm about the same size as you (8-10, about 5'5). If you are healthy, like really take good care of your health, and feel good about yourself then don't worry about it. The number on the scale is really not that big of a deal.

A lot of people are harder on themselves than they are on others and many people do have poor self-image. Also, many women the same size or weight as you may not actually eat healthy or exercise and assume that if they did they would lose weight, whether or not that is true.

I will add though, that I think a fair amount of this feeling is context based. I'm pretty average for a mom my age in the circles I spend time in. When I travelled in SE Asia at this size I felt HUGE and did not like the attention my size drew (like random people on the street calling me fat). If I was always the largest woman in the room by 25 lbs. I think I would feel differently.

This. In America, 5'5, 162 is not overweight but in SE Asia it is. I don't know which country has it right but the countries definitely have different perspectives on what healthy looks like.

[Anonymous]

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I'm the opposite: normal weight yet feel a little plump. That's because I'm a petite Asian who is very fine-boned. The BMI scale was not constructed for people like me.

Similar here. I’m 5’5” and weigh 140. I have very small bones so I feel overweight and think I look it. I’m not sure, but others may think I don’t look overweight. I feel it, though. Perimenopause is tough.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The next generation will hopefully not have such a f’d up view on size.

My daughter is size 10/12, 5’7” top of her BMI, D1 college athlete vegan.

She is unbelievably healthy and beautiful and never once thought oh wow my bmi.

Unfortunately not. There are injectable drugs that can make you as skinny as you want to be now. Well not quite, but they will be there in a few years. It’s going to have a huge influence on body culture.

You are talking about outliers. Come back to earth please.

I am not. I study these drugs for a living. They are extremely effective and becoming exponentially more effective with each new release. If you don’t think it will have an impact on culture you are very naive.

You think that the majority of girls will inject themselves with foreign substances to be thin. You clearly are too entrenched in that society to see clearly.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think I might have the same thing going. Was very pretty and popular in high school, still looked great in college. Went into political campaigns and lived off ciggies and beer, and then it all caught up to me.

Now I'm like a size 12/14, and still have that "I look good" mentality, and then am surprised when I see photos of myself. I work out a few days a week, but I also eat whatever I want. Oh well.

This is me. I honestly think I look good but….

I said that to myself for a long time. I dressed and groomed well but...

I would see a picture and thought "that's just a bad picture" but then I'd see the next and the next.

It was time to make a change

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure if anyone has said this but be wary of vanity sizing. I should be a solid size medium and yet there are many brands of clothes that I can fit a small…sometimes xs. I am 5’8 and 151. I’ve gained almost 10 pounds since the pandemic. I think I have only about 4-5 more pounds to go before I start to look overweight. I am carrying most of my extra weight in the tummy and hips.

It didn’t take long for someone with an unhealthy relationship with weight throw out the BS “vanity sizing” comment.

151 and 5’8” is bottom of bmi and 10lbs less is an unhealthy weight.

Pp here who wrote this…I don’t have an unhealthy relationship with weight at all. I feel good about my weight yet I know when I start to feel bad or start to pack on the pounds quickly that it’s time to cut back. This is not because I will actually be overweight but because I will feel heavy and also start to look like I’m over weight as I carry most of my weight in my midsection, legs and hips. I’m pretty sure this is what I said in my Op but you are looking to find someone to complain about on this fine day. Lastly, vanity sizing is real in the fast fashion clothes I buy. Perhaps you shop elsewhere and aren’t privy to this.

I know you don’t THINK YOU HAVE AN UNHEALTHY RELATIONSHIP WITH WEIGHT, but I’m going to save you years of misery if you could just once in your life listen instead of talk.

You do, go to a therapist and figure out why and and live a free and happy life.

Listen. Don’t speak.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure if anyone has said this but be wary of vanity sizing. I should be a solid size medium and yet there are many brands of clothes that I can fit a small…sometimes xs. I am 5’8 and 151. I’ve gained almost 10 pounds since the pandemic. I think I have only about 4-5 more pounds to go before I start to look overweight. I am carrying most of my extra weight in the tummy and hips.

It didn’t take long for someone with an unhealthy relationship with weight throw out the BS “vanity sizing” comment.

151 and 5’8” is bottom of bmi and 10lbs less is an unhealthy weight.

Pp here who wrote this…I don’t have an unhealthy relationship with weight at all. I feel good about my weight yet I know when I start to feel bad or start to pack on the pounds quickly that it’s time to cut back. This is not because I will actually be overweight but because I will feel heavy and also start to look like I’m over weight as I carry most of my weight in my midsection, legs and hips. I’m pretty sure this is what I said in my Op but you are looking to find someone to complain about on this fine day. Lastly, vanity sizing is real in the fast fashion clothes I buy. Perhaps you shop elsewhere and aren’t privy to this.

It’s real!

https://time.com/how-to-fix-vanity-sizing/

Omg we know vanity sizing is real and have for decades. It has literally nothing to do with the topic at hand, which is the relationship between the number on the scale and an individual’s body habitus.

^^thank you … geez I feel like I’m talking to 12 year olds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure if anyone has said this but be wary of vanity sizing. I should be a solid size medium and yet there are many brands of clothes that I can fit a small…sometimes xs. I am 5’8 and 151. I’ve gained almost 10 pounds since the pandemic. I think I have only about 4-5 more pounds to go before I start to look overweight. I am carrying most of my extra weight in the tummy and hips.

It didn’t take long for someone with an unhealthy relationship with weight throw out the BS “vanity sizing” comment.

151 and 5’8” is bottom of bmi and 10lbs less is an unhealthy weight.

Pp here who wrote this…I don’t have an unhealthy relationship with weight at all. I feel good about my weight yet I know when I start to feel bad or start to pack on the pounds quickly that it’s time to cut back. This is not because I will actually be overweight but because I will feel heavy and also start to look like I’m over weight as I carry most of my weight in my midsection, legs and hips. I’m pretty sure this is what I said in my Op but you are looking to find someone to complain about on this fine day. Lastly, vanity sizing is real in the fast fashion clothes I buy. Perhaps you shop elsewhere and aren’t privy to this.

It’s real!

https://time.com/how-to-fix-vanity-sizing/

Omg we know vanity sizing is real and have for decades. It has literally nothing to do with the topic at hand, which is the relationship between the number on the scale and an individual’s body habitus.

Pp didn’t seem to know it was real. 🤔

Ffs, are you 12… yes I know what vanity sizing is. You only have to go to 3 stores to know size 12 is too big, too small and just right. Ffs, are you 12?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The next generation will hopefully not have such a f’d up view on size.

My daughter is size 10/12, 5’7” top of her BMI, D1 college athlete vegan.

She is unbelievably healthy and beautiful and never once thought oh wow my bmi.

Unfortunately not. There are injectable drugs that can make you as skinny as you want to be now. Well not quite, but they will be there in a few years. It’s going to have a huge influence on body culture.

You are talking about outliers. Come back to earth please.

I am not. I study these drugs for a living. They are extremely effective and becoming exponentially more effective with each new release. If you don’t think it will have an impact on culture you are very naive.

Are these drugs safe? Because they are not going anywhere by being “effective” only.