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

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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.

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.

Foreign substances? What are you talking about? These are FDA approved drugs. I’m talking about Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro. There are also ways to obtain generic non-approved versions from peptide companies, I will give you that. And yes, people are injecting themselves to be thin.

Entrenched in what society? I’m not entrenched in any society but for my work I am involved in many discussion forums of people who are on these drugs. In addition to the people taking them to treat their overweight or obesity, I see with my own eyes huge numbers of people using them to lose 10 or 20 or 30 pounds to go from a normal BMI to a very very low end of normal BMI. I see very clearly.

[Anonymous]

Start lifting weights, especially targeting your shoulders and glutes. It will make your waist look smaller. Your body can look completely different at the same weight based on how much muscle mass you have.

I’m 5’6 147ish but I think I look best about 10 lbs lighter. Yet people are always commenting that I look fit and muscular and ask if I’m an athlete or a personal trainer. Its all from lifting weights.

[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.

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

Yes. They’re safe.

And there’s four or five active posts on this forum alone that get bumped up every day or so to talk about them. Everybody is starting to take them or trying to figure out how.

[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.

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.

Foreign substances? What are you talking about? These are FDA approved drugs. I’m talking about Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro. There are also ways to obtain generic non-approved versions from peptide companies, I will give you that. And yes, people are injecting themselves to be thin.

Entrenched in what society? I’m not entrenched in any society but for my work I am involved in many discussion forums of people who are on these drugs. In addition to the people taking them to treat their overweight or obesity, I see with my own eyes huge numbers of people using them to lose 10 or 20 or 30 pounds to go from a normal BMI to a very very low end of normal BMI. I see very clearly.

Huge numbers? What % of 20-40 year olds are taking these drugs. Yes they are foreign substances, clearly you are not a scientist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Start lifting weights, especially targeting your shoulders and glutes. It will make your waist look smaller. Your body can look completely different at the same weight based on how much muscle mass you have.

I’m 5’6 147ish but I think I look best about 10 lbs lighter. Yet people are always commenting that I look fit and muscular and ask if I’m an athlete or a personal trainer. Its all from lifting weights.

Wtf! Did you miss the part where she likes the way she looks. Wtf wound she “lift weights”?

[Anonymous]

I am 5’6 and was 165 and an 8 - I lost 20 lbs during an illness and I am a 6 but feel like I look the same(which is good!). I have a large frame and very proportional.

[Anonymous]

If you aren't a size 0-2 you are delusional, maybe on ssris that mask your self perceived heavyness

[Anonymous]

Glad you have that feeling. I lose 45lbs after being pregnant f and feel really weird about my body. Sometimes I feel thin and sometimes I wonder why my stomach is so big. I’m 121 and started my pregnancies at 130. It’s just such a strange feeling going between feeling chubby (ugh a jelly roll!) and feeling thin (I can feel my ribs again!)

[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.

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.

Foreign substances? What are you talking about? These are FDA approved drugs. I’m talking about Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro. There are also ways to obtain generic non-approved versions from peptide companies, I will give you that. And yes, people are injecting themselves to be thin.

Entrenched in what society? I’m not entrenched in any society but for my work I am involved in many discussion forums of people who are on these drugs. In addition to the people taking them to treat their overweight or obesity, I see with my own eyes huge numbers of people using them to lose 10 or 20 or 30 pounds to go from a normal BMI to a very very low end of normal BMI. I see very clearly.

Huge numbers? What % of 20-40 year olds are taking these drugs. Yes they are foreign substances, clearly you are not a scientist.

I don’t have numbers. But enough that there is currently a shortage of both Ozempic and Wegovy with no end in sight. Why are you so resistant to believing that these drugs are exploding in popularity?

[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.

That's on the higher end of the BMI scale. I'm 5'8" and I've put on about 20 lbs in the last few years, now up to 145, and I definitely am starting to look chubby. I did start lifting (heavy) weights during the Covid gym lockdown, so some of it is muscle but there is a visible layer of fat in places where it wasn't before. I know that it's because my diet has just gone straight in the trash since I started working from my kitchen.

I think how you feel about it is contextual, though. I live in a very high income area and work in a very high income career, so I am usually one of the largest people in my neighborhood/office. Women where I live and work are just tiny. I went to Florida recently and felt positively slim.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It could mean you have a lot of invisible visceral fat underneath your muscles and fascia. Which isn’t good. Or you could have a lot of lean mass.

Knowing what your body fat percentage is would help.

This is me (I'm a guy). I lift weights a lot and have slightly visible abs, but a chest and abdomen like a barrel. I've lost about 10 pounds recently and plan to lose about 25 more. People I know think I don't need to lose more, but I'm concerned about lots of visceral fat for health reasons.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:5’5” and 162 lbs is normal BMI.

Wait what? I’m 5’5 and i thought that “overweight” BMI started at 150 (I’m high 150s right now, and don’t feel great in my skin, and have checked the BMI chart recently!!)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:5’5” and 162 lbs is normal BMI.

Wait what? I’m 5’5 and i thought that “overweight” BMI started at 150 (I’m high 150s right now, and don’t feel great in my skin, and have checked the BMI chart recently!!)

BMI was always meant to measure populations and not individual health. It's a travesty it's been used on the individual level. I personally think Body Fat Percentage should be the metric, but that's not done easily on an online calculator. FWIW I went from 5'5 and 110 lbs to same height and 125 and look thinner and more lean than ever. 28% body fat down to 18.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:5’5” and 162 lbs is normal BMI.

Wait what? I’m 5’5 and i thought that “overweight” BMI started at 150 (I’m high 150s right now, and don’t feel great in my skin, and have checked the BMI chart recently!!)

BMI was always meant to measure populations and not individual health. It's a travesty it's been used on the individual level. I personally think Body Fat Percentage should be the metric, but that's not done easily on an online calculator. FWIW I went from 5'5 and 110 lbs to same height and 125 and look thinner and more lean than ever. 28% body fat down to 18.

Agree 100%. I have found the impedance measuring devices like those on smart scales are close enough to help with trends. I am a 41M and my body fat percentage is somewhere between 11-12 now and I don’t focus on weight lifting and instead endurance sports. So not a lot of extra muscle mass hanging around. Still, Im right on the border of regular and overweight by the BMI scale which is silly.

[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.

Not even close. 151 and 5 foot 8 is 23 BMI. 141 would be 21. Underweight is 18 and below.