Anonymous
Post 05/25/2012 09:15     Subject: I feel big and I am only 143 lbs?
I feel your pain, OP! I'm about your height and working my way down from around that weight now. Can't believe I let things get so bad. Just keep in mind that it's all fixable - pick a target weight and then go for it!
Anonymous
Post 05/25/2012 07:40     Subject: Re:I feel big and I am only 143 lbs?
Anonymous wrote:Weight means nothing. Muscle weighs more than fat. I am about 140 lbs, 5'5", and it totally depends on whether I am working out or not. Weight stays the same, but I get smaller with more muscle. I wear a size 6 dress.


1lb of muscle weighs the same as 1lb of fat. The difference is that muscle is more compact, or dense so 1lb of muscle takes up less space than 1lb of fat.
Anonymous
Post 05/25/2012 07:34     Subject: Re:I feel big and I am only 143 lbs?
PP, I'm the PP with the same stats as you. I'm so jealous you're cellulite free. I have it and I'm positive it's because I can't build muscle...sigh. My DH doesn't seem to notice but it def is visible this time a year at the pool.


Oh, and rock your small boobs...I do!
Anonymous
Post 05/25/2012 07:21     Subject: Re:I feel big and I am only 143 lbs?
Anonymous wrote:I'm 5' 8" and 148 and I'm okay with that. I look great in clothes and I look fine in a bathing suit. My problem is that my body will never be muscular. I do cardio and weights and have for years but my legs are still flabby. Honestly, though, I get compliments all the time about how I look so I'm not sweatin' it! I bet you look great, OP. Life is too short to obsess over 5 pounds. I'm pretty sure that's not what I'm going to be thinking about in my twighlight years: "I wish I had lost those last 5 pounds" LOL


Ha, I'm the exact same stats. I work out like crazy and am a pretty toned 5'8" without a single speck of cellulite. I'm not skinny, but know that i look pretty damn good for a mom of 2. I have small breasts and that I'd like to fix because I think I can carry larger ones. Once that happens...hide your husbands
Anonymous
Post 05/25/2012 00:47     Subject: Re:I feel big and I am only 143 lbs?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Weight means nothing. Muscle weighs more than fat. I am about 140 lbs, 5'5", and it totally depends on whether I am working out or not. Weight stays the same, but I get smaller with more muscle. I wear a size 6 dress.


I am a size 2/4 and I am 5'5" 141ilbs. Whenever I drop below 139 people say I am too skinny. I got down to 135 after 6 months in Europe and family and o-workers confronted me for being too skinny.

I am big-boned (large wrists and hands,etc)--people think I am taller too.

I run marathons and lift weights--very little body fat.

I had a roommate that was same height as me, but 128lb and wore a size 12. She was not toned-- huge pear body and flabby. Weight is not necessarily bad.


Btw, people guess me to weigh 115-120 and I don't correct them. If they knewbinwas 140 they'd be floored.
Anonymous
Post 05/25/2012 00:43     Subject: Re:I feel big and I am only 143 lbs?
Anonymous wrote:Weight means nothing. Muscle weighs more than fat. I am about 140 lbs, 5'5", and it totally depends on whether I am working out or not. Weight stays the same, but I get smaller with more muscle. I wear a size 6 dress.


I am a size 2/4 and I am 5'5" 141ilbs. Whenever I drop below 139 people say I am too skinny. I got down to 135 after 6 months in Europe and family and o-workers confronted me for being too skinny.

I am big-boned (large wrists and hands,etc)--people think I am taller too.

I run marathons and lift weights--very little body fat.

I had a roommate that was same height as me, but 128lb and wore a size 12. She was not toned-- huge pear body and flabby. Weight is not necessarily bad.
Anonymous
Post 05/24/2012 21:59     Subject: I feel big and I am only 143 lbs?
Anonymous wrote:While you ladies are not fat, your height/weight numbers are tending in the chunky category, IMO.
I am not trying to mean, snarky, or whatever, really. This is an anonymous forum, so I am able to tell you one person's objective opinion.
Now, you can have those H/W ratios and be really fit and muscular and look awesome, but if you are the average "soft" female like me, I think you'd look on the bigger side.
FWIW, I am 5'7" and between 130 and 135 and I feel big when I get up in the mid-130s.


Hey OP, this is the kind of woman you should be ignoring. I mean, 5'7" and 135 is too big? Seriously? I'm 5'3" and 135 for me would be skinny. Granted, I have BOOBS, but still.
Anonymous
Post 05/24/2012 20:30     Subject: I feel big and I am only 143 lbs?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Do you exercise, OP? Are you friends with a bunch of petite women?

If you don't exercise, you might feel like you're not toned, so you might feel "big." That's fairly easy to fix.

And if you're always hanging out with women who probably weigh 110 because they're 5'2", it's easy to feel big. At 5'8" and 140-146 (my usual), I often feel big around small or even average height women, though i'm very athletic and toned and not at all fat. It's not a low self-esteem thing - I *am* bigger than they are, just like my size 9.5 feet are bigger than their size 5 feet. Bygones.


Agree! 5'9 155 curvy and toned with size 10 feet... I never feel tiny but I di feel sexy minus my larger legs!


And I have a tiny waist good upper body so size 4 in dresses
Anonymous
Post 05/24/2012 20:28     Subject: I feel big and I am only 143 lbs?
Anonymous wrote:Do you exercise, OP? Are you friends with a bunch of petite women?

If you don't exercise, you might feel like you're not toned, so you might feel "big." That's fairly easy to fix.

And if you're always hanging out with women who probably weigh 110 because they're 5'2", it's easy to feel big. At 5'8" and 140-146 (my usual), I often feel big around small or even average height women, though i'm very athletic and toned and not at all fat. It's not a low self-esteem thing - I *am* bigger than they are, just like my size 9.5 feet are bigger than their size 5 feet. Bygones.


Agree! 5'9 155 curvy and toned with size 10 feet... I never feel tiny but I di feel sexy minus my larger legs!
Anonymous
Post 05/24/2012 17:06     Subject: I feel big and I am only 143 lbs?
I am also 5'6'' and used to be about 140-150. I felt big and out of shape. Lost about 20-25 pounds a long time ago, and I feel great ever since. Size 2. Healthier. But admittedly, I do have a small frame...never knew that before as I'd always assumed I was meant to have big boobs and had "big bones."

Bottom line - If you feel good (physically and confidence wise) you're at a reasonably healthy weight! If you don't feel good, exercise more, cut out soda, etc.. and change it!
Anonymous
Post 05/24/2012 16:33     Subject: Re:I feel big and I am only 143 lbs?
I'm 5' 8" and 148 and I'm okay with that. I look great in clothes and I look fine in a bathing suit. My problem is that my body will never be muscular. I do cardio and weights and have for years but my legs are still flabby. Honestly, though, I get compliments all the time about how I look so I'm not sweatin' it! I bet you look great, OP. Life is too short to obsess over 5 pounds. I'm pretty sure that's not what I'm going to be thinking about in my twighlight years: "I wish I had lost those last 5 pounds" LOL
Anonymous
Post 05/24/2012 15:09     Subject: I feel big and I am only 143 lbs?
this is op- I work out occasionally. But I can eat great all week fall off the wagon on the weekend and gain almost 5 lbs! Crazy!
Anonymous
Post 05/24/2012 15:02     Subject: I feel big and I am only 143 lbs?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:While you ladies are not fat, your height/weight numbers are tending in the chunky category, IMO.
I am not trying to mean, snarky, or whatever, really. This is an anonymous forum, so I am able to tell you one person's objective opinion.
Now, you can have those H/W ratios and be really fit and muscular and look awesome, but if you are the average "soft" female like me, I think you'd look on the bigger side.
FWIW, I am 5'7" and between 130 and 135 and I feel big when I get up in the mid-130s.


New poster. Agree. There are few slim women posting here.



Who has posted in here claiming to be slim?

Anonymous
Post 05/24/2012 14:56     Subject: Re:I feel big and I am only 143 lbs?
I'm 5'6" and 145. I don't think anyone would call me fat, but I don't think they'd call me skinny either! I think I'd look and feel better at just under 140, but to be perfectly honest, I'm trying to get pregnant with our second and final child and I don't feel like changing my habits right now. I moderately exercise (run 2-4 times a week and yoga 4-5 times a week) and I eat ok (better than your average american but worse the the average DCUM-er claims to eat). For now, I'm content. After child-bearing and nursing is over and my body is my own again, I'll reassess.
Anonymous
Post 05/24/2012 13:56     Subject: I feel big and I am only 143 lbs?
Anonymous wrote:While you ladies are not fat, your height/weight numbers are tending in the chunky category, IMO.
I am not trying to mean, snarky, or whatever, really. This is an anonymous forum, so I am able to tell you one person's objective opinion.
Now, you can have those H/W ratios and be really fit and muscular and look awesome, but if you are the average "soft" female like me, I think you'd look on the bigger side.
FWIW, I am 5'7" and between 130 and 135 and I feel big when I get up in the mid-130s.


New poster. Agree. There are few slim women posting here.