| How do you define overweight?
Posted: 5/14/2006 10:26:03 PM | | I'm 5'8" and 170 lbs, and a size 10. but that doesn't make me fat. It depends alot on a persons bone structure too.... | |
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| How do you define overweight?
Posted: 5/14/2006 10:43:32 PM | I've always been pudgy, not a big deal.
With personal ads, I always tell people that I'm pudgy/fat/whatever... Whenever I meet someone they say I'm not fat, but I certainly AM. I'm about 40 lbs over what I should be at right now.
Too big for me would be obese, but I prefer a man with ampleness. Over 200 lbs is nice as long as you aren't 5'5".
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| How do you define overweight?
Posted: 5/15/2006 12:53:58 AM | In short. Having extra fat. You know, double chin and a gut kinda thing.
Here's info.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overweight | |
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DIMH33
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Joined: 5/1/2006
Msg: 104 | |
| How do you define overweight?
Posted: 5/16/2006 5:27:20 AM | | It is possible to have rolls even when your not overweight. If you were really big at any point or had a baby and lost all that weight, guess what, you'll end up with excess skin or fat deposits. Sound gross doesn't it! Guess what Bucko it's a part of life. The older you get the harder it is to get rid or these things. I feel sorry for you if thats all it takes for you to see someone as being overweight and to pass them by. Your missing out on meeting some great and happy people! When will people stop judging based on simple things. Life is way more complicated than that. Judgement should be too! | |
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DIMH33
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Joined: 5/1/2006
Msg: 105 | |
| How do you define overweight?
Posted: 5/16/2006 5:29:30 AM | In response to someone who just wrote rolls!
It is possible to have rolls even when your not overweight. If you were really big at any point or had a baby and lost all that weight, guess what, you'll end up with excess skin or fat deposits. Sound gross doesn't it! Guess what Bucko it's a part of life. The older you get the harder it is to get rid or these things. I feel sorry for you if thats all it takes for you to see someone as being overweight and to pass them by. Your missing out on meeting some great and happy people! When will people stop judging based on simple things. Life is way more complicated than that. Judgement should be too! | |
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| How do you define overweight?
Posted: 5/16/2006 5:14:27 PM | | Im 6'1" 256lbs and I I have a gut, but I can still see myself, and my stomach doesnt hang over my beltline, but I have huge thighs witl well defined calves.....so I guess you can call me stocky. | |
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| How do you define overweight?
Posted: 5/16/2006 5:22:33 PM | Yep. I'm fat. I've been told that I could put down 'a few extra pounds' but I know I got more than just a few.
I don't make no excuses. I'm fat because it's my lifestyle, its my genes and I really don't overly care about being a size 2. I already know I'll be a size 2 unless I was unhealthy.
I'm not about to change what I look like to suit a guy's needs/wants. If he doesnt like me for the size I am, then he needs to find someone of the size he likes. It's not hurting MY feelings if he prefers smaller girls.
Do I want to lose weight? Yep and I have lost a bit since moving - but overall if I dont lose weight it wouldnt be the end of the world to me. I have way more important things to think about.
Besides - I'm cute.. and that's all that matters ^.^ | |
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| How do you define overweight?
Posted: 5/16/2006 7:44:37 PM | | I am 5 feet and 103 pounds at the moment.I usually fluctuate between 100 to 105 pounds.More than 105 pounds at my height is overweight for me.Therefore I don't let myself cross that margin. | |
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NateC
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Joined: 4/10/2006
Msg: 109 | |
| How do you define overweight?
Posted: 5/16/2006 7:47:15 PM | I'm 5'11" at 180. I'm not complaining anymore (I used to weigh 155, took in up to 3000 calories a day - but worked in a warehouse doing a lot of heavy work); I feel more comfortable at this weight, to be honest, even if I do have a ponch :P
I generally just go with teh clinical definition, which is I think 10 lbs. over your health ideal weight. Therefore, I probably am, but i certainly don't feel it :p | |
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| How do you define overweight?
Posted: 6/30/2006 10:47:03 AM | | I'm new here, and I took the long and convoluted route in my profile. If I didn't feel so silly about it I would have put my clothing sizes in there. I'm 5'10" or 5'11" depending on who's measuring and I wear waist size 36 jeans. They don't fit tight either. I think some people might get falsely accused of lying about their body type. I compared some guys' profiles and there are some who are much larger than me claiming to be average, but I'd feel dishonest answering "average" without an explanation. What is average anymore? | |
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| How do you define overweight?
Posted: 6/30/2006 10:55:24 AM | Overweight to me...
unless they are a bodybuilder.. you can use BMI scale
or any weight chart....
weight watchers has a good one... to see if you are and to what extent.
overweight, obese or MORBID obese...
if you dont know if your overweight... you have some serious
problems and its not with your weight.
big freaking flip if you are.. either lose some weight or find someone
who will accept you being overweight. | |
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Top It
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Joined: 5/26/2006
Msg: 113 | |
| How do you define overweight?
Posted: 7/20/2006 7:09:18 PM | | It doesnt matter. The first funny thought I had though was, "if shes on top and you can't breathe," she's too heavy. | |
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| How do you define overweight?
Posted: 7/20/2006 7:21:32 PM | If you have two bathroom scales and put one foot on each one and add the two numbers together to get your weight.
If your butt has one vertical and several horizontal cracks.
If you appear to have six breasts, but only have nipples on the top two.
If you have ever stoop up, sneezed, and had a cat skeleton fly out from a fold on your side.
If you have to wrap toilet paper around the end of a stick to wipe your ass. | |
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frankn
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Joined: 12/21/2006
Msg: 115 | |
| How do you define overweight?
Posted: 1/8/2007 2:56:34 AM | | That's pretty funny, I suppose you could use the BMI to define It however It doesn't always add up. But like everything to each their own for example there would be many guy's who would consider a gal overweight that I wouldn't. I like curves, and I think a sixpack on a female just doesn't look right. | |
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*Gwen*
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Joined: 8/14/2005
Msg: 116 | |
| How do you define overweight?
Posted: 1/8/2007 5:38:17 AM | | i define overweight as not being able to fit through doorways, needing help to stand up after being sat down, having to get your clothes specially made and needing to buy a new bed every month! | |
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| How do you define overweight?
Posted: 1/8/2007 9:18:25 PM | | If you've got more than a little fat you can pinch then in my opinion you're overweight. Way to many people sit on their asses and let themselves go to hell. They do little, or no, exercize and then wonder why they're carrying a bunch of excess weight. | |
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| How do you define overweight?
Posted: 1/8/2007 9:25:20 PM | | If your a naked man and you look down and cannot see your penis then I'd say there's a good chance you might be overweight,,, | |
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| How do you define overweight?
Posted: 1/18/2007 11:14:15 PM | | I know there's joking going on but I want to be serious because I take weight issues seriously. I've had diabetes since 1997. When I was diagnosed I was the right weight for my height. I've grown weight and height-wise since then. I'm 5'5 and 160pounds. People look and me and say 'You don't look 160, are you sure your scale isn't broken?' I'm proportioned differently. I have thinner arms,and muscular legs, but I have some fat in my stomach area,which is a problem area. I'm making changes to my diet and I am exercising to get in shape for my health's sake. Defining when someone is overweight is difficult because like me some people have some muscle weight, not just fat. It all depends on height too. But generally, if someone is say 200-300 pounds and up, doesn't exercise, overeats etc, then I would say they are an overweight person. No before someone yells at me let me state one thing. I know that some of the overweight people in the world are big because of disorders and family genes and things that cannot be helped. But there are some people that just don't exercise, or eat right. I'm guilty of not eating right or exercising myself. But I made the change. I will say that I don't date overweight people because I'm trying to better myself and I need someone who doesn't mind going to a gym, hiking, walking a lot, etc. I'm not looking for a personaly trainer boyfriend or a gym freak, just someone who takes pride in their appearance and is willing to encourage me. | |
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| How do you define overweight?
Posted: 1/19/2007 1:00:24 PM | some guy mentioned something in here about being 5'10' or 5'11' and 165 pounds. That doesn't seem like much for a man. If you take a woman of that same height and weight, she might look more like she could stand to lose a couple or a few pounds.
I have always gone by what the scale shows to identify what weight I should be, yet many people have told me that a scale is not always a good way to measure your weight accurately. | |
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| How do you define overweight?
Posted: 1/19/2007 1:20:33 PM | OP " I'll admit i'm not as small as i used to be but i'm pretty average "
Very crudely put, your BMI's higher than the 'healthy range'. (there are exceptions, notably in those who've unusually well developed muscles, as BMI is merely a height/weight ratio, and lots of muscle mass will render their BMI useless -- it'll say they're fat when they're merely very athletic).
Better, is to get a 'body composition test' (YM/YWCA and many fitness centers do this). A trained person uses pinch calipers to measure 'skin folds' at many (11?) points of your body (you can also buy pinch calipers and train yourself to use them), compares your skin fold measurements to standard charts, and calculates up with a 'lean body mass'.
Add back a 'healthy' ratio of fat, and you've a target weight. If you weigh much more than that target weight, then by definition, you're "overweight".
I personally define someone as being overweight, when it's having an appreciable affect on their current health / life expectancy (which is likely, just outside the BMI limits for 'healthy', with averagely developed people). | |
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| How do you define overweight?
Posted: 1/19/2007 1:35:35 PM | | I just walked 5 miles real fast and yes I can even though I'm fat...Just make sure before you hit your 40's you've slendered down because when your nearing the over the hill phase of life you automatically gain weight...If I would have known I was gonna grow up to look like Mr. French I would a...............Drank gasoline and lit one of my farts. | |
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| How do you define overweight?
Posted: 4/16/2007 12:21:32 AM | Ive been wondering exactly what category i fall into (average, few extra lbs, i DONT THINK i am BBW)
im 5'3 and last time i wqeighed about 180-185,,,,been jogging recently so might be down to 175,,,,,,,,,,but never really considered myself fat at all.
Im told im cute pretty adorable etc all the time and though ive wondered if i was a bit thinner i would be more desirable,,,,,,,,,,every boyfriend ove had that i shared that little insecurity with thought i was nuts and loved my voluptous body the way it is. But ive always been sweet and flirty, wore cute clothes, done my hair, wore make up, carried nice handbags, wore nice perfume, etc etc etc and had no lack of boyfriends thru my life. And i think that the reason i am single now is because i just dont go out and meet people (single working mom), rather than my weight.
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| How do you define overweight?
Posted: 4/16/2007 1:43:59 AM | hi, I'm new here, and have read this thread with interest.
When I signed up I was disappoimted that "curvy" or voluptous" weren't listed as options in defining body style. Tjere is so much pressure on women to be thin like the supermodels and it is causing all kinds of health issues and self-esteem problems.
Most people by now have forgotten that Marilyn Munroe, who is widely accepted as being one of the most beautiful women to ever have lived, wore a  SIZE 14!!! I'm pretty sure that nobody here would say that she was fat.
Overweight is a hard thing to define because of all of the variables involved. The BMI Index does not take certain factors under consideration such as large boobs in women, a larger bone structure/frame, and muscle mass.
At 5'3 and 138 pounds, I'm borderline on the BMI Index between "healthy" and "obese" at 24.7 . The BMI Index doesn't factor in the DD/DDD boobs that I pack around on my chest day in/day out. The 'twins' probably weigh a good fifteen pounds between them. ROFLMAO. I'm also fairly muscular in my arms and legs and that isn't taken into conderation either,
I believe more in whay my GP tells me and what my jeans tell me to decide if I'm overweight or not. According to my GP, my ideal weight is between 120 and 145 lbs. I've been at 120 lbs and recently.. and loved the way I looked in my size 4 pants. However, it's just not a healthy weight for me and I can't sustain it. I'm quite happy with my current weight and size eight pants.
There's nothing "average" about me or my body shape.. why am I being forced to categorize myself that way?? LOL Some also refer to me as a BBW-- however, I've always considered that to mean very tall/big boned, and very heavy women. ROFLMAO At least I've got two out of three... Beautiful and Woman!!
I've earned every one of my curves, and just can't accept "average" as a definition. I am voluptous. I am curvy. But definitely not average. Call me fat if that is your pereception, but I don't give a damn what you think aobut it anyways. Yhe only two people whose opinion counts are mine, and my doctor's.
LOL All that being said, I wouldn't cry if I lost ten pounds LOL
peace out
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