Wow, at 170 and 6 feet tall, you probably already look like a knockout. When I was 170 at 5'7 when I was younger, I looked pretty good, if a bit "hip-py" as my grandmother woudl call it. (Hippy like rounded hips, not like like pot smoking peace-sign lovers, lol.) Thanks for telling me about the calipers, next time I go to the doctor I'm gonna ask about it.

Thanks for the vote of confidence, too. You're right about spelling out one's own doom... it's like a self-fulfilling prophecy. Somedays I feel good about the weight I'm losing which is a good thing. Other days, I get down.

Good luck on losing your last 10 lbs, (excellent job!!!!). I bet you could model after that!

I'm not so sure about that though, not saying you are wrong or anything but I'm not sure if the doctor you spoke to is completely accurate. Have you ever seen that girl Brooke Hogan? She has a fantastic, toned body. I've seen her in a bikini in star magazine several times. Her body is awesome, but she's not a small framed girl, she has a large frame. And I've seen a few others at their ideal weight who had large frames. I think the doctor had a point in saying that people say others are big boned to make it acceptable... I think people may use the term 'big boned' to describe a friend or family member when they don't want to be rude and say 'overweight' because being overweight is deemed unacceptable in our society.

I like Fat Melanie, 'cause when I am healthy and thin again I'm gonna appreciate it even more. It fits in with my strange sense of humor. Thanks though.

Don't you just HATE when people have to open their mouth, put in their two cent, and claim that someone is big boned or large framed when they have no real way of knowing? Urrgggh, it gets on my nerves. Recently I told my brother I was sick of my extra weight and then HE too had the nerve to say, no, you're not fat, you're just big boned, you take after mom's side. My mother is not big boned, she is overweight and tall too! He never saw pics of her when she was younger, at 20 something where she was thin and nearly flat chested and medium framed. Telling people they are big boned is like ruining their efforts and it's very defeating!

My obese friend who is inches shorter than me, has way more visible fat and no one would ever mistake her for big boned, just obese, (not to be mean but it's true) and she's still 30 lbs less than me. So you are right.

I am glad I have hips and am not one of those girls who go straight up and down and have no booties. I still want to be thinner though. When I was 18 my bosslady told me I had an hourglass figure and I want the same figure, just smaller and healthier. We are lucky we've got hips... maybe I just have too much of it though. Lol.

I am gonna go to a doctor and get measured sometime this month.

It's cool to find someone with the same stats as me... what sort of diet/exercise methods are you employing? I think seeing someone's weight loss who is similar to me will be that much more motivating. I'm trying the south beach diet for awhile, before that I was doing lower calories and eating a bunch of whole grains in my diet rather than white. Then I'll see what happens.

Hey - I like the name Fat Melanie! After all, this is the "3 FAT CHICKS" web site - That's why I love it here, but FIT Melanie is cool too, or "Fit not Fat Melanie"

Anyway, here check this like from like forever ago...

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=134022


here is another good one:
http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=140367

Thanks Vixjean! And those were really good & helpful posts.