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04-05-2008, 09:44 PM
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~Don't Postpone Joy~
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I'm BIG BONED... I always wondered how to determine
I always wondered how to determine my body frame, small, med, large..
I figured out on this link... I'm still big boned...
http://www.thinthin.com/article0067.html
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04-05-2008, 09:51 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2005
Location: San Diego
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04-05-2008, 10:25 PM
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The Radiant One
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Upstate NY
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I forever thought I was small framed. Being short - I just assumed. Turns out I have a large frame. Lucky me - I can choose a higher goal weight LOL!
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04-05-2008, 10:29 PM
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Senior Member
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I remember doing that test when I was over 300 pounds. My thumb and finger did not touch at all, suggesting that I was large framed, and now they severely overlap, suggesting I am small framed. I know I lost weight, but I'm sure my bones stayed the same size. And according to the other test that Glory sited, I was large framed, and now I am medium framed. I don't think they are accurate unless you are already at a normal (BMI or body fat percentage) weight.
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04-05-2008, 10:40 PM
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~Don't Postpone Joy~
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I think you're absolutely right Harpo... I have fat wrists... LOL
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04-05-2008, 11:25 PM
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Made of Starstuff
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: New England
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My wrists are different sizes so... I guess I'm just Strange-Framed. But they don't have that as a category! 
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04-05-2008, 11:40 PM
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Wish It~Dream It~Do It
Join Date: Feb 2008
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Faerie
My wrists are different sizes so... I guess I'm just Strange-Framed. But they don't have that as a category! |
LOL!!! strange-framed!
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04-06-2008, 05:46 AM
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Senior Member
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I've never understood that wrist measurement thing.. if you have a large frame isn't your hand going to be bigger, too? If I do that, my fingers touch, assuming I have a medium frame.
according to the second link using measurements, I DO have a large frame, which I don't totally believe anymore, either. I have large wrists and broad shoulders, but i am discovering lately that my torso is on the small side (smaller ribcage measurements than i thought possible, slimmer hips) so what on earth does that make me besides goofy looking? 
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04-06-2008, 06:32 AM
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Just Yr Everyday Chick
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Florida
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It means we are all unique, and those measurements and techniques just use averages! Just like the scale, just like clothing sizes. Whee! 
I've just got a small frame no matter how it's measured. Darn, I can't be a "big boned gal."
Jay
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04-06-2008, 06:41 AM
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fat chick FKA Velveteen
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Arnhem, the Netherlands
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Height: 5'5½
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my boyfriend said "you have short fingers, not big bones!"
and I'm with Harpo... I can't touch them now, but a few years ago when I was actually AT my goal weight they touched just fine
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04-06-2008, 10:26 AM
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Heather 2.0
Join Date: Mar 2007
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I have to agree as well - I believed I was 'big boned' because I could not get my fingers around my wrist - now I can, easily, with overlap. Has my frame changed? No, I'm just not carrying as much fat. I think this is rubbish - short fingers, fat wrists, frame size... it all seems pretty silly.
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04-06-2008, 10:38 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Ontario's West Coast
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I like all those measurements and gauges and graphs and things. I think we so desperately want some way to measure our progress. It's fun.
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04-06-2008, 10:46 AM
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3 + years maintaining
Join Date: Sep 2006
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I used to be extra large boned - & now somehow, some way my entire bone structure has changed and I find my self, ummm.... tiny boned. 
I'm kinda thinking that my frame stayed the same exact way, it's just what SURROUNDS my frame that has changed. 
I don't know, I just don't "go by" those things.
Last edited by rockinrobin; 04-06-2008 at 10:47 AM.
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04-06-2008, 10:51 AM
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~Don't Postpone Joy~
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Sorry guys... I meant no harm... I just thought it was interesting...
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04-06-2008, 11:13 AM
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Senior Member
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sweetcaroline
Sorry guys... I meant no harm... I just thought it was interesting...
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Absolutely no apology needed!!!! The site was fun. Like others said we are forever measuring ourselves and thsi was fun! LOL, I'm 5'10" and I swear I'm small boned! LOL to look at me with my big ole belly you wouldn't know. I jut happen to have very small fine boned wrists! LOL the only skinny thing on me!!! 
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