Does anyone not "LOOK" their weight?
 

I get the same thing... My doctor makes me step on the scale several times before he'll believe the weight usually... I think we're just blessed with carrying our weight evenly and I won't complain. I know I have a lot of muscle mass under all this padding that probably weighs a bit too... Although, when I lose I look WORSE for a while because my top half thins out way faster than my bottom half and I look disproportionate for a while :(.

I have been told my whole life I don't look my weight, I know now everyone was trying to be nice. I see pictures of people on the boards that weigh the same as I do or did and they look the same as me - either that or A LOT of people carry their weight well. I weigh 190 now and when I look in the mirror I see 190 for the first time in my life and I like it. When I looked in the mirror at 190 before I saw 150.

It's funny because at the weight I am now people always say "You don't weight that much" Umm, yes I do. But, when I weighed 135 I was told you're fat, overweight, etc. Ummm what?! But yeah...when I wasn't fat, I was called fat and now that I am they say I am not fat...are you fricking blind! LOL But I do think it is in the way you carry it and I don't care what anyone says, I know I am overweight and need to lose so...no I don't get a false sense about my weight. I think a person can look good no matter what weight they are but it is a health issue for sure and being too overweight is not healthy.

Carmen Manheim's biography, "Wake up, I'm Fat," (Great book, by the way) talks about how most people underestimate others weights. Like a casting director turning her down for at part because she was too thin, he wanted a "really fat actress, like over 200 lbs" (she weight like 30 to 50 lbs more than that at the time).

I remember when I first hit 300 lbs, so many friends and family wouldn't believe it, because they thought of a person over 300 lbs as someone who couldn't get out of bed or walk or anything. I was even accused of making it up by one person (like who would make that up?).

Yep! I'm about 5'8 tall and when I weighed 185 lbs no one would ever have guessed because of my height and shape. I'm small chested and have a slim waist but my weight sits in my butt and thighs. If my upper body was in proportion to my lower body I probably would have looked heavier.

Even my doctor was surprised when she weighed me. I've been maintaining my weight at 165 for the last year but want to lose that last darned 10 lbs to hit my WW goal.

When I told everyone I started at a tight size 26, they were like "NO WAY were you that big!!" So I guess I carried my weight well then, and my uncle said I looked like I was 160 when I weighed 190 when I saw him. I'm like the rest of you girls, I carry my weight VERY evenly. Everything gets big all at the same time, and everything is shrinking all at the same time.

But I think I look what I weigh now, because everyone asks what I weigh when I see them (does anyone else get that? like it's okay to ask someone on a diet how much they weigh? but I tell them because I don't mind) and no one has said, "You don't look like you weigh that much!" And everyone I know knows what I weigh, so I must look it now.

When I go to the doctor they always set the scale at 150 and try to slide the weight up from there. Unfortunatly, they end up going to the 200 shortly!~:rolleyes:

:wave: Hi Thin!! Well, I've been "stuck at a plateau" for about a year and a half...I really have just come to a place in losing that I need to incorporate some more intense exercise. But when I see people I haven't seen in about a year, they say, "Wow...you've lost a TON of weight!" And I'm like, "No...not even one pound...but thanks..." I can only figure it's because they know I've been frustrated trying to lose and are just trying to make me feel better or...who knows...maybe things are shifting around or something, but I can definitely tell you that I haven't lost one friggen pound in well over a year.

Most people tell me I don't look like I weigh just over 160lbs. They also don't believe that I am still a size 14 bottom (size 10/12 US). Mind you, it was the same thing when I was bigger, because when I would talk about not being able to buy clothes, people would say "Sure you can. They go up to a 24!" (20/22 US?) I couldn't even fit into the 32s in the larger size clothes stores! People really didn't have a clear picture of the size I was.

Zelma

When I weighed over 200 and I went to the doctor's office, the nurse would always start the scale at 150, move it to 160, and then inch it along really slowly. My weight is extremely evenly distributed and I have fairly broad shoulders, along with a larger frame. Even now, at 175, I wear a size 12, and a medium in stretchy clothes. My sister has a totally different body shape, with a lot of belly/body fat, but I would venture to guess she doesn't realkly weigh much more than I do, and she takes a size 16 at best.

people look at my weird like Im lying when I tell them my weight, I say 119lbs and they look at my like sure, more like 130 :(

Shoot - I can't even eyeball 4 ozs of chicken, much less try to guess someone's weight!

LOL :)

Me too! lol

I've always had that too... Im at like 244 at the moment (and I think this is the only place i'd actually say that!), and people estimate quite alot under that.
Previously I lost 50 lbs and dropped about 3 clothes sizes, and people couldn't believe the size i started at.

I think the fact I'm 5' 11" (with a large frame) helps.

I used to have people tell me that I didn't need to diet when I weighed 185. I am 5'7 and large framed. Now, people say I'm too skinny at 148. I am at a healthy weight and normal BMI. Most people are surprised when I tell them how much I weigh. This is good in one way, but also bad. The fact that I didn't look too fat at 185 is one reason that I let it get out of hand, stupidly, I thought no one could tell I was that heavy.

I have always been told that! My mom thought I weighed 180. Imagine how shocked she was to find my real weight. :P I probably have quit a bit of muscle mass, besides that I do have a medium/large frame.

This is what I faced just last week. They set the scale to what they thought then started working their way up. People seem surprised when I tell them what I weigh. They don't think I look like I weigh that much. I think people just don't have a real sense of weight unless they too monitor their own, then they get a better handle on it.

Personally I think sometimes we WANT to believe the "you don't look like you weight that much" stuff when it is said so convince ourselves it is true. :) Of course, yes... there CAN be huge differences in how people look at certain weights, especially those "fit" -- but reality is still we ARE that weight and if it is indeed too much we need to get rid of some of it! :)

I agree that we can use it as an excuse, but I think it's also important to not to use a "magic number" as our goal. I had a roommate in college who weighed 150, but looked model gorgeous. She wanted to lose weight because she was 10 lbs over the maximum "ideal weight," she had read in some magazine.

I also had a coworker who said she weighed 195, and wanted to weigh 120 (even by the weight charts too small for her height at over 6 foot tall). She looked great, and could have lost several lbs and still been healthy, but not 75!

Well I thought I kind of said that. :) In any case, yes there is a balance.

That's about where I am right now. But I didn't read any number in a mag. My goal comes from a midpoint of the average weight chart. And pre-pregnancy, I was down to 140 and felt that the 5 pounds more I'd set for my goal was still necessary. The 140 was great, but 5 more would be the best. I was ready to revise that goal as I got near it...if need be. But once I got near, I realized it was a pretty accurate goal that didn't need revised. And people constantly do a double-take and tell me I don't look like I weigh 149 now. Even when i was 140, I didn't "look like I weigh that much." But the ones I kept getting that from were the size I used to be, or larger.

Sometimes I think people are just "being nice" and sometimes I think they're just "being dense" :dizzy: LOL...

I am currently 158. People say I "don't look it" but I'm pretty sure that's because I have a LOT of muscle. And as we all know: Muscle weighs more than fat. Still, I have quite a bit of fat sitting on top of that muscle, and so yeah, I'm fat.

Just 20 pounds off... that's all I want, God! (well, ok, maybe 30!) :D

When I was 183, I went to the doctors office and the nurse was like..."There's no way you're 183, lets try it again." It was kind of flattering, but it didn't matter because I knew I was overweight.
One thing that helped me look smaller is that I was a firm and perportionate (sp?) person. I didn't have loose skin and most of my weight was in my hips and thighs as opposed to my belly.

I think this is the reason why percentage body fat and amount of lean muscle is more important than weight.

I have gained 15 pounds over the last few months because of school, stress, and not getting enough sleep and people don't really notice it, although I have had some friends ask me if I got new jeans (because my butt got bigger) or suddenly noticed that my chest is bigger (gained there too). It's nice that they haven't noticed how much I've gained, especially since they still say I look great, but I don't think so. I hate being this heavy.

Everyone tells me that I look smaller than I am but I never believe them. I actually think I look way bigger than my weight but I have low self esteem so.....*shrugs*

yes i am told i am not that big either. which is good to hear, but i think i look a little like that.

Last Thanksgiving, I weighed about 175 and was wearing a size 12. Everyone thought I was about 150 lbs. But, now that I'm at 146, everyone guesses me at about 145. So, when I was heavier, I didn't look my weight, but now I do. Also the doctors office would always set the scale at 150 and go up, I'd always tell them to start at 200 and they acted like they couldn't believe it.

I'm definately heavier then I realize. But I am really tall (5'10") so it throws my weight off some. I am big, but "proportional".

You are what you are....some people can be 200 pounds and be in a size 20 while another is in a size 14(depends on height, muscle, body comp, etc..).... but you can't hide fat. You can dress to camoflauge it, but when it comes right down to it, you are carrying extra weight. Looking your weight or not, you are still carrying it around and it's a burden on your heart, muscles, and joints.

Most people are being kind...I've said it to many people and didn't really mean it...perhaps they looked better than they previously did...oh welll:^:

Most people are baffled by my weight, I carry my weight well and now that I have boobs post baby, people say I even look better heavier. :?: I just shake my head and continue on my weight loss quest.

I don't mind people thinking I'm smaller than I actually am but it does annoy me. Most people just think I'm doing the "girl" thing and obsessing or blowing things out of proportion.

I don't look like I weigh 200 lbs. I'm 5'7, so maybe that helps hide my weight. I also am a bit cheasty... but not overwhelmingly so. I'm all for being able to hide whatever weight I can!!

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here i am at 205 lbs and a size 12-14.

my mom also was a size 22 and was 275lbs - ended up getting a bypass surgery.

*shrug* i figure even if i dont look like i have the weight - i do - and should still lose it...right?

Golly, Kate, what do you have? A 30 pound liver? Iron bones? I'm almost 30 pounds lighter (and an inch taller) than you and I wear a 14!!! I wear a 12 dress and pants have to be VERY stretch before I can get into a 12.

But it's bad to compare!! We are all built differently . . .

You carry your weight very well. I would never guess you weighed over 200. . .

thanks!

i wonder sometimes if i dont carry it in my colon or something!! haha!
i wish i knew! i'm very muscular, so maybe... I dont know!

Yup! Me too! No one believes me when I tell them I'm 185 and a size 14 (that's getting loose!). and Kate you look really really good! :cp: And you dress
well too. That's what I notice about some overweight people, they would look
so much better if they took a little more time and dressed better. My sister
who is also overweight looks great everyday. From her head to her shoes she's perfurmed and pretty. Yet I'll see someone else who is about the size
as her and she looks a mess and it makes her look ever bigger!

BTW: Was Marilyn Monroe really a size 12? I'm wondering because I watched
Gentlemen Perfer Blondes the other day and I was thinking "she looks too
small to really be a size 12".:chin:

i think the sizes have changed.
what used to be a 12 would fit someone much smaller today, as we have gotten bigger, clothing companies have accomidated. or else we'd all be in size 30s! lol

at least, thats been my understanding of it!

I've never told anyone how much I weigh... but sometimes I'd hear friends (even my BF) make comments that were degrading to 'the 200 pound woman' - and thats about what I weighed in at at the moment. They obviously didn't realize thats how much I weighed.