I learned this trick from a diet center years ago when I went in for a free "analysis" (fancy way of saying, "come on in, we'll get you so psyched up you'll pay any amount of money to join us")
Wrap your thumb and forefinger (the finger immediately after the thumb on your hand) around your wrist over the boney part that sticks up. If your thumb and forefinger overlap, you have a small frame, a medium frame if they meet, and a large frame if they don't meet. While this will not give you an accurate measurement, it is a good guess.
OMG, Ellis, I understand completely. My DH is chinese, from China. We went to visit the family a few years ago when I was close to my highest weight 5' tall, 190 pounds. People would stare at me as they were riding their bikes. They would literally turn their heads around and watch me walk by. I nearly caused a couple accidents. It wasn't because I was an American, because his family lives in a big westernized city. There are a lot of foreigners there.
I would walk into stores and the sales ladies would meet me and say very rudely, "no clothes for you. we don't carry big size" and then almost escort me out the door. I guess they were afraid I'd try on the clothes and stretch them out of shape or something.
So my dh had me buy fabric and we had some clothes made for me while we were visiting. The tailor was impressed by me stature. At least he was nice about it. He told me husband that he'd never seen a woman as big as me with so much muscle.
You know how large women have the creepy-crawlies when we were shorts and we tend to keep pulling our shorts down between the legs.
My mil would walk behind me and literally pull down my shorts between my legs whenever they would begin to ride up. How embarrassing. I quickly switiched to skirts during that visit.
I'm very strangely shaped pear. I have GIGOONDA Breasts.....a "small" waist (comparatively speaking).... and the largest ***/widest hips ! (You should just stick a bumper sticker on it "Wide Load" like those trucks) I need a size 18 jean to get over my hips, and then they are loose on my waist...*Sigh*
BUT I KNOW I HAVE A MARILYN MONROE KICK BUTT BODY JUST WAITING TO BE REVEALED!!!!
Oh Sarahu, our posts musta crossed....
Well the Thumb and forefinger method confirms once again I am a large frame...
I hear ya about the creepy crawlies, I myself prefer to wear long fitted dresses... (Fit and Flare)..
UGH , I know what you mean about some stores... I saw a lovely dress in Unlimited, and while the clerk said nothing , I could read her face.." Oh SHE can't possible think she'll find something to fit her in here...must be buying for someone else...."
Hey tell MIL to pick her own butt!
Ellis: I hear ya.... I hate when I am around 2 of my friends who are the same height as me... and they are like Size 0 petite little things... I can't help thinking
so maybe thats what I look like under all this fat... bleah
Sarah, I love your story... you've totally made my day.
Schatzi, at least you HAVE a waist! I have a really boyish figure. I have hips, but no apparent waist from the front, and a very small chest (which I'm actually very grateful for!).
Yeah, you're pretty much going to be a babe in 50 pounds, aren't you?
Sarah, I just noticed how much you've lost! Woof! That's GREAT, girl!!
BrandynsMoooM, I'd go by the HealthSystems check website...it states that the method is used by Met Life to calculate frames.... and I know Underwriters... they are sticklers for absolute facts....
The fingers and wrist way is just an estimate. Like if you don't have a tape meaure handy. Anything that has you actually measuring is probabaly much more accurate.
BUT I KNOW I HAVE A MARILYN MONROE KICK BUTT BODY JUST WAITING TO BE REVEALED!!!!
AMEN, sistah Schatzi!!!!
Yes you do...and don't you forget it, honey! It doesn't sound like you're a pear...more of an hourglass. How fun will that tiny waist be when you are at goal? You'll be able to wear those low rise jeans and men and women alike will drool and how tiny your waist is!
Sarah, I understand about those creepy crawlies...and about being around petite people! You are doing a fabulous job with your weight loss and your health. Just wait until your in laws see you!
Yeah, I'm pretty sure I have a large frame. My hips are HUGE, my rib cage is ginormous, my elbow measurement is 3.7, and my fingers don't touch on my wrist...about an inch between them.
OK so this finally got the better of me and I had to measure also. Very much a large frame person here. Elbow meauserment is almost 4" and wriste measurement is thumb and finger not touching by almost an 1". I to am a hourglass. Fairly large breasts, the "large load" butt and "ham hock" thighs. I also have the added joy of a super long waist (shirts always to short) and very short legs (pants always to long).
Shatzi, I can totally relate to the pants thing. I have a size 14 shorts in my drawer that are tight in the rear and way loose in the waist. All my jeans are like that too. If only my waist were proportionate to my rear, I'd be a size 10, I'm sure!
My doctor told me I had a medium frame when I saw her last but she didn't measure anything. I don't have calipers at work to do an accurate elbow measurement but it looks like I'm about 2 1/2" which would put me at the upper end of a medium frame. As for the wrist, well I have short fingers! I've got at least a one inch gap. I'm going with medium frame (especially since my doctor said 5' 3" and a medium frame would be 125-135 and I'm at 136.5 as of this morning
Hmm, well I wonder if I didn't remember it properly. Maybe it was below the boney part, closest to the hand?? I've always liked over the boney part because it made me a large frame and I can weigh more and still be healthy. Go with the meusurements it's probably more accurate!
Ok I'm confused
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