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

This is a good site too!

http://www.fitnessandfreebies.com/fi...bodyframe.html

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!

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.

I think you're absolutely right Harpo... I have fat wrists... LOL

My wrists are different sizes so... I guess I'm just Strange-Framed. But they don't have that as a category! :lol:

LOL!!! strange-framed!

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? :)

It means we are all unique, and those measurements and techniques just use averages! Just like the scale, just like clothing sizes. Whee! :broc:

I've just got a small frame no matter how it's measured. Darn, I can't be a "big boned gal." :lol:

Jay

my boyfriend said "you have short fingers, not big bones!" :lol:

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 :)

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. :lol:

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.

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. :shrug:

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.

Sorry guys... I meant no harm... I just thought it was interesting...

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!!!:p