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Originally Posted by Deena52 (Post 3704527)

I don't know what the exact explanation for it is but I have met quite a few people who can't believe how much weight I can carry and that I weigh what I do and also people who weigh quite a bit less than me and look heavier than me.....but I suspect it has something to do with our bones, possibly. Every time this has happened, I have always noticed that they have these beautiful, delicate hands with nice, slim fingers and I have these big-boned, thick hands of a charwoman or a fishwife.

They make these jokes about "I'm just big-boned" but I tend to think there is a lot of truth to it. Not necessarily the whole "bone structure" thing....but more the heaviness of the bones....that can make someone who weighs less look fatter than someone else of the same height who weighs more.

I'm from hardy peasant stock from eastern Europe....so got the big, clunky and heavy bones (which apparently seems to make me look like I weigh less than I actually do).

deena :D:strong:

Deena you sound JUST like me!

No one can ever guess how much I weigh, they always guess a ton less. I carry fat really well because of my height and my big bones. But, I am one with those thin piano-like hands. The only way I know I have big bones is by my wrists as theyre much larger then my mums.

I am part irish/welsh so maybe it's us European gene'd people. :)

I'm mixed English/Scandinavian, and I have delicate bones. So, it's not just European...

It's pointless to compare with others. There are too many variables! Someone will always look thinner or look heavier. Making judgments like this is just no way to live! IMO...

Jay

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Originally Posted by kaw (Post 3704427)

Funny, my reaction would have been, "she's fudging her weight." Sure, it's ridiculous to do it on an exercise machine, but it's also ridiculous to do it on a driver's license form, and we all know how often that happens. :)

//b. strong,
Kim

That's what I thought!

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Originally Posted by spixiet (Post 3708096)

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