Hmm...well, my wrists are really small, but I have always been busty and also had large hips, thighs, and a large butt. So, even if my "frame" is small (which it would be according to those wrist charts), I think 150 is about as good as it is going to get for me because of all of my assets. Like I think I will be happy and feel good about myself at 150 even if I'm "supposed" to be 115-120 or whatever. Online BMI calculators also tell me I'm supposed to weigh between 115 and 135, but that's just based on age and height and such. When trying to calculate my goal weight, I based it on what I know about my body, and I know, for example, that I will always be a C cup or bigger no matter how much I weigh, so I have to understand that part of my goal weight should include that.

Like a couple of other have said, my wrists do get smaller when I lose weight (going by watches and bracelets). Right now, my wrists are 6.5 which isn't that big for my height but I can't wrap my fingers around them because I have short fingers.

I probably average out to medium frame because parts of me like my wrists and ankles are not that big but I do have broad shoulders and a broad rib cage.

I was trying info on frame size based on shoulders and rib cage, but didn't have much success. I was always under the impression that I had broad shoulders, because my mom, who has very narrow shoulders, always told me so. I now realize I should take almost everything my mom has ever said with a grain of salt, and wonder where my shoulders stack up. And I don't think my rib cage is all that broad, but it is fairly deep.

zoodoo -

this is a personal question so feel free not to answer! lol! But what band size bra do you wear? I'm hovering in between a 42 and 44 at my current weight. Even when I lost over 40 lbs a couple of years ago (down to low 220s), that had me in a 42. I think I'll need to get down to about where you are to be down to a 40. So I think that puts my rib cage on the broader side, but I am also including deepness too, of course.

I forgot to answer the hunger question. Personally, I do not force myself to eat when I'm not hungry but I do start to feel very tired when my calories get too low. Since I'm on a very low carb plan, the hunger suppression can be very strong. So I try to make slight tweaks of not eating more often, but maybe having a little bit extra when I do eat, like an extra ounce or two of chicken, etc. It is not so much that I feel stuffed when I eat, and it's easier for me than trying to add in an extra snack. That gets my calories back up to a level that I feel good and energetic on.

I just wanted to put my two cents in - I weigh more than you but only wear a 40 band size in my bra, so I'm thinking you might have a broader rib cage? A 40 is a good band size for me.

I'm super small framed, no question - I'm about 130 and almost 5'5 and I can't find any bones anywhere without pushing and prodding hard. The space between my front hip bones is about 9 inches and I have narrow shoulders and wear a size 6 shoe. It's a drag because medium/large framed people at my height and weight have bangin' beach bodies, but I know I'd have to be 110 or less to look the same.

As for hunger, I'd say trust your instinct for now if you don't have a history with eating disorders or anything and are a fairly "healthy" and "normal" eater.

Bra band size is so individual. I prefer to have my bra band tighter than wwhat is recommended for bra sizing sites because having it tighter there takes the weight off the shoulders (which I am very sensitive too). My mother in law, on the other hand, likes her bra bans loose. She has a 31" rib cage, but buys a 36" band. I have a 36.25" rib cage, and buy a 38" band.

So, first thing you shoudl do is measure your rib cage - level all the way around, directly under your breasts. That will give your actual rib cage size.

And, Ihave a large rib cage (deep) and almost no fat left around there. At my biggest, (275 lbs) I wore a 40" band. I never gained much in my back.

Yes, I do think I have a broad rib cage, and it's also that I carry more weight in the upper half of my body. I'm (relatively!) small on the bottom - my waist is big but my hips are small so as long as there is some give in the waist, I can wear XL or even a few pairs of L pants and shorts.

This is hillarious!!! I was looking at these charts totally confused. :?: I could not figure out why my whole life I had been told I was large frame (even when I was thin) when the charts show I am small framed. :dunno: I just discovered that when using my husbands tape measurer that the side I was using measures 10th of a foot. My wrist is not just over 5.5 inches, it is just over 5.5 tenths of a foot. Flip the tape measurer over and I got 6 3/4 of an inch.

Is that a metal tape measure? if so, better to use a string to measure around your wrist and then measure that against the metal tape measure or a ruler. You really need a thin fabric tape measure to get an accurate enough measurement (the thinner the better as it gets JUST the wrist bones and not the fleshy stuff around it).

berryblonde - it is a lightly coated fabric tape measurer made to measure fiber glass. :)

Ooh, I love seeing people's responses!

Right now my ribcage below my breasts is about 35.5. I have, and wear, bras size 36DD, 38D, and 40D. One of the 38Ds is actually the tightest of them. My chest include bust, while wearing a bra, is 42-43. Charts would have me wearing a much bigger cup size, but they always seem huge. Maybe my breasts are short just like me. :D

April Snow, I should add that you're WAY taller than I am, so you comparisons are going to be skewed.

ETA again. April Snow, my build is the opposite of yours. I used to consider myself hourglass, but now I wonder if I'm pear. My waist and stomach are comparatively small, but my hips, thighs, butt are big.

Lol OK, didn't even know there was such a thing! Cool - learned something new!

I'm a land surveyor and I'm used to what we called a "cloth tape" when I was in the field, 100' on a reel. We use tenths of feet (hundredths, actually) as standard, and that's what I thought of. Funny how we all jump to our own images.