I have seen people that are lighter, but still "sloppy". To me, fat is when someone, including myself, looks sloppy. IE, double chin, muffin top, flappy arms, over sized thighs, back fat.

I know it has been said through out this entire thread, but I will say it again, fat is not a number or a size, it is all realitve to the individual.

NOW, do I know if I hit a certain number, it is my wake up call that I am "fat" yes. If I hit a certain number it is a wake up call I am getting in shape, yes.

With that being said, a year and half ago, I was working out and losing weight. The scale stopped going down, but my pant size still dropped. I was losing because of working out.

If I said "160" is fat, then I would have never seen the hard work I was putting in at the gym. For me, it is really if I have to say "well I have a pretty face" or "I am just a thick girl" that means I need to reevaluate myself and get my booty back in gear.

I just hit the healthy range of my BMI. But at 5'2 and 137 pounds I look overweight and I am overweight even though that infamous chart says I'm at a healthy weight.

I'm an apple shape and I have a small frame. Absolutely all my weight goes to my stomach, and I have big ol' muffin top. My waist circumference is 95 cm and a waistline above 80 cm waist is considered a major increase for lifestyle diseases.

BMI is just a chart and has strong limitations.

I have my own personal indicators on my body, but I don't really judge others the way I do myself. I'm harsher to myself than to other people. I consider myself heavier when I can't see my face anymore. I can't right now and that's upsetting. That's my best gauge, honestly. That and my waist disappearing.

I literally busted out laughing when I read that response!

I totally agree with this answer. For me, I consider myself fat when my l can't wear shorts because it hurts when my thighs rub, when my face turns into a perfect sphere, when I can see a double chin in pictures, when I get rolls on my back, when I lose sight of my collarbone.... My sister is a couple inches taller than me and has always outweighed me. Our bone structures are totally different, though; if you saw her, she looks like a tall slim but curvy Amazon. I look like a dowdy spongy brick. She's got great definition in her bone structure, but all you see on me are rounded edges. We wear the same size clothes, but because of her shape, she looks 30lbs. lighter than me. Numbers are very subjective; I've always tried to gauge my progress on whether or not I see my collarbone. I'm still a good 40lbs. away from seeing it, so I'm my own definition of fat right now.

I felt like a supermodel ( and was actually told I should consider modelling -yeah right lol) when I was 15. I weighed 215 lbs. any doctors chart would say I was overweight, and my skinny tiny friends guessed I weighed 150!

Fat for me is when the front of my pants don't lie flat, when there's a gap between my Knees because my thighs are so big. Fat is when I have to use band extenders to get into a bra.