Physical descriptions

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Registered: 05-31-2005
Physical descriptions
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Sun, 01-01-2006 - 2:31pm

I'm wondering what everyone's opinions are here and also, what you describe yourself as...


On the sites, when you see people who list themselves as having a few extra pounds, being large or being thick, what are the differences to you? How do you list yourself?


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Registered: 02-01-2005
Tue, 01-03-2006 - 6:08pm
Well, I had someone today tell me he only dated women with a BMI under 20. I told him I didn't know what I weighed and he called me fat. LOL...like that was supposed to make me feel bad.
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Registered: 03-18-2005
Tue, 01-03-2006 - 6:12pm

Well you’re better off, he was not only rude and insensitive but apparently feels the need to put someone down to make himself feel better - his underlying character is not a good soul.

 
 
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Registered: 01-09-2004
Tue, 01-03-2006 - 6:25pm
I'm not considered heavy by any means. On the weight range they give for my height, I'm probably on the low end of it. I have always been tough on myself. I was sort of anorexic at one point in high school. I go to the gym too. I just rejoined after several months off due to an impossible schedule. I like guys that are active as well. Couch potatoes don't exactly turn me on. However, gym rats don't either.
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Registered: 10-17-2002
Tue, 01-03-2006 - 6:28pm
Whatever. BMI is a crock of hooey in my opinion. It does not take into account things like that muscle weighs more than fat. It uses height and weight only. For someone like me, it doesn't work at all. I am medium height and pretty muscular and what most people consider slim (I wear a size 4 to 6). But I put in my height of 5' 5" and weight of 130 and I get a BMI of 21.6 which is in the normal range, but out of range for your bozo here. Also, if I get below 125, I look skeletal. And BTW, anything under 18.5 is "underweight" so I guess your guy only likes too thin, anorexic looking girls. What a great human being!

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Registered: 06-27-2005
Tue, 01-03-2006 - 6:38pm

I agree that BMI is pretty unreliable for people who are muscular. Recently at my 5 year old Son's checkup, the nurse weighed and measured him and calculated his BMI. She came back in and said she must have made a mistake, she wrote down 48 pounds, but it must be 38. Apparently his BMI was in the 95th percentile, making him technically overweight, but she was sure by looking at him that he wasn't overweight. Well of course he really did weigh 48 pounds, but just has a lot of muscle, he doesn't look the slightest bit chubby even.

I don't know the body type always confuse me too, I never know what to put for myself. I do think the photo says more than the classification, but people search by the classification too, they may exclude people who mark a certain body type.

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Registered: 02-01-2005
Tue, 01-03-2006 - 6:42pm

LOL...

He just wrote me back and said, "I think I made a mistake in my email. I meant percent body fat, not BMI."

LOL!


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Registered: 03-18-2005
Tue, 01-03-2006 - 6:46pm
Does anyone know........How do you know if you’re medium, small or big boned?
 
 
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Registered: 12-18-2005
Tue, 01-03-2006 - 7:24pm
In the old days it was putting your hand around your opposite wrist. If your middle finger touched your thumb, you were medium. If your middle finger went beyond your thumb, you were small. And if your middle finger didn't touch your thumb, you were big boned. Not sure if that's the way they do it now though.
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Registered: 03-18-2005
Tue, 01-03-2006 - 7:30pm

If your middle finger touched your thumb, you were medium. If your middle finger went beyond your thumb, you were small.

My middle finger touches my thumb but goes beyond by about a 1/4 of an inch - so am I medium small or small medium LOL ;-) it's like that size 5, odd size, ha!

 
 
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Tue, 01-03-2006 - 7:32pm

I've read that the way to tell is by measuring around your wrist...but you'd have to do a google search or something to find out which measurements are what frame size.

Sheri