how overweight is overweight?

fluvalence

this may sound a bit odd, but as this is boards then i'm sure it'll fit in

what qualifies a person to be overweight in the eyes of the public?? For me if i see someone struggling to stand up or walk or something. then of course there are people who aren't that overweight, they just wear clothes that are too small and become unsightly.
also, would you date someone who you viewed to be overweight?

Black Swan

I can foresee that your thread will be fat with posts.

taidghbaby

fluvalence wrote: »

this may sound a bit odd, but as this is boards then i'm sure it'll fit in

what qualifies a person to be overweight in the eyes of the public?? For me if i see someone struggling to stand up or walk or something. then of course there are people who aren't that overweight, they just wear clothes that are too small and become unsightly.
also, would you date someone who you viewed to be overweight?

go to PI with your problem

R0ot

If you look down and can't see your genitals your overweight. (obviously only when you are naked as the day god made you) :pac:

Ciaran500

If you're struggling to stand up you're gone well past being over weight, you're getting into dangerous weight at that stage.

Supercell

Yep, if your male and you have to bend over to see your manhood while taking a lash, you should realise that your a fat bar steward.

Laura Appleby

If you have rolls or a muffin top you are over weight

Ruu_Old

If you have to buy 2 or more airline seats.

LadyE

Laura Appleby wrote: »

If you have rolls or a muffin top you are over weight

Oh really???

:rolleyes:

KnifeWRENCH

R0ot wrote: »

If you look down and can't see your genitals your overweight. (obviously only when you are naked as the day god made you) :pac:

You've just made all eunnuchs feel fat now.

I HOPE YOU'RE PLEASED WITH YOURSELF. :mad::mad:

FruitLover

If your arse is wider than your shoulders, you should hit the slim-fast.

Laura Appleby

LadyE wrote: »

Oh really???

:rolleyes:

Well you're not UNDER weight anyway....

LadyE

Laura Appleby wrote: »

Well you're not UNDER weight anyway....

You can be slim/normal to have a muffin top..ffs...

Are you really that thick that as an image consultant you would know its from ill-fitting clothes????????

:rolleyes:

Get a life tbh

Loopy

If your ass hangs waaaaay over the toilet seat when your on it

If you need to pay for 2 seats on a plane

If you can eat 2 big mac meals in one sitting

If people call you fatty:pac:

Yikes Im outa here... troll alert.

Laura Appleby

LadyE wrote: »

You can be slim/normal to have a muffin top..ffs...

Are you really that thick that as an image consultant you would know its from ill-fitting clothes????????

:rolleyes:

Get a life tbh

Some people have them even just in knickers

youcancallmeal

Shazam!

LadyE

Laura Appleby wrote: »

Some people have them even just in knickers

OK :rolleyes:

Maybe they are ill-fitting too??;)

Kiera

R0ot wrote: »

If you look down and can't see your genitals your overweight. (obviously only when you are naked as the day god made you) :pac:

Or maybe your boobs are too big???

stepbar

LadyE wrote: »

OK :rolleyes:

Maybe they are ill-fitting too??;)

Bitch fight Bitch fight!!!!!

eddiehead

Kiera wrote: »

Or maybe your boobs are too big???

Or maybe your genitals are too small:pac:

Michellenman

Kiera wrote: »

Or maybe your boobs are too big???

topnutz wrote: »

Or maybe your genitals are too small:pac:

I'd be worried now if you had genitals that stuck out and boobs.

eddiehead

Michellenman wrote: »

I'd be worried now if you had genitals that stuck out and boobs.

.....Moobs?

Michellenman

topnutz wrote: »

.....Moobs?

There's the worry factor.

Sherifu

I have big bones. :pac:

thelordofcheese

Sherifu wrote: »

I have big bones. :pac:

Sure Big bones

eddiehead

thelordofcheese wrote: »

Sure Big bones

lol

Can somebody turn on the "Thanks" button in AH

Piste

Laura Appleby wrote: »

If you have rolls or a muffin top you are over weight

What about a slim toned size 10 whose crappy image consultant put them into a size 6 pair of jeans? Hard to avoid a muffin top then. It's all about ill-fitting clothes.

Laura Appleby

Piste wrote: »

What about a slim toned size 10 whose crappy image consultant put them into a size 6 pair of jeans? Hard to avoid a muffin top then. It's all about ill-fitting clothes.

The only way you can permanently get rid of Muffin top is Lipo. Its nothing to do with the size of the clothes i would never put someone in clothes that didn't fit them. too big over too small if you have to make that choice

BubbleWrap85

I'm fat. I don't know how big my bones are. I'd just like to think God over did a good thing! I don't think I'm a really ugly fat bird though [least I hope not!!!]

stepbar

Laura Appleby wrote: »

The only way you can permanently get rid of Muffin top is Lipo. Its nothing to do with the size of the clothes i would never put someone in clothes that didn't fit them. too big over too small if you have to make that choice

Who cares Laura, who cares.......

LadyE

Laura Appleby wrote: »

The only way you can permanently get rid of Muffin top is Lipo. Its nothing to do with the size of the clothes i would never put someone in clothes that didn't fit them. too big over too small if you have to make that choice

Its not all about you y'know.

Piste

Laura Appleby wrote: »

The only way you can permanently get rid of Muffin top is Lipo. Its nothing to do with the size of the clothes i would never put someone in clothes that didn't fit them. too big over too small if you have to make that choice

That's completely wrong! A muffin top is hips and stomach bulging out over the waistband of trousers, if the trousers are loose enough to accomodate said hips and stomach then they will not hang over.


You can be slim and toned and still have a muffin top if your trousers are too tight because your skin will bulge out.

Toots

Piste wrote: »

That's completely wrong! A muffin top is hips and stomach bulging out over the waistband of trousers, if the trousers are loose enough to accomodate said hips and stomach then they will not hang over.


You can be slim and toned and still have a muffin top if your trousers are too tight because your skin will bulge out.

Deffo, my SIL is easily the skinniest person I've ever seen and she has a pair of leather pants that give her a muffin top at the sides. Seriously, nobody would even consider doing lipo on her, there's not a pick on her.

It's all about making sure your clothes fit well. Tis better to buy a bigger size and look well than try and squeeze yourself into something too small and look fat.

Michellenman

Toots85 wrote: »

Deffo, my SIL is easily the skinniest person I've ever seen and she has a pair of leather pants that give her a muffin top at the sides. Seriously, nobody would even consider doing lipo on her, there's not a pick on her.

It's all about making sure your clothes fit well. Tis better to buy a bigger size and look well than try and squeeze yourself into something too small and look fat.

Yeah, has no one hear heard of a belt?!

Tar.Aldarion

Well any overweight is overweight.

RonMexico

You are overweight when you have to hover over the jacks to take a dump.

Dudess

LadyE wrote: »

You can be slim/normal to have a muffin top..ffs...

Are you really that thick that as an image consultant you would know its from ill-fitting clothes????????

:rolleyes:

Get a life tbh

LadyE, tone it down. Ditto on the subsequent very personal comments directed at Laura Appleby. That's what the personal messaging function is for.

In my opinion, noticeable rolls of flab, even if the person isn't big overall, is overweight.

arybvtcw0eolkf

'Over weight' and 'over fat' are two completely different things.

I lift weights, I eat tons of calouries and I fight at + 100kgs (I'm 120kgs at the moment) but I've got below average fat for a male. To most I'd be considered 'over weight', but my BMI (body Mass Index) would show me as lean.

I've a mate who weighs the same, doesn't train, drinks most nights - loves a big curry and couldn't scratch his ass without a nurses aide... he's over fat!, his BMI would put him into the morbidly obese catagory.

R0ot

Kiera wrote: »

Or maybe your boobs are too big???

Then you shouldn't be worried if your overweight or not. :pac:

Aisling(",)

looptheloop wrote: »

If you can eat 2 big mac meals in one sitting

i can do that im 8 and 1/2 stone so that means im fat?
:mad::mad::mad::mad:
cheers

Pride Fighter

If your BMI is over 26 you are overweight.

Dudess

Well yeah but you could be an 18 stone, 6ft rugby player. I think the OP is referring to overweight as in fat.

SantryRed

Aisling(",) wrote: »

i can do that im 8 and 1/2 stone so that means im fat?
:mad::mad::mad::mad:
cheers

Don't be too disappointed:p

Aisling(",)

SantryRed wrote: »

Don't be too disappointed:p

hush up you fool

partyatmygaff

heh i ate 6 big macs in one sitting and washed it down with 2 cokes
:pac:

Then again im an 80kg Rugby Player / Boxer


I was 120kg just 6 months ago and i was ehm obese more than overweight
Im all lean now though

rossie1977

Pride Fighter wrote: »

If your BMI is over 26 you are overweight.

that would mean every contestant on mr universe like ronnie coleman and jay cutler are morbidly obese which they ain't, colemans competition BMI is 41 and off season its 47

wrestler dave batista has barely an gram of fat on him but his BMI is 35

hussey

You are overweight if

• you show up on radar
• you leave footprint in concrete
• people jog around you for exercise
• you have more chins than a chinese phonebook
• you wear a yellow coat, people shout 'Taxi'
• you go to the beach, and greenpeace offer to put you back to sea
• you can break a family tree
• you can capsize a small boat

Xavi6

FruitLover wrote: »

If your arse is wider than your shoulders, you should hit the slim-fast.

Exactly

challengemaster

BMI is inaccurate as it doesn't account for a difference between fat and muscle. It's all one.

So yeah, technically by using BMI, most athletes (who are heavyweight - Rugby players, boxers, etc etc) would be classed as overweight, yet might not have anything but muscle.

Body fat % does however account for the difference.

The way I measure women being over weight is simple, if I can't put my hands behind their back and have my wrists touch then there's too much fat there. It's odd how so many people I've told of my fat test now use it.

BraziliaNZ

looptheloop wrote: »

If you need to pay for 2 seats on a plane

If you can eat 2 big mac meals in one sitting

Oh come on that's a piece of piss. I ate 4 big macs when I was 15 and i wasn't fat then and ain't fat now!