Pheonix2010
Silver Member
If your Avatar is an indication of what you want to look like then I reckon thats about right , she is defo not 7 and a half stone is she , too curvy , just right Id say 
Who actually follows the 'ideal weight guide'??
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Pheonix2010
Silver Member
have you seen this Welcome - My Body Gallery - What Real Women Look Like
Lexie_dog
UNLEASHING THE BEAST!
Nope I don't follow them. When I started going out with my husband I was 10 st 11 and technically overweight.
My hip bones jutted out when I stood if I went below that weight yet ideal weight charts state I can go as low as 8 stone 8lbs.
I'm aiming for 11 stone this time.
My hip bones jutted out when I stood if I went below that weight yet ideal weight charts state I can go as low as 8 stone 8lbs.
I'm aiming for 11 stone this time.
Lots2lose36
Silver Member
I do as I've a small frame my bmi needs to be around 20 - 21 for me to be size 10.
Pheonix2010
Silver Member
what struck me was how different people with the same height and weight looked
I dont think still cameras add 10lb , its just moving image cameras I think
so they should be a pretty true picture
I dont think still cameras add 10lb , its just moving image cameras I think
so they should be a pretty true picture
cable
Gold Member
i wouldnt go by the charts if i did i would look ridiculously skinny, i know my healthy size is a 12 which i can get in at just below 12 stone which my dr would class as overweight, my height which is not that tall really makes the difference.
i also have friends who vary from a size 6- 10 who look stunning in their clothes but they are incredibly unhealthy they live on red bull, haribos and ciggies, that is it. they may look stunning now but in 20 yrs will they????
i also have friends who vary from a size 6- 10 who look stunning in their clothes but they are incredibly unhealthy they live on red bull, haribos and ciggies, that is it. they may look stunning now but in 20 yrs will they????
Kiika
Full Member
phoenix2010 said:
I always look massive in pictures compared to in the mirror so I think it's all types of camera. Also there is no way that all (not all, but most) of those 8st girls are as big as they looked so it must be that the camera is adding the illusion of weight....unless the lied about their weights! Lol
P.S. When I say "big" I obviously don't mean BIG just bigger than I thought they should look. The girls I know who are around that weight look much smaller than nearly all of them on that site.
Nasher and Basher
Full Member
BMI is flawed though, as it does not take into account muscle mass. So just get where your happy and comfortable, thats what I plan to do.
Pinklady1911
serial dieter!!!
Me too nasher, and i think cameras do definietly add size. I went out saturday and took a photo in the mirror and i looked much bigger than i actually did, if you get my drift! Could just be my camera or the angle or something, but i always seem to look like im bigger on photos. Even the pictures i put in my diary today, i look bigger on them than i actually did on the night in person! Very strange!
Pheonix2010
Silver Member
Well Ive done a little bit of research and there are various possibilities why the camera may add weight....
quality of camera , lens , lighting , converting a 3d image to a 2d image, the mirror you take the picture in , the angle you take the picture
so get all these things wrong and you can look bigger , get them all right i.e hire a good photographer and you might look slimmer , so the camera does lie sometimes , but not all the time , too many factors can play a part in how accurate or not the image is
I plan to get to a weight I feel comfortable and happy at , whatever that may be , but I can guarantee you I will still hate having my photograph taken
quality of camera , lens , lighting , converting a 3d image to a 2d image, the mirror you take the picture in , the angle you take the picture
so get all these things wrong and you can look bigger , get them all right i.e hire a good photographer and you might look slimmer , so the camera does lie sometimes , but not all the time , too many factors can play a part in how accurate or not the image is
I plan to get to a weight I feel comfortable and happy at , whatever that may be , but I can guarantee you I will still hate having my photograph taken
Lots2lose36
Silver Member
cable said:
Mmmmmmm living on haribos oh yummmmmm
Lots2lose36
Silver Member
I've a massive tub of them here and a bag of them in both sides of my bed side cupboards lol
Yummmmm lol
Yummmmm lol
cammie girl
Full Member
I love this. What an interesting site! Gives me an idea of what I might look like at various weights
