Am I too Skinny!?
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Topic: Am I too Skinny!?
Posted By: Daizy
Subject: Am I too Skinny!?
Date Posted: 09 April 2009 at 11:12am
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Four times this week I have asked if I am eating enough, anorexic or I am just too skinny. I dont think I am, I am just a little person. I eat a fairly balanced diet, probably could eat healthier. I hardly excercise other than chasing after the girls. I dont eat heaps but I eat my fair share. I still even have a belly left from carrying 2 big babies. Grr I even got asked if I were pregnant this week?!?
I know I do have trouble even fitting into a size 6 but I am sure all sizes are getting bigger I know I have lost some weight since having Maddi (heck I lost 4kg of baby) And now I have slowed down with the breast feeding, there is nothing left in that area. I have been smaller. Grr sorry for the rant. I am just so frustrated right now ------------- 
 
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.Maybe I should just eat more to shut people up but then I dont want to end up unhealthy. You cant win, you are either too small or too big... No one can be just right
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Posted By: sweetpea
Date Posted: 09 April 2009 at 11:26am
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Well that depends on your frame you might be the right size for that. I have a larger frame so me in a size 10 or even a 12 just wouldn't work i would look terible. Dman wide hips oh well i'm sure they will come in handy one day.
Have you checked your BMI out its not perfect but its a good indicater. I wouldn't worry too much it sounds as if you are eating well has your Doc made any comments? |
Posted By: jjands
Date Posted: 09 April 2009 at 11:27am
As long as your happy don't worry about it, you sound like you eat like everyone else so I really wouldn't worry. I used to get this alot too..don't let it get u down 
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Posted By: Daizy
Date Posted: 09 April 2009 at 11:34am
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How do you check you BMI? I am just over 40kgs and 152 tall Havent seen a Dr in years I guess I should just wait until after easter.... maybe then they wont be complaining -------------
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Posted By: Snappy
Date Posted: 09 April 2009 at 11:35am
You are so tiny Daizy - but you definately do not look unhealthy. You look perfectly in proportion to me 
Me and DH were having a rant about something similar the other day, his Grandparents accused us (Us as in Me, Janaya and DH) of starving ourselves and being too skinny. DH went wild, and said "I am the perfect weight for my height. Its because everyone these days are obese and skinny people are seen as being unhealthy" I understand your frustrations, maybe its just a jealousy thing? ------------- Mummy to two beauties... Formerly Kaiz. |
Posted By: surfergirl
Date Posted: 09 April 2009 at 11:41am
| http://www.healthyfood.co.nz/tools/bmi - http://www.healthyfood.co.nz/tools/bmi |
Posted By: Snappy
Date Posted: 09 April 2009 at 11:42am
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I just dont understand why people cant be more accepting of everyones sizes, no matter how big or small they are. ------------- Mummy to two beauties... Formerly Kaiz. |
Posted By: Mum_mum
Date Posted: 09 April 2009 at 11:42am
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Hi Daizy, My best friend is like you, she is tiny and sometimes finds size 6 doesnt fit her. She does eat, and can eat quite a bit. she was always tiny but it seems after baby she has gotten littler and she cant put the weight back on. she sits around 50kgs and is 165cms tall or so.
I think even if you did try to fatten yourself up as such that your metabolism will prolly go fast anyway and you wouldnt put too much wieght on. As long as you are eating a healthy diet that does include some fatty stuff (like a good pork roast with crackling haha) then dont worry too much! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: my4beauties
Date Posted: 09 April 2009 at 11:46am
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OMG Daizy, you are tiny! But sound very in proportion. I have a couple of friends are that about your size, and I wouldn't say they were too skinny, it's just there build. I'm jealous, I would LOVE to be that little! I'm really over-weight at the moment, but I'm 1.67cms so am taller than a lot of my friends and makes me feel like a giant sometimes. But that's not their fault (nor yours), you can't make yourself grow taller. Gosh I'd hate to have to answer to people asking about your size, rude!!
It's funny now that I've put on a lot of weight since having the kids, that people don't mention to me about my size. ------------- My babies: R (9),G (7), J (5) http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: sweetpea
Date Posted: 09 April 2009 at 11:49am
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Its easier to do a check for BMI on an online calculator although i would take results with a grain of salt there are always exceptions to these things and they may make you worry for no reason.
As long as you are happy i wouldn't worry too much about it it sounds like you eat well you are just one of these natyrally skinny people. |
Posted By: lilfatty
Date Posted: 09 April 2009 at 11:59am
Daizy you always look perfect to me ... Your just a teeny person  ------------- Mummy to Issy (3) and Elias (18 months) I did it .. 41 kgs gone! From flab to fab in under a year  http://www.femininefitness.co.nz/category/blog - LFs weight blog
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Posted By: busyissy
Date Posted: 09 April 2009 at 12:16pm
| I get this too Daizy, although I am a bit bigger than you. I'm 153cm and usually 50kgs but about 45 at the moment. My mum and my sisters are like this too but there is a stigma about being little, just as there is one about being over weight. As long as you are happy and healthy it doesn't matter what size you are. |
Posted By: BessieBear
Date Posted: 09 April 2009 at 1:06pm
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Pre baby I was 42kg and I think 154cm. I was sooo underweight all my life I ate properly I excersized and did all the proper stufF. I could just never put on weight. I wasn't even a size 6 either. and I hated it. ------------- Sarah Mum to, Boy 07/2008, Girl 03/2010, Boy 05/2012, Angel 07/08/2014
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Posted By: CuriousG
Date Posted: 09 April 2009 at 1:17pm
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Daizy, you don't look unhealthy, you only look little! I envy you!
Your BMI I worked out to be 17.31 (its your weight divided by your height squared) so 40kg/1.52/1.52= 17.31 "Healthy" BMI is defined between 20-25 but there has to be exceptions, I mean, if you eat well and simply have a fast metabolism then you aren't exactly unhealthy are you? And even if you ate more, your metabolism would probably speed up even more. Catch 22 huh?!
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Posted By: Daizy
Date Posted: 09 April 2009 at 1:43pm
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Hmm BMI of 17, maybe that sounds a little on the small side. Before having kids I wasnt exactly tiny, I wasnt big but was nowhere near what I am now. I had boobs and and a bum. Which is probably why people have noticed so much. And then going from being pregnant to not being pregnant makes it look like you have suddenly dropped too. I probably dont eat that much but then I am only so big and dont have a huge apetite. -------------
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Posted By: tishy
Date Posted: 09 April 2009 at 2:06pm
Having met you IRL Christy I would not say you're too skinny. I say you look fab 
TBH I would not have put you as a size 6, size 8 maybe ( I hope you don't think I'm calling you fat ) You look healthy and are just a small, petite perfect person.
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Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 09 April 2009 at 6:44pm
i get the opposite! lol "hhhmmm are you really pregnant!? you cant even tell when you sit down!" .. nobody will ever be happy huh! i bet whoever said that to you was probably not that happy about themselves rather than you!!
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Posted By: Troods
Date Posted: 09 April 2009 at 9:23pm
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Snap Daizy! I thought I was the only one! I too am only 152cm and my weight pre-baby was around 45 - 48kg, and now I hover between 41 - 44 kg. Post-baby I lost my pre-baby 12Bs which are now a sad 10A!! I've always been little, it's in the genes (my mum's tiny). I hated it when I was younger especially pre-puberty because people thought I had an eating disorder (at like 10!!) which really annoyed me. It's not like I don't eat a lot - in fact I can surprise people by just how much food (not always healthy either) I can put away in my tiny frame. I guess I must have a fast metabolism. I think my BMI works out to around 18.5 - 19. I like to think I have a fairly well balanced diet. I don't make an effort to exercise but I do walk alot because I prefer to walk when I can rather than take the car. Mostly because I hate driving.
As for the clothes fitting yeah I find sometimes even I have trouble fitting into size 6 and I think too the clothes are getting bigger. The main problem is the rise and crotch in trousers because of being so short! However despite being as small as I am I am actually really healthy. My iron levels etc are above normal and my cycles are regular, so no indication that there is anything wrong with me because of my size. So Daizy I guess little ladies like you and me have nothing to worry about. Our bodies may be little or "skinny" but they still manage to do what they're supposed to. You have 2 beautiful girls and I have my wee dot (and she's tiny too so going to be just like her mum!). ------------- 
Missed MC July 2011
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Posted By: Daizy
Date Posted: 09 April 2009 at 9:32pm
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Wow, someone else exactly the same size! Yay
I have one good friend who is shorter than me, she keeps me feeling normal. Totally hear you on the clothes thing. I have real trouble with my iron but I dont think thats anything to do with my size, its more a hereditary thing. I try to make sure I eat a whole lot of red meat and vegies. And I do wonder where my monstorous girls come from Both big babies, but they have slowed down a lot since then. Keira was once way below the charts in height and got plunket very worried, cant they see she has small genes.-------------
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Posted By: Glow
Date Posted: 09 April 2009 at 10:04pm
Isnt it horrible hearing all those comments Im a small person to, so I feel your frustrations.
I eat a fair bit & exercise but dont put on weight 
No your not skinny, just small! Only good things come in small packages  ------------- Mummy of Two Boys B: 2004 K: 2007 |
Posted By: monkey33
Date Posted: 09 April 2009 at 10:41pm
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I find it really interesting how people think just because you are thin that they can ask you really personal (and accusing) things about your weight and that it won't be offensive! I am between 50-55kg & 168cm and I get random comments aswell. People who don't know me just assume I don't eat or overexercise and it can be hurtful sometimes! I eat just as much as DH for dinner and I haven't exercised for months!
The only thoughts that matter are your own though - sounds like lots of girls here know you in person and you look perfect to them
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Posted By: WRXnKids
Date Posted: 10 April 2009 at 9:35am
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Im same as you monkey float between 50-55kg and 168cm dont exercise and eat almost as much as my much taller than me 100kg DP. My BMI i has always been under and docs have never said anything (dunno what it is now).
My grandparents always comment on my weight and tell me to eat more but people who see how much i eat are generally pretty surprised. I got the most comments after i had josh as i pretty much walked out of the hospital as i was before i got preg with him but i figured the nasty ones were just jealousy. My friend got asked if Josh was mine or my sisters at his gym class and when she said mine the chic was like that cant be possible he is such a big boy (takes after his dad) Just take the nasty comments as jealous and be flattered by the good ones it will save you the stress!! -------------   
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Posted By: DaniB
Date Posted: 10 April 2009 at 6:32pm
| I have exactly the same issue it's so annoying especially as we are wanting to ttc. I am 1.70cm tall and weigh between 46-48.5 kgs so my bmi is around 16.9 it is so frustrating. I'm trying everything to get my weight up, i have slowed down breastfeeding heaps down to 2 feeds a day and still a couple of feeds in the night. My af has still not returned though and ds is now 16months old |
Posted By: busyissy
Date Posted: 10 April 2009 at 6:40pm
| I wouldn't worry to much about the af DaniB, mine didn't come back until I dropped all Dom's feeds, thats just the way it goes sometimes. |
Posted By: DaniB
Date Posted: 10 April 2009 at 7:53pm
| Wow, ok yes i have heard that before, sometimes it doesn't return at all until baby is weaned. I'm hoping to gain some weight and hopefully that might help it come back. As it looks like ds will be feeding forever at this point. |
Posted By: cealz
Date Posted: 12 April 2009 at 10:34am
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I have the exact same problem.
I am 167cm and about 44kg. That is the heaviest I have ever been (apart from being pregnant). I cant do anything about it and I eat heaps. Probalby eat too much junk food though I find it so rude that people think they can ask you about your weight and if you have something wrong with you. I see people talking about me when I'm out too, like making comments to their friend. I can even hear them sometimes. One time someone was commenting on my size and mum said really loud, Those girls are talking about you. It was so embarrassing! And I agree with clothes getting bigger. And some shops dont even stock size 6! I also look about 20 weeks pregnant sometimes, and am now only feeding on one side so am really lopsided and its really obvious
Sorry to add to the rant. Im just glad Im not the only one with this problem ------------- 
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