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Reply 1

depends how much of it is fat, how much is muscle, whether you have a wide enough frame to carry it or whether it just all congregates around your middle etc.

if you got on one of the scales things in say boots it would probably say you are overweight slightly but i wouldnt say 10 stones is overweight for someone your height really.

Reply 2

guest1984
What do you think? I think i am overweight, i have a slight pop belly. I don't do weights and i use to exercise 2- 3.5 hours a week playing field hockey at uni'

So whats the ideal weight for someone my height?

Thanks
Without knowing how much of that is fat/muscle its really not possible to say :smile: , but if you do have a "pot belly" like you said, then perhaps thats a sign that you're shifting out of the healthy weight range.

Reply 3

picture time..

Reply 4

um well im a girl 5'8" and 11 stone and not fat so i dunno......

Reply 5

A bloke at 10 stones probably couldn't be overweight at any height, I'm not joking when I say I was 10 stone at 12 years old, and not very fat either.

Reply 6

imasillynarb
A bloke at 10 stones probably couldn't be overweight at any height, I'm not joking when I say I was 10 stone at 12 years old, and not very fat either.

:ditto: nowadays i'm a shade over 6 foot and just under 13 stone. on the other hand i dont look much different to when i was 13 and a half stone. maybe weight just doesnt show on me...

Reply 7

ok, you aren't overweight... you just need a bit of toning up. do sit ups before you go to sleepies.

Reply 8

swazzle2000
ok, you aren't overweight... you just need a bit of toning up. do sit ups before you go to sleepies.
If he has a pot-belly though, like he said, then he has excess fat, which won't just disappear with sit-ups. Yes sit-ups will tone your body, but they're not effective at getting rid of fat.

Reply 9

Dont be silly

im 5ft9 and 9stone

and im a twig!

Reply 10

Your BMI is 22(ish) so well within the normal range of 18-25. So no need to lose any weight really. Maybe toning up would be helpful (when you say a potbelly you could mean anything to be honest) All in all id say dont worry.

Reply 11

Thanks for the advice guys! :smile:

Reply 12

Casey
If he has a pot-belly though, like he said, then he has excess fat, which won't just disappear with sit-ups. Yes sit-ups will tone your body, but they're not effective at getting rid of fat.


get a tummy tuck then, smarty pants.

Reply 13

guest1984
What do you think? I think i am overweight, i have a slight pop belly. I don't do weights and i use to exercise 2- 3.5 hours a week playing field hockey at uni'

So whats the ideal weight for someone my height?

Thanks


Depends how much of that body mass is muscle and how much is pure fat.

Reply 14

As said, you got a little belly, so do 500 situps when you wake up and before u go to bed, also try to eat 5 portions of fruit and veg and DRINK LOADS OF WATER!!! LIKE, 2 LITRES A DAY!!

Reply 15

imasillynarb
As said, you got a little belly, so do 500 situps when you wake up and before u go to bed, also try to eat 5 portions of fruit and veg and DRINK LOADS OF WATER!!! LIKE, 2 LITRES A DAY!!


:eek:

Reply 16

maybe he is just a blob of skin... eugh.. nice image for you there.

Reply 17

swazzle2000
maybe he is just a blob of skin... eugh.. nice image for you there.


Its my idol William Hung, you shouldn't judge someone by the way they look

:smile:

Reply 18

what are you on about? your idol is a blob of skin?

i wasn't judging anyone... wtf?

Reply 19

imasillynarb
As said, you got a little belly, so do 500 situps when you wake up and before u go to bed, also try to eat 5 portions of fruit and veg and DRINK LOADS OF WATER!!! LIKE, 2 LITRES A DAY!!

is that a joke? 1000 situps per day? that would be almost pointless.