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am i considered as fat..if im a size 14?

hey..i have a height of 5'7 and i am a size 14 on the bottom and size 12 on the top. Is anyone else like this who is really happy with how they are? I suppose being friends with girls who are size 6/8/10 makes me always think how more attractive i would be if i was a smaller size..I have tried to lose weight many times, but i only seem to lose a few lbs!

ALL my petite friends always tell me how they wish they had a fuller figure and more curves..but i always think that they are just saying that to make me feel better! Anybody out there with some words of comfort?

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hey, im a similar size, except kinda out of proportion - im a 10 on top and have a 34D chest - you have no idea how difficult it is to get tops. but trust me, i get lots of attention :wink: seriously, dont worry so much!!
Depends on how you look as to whether or not people will think you're fat.
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not at all, iv you dont feel comfortable with your appearence then that is different entirely, but dont feel 'fat' just because your friends are a smaller size!! sounds like you are normal , just try and make yourself happy with who you are. if that means losing weight then fair enough but dont do it simply because you are comparing yourself to other ppl! im sure you look great anyway and have nothing to worry about. hehe xx
I bet when your friends tell you they wish they had a full figure like yours they are telling the truth. I'm quite slim and sometimes I wish I could be more curvy. Size 14 is not fat.
That doesn't sound fat, sounds really healthy.
Reply 6
I'm a 14 on the bottom
I'm a 14 on top - mainly because of my 36D (Sometimes DD boobs)
I'm 5'6"

Many people don't believe I am that size - and I think it is mainly down to dressing right...i.e. admitting in your mind that you will look a lot better in a size 14, than trying to squeeze into a size 12 and boasting later that your wearing a 12.

I've never had a very good body image of myself but it isn't to do with my size it is something else that I can't really talk about but I don't believe that being a size 14 is fat at our height at all and YES the curves are great and they do get you noticed, I would rather be like this than a size 4 twig (think Nicole Richie and be happy!)

I'm sure you look stunning!
Reply 7
if it makes you feel that bad, try and exercise more, get onto a healthier diet.

but it doesn't seem to bad to me, i think as you said having very skinny friends makes you feel pretty rubbish, it does with me too and i'm a size 10 (just shows how vain my friends are).. but yeah, it used to bother me tons how they managed to stay so skinny and never put on weight where as i was battling to keep my weight steady so i didn't put it on quickly, because i had fluctuated between them, but now its true - people prefer more fuller figures, being skinny is almost, i dunno, not appreciated as much.. but then again it is.

just keep yerself healthy and be happy within yourself =]
Zafda
People prefer more fuller figures, being skinny is almost, i dunno, not appreciated as much

Not to pick a fight, but I find that quite offensive. If I said people prefer skinny figures, they don't appreciate fat ones I'd get flamed, but for some reason its ok to be offensive when its aimed at skinny people. Personally I don't think there is a preference. My boyfriend prefers slimmer figures and one of my friends boyfriends prefers fuller figures.
actually these days a size 14 is the averge size 4 a girl if ur 6/8/10 ur too skinny and it depend how u feel about ur self im a 14 and i no i need to lose a bit of weight but i no i cld never b a size 10 so theres no point in trying just b happy as u.
if people go on at u then there not ur real friends coz real freinds love u no matter what
xxxx
actually these days a size 14 is the averge size 4 a girl if ur 6/8/10 ur too skinny and it depend how u feel about ur self im a 14 and i no i need to lose a bit of weight but i no i cld never b a size 10 so theres no point in trying just b happy as u.
if people go on at u then there not ur real friends coz real freinds love u no matter what
xxxx
thanks for all the great advice everyone!! maybe i am being too paranoid. I think matters arent helped when i have a mother who is a health freak going on at me to get to a size 10! I do get a lot more attention than my really thin female friends..so maybe having curves is not so bad after all! But sometimes i just feel as though getting attention of men is not the way to make yourself feel good...you really have to believe you look good to feel good
Again Fernyfrenchy that is fairly offensive as I am a size 10. If I said, if you're a size 14 you're too fat you'd be outraged.

I agree that as long as your happy with yourself and it isnt detrimental to your health thats what matters.
i was jsut saying what the press says.
girls aloud were told to put on weight coz they were too skinny
but size doesnt matter in boys eyes they dont care lol
xxx
Reply 14
well according to the ppl in fashion and beauty your fat! OBESE!!!! argh!!!! lol

personally i think they are all full of ****!

a dres size is a number... i'm CERTAINLY not as big as the size of clothes I wear but I always buy clothes at least 1 size bigger than I actually am just because I'm totally weird lol

being a "size 14" does not say "i have an hourglass figure and huge boobs"

like what size is jordan when she buys tops?! she must have to buy size 16 in non stretchy tops! at least! OMGZ DOES THIS MEAN SHE'S FAT?!
Yeah and the press talk a load of crap. They way you said it implyed you were agreeing with it. I'm not telling anyone they're too fat so I would appriciate not being told I'm too skinny when I am a perfectly healthy size.
Reply 16
im a size 10/12 and my ex always wanted me a little bit "cuddlier" as he put it.
Reply 17
I'm size 14 and don't think I'm fat (ok maybe I could tone up a little!!!!) But I'm sure your great. Most of the decent guys I know go for more curvey girls (although some to like slim girls)

Your def not fat, just curvey and gorgous! :wink:

Just to add, get alot of people telling me I'm skinny, I'm not I can assure you, but I dress right :smile: I make sure my clothes fit correctly (not too big, not too small) and I get so many girls jelous of me (honest I am a size 14!)
fudgewarpaint
Not to pick a fight, but I find that quite offensive. If I said people prefer skinny figures, they don't appreciate fat ones I'd get flamed, but for some reason its ok to be offensive when its aimed at skinny people. Personally I don't think there is a preference. My boyfriend prefers slimmer figures and one of my friends boyfriends prefers fuller figures.


Does it really matter what a girl looks like honestly, long as they are not ridculiously stick thin i.e Victoria Beckham or like 30 stone, surely it should not matter.
Reply 19
well according to the ppl in fashion and beauty your fat! OBESE!!!! argh!!!! lol

personally i think they are all full of ****!

a dres size is a number... i'm CERTAINLY not as big as the size of clothes I wear but I always buy clothes at least 1 size bigger than I actually am just because I'm totally weird lol

being a "size 14" does not say "i have an hourglass figure and huge boobs"

like what size is jordan when she buys tops?! she must have to buy size 16 in non stretchy tops! at least! OMGZ DOES THIS MEAN SHE'S FAT?!