How big is Fat?

Right. My thread ok? Check my profile if you want to see what i look like.

As for the quoted comment, no its bloody well not! Just under a month ago I tore ligaments in my foot and ankle which hasn't healed yet. Almost but not quite since its bloody sore to walk on. You try doing sport then.

Basicalllllllly, what Adonis said.

I don't know where you're getting this info from but they're lame points, kk?

this highlights your stupidity
so yes, I am right in calling you what you are
Do you know what insulin sensitivity is? Are you aware this can be changed by diet alterations?
I'm going to say no, I suggest you research such BASIC information before you make inane comments

they're not lame, but i value ur opinion.
u clearly just don't get them or u r totally misunderstanding me and not bothering to try to understand what i am trying to say.
so instead of being rude prehaps **** off. kk?



trust me. i know all the 'BASIC' information. i know a lot about dieting and weight loss and nutrition etc...

i know that when ur blood glucose level is to high your pancreas is stimulated to secrete insulin. this causes the conversion of soluble glucose into insoluble glycogen (in cells) creating fat.

if u stop eating carbs...u loose this 'fat' in the cells due to a low blood sugar being created and therefore the secretion of glucagon causing glycogenolysis which produces glucose...this can then be used in metabolic pathways.
if u start eating mega carbs again. u will put on weight as ur blood glucose level will drastically increase. to much glucose will be in ur body that can be used up and u will regain the fat that u just lost...

find fault? explain it - don't insult it......please......

So you passed GCSE Science then... congrats.

I think it depends greatly on figure. Big boobed girls - like me - have to buy larger sized clothes, when in actual fact they're not really that big. I've got 30J boobs and a 25 inch waist - I have to buy size 16 things to fit over them, when I could wear much smaller things otherwise.

Check your BMI - you'll definitely be in 'overweight' at least.

This is a size 16.
On the left, of course..

I don't think I would call her fat. Not skinny either, tho.. Dunno really..

Edit: Yeah, and see this as well:

Nah, not at all, I'm a 16 and my BMI is currently 23.7 and that's at 5' 8", fairly tall but not incredibly so.

I'm pretty sure it's easier to be healthy at a bigger size than people think...

Edit: Yeah, and see this as well:

You sound like one of those idiots who says size 20 is 'curvy'.

yeah she is a 16 and about 8ft tall, IMO size 16 you need to sort it out.



those bints should DIE.

/rant

Size 16 is fat. I don't think I've ever seen anyone who was a size 16 who I wouldn't say was fat. I guess if they were ridiculously tall then they would maybe be "chubby" rather than fat, but on most people it's just fat.

Also, the UK average thing is misleading. For a start, all it means is that the average person in the UK is fat. Something being the average doesn't mean it isn't still negative.And to be honest, I wouldn't say the average size of someone under 25 was a 16. If you're looking at the average size of a young person, I would say it's probably a 12, or a 14 at most. So Size 16 is not the average for your age, presuming you're a regular student.

It's getting on the big side but I wouldn't say it's really fat. Depends on where the weight is carried and how tall you are etc. And yeah it depends on your perception. Some people think anything above a size 0 is fat...

I'm a size 14/16, only 5'3" and extremely unhappy about it; my friends and aquaintences tell me i'm not fat, but none the less it still gets me down. I have a medical condition where i have low insulin levels and too much male hormone that makes me put on weight and struggle to lose it, so it's really frustrating to hear people say 'oh, she's fat' when i struggle to cope with it myself.

The way I see it, it doesn't matter if someone is fat and a proper beast if they're happy with it; whatever someone's weight, if they're happy with themselves, it shouldn't matter.

I'd like to know what you consider anorexic.

I wouldn't say size 16 was fat at all; I'd say from 20 to 24 is fat but anything above 24 is unattractively fat.