Is there such thing as being big boned ?

Question

I herd people say "im not fat im just big boned" i want to know if its true..I don't think so...

Answer 1

true
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Answer 2

Yes and no. There are fat people out there that like to say such things to take the blame off of themselves for appearing fat. At the same time, bones do not come in one size fits all.

There are people who have a smaller bone frame, have a medium bone frame, and have a larger bone frame.

For example, I would have a medium build because I can easily make my finger and thumb touch when circling my wrist. My sister has a small frame because her finger and thumb overlap when around her wrist. Finally a person with a larger frame or "big bones" would not be able to make their fingers touch at all.

I do think there are big bones, that is why I look slim as a size 9 while I would look anorexic as a size 4 even though I am short.

Answer 3

People can be big boned, but too many use it as an excuse.

Big boned and fat are entirely different things. You see I'm technically big boned, but I'm also rather athletic. Unfortunately, that's one of the reasons I've had people call me 'sir'. Muscle over 'big bones' is not very feminine...

I am by no means fat. I was actually underweight most of my life. Before I had to exercise as much as I do for the Army, I had entirely different problems. I ate like I was part elephant and I never threw any of it up (except when I got a 24 hr. stomach flu-I'd lose 10 lb.s in a day). Yet, I always had someone offering to help me find counseling for anorexia/bulimea.

Being fat and being big boned are two ENTIRELY different issues.

Answer 4

Unless you suffer from pituitary giantism, which causes pathological growth, then, no, you are not "big boned". Your bones are, of course, proportionately larger and longer than someone who is only five ft. tall, but nothing that would define you as big boned. No, the answer is muscle simply weighs more than fat. You describe yourself as fit, without "rolls hanging". Someone who weighs less than you may look heavier because their weight is all fat. Don't worry so much about the scale. It's the muscle tone that counts.

Answer 5

Yep. People have different sizes of their bones. Kinda like small, medium, and large. Take your wrist (behind the hand, but right above that round bump; it's the only part of your body with no fat) and put your pointer finger and thumb around it. If you thumb and finger overlap each other... you are small boned. If your thumb and finger just meet... you are average. If your Thumb and your fing can't meet... your big boned. Learned it in a beauty conference.

Answer 6

People really aren't big boned, there is just a difference in the bone density of people which can attribute to weight, but the skeletons of people are pretty much the same size. The fact is that some people have a higher density of tissue which can cause them to say they are big boned

Answer 7

Yes, my son's girl friend was 5'4", her best friend was 5' 4", I could not believe how skinny his girl friend was after seeing that little thing pack food away.

Her best friend, weighted in at about 25 pounds less, her shoulders were barely bigger then her head. Her wrists were teeny, tiny. She wore a size 4 show, she too ate. When I saw her family, I understood. Dad was tall and slender, Mom was tall and slender- very time frames.

I see other girls, same height, not over weight but much larger, they have bigger bones.

There is such a thing.

Answer 8

Yes, its a condition where your body continually produce Human Growth Hormone (hGH) call acromegaly. You may remember famous people having it such as Andre the Giant and the guy who made tallest man in the Guiness Book of Records.

Answer 9

Well, I have very wide shoulders. I'm 5'9 and about 190lbs.

I'm a guy, my ideal weight is about 180-185. If you look up my height on a chart, It says I should be 155-170.

If I were 170 I'd look anorexic. Even at 180, my face looks a bit too thin.

So, in my opinion, YES.

Answer 10

No. There's no such thing - unless you are referring to osteopetrosis or perhaps Paget's disease. But to blame obesity on "big bones" is ludicrous.

To lose weight, you generally must do two things: EAT LESS and EXERCISE MORE. The first concept: EAT LESS works best.

Answer 11

Yes there is in fact, it's how far apart your bones are set. Of course if you 400 pounds you can't say that you are "big boned," but some people like to think that.