Am I morbidly obese? Photo, please be honest.?!


Question: Hello,

I feel so humiliated and frustrated. My husband says I'm perfect but I know I am overweight. But I just thought I was a bit fat and overweight but my parents are constantly telling me I'm obese, grossly overweight, as big as a house and extremely fat.

I want to lose weight because I can't take the humiliation and upset of knowing my family are constantly talking about me and telling me how I should diet.

But please, I need to know - below is a photo of my husband and I in teh winter. I know I have a coat on but you can see me from the side so see roughly my shape.

I need to know if I am just overweight or if I am grossly overweight and obese.

I did go to the nurse for a blood pressure checkup a while ago and she told me I had nothing to worry about as I am 5'8 but my Mum said that she was probably lying because she didn't want to tell a 21 year old she was fat?

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Answers: Hello,

I feel so humiliated and frustrated. My husband says I'm perfect but I know I am overweight. But I just thought I was a bit fat and overweight but my parents are constantly telling me I'm obese, grossly overweight, as big as a house and extremely fat.

I want to lose weight because I can't take the humiliation and upset of knowing my family are constantly talking about me and telling me how I should diet.

But please, I need to know - below is a photo of my husband and I in teh winter. I know I have a coat on but you can see me from the side so see roughly my shape.

I need to know if I am just overweight or if I am grossly overweight and obese.

I did go to the nurse for a blood pressure checkup a while ago and she told me I had nothing to worry about as I am 5'8 but my Mum said that she was probably lying because she didn't want to tell a 21 year old she was fat?

many thanks for your view:


http://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/photos-a...

I think your family are strange..... You look beautiful and normal, if you were overweight or "obese" i am sure a doctor or nurse would be telling you that, they don't lie to be nice...

Does most of the criticism come from your mother? My mum did the same thing to me - even when i was not overweight - constantly made comments, and when i did start to put on weight was so rude about it - even in front of my friends and stuff. She still is. It used to upset me as i didn't know why she did it - but the more i think about it the more i think she was upset that i was now a young woman with a nice life and she was jealous of that.
Ignore your family - i am sure your husband will be honest with you..................

Yeah, you are very wide.
But just take it as it is. It is ok.
God bless you.

no way you are not fat
You look perfect weight for your height

I would listen to the nurse. I don't think a medical prof. would lie to you about a medical condition. I don't know why your mom would say something like that to you. That is awful. If you don't feel good about yourself just exercise and don't stress it. If you feel good that is all that matters.

First, to know if you are too overweight there are calculations you can make 9check google for body weight calculators) to see if you are indeed overweight.Second, morbidly obese means that your degree of obesuty puts you at risk for different diseases (heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, etc.)
Your best bet is to see a gp, he will be able to properly assess your weight and if need be, recommend you to good nutritionist.

I don't see anyone overweight in that picture.
If you are that concerned go to a body mass index website
they figure in your weight and height, and will tell you.
You normal to me. Please remember the people on TV are not realistic. Most people are not a size 2.
Good luck, I hope you feel better. It was brave of you to ask all these people to look at you and judge.

no not at all

you are nothing resembling morbidly obese.... You may have some extra weight, but its not what your family thinks that counts.. Its what YOU think! Youre a grown-up now.. Stop worrying about pleasing your parents.. Its time to live your life and be happy in your marriage.

from the look in the pic you are not obese at all or overweight, but if u feel bad exercise and eat right and dont do it cause your family wants u to lose weight, do it for yourself. Dont stress you are very pretty and your husband is right. Do stuff for yourself not for everyone else

You look just overweight, not obese.

But I could be wrong, check your BMI and see if you're overweight or obese: http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/bmi/adul...

i dont think you're morbidly obese or whatsoever. but if you really want to be convinced, i suggest you visit your doctor and ask him about this. i think you should be more concerned about your health...as in, heart problems and diabetes.

good luck...

Um....maybe you should look up the term/definition of Morbidly Obese first....


But Check your BMI....

http://www.bariatricedge.com/dtcf/pages/...


Enter your height and your current weight and this should answer your question.

You look perfectly normal and very attractive to me

no you look great. i wish i had that body. maybe your parents are overweight and they feel bad about themselfs? no if you feel good your great. if your really worried see your doctor and they will tell you if your overweight( which i would say NO). if you feel good about your weight and your hubby says you look great don't worry about it.

well you look alright to me, if you are fat you simply cannot put on that jeans at all you know what i mean, but if you think that you've put-on 7 pounds and you worried so much and you found out that you can't even wear that jeans again, i suggest you do some exercise to get back that old figure if yours, well don't worry, i'm sure you can shed some pounds in a nick-of-time...cheers!

you are beautiful. i don't know what your mom is talking about. i don't know how much "over weight " you are, but you look fine and pretty and the guy in the photo was not ashamed to be seen with you. your mom is just too picky i guess but your doctor can best let you know if you need a new nutritional outlook in your daily habits. i say, be happy and enjoy your life and you are gorgeous girl so eat and exercise reguarly and keep that gorgeous smile on your face cuz you are nothing but perfect. you are not morbidly obese.
just take the best care of yourself as you can. good luck!

your family has issues and I am sorry for that. You are not obese no where near morbidly obese. You look great you may be a little chubby under the coat but you look great. You really don't have to worry about doctors or nurses being nice I can tell you I gained some wait after taking medicine for a while and I hit 200 pounds I was told I was overweight by the doctors and nurses. i got off that medicine and am now back down to a smaller size that was several years ago before I had kids. I hope this helps you gain the confidence you deserve to have as a beautiful young woman should have. You are an inch taller than me and i have 2 years on you. Trust me you have nothing to worry about. If it makes you feel better set a goal of say 5 pounds you want to lose or a goal that you want to stay the same weight or tighten up a certain body part and work towards that goal. don't set goals to high you can always reach smaller goals and continue but if you set a big goal you may set yourself up for failure. Good luck.

i saw worse, you are normal girl





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