Why do I not look like I weigh the amount I weigh?

[Anonymous]

I'm 14, 5'3, 137lbs, wear a size 4-6 us for dresses and shirts and a size 6 or 7 for jeans (8 or 9 if the jeans are very very tight fitting) with measurements 32-27-35.5 and yet people assume that I weigh 120-125 because I'm pretty fit. I have a half inch bulge of fat on my lower abs and I have a pretty big butt and my thighs are average and my calves are very well defined. I workout 4-6 days a week on average and I eat healthy. But why am I so heavy when I don't look it? I can't drop the weight because I'm recovering from an eating disorder and my mother wants me at 140.

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I am now 5'4

[bananajams77]

You are fine! Trust me. BMI is not all that. That is a healthy weight for someone of that height. During the senior year of high school I was 5'4 and 140lbs. I was certainly healthy.

[Climber]

You have a lot of muscle mass, so you weigh heavier than a random girl would with your posture. Be happy with it. Muscle mass gives comfort and fitness.

[Asker]

I calculated my body fat percentage and it said I was 23% wtf I thought I was 22 or 21 www.healthyforms.com/.../body-fat-percentage.php

[Climber]

Be careful with this formula. It only uses one measurement (waist). Its good to follow up the evolution of body fat, but the actual number may be wrong. Three or four point measurements are more exact. Anyway, 23% is not abnormal for a girl and certainly not too much. But if you want to go down, do low intensity cardio for longer periods.

[Asker]

oops nevermind I'm 22

[Climber]

And keep in mind, going down in fat is also going down in boob size. I am low fat, between 17 and 19% and I am happy to keep my B-size and other curvature. Its always a balance between visible muscle and female curves.

[Asker]

So basically, I'm not overweight?

[Climber]

You have a bmi of 24.3 which is not overweight, but don't go higher. Try to convert fat into muscle, by burning fat and lifting weights and you will get a superb body.

[Asker]

24.3 is classified as risk of overweight.

[Climber]

If you go higher yes, but then you should check your muscle/fat ratio. 24.3 with a muscular body is very OK. Your fat % is 22. That is normal, so don't panic with your 24.3. Only don't go higher, but as I said, train fat down and gain muscle. And your mother will not complain then, because an athletic body looks completely healthy.

[κούκλα]

Muscle weighs more than fat, so if you work out a lot that's probably what it is

[Candy12345]

140 at 5'3" is overweight. I think you should get down to 130 because it will still be healthy. Maybe you have more muscle weight?

[Asker]

I'm at 21% body fat

[Asker]

and I was 130 months ago. I was really small. People assumed I was 115lbs. My lowest weight was 120 and I looked 110! This is according to my gym teacher, some girls I workout with, and friends and classmates at school.

[jaredletoisbae]

Your weight is definitely in muscle, and muscle weighs a lot more then fat.

[523206720]

Some people are smaller than others because they have more muscle and less fat.

[Anonymous]

Oh my goodness we are almost the same. I'm 5'0 and 134 lbs

[Anonymous]

Hon, look at it this way I'm 12, 5'6, 130lbs. You are fine