"You don't look obese"

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My depot nurse came yesterday to check up on how things are going . I said I’d not gone out much because when I do I’ll go for a breakfast in a cafe . That I’m trying to eat more healthily .
I said I’m quite obese , to which she said that I don’t look obese.

It may well be true that I’ve lost some weight . My stepdaughter and granddaughters have said so, and so has my depot nurse. How much exactly without having scales to weigh myself is hard to tell . I was about 80 lbs overweight at one point . If I’ve lost half that I’d still be nearly 3 stone overweight.

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My doctor keeps telling me I’m overweight, but everyone else says I look fine. I still want to lose weight though, I like being reallly thin

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Neither being really obese or really thin is healthy .

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I weigh 99kg. I’ve been told a healthy weight for me is 80-85kg, but I want to get down to 75. I felt I looked good when I weighed 75, I felt lighter and better clothes fit me. But people keep telling me that would be too thin.
I’m 173cm tall.

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I’m pretty overweight right now but I think I look good. Like @Pikasaur, people tell me I look too thin if I get down to a weight that isn’t extremely low but still is lower than what people are used to seeing on me.

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I’ve been briefly researching the health disadvantages to being underweight in order to not tempt me to go down that route

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When I was underweight/close to it I always felt like I was about to faint, and I noticed illnesses lasted longer for me. Sometimes I dream about being that thin again and I wake up with fond nostalgia for it, but yeah, ultimately, those were not good times, haha.

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I’m severely obese, but I don’t really look it anymore. I look healthiest when I’m in the obese BMI category. When I’m at a healthy BMI I look super sick and underweight. I’ve just got a lot of muscle, though, so it throws it off a bit. I mean, I still look like I need to lose some weight, but unless you saw the scale, you wouldn’t think I weigh and much as I do.

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I like your post. You seem okay with your weight. Positivity looks good on you! Good going!

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Doctors don’t base obesity on what you look like. They base it off of your Body Mass Index (your body fat percentage). I think 18% is healthy. Anything above that I think is overweight. Idk how it’s calculated though

BMI ranges

If your BMI is: below 18.5 – you’re in the underweight range . between 18.5 and 24.9 – you’re in the healthy weight range . between 25 and 29.9 – you’re in the overweight range .

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Based on a rough guess as to how much weight I’ve lost I’d say my BMI is in the early 30s.

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Not everyone that is overweight/slightly obese had health problems associated with their weight. That’s a huge myth.

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