OK, so what does 7 1/2 stone actually look like?

I think that this thread shows the huge weight differences between people of the same height but with different body types.
I'm 5'5" and weight 9st 12lb. At 9st I look very thin and would be a small size 10-8.
Just lost 12 lbs in the last few months :D now a size 10.

At 21 I weighed 8 ST and was pretty much a skeleton.
 
My best friend is 10.5 stone and 5'8' and looks so very thin! She is oozing muscle but my god she's slim!

She wouldn't be able to function if she was much lighter than she is now.
 
nikkimariet said:
Ok then. Let's see how good you really are.

How tall am I and how much do I weigh?
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I would say you're 5 ft 7/ 5 ft 8, and weight not much more than 8 stone, although you could also be packing a lot of muscle (core strength and what not) which would zip your weight up.
One thing I always notice about your pictures is how stick thin your legs are.


I'm 57kg which equals a smidge under 9 stone on my scales, and it rarely fluctuates above that. I have a very high metabolism and a craving for cake so am quite lucky in that respect. When I go on a no-sugar drive or have been ill, I can drop down to 55kg!

Last weight tape showed the horse to be 513kg, which would put me at 11.1% of her body weight. Sometimes she tapes at 521kg, which is then 10.9%.

Although a lot of weight tapes aren't very accurate. At trailblazers last year, the Spillers weighbridge added an extra 30kg to a horse's weight tape measurement. Dodson and Horrell have recently designed a new weight tape which has been scientifically proven to be more accurate.
 
RiderLizzie said:
Although a lot of weight tapes aren't very accurate. At trailblazers last year, the Spillers weighbridge added an extra 30kg to a horse's weight tape measurement. Dodson and Horrell have recently designed a new weight tape which has been scientifically proven to be more accurate.
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I had a 5yold New Forest who qualified for Fit for the Future at NPS Champs. He was a full up 14.1hh, absolutely stonkingly fit and weigh bridged at 461 kg at the champs. Not an ounce of fat on him and he wasn't a particulary chunky NF either! Lots of people well under estimate the weight of their horses imo. He was 40kg heavier on the bridge than on a tape...
 
I weigh 7.5 stone and am just over 5'3". Naturally slim, always have been. Pretty much vegan but eat loads of junk at times... Friends laugh at how much I eat and snack throughout the day!! I do a lot of hardcore schooling so I doubt I'll ever be able to put much more weight on. I have tons of energy too, juggling different careers, horses and the rest!

I have never felt outhorsed, I school ponies from 12.2hh to over 17hh WBs and can ALWAYS get them going forwards and am strong enough to ride decent sitting trot etc. My most advanced horse is a big moving WB, and I would go as far as saying I prefer riding big movers as opposed to easier, flat moving types, although I'm lucky I get to ride a full spectrum unlike most people. I always say technique over strength ;-)
 
This was me at 7st9 and 5ft6 when I was working and living at a riding school 24/7 I don't think I look thin, just healthy and fit.

Unfortunately that was 2 years ago and I have since gained nearly 2st due to a new office job. It's certainly warmer but not liking the side effects!!!

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So no offence to all you skinny minis but where are all the normal size people posting on this thread.... I mean adults of 5'4 and say 12 stone?
That's what I am, and as my 16.3 weighs just under 800kg at a 'good' weight (ie. Not overweight) so am in the 10%.
But then again I bought a horse big enough to carry me, which is really the main thing. Not striving to be something you will never be ie. Half.your actual current weight.

I would love too loose another 2 stone but as my horse comfortably carries me I feel no pressure to loose it for anyone other than myself.
 
Doesn't matter what weight you are if your horse is comfortable carrying you and happy with it, so what does it matter what other people think. I think it's a carry on from Obese Britain, making us worry that we are grossly overweight, lets face it if you own a horse/dog you are always doing some exercise as in mucking out/poo picking/riding/trying to catch the bl**dy thing/being towed along power walking with your dog ect.:D:D:D:D
 
This is 8stone(a size 8)5ft 5 on a 15hh cob....
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This is about 7stone(a size 4-6)5ft 5 on same 15hh cob
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And this is 12stone 8(a size 10)5ft 6.4 on the same horse
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And just to add........this is me when I first got him ans I was 16stone...and I was regularly riding him then. Over the next year I lost 4 stone. One clearly noticeable thing is my leg length......as when I was fat and riding, my leg only really went that far round..


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Buds_mum said:
So no offence to all you skinny minis but where are all the normal size people posting on this thread.... I mean adults of 5'4 and say 12 stone?
That's what I am, and as my 16.3 weighs just under 800kg at a 'good' weight (ie. Not overweight) so am in the 10%.
But then again I bought a horse big enough to carry me, which is really the main thing. Not striving to be something you will never be ie. Half.your actual current weight.

I would love too loose another 2 stone but as my horse comfortably carries me I feel no pressure to loose it for anyone other than myself.
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Well I consider myself pretty "normal" but would probably be considered obese compared to some of the stunners who have posted on here (yes I'm jealous of them!) but I would look so fat compared to some of these photos that I'm scared to post the photos now. In fact I've just looked at a photo that I posted on here ages and ages ago and was told I look too big on the horse and I still struggle to see what the person who said that was actually looking at!
 
rachaelstar said:
Nikkim - I thinkkk, you are taller than me and weigh the same weight as me?
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Good guess!

Firewell said:
I think Nikki is quite small as her horse is small? Hmmm maybe 5ft2 and around 6.5st?
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The horse size can be deceptive, in this pic I'm the same height and weight as before:
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But the horse is 17.2hh (and those are meant to be jumping length stirrups, whoops!).

flump said:
NMT I'd say 5'7 and 8stone
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Littlelegs said:
I'm guessing nikki marriett is tall, 5'8 - 5'11 perhaps. Hard to guess weight in that jacket, if she has a six pack etc then weight could be quite a bit more than if not. At a guess, weight between 7 & 8 stone max, maybe 8&1/2 if she is solid muscle .
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RiderLizzie said:
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I would say you're 5 ft 7/ 5 ft 8, and weight not much more than 8 stone, although you could also be packing a lot of muscle (core strength and what not) which would zip your weight up.
One thing I always notice about your pictures is how stick thin your legs are.
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You guys are right in the height dept, I'm 5ft8.

But I'm 7st3.

I've got a lean, boyish shape with nothing on my legs or arms and my hips/shoulders are the same width. Barring one uncle and one auntie, I come from a family of beanpoles.

kate79 said:
You wouldn't go to someone and say aren't you fat so not sure why people feel its ok to say to us skinny types! :(
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There *are* some people, even on this forum, who think it *is* okay to say that :mad:
 
im 5'7 and flutter between 9.5 and 10,.5 stone depending on the time of the year :o

atm im nearer my heaviest - my pony is 14.1hh (will grow to around 14.3) but if it makes sense im a light rider and dont look my weight?!

im slim on top/small waist - my hip/arse carries the weight!! :) yes id like to be slimmer but i have no will power and tbh when i was skinny i looked like i had an eating disorder (its jsut not me)! also given my build (broad shoulders and hips like kim kardashian lol -= i looked daft)!
 
Buds_mum said:
So no offence to all you skinny minis but where are all the normal size people posting on this thread.... I mean adults of 5'4 and say 12 stone?
That's what I am, and as my 16.3 weighs just under 800kg at a 'good' weight (ie. Not overweight) so am in the 10%.
But then again I bought a horse big enough to carry me, which is really the main thing. Not striving to be something you will never be ie. Half.your actual current weight.
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The OP did only ask to see what 7.5 stone looked like though?
Although I agree with your last statement people wither seemed under or over horsed these day and I do think people need to be realistic about their weight without normalising being overweight.
 
5ft 8 and 9.5 stone.. i'm a size 10/11 (if there's such a size), my horse is a 15hh Shire x Cob.. Most teenagers I know who own horses could easily disappear behind lamp posts as it is!
I know people who have tried for years to loose weight, and despite keeping to a strict diet, just can't shift it. You are what ever is in your genes, if your meant to be hour glass, a pear, or a bean post that's what nature intended.
 
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This thread is very interesting! Im about 5'6" and about 8.5 stone. I have absolutely nothing up the top but a rather big bum :D

I wish I wasn't so skinny sometimes - people always draw attention about how skinny I am.. which I actually think is quite rude and find it very annoying as I would never think it acceptable to call someone fat!
 
Im excatly seven and a half stone, i have a little bit of a pop belly but thays because i havent started my "summer eating habbits".
Im 5'4 my hip bone, collar bones, wrists, ribs show, i have reallt skinny arms, horse riders legs i habe been told? But i think that cob can hold more then that! not sayibg like 20st!
 
I'm 5ft11 and 1/2 and weigh 10st5, ride a 16hh ISH. I do feel a bit tall on her because of my ridiculously long legs, so yes I would prefer something wider or around the 17hh mark, but weight wise, I don't feel that she struggles with me. Yes I would like to lose 5pounds, and I find it easy to lose the pounds but I find it hard to stay at 10st, my body naturally goes back to 10st5, but it doesn't go above that, just stays at that weight, if I were to stay at 10st, i'd have to cut down the amount of food I eat but also means that I would be constantly hungry. The 16hh ISH is my loan horse and I got her when I was 15, so I was shorter and lighter, my next horse will be something like a warmblood type around the 17hh mark, but I do still feel ok on this one still :)
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My OH is a skinny ******. About 5'6 and 57kg (pretty slim for a bloke). He kept getting concerned looks from his parents and the 'are you eating ok?' questions ....that is until they see him eat. He can pack away a massive amount of food! The thing is he's very active and loves his cycling.
Nothing to do with the 10% rule but an example of how you can be slim without having an eating disorder.
 
Little_critter .. Exactly that... It really pees me off when people jump on the band wagon... Oh your 7 stone you have a eating disorder.. You can't function on that little weight etc.. Everyone is different with different genetics... I come from a family of slims , I eat what I like etc I'm healthy... In fact i passed a medical through the adoption process (which is hard) my bmi is on the lower end but I have always been like it so they weren't to worried ;) I just think its rude that when someone out they were 7 stone that they were told to go see a doctor...rude in my opinion!
 
kate79 said:
Little_critter .. Exactly that... It really pees me off when people jump on the band wagon... Oh your 7 stone you have a eating disorder.. You can't function on that little weight etc.. Everyone is different with different genetics... I come from a family of slims , I eat what I like etc I'm healthy... In fact i passed a medical through the adoption process (which is hard) my bmi is on the lower end but I have always been like it so they weren't to worried ;) I just think its rude that when someone out they were 7 stone that they were told to go see a doctor...rude in my opinion!
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Yes, it's rather ironic when people are keen on saying this to thin people but usually don't criticise .....erm... bigger people in the same way.

I eat like a horse ( yep, off the floor with slobbery bits!) and have never had a weight problem but that's mainly due to me being a tallish bloke and burning it off - I passed some of my thin genes to one daughter but they were skipped in the other!

We joke that Mrs FirstClass has only put a stone on since I've known her ( over 40 years ) -it's on the third finger of her left hand!

She has been bombarded with various forms of tut-tutting all the way to blazing abuse over her weight - which is mostly in folk's minds because she's never been less than the seven and half stone we are discussing and at 5'4" that's fine - I've certainly approved!!! She used to look absolutely stunning on supermare - before she lost her confidence!

Oh - Ginger-ninja - lovely riding position!
 
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