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

This ratio crap is really starting to pee me off. its not good for those with already low self esteem and poor body image. according to the 10% figure i would be too heavy for even our 17.2hh, IDx. I ride 13.2hh to 15.2hh horses every week but according to this new 10-15% ratio i would be too big for all of them - im 5'10 and 10st.

i used to work out weight loads based on 20% and then minus 2stone for tack and equipment.
 
The problem you have is that everyone is made up slightly differently, i.e. some people have denser bones, more muscle, etc, which will affect their healthy weight.

I'm 5'6, the lightest I've ever been is around 8st10. I was told I looked anorexic, and my size 8 clothes were baggy. For me, happy weight is 9-9.5st, any more than that I feel too big, any smaller is pushing it.

On another note, I have a friend who's 5'10". She was dianosed with eating disorders (bulimia), and was verging on skeletal. She still weighed 9st.

To me, unless you're particularly short, naturally lighter-built, or a child, 7.5st is not healthy. For the record, I have a 14.3hh HW cob, so according to the BBC he can't carry me :)
 
ShadowFlame said:
The problem you have is that everyone is made up slightly differently, i.e. some people have denser bones, more muscle, etc, which will affect their healthy weight.

I'm 5'6, the lightest I've ever been is around 8st10. I was told I looked anorexic, and my size 8 clothes were baggy. For me, happy weight is 9-9.5st, any more than that I feel too big, any smaller is pushing it.

On another note, I have a friend who's 5'10". She was dianosed with eating disorders (bulimia), and was verging on skeletal. She still weighed 9st.

To me, unless you're particularly short, naturally lighter-built, or a child, 7.5st is not healthy. For the record, I have a 14.3hh HW cob, so according to the BBC he can't carry me :)
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OH's sister is like this....she was doing something years ago to do with the RAF and she was deemed obese.........but she was about a size 8-10 and had no fat on her. In the end she got a bone density scan for some reason and they found out she has 'heavy bones' or something. SO even looking super skinny she will weight more than the 'average' person of that build.

Is there not that thing about wrist circumference? Over lap its small frame, touch is medium and gap = large? But I guess you would need to be of average weight first to guess that.

In my pic of me at 12stone odd.......I was in the gym 2 hours a day along with riding and the stables for about 2 hours a day and I had 22-23% body fat....but I was still deemed overweight by the BMI etc.
 
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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If only you could like a post!

I get sick and tired of people pointing my weight out..

I get annoyed with people also assuming because I'm of a smaller weight I should automatically be over the moon with how I look and I'm not allowed an opinion on my weight.

If its extremely rude to say to someone who is big that their to big they need to lose weight as they look awful and are unhealthy, then saying it to someone who is thin is just as bad.

Assuming all skinny people starve themselves is the same as saying all over weight people sit around eating cakes all day and never exercise :rolleyes:
 
Becca-84 said:
Im 5'10 and weigh 7.5 stone. Max I've ever weighed is 8 stone. I work full time doing double shifts as a waitress, plus looking after pony and riding 6 x a week. I eat breakfast plus one meal a day and lots of lucozade but am definately not fading away. Yes you can see ribs, hip bones etc but i like it like that. Unfortunately don't have a picture at the moment otherwise i would post one.
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That can't be right! i am 5ft 9 and am quite broad and stocky looking in general bone structure for a girl and when i was ill i dropeed down to 9st and a dress size 8 and looked very ill and painfully thin i was weak and very sick. healthy am 10 to 10.5st and a dress size 10 and still look rather slim. i actually feel more attractive at 11st anda dress size 12 as i love my curves and womans body and i ride a 15'1 muscle bound amerian horse and he carries me well
 
im 5ft4 and 7.5 stone, but i eat like a horse! i must just have a fast metabolism as i have never been able to put on weight, despite how much i eat (either that or i have worms... :rolleyes: )

Not read all pages so sorry if this has been said before. The thing is, 2 people can look identical weight and height wise but may actually weigh different amounts as muscle and bone density vary so much in people. So its really hard to judge just by looking.
 
We used to have heigth and weight charts for work, but they have now scrapped them for the phrase "weight in proportion to height" which is much more sensible. I always used to be at the upper end of their weight chart, even when slim and a size 10-12. I have big hands for a lady (and feet!) and would guess I have a large frame perhaps?

OH is built like William Fox Pitt and underweight for his height technically, but cannot put weight on to save his life. He had an emergency operation years ago, where he got critically thin. The hospital said he could come home when he got to a certain weight. In the end they gave up - he still hasn't got there ten years on!

I think that you have to be sensible and look at the big picture. Personally I know that I look, and indeed am, overweight, as well as being overweight on paper. While 7.5 stone may sound very underweight on paper, the people on here that have put pictures up are clearly healthy at that weight.
 
i am 5'3 and weighed 6 st 3.. last yr. i now weight just under 7 st... have to where childrens jeans and tops... size 6 adults is to big... my pony is 12.3hh and about 312kg.. am i to big for him then?
 
When I was 7.12 and 5'7 my doc was very worried I couldn't get into the army and was told by my doc I had to put on weight to be healthy. I wouldn't mind being a bit slimmer now but not that slim ever again!
 
My daughter is about 7 1/2 stone but she's only 5' maybe 5'1". Being athletic she is quite muscley but still slim. I think if she was taller she would look too skinny. She rides anything from 13hh - 16hhs xx
 
Whoops posted too soon, stupid phone! I think this stupid study is not healthy for any of us, we are all so different! What I want to know is why haven't we all crippled all horses over the years from being "too heavy" of course there are limits but that study is insane! we can't judge ourselves or eachother based on eachothers heights and weights, my mum and I are the same weight and look completely different!! Wouldn't mind her tiny legs though...
 
This is what 7.1st and 5ft 8 looks like. (1st pic)

I have put on a bit of weight and I now weigh 130lbs/9.2st and the 2nd and 3rd pics is what that looks like.

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With a BP
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I am 5ft6 and around 8 stone 10 pounds . Size 8.

I find if I get any thinner I actually look like a skeleton. I was about 8 stone when I was 16 and people thought I was anorexic!

Its funny how many people look the same size and are the same clothes size but really different weights!
my weight now:
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When I was my lightest:
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I'm 5ft 1in and weigh exactly 7 stone. My weight rarely fluctuates, the lightest I've been is under 6 and a half stone due to working long hours in kennels and generally being stressed. The most I've weighed is 8 stone, which was a result of doing an office job for two years! On my phone so can't post pics. But I think being a short arse means I don't look particularly thin!

However, I think regardless of your weight, if you're a balanced, light rider, that is far better for a horse than a bag of dead weight bouncing on top of a horse!
 
Jeez, I'm not even sure I've ever been 7.5 stone. Not even entirely sure that I was that light when the mother had me... I'm 5ft3, weigh between 10 and 10 half. Eat very little, work 12 hour days and doctors say I'm a stone overweight. Recently had the sweetest little mare in, stood about 14.3hh, fairly fine bred. Working on this theory, my heffer bottom should not have been anywhere near her. Did she struggle? Definitely not. All a load of balls!
 
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