Describe my gf's figure 🤔

I would say chubby. I would love to see more. @Emele

@Emele This seems like an intimate/private photo, does she know you post this here?

@Emele Haha, I would have to concur!
Take it this the work of the covid lockdowns lol.
So you're a pair of pretty chunksters now then! Is she in any danger of catching you up on that score? How does she feel about her body now? Hope she loves it (and that you do too)!

@BlightyBoy It is exactly due to that. Seeing her gaining has been so strange for me! And noticing the differences between us (big and round vs soft and flabby) She certainly closed the gap a lot more than I ever imagined.

@Emele Plenty left lockdown with some new pudge to keep them company 😉. Quite a lot in some cases!
I’ve even heard people wondering if it will change broader attitudes to weight gain now so many people have experienced it at the same time - that would be quite something wouldn’t it? Positive change out of a bad situation.

So it sounds like she’s still quite distinct from you in shape, if not weight anymore. Must be fun to compare bellies together! I take it yours is the round one and hers is the flabby one - but yours is still ahead? Lol. Did she ask your advice when she noticed she was gaining? Wonder if it was strange for her too.

@Emele This is crazy. Instead of asking people here--who will applaud ANYthing--you should look at her & your BMIs.

That will give you a far more objective assessment than asking others for their opinions.

The weight gain should concern you.

@SomeMichGuy I was looking for subjective though.

BMI only tells you one thing, it's based on height and weight and not what I wanted to know.

@Emele It's based on height & mass, but it helps to inform whether or not it is healthy to be at that size.

That objective info doesn't look good for your gf, esp. the huge increase.

From what you write, it doesn't sound good for you, either.

You are both participating in the "new smoking" of being overweight, which has been a rising problem for a long time, even before the CoViD problems.

It is taxing both your hearts, your lungs, your joints, and it is not going to get better. Your youth makes it seem it isn't hurting you; it will.

Yeah, you are both not only fat but quite obese. But the BMI shows it more clearly than any person's opinion...

Please try to get healthier.

@SomeMichGuy Thank you, I appreciate your genuine concern/advice. I don't see it as a huge increase and although overweight on bmi she is not obese. Being healthy isn't the same as being fit and on my last check up my results were mostly (high) normal. Despite appearances I don't always only eat junk 😅

@Emele
Well, thanks, but I am concerned that *you* don't see your gf's increase as "huge" because it is an inexact term, subject to each individual's interpretation.

Anything [i]subjective[/i] is prone to differences, error, our own viewpoints. That's why [i]objective[/i] measures are crucial.

Since you seem to be ok with being "overweight" yourself, it isn't surprising that you see it as not a problem for your gf.

I don't know how she can't be obese with that much extra mass...maybe she is really tall.

But those numbers, the BMIs, are at least objective guides.

You are both shortening your lives and headed towards worse health outcomes as you age. Even if you don't care about yourself, do you want to send your gf to an early grave simply because you like her approaching manatee size?

This is your lives...and now, as early as possible, is the time to make a difference.

Please think about this and look up the health outcomes for high-BMI people. 😣😢

@SomeMichGuy Well she is 5'7, I am 5'6 and we are 396lbs between us, I will leave it at that 😅
She is definitely not approaching 'manatee size'either.

@Emele Ok. You might want to check this out:

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