15 Apr 2012 11:36 PM
1 Jan 2010
AnnonyWife
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Two things got me thinking 1) the what do you consider fat thread and 2) being at the beach today - do you and your DH / SO match physically? Meaning are you both physically the same (both heavy, both super fit or both average - a bit pudgy but not obese)?
ETA - Heavier probably isn't the right word to use in the poll. By heavier I mean bigger (fatter - but I HATE that word and I'm not trying to be mean or rude or offensive I just can't think of a different way of saying it right now so I apologize).
15 Apr 2012 11:49 PM
9 Jul 2005
Around, SK
LadyAurora
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We're both large, but he is now larger than I am. When we got together, it was the opposite.
I'm heavier now because he has been losing lots of weight, but before we were around the same, though I am trying to reach the same weight as him and surpass that someday!
15 Apr 2012 11:54 PM
7 Nov 2007
Winnipeg, Manitoba
his.fallen.angel
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We are both about the same. He is maybe five pounds heavier and I'm about five to ten pounds lighter than when we met. But both of us are still at very healthy weights, me perhaps more so now as I was at the higher end of the "normal" BMI for my height.
15 Apr 2012 11:55 PM
24 Apr 2007
Smalltown, AB
Irene_Neil
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DH is "heavier." He had a knee injury in high school that he had surgery for and has had a hard time coming back from the weight gain from that.
I am what some would call "skinny fat" I am slim but not fit, which I hope to work on soon.
I've always been heavier than him - when we met as teenagers, he was very thin and I was on the high end of a healthy weight.
Pre-pregnancy, we were both overweight and needing to improve our fitness, but to varying degrees. He could stand to lose 10-20lbs and/or muscle up, while I needed to lose more like 40lbs.
16 Apr 2012 12:02 AM
19 Apr 2008
Regina, *home* is E-Town!
Tanky
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I voted that I'm 'heavier' but DH is definitely overweight. He's lucky in that it only goes to his belly and face though, never to his legs or arms or anything, so MOST of him looks quite 'average'.
I'm kinda fat all around.
16 Apr 2012 12:26 AM
17 Oct 2010
ladykate
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We are both pretty average but he definitely outweighs me by at least 60 lbs.
16 Apr 2012 6:25 AM
8 May 2005
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JustApril
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Well, he definitely outweighs me but he doesn't need to lose weight. Maybe about 5 - 10 lbs. Same with me. So I guess we're pretty *similar* in comparison.
16 Apr 2012 7:28 AM
14 Jul 2009
Ottawa
BandAidChik
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We're both about 40 lbs heavier than when we met. That being said, we met when we were 19 and middle age metabolisms are a beyotch.
16 Apr 2012 7:39 AM
6 Apr 2012
Goose
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We're both lean/slender and have been the same size since we met.
16 Apr 2012 8:13 AM
20 Oct 2003
Ontario
MrsG2004
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We are both slender right now.
I will obviously get bigger in the next little while, but for the most part we are pretty much the same.
DH has never been anywhere near an unhealthy BMI. I on the other hand have and I have to work hard to not let myself gain an extra 15-20 pounds more than my healthy weight.
16 Apr 2012 8:18 AM
28 May 2006
Mount Real
LadybugJones
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When we met we were both healthy average weight.
I gained weight and he lost muscle( which resulted in him loosing weight). He's now on the thin side and I'm overweight. But I think we still match physically, like I dont think DH looks like a chubby chaser(
for lack of a better term), most people don't believe me when I tell them how much I weight because I'm so tall.
16 Apr 2012 8:24 AM
21 Apr 2007
Ontario
MyGeek
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I outweigh DH by quite a bit. He's average/normal, and I'm not. Even after I reach my goal weight (which is still an entire person away), I'll still weigh more than him. But that's okay.
16 Apr 2012 8:30 AM
25 Jan 2006
Alberta
TeacherAnge
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We are both 'average' or in the healthy BMI range.
We were almost the same weight at the end of my last pregnancy though & I am 8" shorter than him
16 Apr 2012 8:31 AM
2 May 2005
Maritime Mama
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DH and I are both tall and overweight. At this point we're pretty similar in build which makes me cringe. I'm pretty sure he weighs more than I do but unfortunately it's not a whole lot more. I'm working on losing some and getting healthy. He keeps saying he should exercise/eat better but isn't really that motivated.
When we met 13years ago I had just lost 60lbs and looked pretty good. I haven't always been overweight... but it's a struggle. I'm like a yo-yo - it just keeps coming back... As long as I've known DH he's had a belly on him though at times he's slimmed down considerably.
16 Apr 2012 8:50 AM
3 Jan 2006
Whitby
diva.jen
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Technically I weigh more than him but we both are overweight and have similar body types so in that way we do match physically.
We're working hard to change the overweight part so hopefully soon we'll both have the same general appearance but it will be because we'll both be healthy.
And one day I do dream of weighing less than him for the first time ever. Some day!
16 Apr 2012 9:00 AM
7 Nov 2009
I think it's obvious.
TorontoChick
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This is a very interesting post!
We are about the same. Typically DH weighs about 30 lbs more than I do, but we are both relatively fit and healthy looking people. My weight yo-yo's wayyy more than DH's.
I actually just remarked to him this morning that I can tell he always weighs the same because he's been wearing the same work pants for about 7 years (that could be a thread of it's own...). Seriously, they are the same pants and they fit the same.
16 Apr 2012 9:37 AM
9 Jan 2012
Minimoi
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While he outweighs me by about 50-60 pounds, I'd say we are the same physically. We are both active and at a healthy weight, though I have to work MUCH harder to maintain it (grrrr)
He has always been an average male - the type who never gains weight regardless of what he eats. My weight fluctuates so I'd consider myself larger. That being said, pre-PG we weighed the same, except that I'm 5'2" and he's taller.
16 Apr 2012 9:49 AM
27 Oct 2009
mrssp
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I said that I am heavier, because I am proportionally.
I am 5'7 and around 165, while DH is 6'1 and about 190.
DH is a healthy weight for his height, and I'm just tipping into the "overweight" category (according to BMI).
He is, without question, much more in shape than I am though.
16 Apr 2012 10:12 AM
5 Feb 2008
Moncton, N.B
Juno
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We are both pretty slender, so I guess we match?! Such a weird thing to say ....
16 Apr 2012 10:15 AM
24 Mar 2010
Cambridge, Ontario
MoonCat
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My DH is a stick figure. Always has been. Well, he's now a stick figure with a bit more fat on him after he moved in with me and actually started eating (his nutrition before consisted of 2 bowls of cereal a day)
I'm a size 16-18, and considered borderline obese.
16 Apr 2012 10:21 AM
24 Jan 2005
Calgary
tojules
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When we met, I was a little heavier than DH. We are just about the same height...I'm 5ft8 and he's about 5ft9 or 10.
Now, I'm considerably larger than when I met DH and he's maybe 10lbs more. I have bigger issues with weight than he does and have always struggled.
16 Apr 2012 10:27 AM
6 Jun 2007
i_love_milo
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I said we were about the same. We could both stand to lose a few pounds/get in shape, with me having to do more.
31 Oct 2012 11:59 PM
30 Apr 2012
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16 Apr 2012 10:42 AM
30 Sep 2007
MissusS
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DH outweighs me by about 50-60 lbs but I'd say we match physically. I've got more pudge than him, but I have a very slender frame where as his is muscular.
16 Apr 2012 10:49 AM
6 May 2011
Ottawa, ON
Fodder
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I weigh less than DH, but I am more overweight than he is (i.e., my BMI is higher).
Hopefully that will change in the next few months.
Prior to having kids, my BMI was lower than his, but we were both in the healthy range.
16 Apr 2012 11:27 AM
28 Dec 2005
Calgary, AB
Snick
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Yup, we're both pretty average. In fact we're almost the same height and weigh pretty close to the same amount.
16 Apr 2012 11:29 AM
23 Jun 2007
Tinseltown
Poulette
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I'm waaaaaaay fluffier than he is.
He's skinny to the point that my uncle said when he drank fruit punch he would look like a thermometer
And the nickname stuck!
16 Apr 2012 11:50 AM
6 Jan 2010
Spiablie
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DH is a lot heavier than me because a. he is taller and b. he is a man and more "built" I suppose.
Proportionally I would say we are similar but he is a bit larger than me.
We are complete opposites. DH is tall and very slender (his nickname with his pals is scrawny little [censored]) and I've always been huskier albeit now I'm overweight.
16 Apr 2012 11:55 AM
19 Sep 2008
Beautiful BC!
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DH is tall and slim and I am average height and not so slim, so, no, we don't match.
16 Apr 2012 12:00 PM
13 Aug 2002
Toronto
FriendsFirst
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We're both overweight (and at this point, probably aren't that far apart in BMI). I'm heavier (without question)... I'm also 4" (at least) taller, have a larger bone frame, and am genetically predisposed to both a very large chest (seriously, I dropped 60 lbs a few years back and didn't drop a single damn cup size... boggles my mind) and to 'bulking'. In no way am I saying that the extra weight I'm carrying is "just un-toned muscle", 'cuz that would be a crock... but even if I got myself down to an average body fat %age, I'd still have big thighs and wide shoulders and the appearance of a lot more bulk than someone with the same %age who was 4" shorter with a narrower frame... like, say, DH.
So, no, I don't think we "match physically". personally. IMO.
16 Apr 2012 12:12 PM
4 Jan 2009
Grande Cache, AB
elizabethivy
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I'd say we match. We're the same height but DH is about 25 or so pounds heavier then me - however, to look at us, I would say that neither of us looks much chubbier then the other.
We could both stand to loose some weight, though.
16 Apr 2012 12:19 PM
30 Jun 2008
GTA
bellybug
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When we started dating we matched.
11 years later, I'm the fat one. While hes technically gained weight, he's gone from being skinny to being lean, as in, filled out but no flub. Me, I have a lot of flub.
Ideally one day I'd like to weigh less then him but not if it means he gains more and has to deal with weight issues too.
16 Apr 2012 1:17 PM
9 Oct 2008
Victoria, BC
jasey
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While he's about a foot taller than me and 100 lbs heavier I'd say we're about the same, in the average category. Although neither of us are in great shape, he is just a naturally large person, big legs etc. but not "fat".
16 Apr 2012 1:43 PM
4 Jan 2012
MrsMum
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When we got together, we were both tall, blond and slim (for real, I once was skinny)!
NOW we're still both tall, but now we're fat, and have brown hair! lol
16 Apr 2012 2:11 PM
4 Apr 2010
freckle-lee
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we used to be more of a match. we were both slender when we met. But he was a smoker. since quit smoking he's put on about 40lbs.
16 Apr 2012 2:28 PM
15 Jul 2010
Happiness
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DH is way more fit than I am right now, but given my ticker status that is to be expected. Before babies, we were the same. I plan to get back into shape this summer! DH has taken up running and cycling, which I have no real interest in so I know he will always be fitter than me. But I want to be skinny again for sure.
16 Apr 2012 2:33 PM
25 Oct 2007
Alberta
samoreo
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We are both statuesque, 5'10 packages of solid muscle and are on the receiving end of constant adoration and envy. Probably.
That, or he's really thin and I'm on the very top end of a healthy BMI.
16 Apr 2012 2:55 PM
8 Sep 2008
Ottawa, ON
Nanookie
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When we met, I was overweight and he was close to his target weight. I lost weight and he gained. I've almost caught him by the end of this pregnancy, but I'm planning to lose the weight after the baby arrives.
16 Apr 2012 3:00 PM
26 Aug 2005
Toronto, ON
honeybee
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We're similar. Actually we're both fitter than we were when we started dating in high school.
16 Apr 2012 4:28 PM
13 Aug 2006
Calgary, Alberta
cherryblossom
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I chose basically the same. We were both skinny kids/teens. We're now both average sized adults who could use a little toning here and there, and both average to tall in height.
16 Apr 2012 5:36 PM
30 Dec 2008
Nova Scotia
marsbug
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While DH outweighs me by about 100lbs and is a foot taller than me, I'd still say we match if you are going by size. We both have a good 60 lbs to lose to be considered not overweight.
16 Apr 2012 6:56 PM
23 Feb 2006
Calgary
luinge
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I'm short and fat, DH is tall and skinny, perfect fit in my mind
16 Apr 2012 7:33 PM
16 Oct 2009
veralove
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16 Apr 2012 7:36 PM
24 Oct 2007
Halifax
MrsPL
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DH is shorter and slighter than the average man. I am about an inch shorter than him and 20 or so lbs lighter - we are both slim (that is before I got pg). I keep joking that soon I will be bigger than him and easily able to crush him like a bug
16 Apr 2012 8:50 PM
27 May 2008
Montreal
12231981
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He's always been bigger. He's lost a ton of weight (and put a good amount back on when *I* was pregnant, lol) but he has a broad frame. I think he's about 180 lbs now, at 5'9". I've always been slim. I'm 100 lbs.
16 Apr 2012 9:30 PM
11 Mar 2009
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siorhona
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DH has about 80 lbs on me.
When we met, we were both in great shape. I was a size 4, and he was solid muscle. Since then I've gained 20 lbs (actually 60 but I lost some), and he's gained 50 lbs of pudge.
16 Apr 2012 9:40 PM
7 Sep 2010
Nathan'smom
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I am smaller than DH.
I have a healthy BMI and DH is considered overweight (he would like to lose 15 lbs)
31 Oct 2012 11:59 PM
30 Apr 2012
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