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Curious to what everyone's thoughts were on this. Obviously a bmi of 25 or more is technically considered overweight, but people with a bmi of 25 typically look normally sized. Is there an actual weight/size/bmi that you would consider someone to have become a bonafide fatty?

I'd say it's less about BMI and more about body comp and how you carry your weight.

But from there it comes down to personal opinion. For example, a lot of thick women and built men are technically fat. But very few people classify them as such.

Everyone is different. In my personal case, I felt properly fat, as opposed to just thick or chunky, when my BMI hit 40.

I don’t think it’s a size thing it’s more of a self acceptance mentality one gets into, but I was at least 300. That’s when I started to eat for the sake of eating and it was comforting and fun etc not that it wasn’t before that time it’s just wasn’t a conscious thing I did I didn’t care about “being skinny” or whatever

I agree with those who say it's more about body shape than BMI. I am 5'3, and only once in my adult life, I dipped below 200. My BMI would have been 33.7 at my smallest, but I definitely didn't feel fat, just chubby. Around 250, I start to have a very round look, and at 350, I look fatter than most people the average person sees. That's exaggerated by my fat distribution, which is mostly concentrated in my midsection.