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Do you tell your friends and family what you weigh, when the discussion comes up?

Asked by jca (36062points) February 19th, 2012

When you discuss weight and weight issues with your friends and family, do you tell them what you weigh?

I ask this because in discussing weight with people, I find most don’t admit what they weigh. It seems men are more likely to admit their weight than women.

No, I am not asking Flutherites to tell me what they weigh.

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DominicX's avatar

I will admit it if other people are admitting it; I doubt I’d be the first to admit it out of the blue, though. But it’s no secret that I’m satisfied with my weight—I also have no doubt that if I weren’t satisfied with it, I probably wouldn’t share it. (And yes, I’ve noticed men are definitely much more likely to share their weight than women).

JLeslie's avatar

I do. Although, more often than talking actual weight, we are discussing how much we want to lose, or how much we have gained.

tranquilsea's avatar

My hubby knows how much I weigh and I know how much he weighs.

nikipedia's avatar

I might round down a little. Don’t tell.

bob_'s avatar

Eh, sure, I don’t really care.

gondwanalon's avatar

It doesn’t bother me to tell my hight and weight or age. I’m 5’11”, 153 pounds (this morning) and 61 years old. My weight is usually 151 pounds + or – 3 pounds. But it is not unusual for me to weight 145 pounds after a 20 mile run even though I drink plenty of water. I weigh myself each morning and enter my findings into my physical exercise journal along with all of my workouts.

By the way, I’ve weighed pretty much about the same since I was in high school.

TexasDude's avatar

I’m 5’ 7” and I weigh 160.

OH NOES

Sunny2's avatar

I don’t mind telling my weight. It’s reasonable and I watch it pretty carefully. The subject doesn’t come up much and I wouldn’t bring it up.

ucme's avatar

I see no reason not to, so yeah.

AnonymousWoman's avatar

I don’t even know how much I weigh at the moment, but I don’t have a problem with admitting my weight when I know what it is. I don’t think it’s a big deal. I feel that being healthy is much more important than stressing out over how much I weigh, even though I don’t always eat healthily.

augustlan's avatar

I never really understand the hesitation to disclose your weight to people who know you in person. Or your clothes size, or age, either. You look how you look, and none of those numbers changes that, you know? I will tell in person (not online, because it sounds worse than it is). I carry my weight ‘well’, and people are always surprised by the actual number.

OpryLeigh's avatar

Yes. I don’t have any insecurities about my weight so I am happy to talk about it.

WillWorkForChocolate's avatar

Sure I will. I’m not afraid to disclose my weight, but there have been times when I didn’t like the actual number. I was a little ashamed to admit how much I weighed for quite a while, which is why I decided to seriously pursue losing weight.

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