Big Girls

[JoAnne Wheeler]

I look at the pictures of all of you slender, petite girls who post your pictures here and I read of your exploits out in public - you make me jealous !

But then when I look out in the real world, I see that that there are so many real GGs that are "full figured girls".

I know that I am a "full figured girl" and proud of it. All of my clothes fit me and are comfortable and stylish. Not many of us seem to post our pictures on this site - we don't need to be embarrassed - we are who we are.

I would like to see more responses and pictures from my "full figured" sisters.

What do you think about this ?

"Big Girls Rule"

JoAnne Wheeler

[Kaitlyn Michele]

In my opinion, having some additional weight can often makes it easier to pass...

especially if you are good at moving the weight around a little bit..
:heehee:


You rule!!

Kate

ps..your pic looks great

[Stephanie Miller]

Silly me. And here all along I thought it was about who we are on the INSIDE!:doh:

[Sarah Michelle]

I was at a wedding on the week-end, a room full of very grounded people which did absolutely nothing to make me fit in better even in drab however; as i watched the GGs in the room, how they wore what they wore, what they had done with their hair [or not], make-up and jewellry I was reassured that I could pass. I will not turn heads. In fact I will probably be ignored but I can pass. And there were women in the bar line-up, some with heels, some with flats who were as tall as me.
Some of the women here are truly beautiful, some very pretty but I can be passable.......my mantra.

[Kathi Lake]

I'm with Kaitlyn. I don't have curves. I have angles. I don't have body fat to shape and contour. I have ribs and bones and muscles that poke out, destroying what I'm trying to present. I can't push my excess skin and fat from my chest to create realistic-looking breasts. I don't have any excess anything.

So, for all of you ladies that have been jealous of me and my twig-like body, be happy for what you have.

I'm a genetic freak!

:)

Kathi

[Kaitlyn Michele]

I don't know many women who "on the inside" don't want to look good and be appreciated on the outside....

[JoanAz]

I am 6' and 230# and 70 years old, My Avater was taken a (verry) few years ago, the Pictrue in my photo album with Neighbor was Sept. a year ago, at his Birthday party.
:heehee:

[missandra]

I to am large 70 yo 6 foot 250 lbs. I am not sexey but get my share of the pie . I am mostly a Pantie , hoses, bra and sexey cover ups .lets all have fun :)

[DAVIDA]

Yeah......Us "thin" girls sure can be the target of envy!:D

[docrobbysherry]

At the SCC in Atlanta, I was amazed by all the BIG GIRLS I saw there! Amazed NOT because they were big, but how FEM most of them looked! :daydreaming:

I guess they just look at big GGs, and copy those looks, and shop where they shop! WhatEVER they did to get those looks, I KNOW can be done by other CDs! If they REALLY WANT TO!:)

[angpai30]

I use to have a smaller figure, but when I ordered my dresses a couple days ago I had to order large and one an XL because that was the size they listed for me when I looked at the size charts. I normally wore a medium, but I have gained weight since.

[PetiteDuality]

I agree, big girls tend to pass much better.

[Jennifer Silverstone]

I used to be a lot heavier. Up until 18 months ago I weighed 21 and a half stone (just over 300lbs!), and only the fact I am 6'3" tall mitigated against being circular! I lost over five stone (about 70lbs) last year and dropped from a UK dress size 24-26 to dress size 18-20 (because of my shouders I still wear dresses and tops in size 22). Looking back though, when I was curvier I filled out my outfits a lot better (I even had natural C cup breasts; they're now barely B's) and my back side has disappeared altogether! Oh for something to sit on! Never had to bother with padding before, but I bought my first ever silicone breasts a few months ago and I'm seriously thinking about hip/bum pads too! The most I used before were chicken fillets to give a bit of definition.

[Christina Horton]

I am 5 foot 10 in, and 265....ouch did I just say that.:doh: I would love to be thin but My trucking does make it harder to lose weight. I am healthy and feel fine.





I'm with Kaitlyn. I don't have curves. I have angles. I don't have body fat to shape and contour. I have ribs and bones and muscles that poke out, destroying what I'm trying to present. I can't push my excess skin and fat from my chest to create realistic-looking breasts. I don't have any excess anything.

So, for all of you ladies that have been jealous of me and my twig-like body, be happy for what you have.

I'm a genetic freak!

:)

Kathi

GENETIC FEM-FAYTALL YA MEAN RIGHT.



At the SCC in Atlanta, I was amazed by all the BIG GIRLS I saw there! Amazed NOT because they were big, but how FEM most of them looked! :daydreaming:

I guess they just look at big GGs, and copy those looks, and shop where they shop! WhatEVER they did to get those looks, I KNOW can be done by other CDs! If they REALLY WANT TO!:)

I think the reason we plus size can pass ok is the "sigh" fat will soften up the "curves" and hide things like , Adams apple, muscles , the manly figer , bigger hands , feet , arms , etc... So that's what I think.

When I go out by myself people look and sometimes stare at me. I am not sure if the girls are looking at what I am wearing or reading me, I am not sure if the men are reading me or checking me out. After my 20th high school reunion in witch I went as Christina and since then people say they if they did not know I was a man thought I was a GG.

We Cd's always think every one is reading us and I am one whom thinks everyone does. But then again I don't care if they stare of or read me. I may just want to know but still don't care.

If your happy in your own shin what does it matter what others think that's what is important. So I love myself.:love::D

[Karren H]

First women come in all sizes.. so why not us??

And secondly... Petite my ass!! Hahaha. I wish!!

Third.. I was 220 five years ago.. (Warning - health rant ahead). I dropped 50 pounds not to fit into a size 10 dress... Because if I hadn't I'd probably dead.. Excess weight puts stress on everything.. Your health suffers.. High blood pressure and high cholestrol... Exersizing and eating better is surley the way to go.. It sure was for me..

So if you don't like yous size.. Do something about it... Don't get jeleous, because you have nothing to be jeleous of.... Get active and get fit.. If you look better enfemme then that's a bonus!! Ya got to get in shape for old age!! Not for the faint of heart..

Health rant over!!

[Rebecca Jayne]

There is more of us to love.

Must be jelly, cause jam don't shake like that!

[Niya W]

this is me

http://www.crossdressers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=117064


Yeah I'm big and I dont care.

[MJ]

I would like to see more responses and pictures from my "full figured" sisters.

What do you think about this ?

"Big Girls Rule"

JoAnne Wheeler

to be honest i hate my size. i was the only fat chick of the group at scc and tried to avoid the camera were possible. the funny thing is sherry was the only one to notice this as we has a short conversation about it.

so no i would not like to post a full picture if i can help it head shots only. or i use old pictures when i felt better about my smaller size.

[Lorileah]

Maybe things are different here in the west but 3 out of 4 "queens" at the local T-bar are shall we say softig? I truly am petite at Coronation.

On the non-CD side here though, people tend to be more trim and fit in Colorado so going to the mall may be a different story. Last week I saw two stunning women (different places) who were taller than I am and were dressed to the nines in Target. I had to look hard to be sure they were not "sisters". I wanted to ask one where she bought her shoes because I think they would have fit me (except she really did have a B width). Daily I see women who are not Barbie models. We are not in a cookie cutter world. Good thing too or we would never find clothes that fit.

[Nicole Erin]

Joanne, first of all, you look fine. You are not too big or too small.

Whether a TG woman is large or small doesn't matter really.
It is shape, not size, that makes someone have a feminine or masculine appearance. A 150 pound man is not going to look more femme than say a 300 pound GG.

Me, I have a larger build, kind of middle of the road with my weight though. Not fat, not thin, medium. Thing is, what is there is male shaped, thin hips, wide shoulders. I am who I am, I don't hate it or love it.
I will say that a Genetic woman who was my height and weight would look like a lard butt so I am glad that I don't look fat.

I do notice a lot of the petite girls in the photo section do get a lot more comments. I don't think it is cause they pass better than anyone else, but have the coveted thin build.

One advantage though of being a size 16 or less is the clothes are usually nicer. Notice how all the really cute jeans cut off at size 16? Same with other things... This is another reason the smaller girls seem to look better and pass easier. My bottoms are a 16 and tops usually 18

[christinek]

When I decided to go for it I was 225, last Dec. I lost 55 pounds by May. I look at be before and after pictures in drab and in fem I look much better thin. Just me.

All that I met at the SCC had not seen me in my larger size but when I showed them a photo they could not believe it. I prefer thin. I saw allot of beautiful girls out and about that had no curves. I even work with some GG who have no curves and they are gorgeous.

I want to lose more weight and will.

[Sam-antha]

[quote=Karren Hutton;1894811]First women come in all sizes.. so why not us??

I second that motion. Size is surely only a matter of which dress.


Exersizing and eating better is surley the way to go.. It sure was for me..

I always have been sitting around 160, the exercise keeps it that way..... besides....


Ya got to get in shape for old age!![/quote

There is another problem with that Karren,
ya gotta keep fit to enjoy the shape.

~Samm

[audreyinalbany]

I thik we fall into the trap that confronts gg's, whether consciously or not; that of conforming to the cultural stereotype of the thin, sexy supermodel. Look around, folks, most gg's are pretty much as imperfect as we genetic males. By and large, the women I see out and about don't look any more like Angelina Jolie than I look like Brad Pitt. These are sort of culturally determined ideals which very few of us can attain. As I've spent more time dressed, I've also spent more time looking--really looking--at the plethora of real women out there in the world. And the more time I've spent looking, the more I'm convinced that we can fit in and just be 'one of the girls' by not trying too hard.

[Christina Horton]

Every time I see a supermodel I think I wish I was there to give them a sammich so they could look better with some curves. I like a woman with at lest a little curves. Super thin look no good to me. I also love female bodybuilders Yummmmm. Gimme some of that pLS.

[deja true]

... i was the only fat chick of the group at scc and tried to avoid the camera were possible....

Your'e a "fat chick"?

I must notta been payin' attention, 'cos I only saw my beautiful friend MJ...!

:<3:

[trannie T]

I'm about 330# down from 370, I still have a way to go. It has been said that inside every fat girl there is a thin girl screaming to come out. In my case it may be two or three thin girls.

[Sarah Doepner]

JoAnn,

I'm 6'1" and 210ish and the only part of my XL body I don't have a good girly answer for is my nose. When I win the lottery, the schnozzeola will get a makeover, but the rest of me is fine. I will start to worry when I have to get clothes custom made, but right now I get everything I want off the rack. That must mean I have plenty of ladies out there who share my sizes. And yes, I've both gone out and have a few photos out there to share.

[sherri52]

For all of you ladies out there wondering about size. The average size for a woman in the U.S. as of Mar was a size 16. In 1960 it was a size 8. At 6' almost 230 I make it perfect with a size 14 jeans and 16-18 dress. I guess I'm average:heehee:

[Barbara Dugan]

I am 5 10 and last week hit the scale at a whopping 158 lbs. the heaviest I have been on my life and I truly love the extra pounds that along with my gynecomastia induced breasts gave me the opportunity to wear a dress with not padding at all:hugs:

[MJ]

Your'e a "fat chick"?

I must notta been payin' attention, 'cos I only saw my beautiful friend MJ...!

:<3:

as are you sis :hugs:

[sissystephanie]

For all of you ladies out there wondering about size. The average size for a woman in the U.S. as of Mar was a size 16. In 1960 it was a size 8. At 6' almost 230 I make it perfect with a size 14 jeans and 16-18 dress. I guess I'm average:heehee:

Sherri, you just made my day!!:hugs::hugs: I am 77 y/o, 5' 10", and weigh 175. But I am a perfect size 16!! My favorite SA at Nordstrom's told me she has rarely seen a size 16 as perfect as me. 18 is too big and 14 is too small, but 16 fits like it was custom made for me! And here I wanted so much to be a size 14, because I thought I was too big!! My breasts are natural 40 B's according to the bra fitters at Nordie's and at VS. Just right for me, with only push up pads to enhance the cleavage!:heehee:

[divamissz]

I am 6' 2" tall, about 230 lbs., and I am definitely a plus size woman. I shop Lane Bryant, Torrid and Ashley Stewart. I get dirty looks when I walk into Forever 21 or Bebe; I'm not their "type." But I think I look pretty damned good, and people seem to accept me as I am, so I'm happy.

[curiouslooker]

Silly me. And here all along I thought it was about who we are on the INSIDE!:doh:

If that was the case then we wouldn't "dress". Would we?:o

[erickka]

You gotta admit, there are a whole lot of beautiful "big girls" in this world. I personally love a girl that has some "cushion for the pushin" Don't get me wrong, skinny girls are really cute, but I prefer some extra curves!

[Violetgray]

I am 5 10 and last week hit the scale at a whopping 158 lbs. the heaviest I have been on my life and I truly love the extra pounds that along with my gynecomastia induced breasts gave me the opportunity to wear a dress with not padding at all:hugs:

So wait, your 5'10 and a WHOPPING 158 lbs? Really!?!? Do you have to grease the door before you leave the house in the morning? Are you banned from all the local buffets? How do you manage to type with such sausage fingers? At 158, can you even see your feet?

Seriously, at 175, I WISH I was 158, and I'm only 5'6!

Then again, I suspect you know this! :tongueout

[Lorna]

Women's clothing sizes are impossible to compare since an 8 or 10 or 12 or 16 means different things at different shops and at different times. My trouble, as a man, is not size so much as shape. I'm 1.75m tall and about 75kg, but what surplus flesh I have is on my stomach and my shoulders are wide. Size 12 skirts fit my slim hips but not my waist and size 16 dresses fit my shoulders but are too big for my bust. Some improvement to tummy and waist can be achieved with strong foundation garments (I need a corset but don't have one) and a well padded bra helps compensate for the wide shoulders but I still look a pretty odd shape for a woman! The same weight and height distributed in a womanly way would present a very different picture and I would be able to enjoy the lovely feminine clothes much more comfortably.

[LisaElizabeth]

I have a shape... It's just a bit more 'basketball' than 'hourglass' at the moment.... By next spring? Should be at least less basketball!
7 years ago I wore a 24W Now I'm between an 18-20 depending on the manufacturer.
Will I ever wear a size 10? Maybe in a skirt, but definitely not in a top or dress!! Even when I was only 175 I needed a 16 for the top. The broad shoulders are just part of me!! So-o-o You get thin, you pad out and voila! hourglass figure!! At least that is the goal....
We shall see!!
Lisa E

[Angel.Marie76]

JoAnne, I wish I had more weight on me sometimes, but as of right now it seems my genetics have me on the thinner side. I've been told, as I investigate and document the procedures of HRT, that there is a possibility that, once I begin hormones that my weight issue may change. Sometimes I feel like the gypsy from 'Thinner' cursed me, and I'd like to just eat a pie and make it all change.

As far as my opinions of slender or more full figured women, my feeling are, and have always been even handed. I know many women of all sizes and ages and all of them are beautiful people. Someone else mentioned that, yes, sometimes it is how you carry yourself that helps you radiate that beauty even moreso. Beauty radiates from the inside, no more no less.

[Barbara Dugan]

:D
So wait, your 5'10 and a WHOPPING 158 lbs? Really!?!? Do you have to grease the door before you leave the house in the morning? Are you banned from all the local buffets? How do you manage to type with such sausage fingers? At 158, can you even see your feet?

Seriously, at 175, I WISH I was 158, and I'm only 5'6!

Then again, I suspect you know this! :tongueout

Yes its a whopping 158 lbs last year summer I went down to 135lbs because
of a medical condition where I lost the ability to taste any food for a few months:D yes I can get into very narrow spaces at work and I have even won a few bets with people that don't believe I weight less than them but I guess is just because of my lack of muscle tone on my upper body :hugs:

[Vicky_Scot]

Silly me. And here all along I thought it was about who we are on the INSIDE!:doh:

Oh Steph you are niave but innocent at the same time.

Only if that was the case the world would be a far better place.

Xx Vicky xX