Stupid Question......... Wrist size

iamfarfaraway
on 3/30/09 4:00 am - Charlotte, NC

I have been looking online to get information on frame size and it goes by your wrist size. I know your wrist does not have much other than bone and skin so is it true that the size of your wrist does not change with weight loss? Ok I did tell you it was a stupid question.

katiekat412
on 3/30/09 4:18 am

RNY on 09/17/08

Mine sure changed with weight loss. It was never ginormous or anything, but I looked at pics immediately post op and I had a chub ring around my wrist. 60 some odd pounds later, my wrist is tiny in comparison. I think it changes the least with weight loss, but I think it still changes.

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PekinSal
on 3/30/09 4:24 am - UK

DS on 04/05/08

Not stupid at all - I lost about an inch on my wrist. My watch is now half way up my arm...Bit odd to work out your frame size when it changes - I have no idea now whether I'm large, medium or small!

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MultiMom
on 3/30/09 5:16 am - NH

RNY on 10/27/08

I have had links taken out of my watch bracelet twice in the weight loss process..... not a stupid question to me!

Martha

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Height 5'4.5" BMI 18.4
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kerniec
on 3/30/09 6:45 am - Dayton, OH

VSG on 07/22/14

My bracelets are all enormous and my watches, so I know even though I thought I didn't have a lot of fat there, I DID!

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Hair Majesty
on 3/30/09 6:56 am - Katy, TX

RNY on 04/21/08

If you've got "padding" on your wrist, then I'm sure your wrist may get smaller as you lose weight. But your actual bone doesn't shrink, so if you don't have a lot of padding there and you can take a measurement of the actual bone then you will be able to get a good reading on frame size there. My wrist circumfrence hasn't changed at all, but my watches and bracelets are all too big now because I did carry weight right above my wrist and on my hands.

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MacMadame
on 3/30/09 7:28 am - Northern, CA

VSG on 09/24/08

Mine got smaller. The wrist measurement is easy to do, but the elbow breath one is more accurate.

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hippie_chick
on 3/31/09 5:28 am - Pensacola, FL

RNY on 05/21/08

On March 30, 2009 at 2:28 PM Pacific Time, MacMadame wrote:

Mine got smaller. The wrist measurement is easy to do, but the elbow breath one is more accurate.

I never knew this was the way to tell your frame size! I just measured and confirmed that I have a small frame! Thanks!

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Jackie W.
on 3/30/09 8:51 am

DS on 08/25/08

My watch is 2 notches smaller than it was pre op!!! What does that tell you!! I wish that was one of the spots I measured pre op, but I didn't. I can just tell by how loose my watch band is!! According to those "frame" things (using the wrist) I'm probably smaller boned.....but now I have to measure it!!

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stephaniejoy
on 3/30/09 10:45 am - Mont Belvieu, TX

RNY on 10/15/08

Found this....I don't know how accurate it is:

Determining frame size: To determine the body frame size, measure the wrist with a tape measure and use the following chart to determine whether the person is small, medium, or large boned.

Women:

Height under 5'2"
- Small = wrist size less than 5.5"
- Medium = wrist size 5.5" to 5.75"
- Large = wrist size over 5.75"
Height 5'2" to 5' 5"
- Small = wrist size less than 6"
- Medium = wrist size 6" to 6.25"
- Large = wrist size over 6.25"
Height over 5' 5"
- Small = wrist size less than 6.25"
- Medium = wrist size 6.25" to 6.5"
- Large = wrist size over 6.5"

Men:

Height over 5' 5"
- Small = wrist size 5.5" to 6.5"
- Medium = wrist size 6.5" to 7.5"
- Large = wrist size over 7.5"

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