Synonyms for ‘Fat’ that aren’t Cringeworthy…?

Above average weight

Fanny how about describing yourself in biblical terms………For I am fearfully and wonderfully made. ?

I just remembered big fat Sue and fat no more Pat

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk_kBku4g48

tattygran14

A bit off point, as usual, but in America clothes for overweight youths are described as 'husky'. Somehow, I find that very funny.?

Is it?
That’s really mad!

I don’t have a problem describing myself as fat. I prefer this to any of the euphemisms mentioned above, which I think are all super cringe-making and some twee. For example, I’d only use ‘Rubensesque’ about myself in mimed inverted commas, as a joke when talking to friends.
I have also used the factual ‘big’ or ‘large’. If discussing clothes, plus size seems a clear and accurate description.

‘I’m a heavy girl’
That’s probably more like it!

This is a phrase from a Victoria Wood joke, I can’t remember the the rest of it, but I often use it in relation to various situations and myself :

‘Two big lads and a wheelbarrow’

grandtanteJE65

As long as a person is describing herself the choice is surely hers.

Stout, well-built, generously proportioned, ample, plump, or as Mma Ramotswe of The Ladies' No. 1 Detective Agency says of herself "a traditionally built lady".

Yes, that’s it; I’m trying to find a word to describe me.
I am fat; but to me, fat makes me think ‘flabby’, and I’m not.

Musicgirl no, I’m not tall. I’m extremely average, 5’4 I think

Don’t worry about repeating things. - it always happens.

Voluptuous is definitely very popular.
I might just go for it. Go the full Nigella.
Pass me the spoon MissAdventure! ?

Definitely 'voluptuous' - it sounds like a sexy complement, so enjoy using it to describe yourself.

Llamedos13

In a tv interview, a reporter was talking to a chap whose house had gone on fire, he said he had to pull his wife out of a window to escape the flames.”She’s a heavy girl”, he said over and over! I often wonder if she has forgiven him for telling the entire country his wife is a heavy girl,

god that's funny

Not sure if it’s already been suggested.
Didn’t have the patience to go through all nine pages.
But…..what about”well covered”?

Traditionally built! (Alexander McCall-Smith - Number 1 Ladies Detective Agency.

As long as a person is describing herself the choice is surely hers.

Stout, well-built, generously proportioned, ample, plump, or as Mma Ramotswe of The Ladies' No. 1 Detective Agency says of herself "a traditionally built lady".

In a tv interview, a reporter was talking to a chap whose house had gone on fire, he said he had to pull his wife out of a window to escape the flames.”She’s a heavy girl”, he said over and over! I often wonder if she has forgiven him for telling the entire country his wife is a heavy girl,

'Unslim' /non-slim???

My GC say that my granny is "Cuddly"....Makes me smile...

Germanshepherdsmum

Voluptuous?

I like this one. I quite like pleasantly plump and don’t mind well-built, chubby or sturdy. If you are tall like Kirstie Allsopp as well as on the broad side, is there anything wrong with large? After all. It describes height as well as breadth.

Voluptuous ?

Oh, sorry Gwenisgreat. I didn't see you had already made that suggestion. I think it sounds elegant.

I too have put on weight and my little grandson on his last visit exclaimed “Nanny you just keep growing”???

How about "well-rounded lady?"

I’m quite happy to say I’m fat, because I am! It’s because I eat too much and don’t (well can’t) exercise enough. I’m happier to be called fat than chubby or some of the other words. Over weight is okay but makes me think of someone who is about 1 or 2 stone over weight . As you can see from my user name - my grandchildren call me Bignanny, this was initiated by my eldest granddaughter when she was only 3 and she was distinguishing me from her other nanny. That was obviously her observation. The name has been adopted by each of the grandchildren as they have come along.

Generous proportions

Non of the words for fat are very nice. I’ve only recently thought about it as I used to be slim and now I’m not!
Tubby, plump, are not great. They used to say stout but that’s always made me cringe !

Plump is a lovely word, as is chubby.

How about “ of classical proportions”?