Skinny fat? ?

dawniemate
dawniemate Posts: 395 Member
edited November 20 in Health and Weight Loss
What is skinny fat??? :)

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  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    not protecting your LBM as you lose weight so you end up burning through LBM and become skinny with minimal muscle at a specific scale weight you've targeted

    it's basically a slight for those who don't 'look good' at a low weight

    Muscle is what keeps you tight and looking 'toned' (spits .. it's the wrong word but you know what I mean) .. lack of muscle is not good

  • Dofflin
    Dofflin Posts: 127 Member
    when a person has low muscle mass but high percentage of body fat. might have skinny legs, but big love handles etc
  • ohmscheeks
    ohmscheeks Posts: 840 Member
    edited June 2015
    I think of it as someone who is not "overweight", but his/her body still has a flabby, pudgy, untoned appearance.
  • dawniemate
    dawniemate Posts: 395 Member
    Thanks guys. ..I understand now! ! :wink:
  • TimothyFish
    TimothyFish Posts: 4,925 Member
    Skinny fat is a term coined to describe the situation in which a person has a normal BMI, but has the health risks of an obese person. This seems to be the case when people appear to be skinny, but they have fat built up around their internal organs. It tends to be a condition experienced by people who lose weight through diet without adequate exercise.
  • Ironmaiden4life
    Ironmaiden4life Posts: 422 Member
    TimothyFish wrote: »
    Skinny fat is a term coined to describe the situation in which a person has a normal BMI, but has the health risks of an obese person. This seems to be the case when people appear to be skinny, but they have fat built up around their internal organs. It tends to be a condition experienced by people who lose weight through diet without adequate exercise.

    Exercise has nothing to do with it. It happens because they diet below their BMR and put themselves into a catoblic state for extended periods of time.
  • DeguelloTex
    DeguelloTex Posts: 6,652 Member
    Ironmaiden4life wrote: »
    TimothyFish wrote: »
    Skinny fat is a term coined to describe the situation in which a person has a normal BMI, but has the health risks of an obese person. This seems to be the case when people appear to be skinny, but they have fat built up around their internal organs. It tends to be a condition experienced by people who lose weight through diet without adequate exercise.

    Exercise has nothing to do with it. It happens because they diet below their BMR and put themselves into a catoblic state for extended periods of time.
    Wait, what? No.

  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    Ironmaiden4life wrote: »
    TimothyFish wrote: »
    Skinny fat is a term coined to describe the situation in which a person has a normal BMI, but has the health risks of an obese person. This seems to be the case when people appear to be skinny, but they have fat built up around their internal organs. It tends to be a condition experienced by people who lose weight through diet without adequate exercise.

    Exercise has nothing to do with it. It happens because they diet below their BMR and put themselves into a catoblic state for extended periods of time.

    I think you are wrong on this one. Yes it can have something to do with exercise and not trying to maintain LBM.

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