Advice for bizarre body shape

RUNucbar

Please ignore the mess in the background. I was very stressed that day!!!

m The attached photograph is me lying down as I normally would and, as you can see, my rib cage is very very prominent which I hate. I feel such obvious ribs, even when standing, make me look like I am far too thin even though my bmi is 24 so if anything I am close to overweight. Is there anything I can do to look less.....weird?

shadow2soul

It's not weird. I would even say it's fairly normal for women at a healthy weight.

Mine standing up:


Laying down:


***pics were not taken the same day. Standing is more recent. The other one was Feb or Jan, but weight was about the same.

jemhh

That doesn't look abnormal to me. If you think you have a medical problem, see a doctor. Otherwise, don't obsess over your bone structure.

PaulaWallaDingDong

I don't see ribs. Just the outline of a ribcage while you have gravity pulling your stomach below it. Perfectly normal.

leanjogreen18

Your rib cage being prominate when laying down is quite normal. It's bones compared to your stomach which is organs and can flatten a little when laying down.

I'm chubby like still obese and my stomach flattens and my ribs stick out a bit when laying down.

Sara1791

You're seeing something that isn't there. You look perfectly normal.

KateTii

Mine's the same.
It's just the ribcage structure vs waist size.

rileysowner

Nothing looks bizarre about you in the picture.

peaceout_aly

PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »

I don't see ribs. Just the outline of a ribcage while you have gravity pulling your stomach below it. Perfectly normal.

THIS.

macchiatto

I agree with the others; I think that's normal, especially when lying down.

DietPrada

My ribs look like that lying down and I'm 15kg overweight.

fitmom4lifemfp

My ribs always stick up just like that when lying down. It's normal. Stop worrying about it!

kimny72

The cynic in me says this was an attempt to get compliments on a flat tummy.

When you lie down, your stomach flattens out. And since your ribs are, well, bones - they keep their shape. That's perfectly normal.

JohnnyPenso

With your stats, the only thing that would be bizarre would be if your ribcage didn't look like that. It's perfectly normal. Nice tummy too, you have great looking skin

collectingblues

That's normal. I used to think it was weird, too, and always thought it was just fat lumps -- it was only when I realized my bra was hitting on pure bone that I started Googling. Apparently that's super common in some people, and it's just how the ribcage flares.

jennifer_417

Yep you're normal

quiksylver296

fitmom4lifemfp wrote: »

My ribs always stick up just like that when lying down. It's normal. Stop worrying about it!

Mine, too.

Ruatine

I'll echo what others have said - perfectly normal. I can see mine like that even when I'm standing up straight. My fiancé likes them... he calls them my riblets.

pinuplove

JohnnyPenso wrote: »

With your stats, the only thing that would be bizarre would be if your ribcage didn't look like that. It's perfectly normal. Nice tummy too, you have great looking skin

I was just going to say, OP you have gorgeous skin!

crazyycatlady1

Normal shape of things.