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.

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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.

GottaBurnEmAll

It's perfectly normal.

You might not think it looks normal because you've seen a lot of things like bone structure photoshopped out of models in magazine ads.

pinuplove

GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »

It's perfectly normal.

You might not think it looks normal because you've seen a lot of things like bone structure photoshopped out of models in magazine ads.

*sigh* This is the world we live in...

musacaptain

Perfectly normal. Didn't find it bizarre

bbell1985

I don't even really see your ribs, no offense. You can see that thicker part that sticks out. Mine did that even when overweight and lying down. One side of mine sticks out more than the other. Yours looks like it might too.

JaydedMiss

Seems normal to me, Im right at the tip top of healthy range



Edit

Can also see my rib bones i love it its all normal and gravity XD

azulvioleta6

You are a human with bones! Congratulations!

ABballet4227

I can get that there are those times when you stretch and realize how creepy ribs are , but I assure you that having prominent ribs is completely normal as long as it's not accompanied with a super prominent spine. My ribs stick out at gawky angles that make yoga look weird but this also happens to many woman.

PaulaWallaDingDong

azulvioleta6 wrote: »

You are a human with bones! Congratulations!

Right? Perer Griffin wished to have no bones once. It seemed like a good idea at the time, but did not end well, as I recall.

ashleighs148

Mine are the same when I lay down and I'm still a bit overweight with a BMI of 25.5. It's perfectly normal.

dammitjanet0161

Some people have larger ribcages than others. Mine is large too so I can lose some weight and have ribs showing but still have a lower belly pooch. Not weird, just different body types.