Ladies with Body Fat < 18% and visible six packs

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  • albayin
    albayin Posts: 2,524 Member
    OH. Okay. Whew, here I thought I offended you ;) They make those virtual keyboards now; you could shine it on the bottom of your desk and type that way??

    I will defitinitely try it out when watching TV tonight~
  • Lovestoscrapbook
    Lovestoscrapbook Posts: 295 Member
    This conversation is why I ALWAYS sit like this:

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    Let gravity put the rolls in a different place. ;)

    not office appropriate...had to say...

    Well, that explains the request from HR to meet tomorrow...
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    It's natural volume displacement, your skin and muscle have to move somewhere. Naturally out and down, so unless you are constantly flexing all the time and holding your muscles in a contract fashion, well yeah its physics.

    how-i-feel-standing-up_large.jpeg
  • Nutella91
    Nutella91 Posts: 624 Member
    it does! i look like I'm pregnant on some days
  • pyrowill
    pyrowill Posts: 1,163 Member
    This is why, when I am at Goal weight, I will never sit down. Ever.
  • IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym
    IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym Posts: 5,573 Member
    Actually, there was a photographer who did a project on this very subject. I will see if I can find some links. However, the conclusion was everyone they photographed, models to overweight had "rolls" and "lower belly pooch" when sitting.

    This reminds me of my other curiosity: naturally thin people, I mean as thin as runway models, must have very low body fat as well...so her 15% must look different than a fitness model who packs on muscle with lower body fat on top...so a runway model may actually show a bigger pooch than a fitness model? I don't know...

    that's not always the case - that naturally thin people have low body fat. You just can't see it so well when they walk tall, with a straight back.
  • albayin
    albayin Posts: 2,524 Member
    Actually, there was a photographer who did a project on this very subject. I will see if I can find some links. However, the conclusion was everyone they photographed, models to overweight had "rolls" and "lower belly pooch" when sitting.

    This reminds me of my other curiosity: naturally thin people, I mean as thin as runway models, must have very low body fat as well...so her 15% must look different than a fitness model who packs on muscle with lower body fat on top...so a runway model may actually show a bigger pooch than a fitness model? I don't know...

    that's not always the case - that naturally thin people have low body fat. You just can't see it so well when they walk tall, with a straight back.

    what bf percentage do you think those stick think runway models have?
  • IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym
    IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym Posts: 5,573 Member
    Actually, there was a photographer who did a project on this very subject. I will see if I can find some links. However, the conclusion was everyone they photographed, models to overweight had "rolls" and "lower belly pooch" when sitting.

    This reminds me of my other curiosity: naturally thin people, I mean as thin as runway models, must have very low body fat as well...so her 15% must look different than a fitness model who packs on muscle with lower body fat on top...so a runway model may actually show a bigger pooch than a fitness model? I don't know...

    that's not always the case - that naturally thin people have low body fat. You just can't see it so well when they walk tall, with a straight back.

    what bf percentage do you think those stick think runway models have?

    I wouldn't even begin to guess, but I wouldn't think it was low just because they're stick thin.
  • cingle87
    cingle87 Posts: 717 Member
    It's natural volume displacement, your skin and muscle have to move somewhere. Naturally out and down, so unless you are constantly flexing all the time and holding your muscles in a contract fashion, well yeah its physics.

    how-i-feel-standing-up_large.jpeg

    This had me giggling for far too long
  • tempehforever
    tempehforever Posts: 183 Member
    Wait, is having a flat stomach when sitting now "a thing" I'm supposed to care about?

    Between this and a "thigh gap," I just can't keep up with all of the physical insecurities I'm apparently supposed to have.
  • WalkingAlong
    WalkingAlong Posts: 4,926 Member
    I predict that in 5 years, the phrase "skinny fat" will be the laughingstock that "firing up your metabolism" is today.
  • albayin
    albayin Posts: 2,524 Member
    Wait, is having a flat stomach when sitting now "a thing" I'm supposed to care about?

    Between this and a "thigh gap," I just can't keep up with all of the physical insecurities I'm apparently supposed to have.

    I asked because I want some justification and pursuasion to let it go...I am not very healthy when it comes to body image and even with all the muscle tones showing, I still think I am fat especially when I sit down. So it's more my problem than yours. :flowerforyou:
  • albayin
    albayin Posts: 2,524 Member
    I predict that in 5 years, the phrase "skinny fat" will be the laughingstock that "firing up your metabolism" is today.

    not sure about this...but I do believe there are some overrating going on in the fitness community.

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