Who would you prefer to look like? Body Fat Percentages
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I'd say I'm currently slimmer than the 25% picture but definitely a fair bit fatter than the 20% one. I know people are saying they think the 25% picture is actually higher than that, so maybe I'm a real 25%...
I'd like to be 18-20%, both of those look great. I have pretty muscular arms and legs anyway so once I lose a bit more fat should be looking good (and I'll keep working on the stomach!).0 -
I'm closer to the 25% right now but the 18% is my goal some day. Seriously doubt I'll ever get there but I'm so tired of being flabby.0
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I'd like to be at 14% at the end of my journey going by those pictures. The 20% woman looks perfect imho too..0
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I think I like me best. Everyone else should feel the same.0
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I think I like me best. Everyone else should feel the same.
Yeah, let's all celebrate how great we look when we're fat.
You forgot to post your "Real women have curves."
Wow. Why do you feel the need to be so rude?0 -
In terms of those photos, the 18% looks most visually appealing to me, but fact is, I range between 12-14% mostly, and look very little like those women at 12 and 15%. People look different at different bodyfat% according to genetics, distribution and amount of muscle overall.0
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I think I like me best. Everyone else should feel the same.
Yeah, let's all celebrate how great we look when we're fat.
You forgot to post your "Real women have curves."
Really rude and unnecessary.0 -
The jump on those pics from 20% to 25% for women is way too high. For example I have 30% body fat and look quite close to the 25% picture and am pretty evenly distributed (hourglass shaped and distribute fat fairly evenly). The 30% fat woman is quite larger than me.
I like the post I link below, it has pictures also of various body fat percentages but I think the curve is more gradual and looks more accurate:
http://www.builtlean.com/2012/09/24/body-fat-percentage-men-women/0 -
I want about 18-20% for me.0
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15% looks like my goal0
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id love to be 18%0
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Yeah, i think these representations are probably more accurate. I'm at just over 30% and this is more like what my shape looks like at the moment. I'd like to get down to somewhere between 22-24% but I'll be happy with 25%.0 -
For me (a guy), btwn 7-10% body fat at <25 BMI0
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Yeah, i think these representations are probably more accurate. I'm at just over 30% and this is more like what my shape looks like at the moment. I'd like to get down to somewhere between 22-24% but I'll be happy with 25%.
Agreed, even though I tend to store weight in my belly so in reality the OPs photos actually DO look more like me, the percentages in this picture look more accurate.
I would say in the OP's photo, the 25% is actually closer to 30% and the 30% is actually closer to 35%, based on what my own body looked like at those BF percentages.0 -
20% absolutely.
18% is gorgeous as well, just not for me. :drinker:0
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