What in the heck is "skinny fat"????

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  • kdiamond
    kdiamond Posts: 3,329 Member
    http://www.mightygrasshopper.com/2010/11/are-you-skinny-fat.html

    that's a very good article and you can see the difference between fit and slim-fat.

    BUMPING for this!!!

    I used to be super stick skinny at 102 pounds. I looked anorexic, wasn't in shape and barely ate anything.

    Now I am 109 pounds, in shape, ripped, muscular, have abs, can do pullups and pushups and lift heavy weights, and I still fit in the same clothes as I did at 102 pounds (besides some of the shirts, as I have muscular shoulders and arms now). I look 1000000000x better and I wouldn't go back there ever!! I eat twice the amount I did then and I feel much better now!
  • misslizz6958
    misslizz6958 Posts: 124 Member
    http://www.mightygrasshopper.com/2010/11/are-you-skinny-fat.html

    that's a very good article and you can see the difference between fit and slim-fat.
    thats not skinny fat thats just fat
  • Achoooo
    Achoooo Posts: 130
    I've been skinny-fat most of my life in a way that I weighed very little (105-125) but was flabby - like my stomach was not flat and neither were my thighs, I was out of shape, but weighed a small amount and could wear size 5 clothes.

    I was always dying to lose more weight cause I had fat, but duh I should have just ate better and worked out and focused on fat percent not the scale. But I was young, I didn't know.
  • SunsetGem
    SunsetGem Posts: 11
    I'm skinny fat.

    Here's my photo:

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/SunsetGem/view/this-is-what-skinny-fat-looks-like-100194

    Any other "skinny fat" MyFitnessPal members out there? Add me as a friend so we can support each other. Thanks!
  • sceck
    sceck Posts: 219
    Eating regularly is working for me!!
  • feliciapeters
    feliciapeters Posts: 525
    some of these definitions people are giving are awesome. skinny fat just sounds wronchie (i dont think thats an actual word... i tried spelling it like 5 different ways)...

    lol
    to the spelling
    its raunchy
  • LiftAllThePizzas
    LiftAllThePizzas Posts: 17,857 Member
    Bump so I can read later on my phone.
  • Wildflower0106
    Wildflower0106 Posts: 247 Member
    Skinny fat means having a bmi in the normal range but with a higher than normal body fat %. Lack of muscle definition does not necessarily mean a person is skinny fat, you would have to know the person's body fat percent. On mfp it is used to describe those who are not muscular even though they are at healthy bmi and body fat percent.
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