What exactly is skinny fat?

bcattoes

Easy = Eating a healthy diet and regular moderate to high intensity exercise. Certain point = the point where you stop gaining with that level exercise. (how much muscle you had to begin with will determine how much, if any, you gain)

Many of these posts make it sound as if you do this you will at some point you will suddenly start losing muscle and gaining fat unless you constantly keep increasing the intensity of your workout. That is not true.

If you were very obese before starting, it's possible to lose some muscle and still have enough to live healthily because it might not take as much muscle for you to exercise at 130 lbs as it did just to carry around 300 lbs.

uhh.. the bold part IS true for some of us.
If i stopped lifting, and did your cardio plain.. I would start losing muscle.... now if I dont maintain enough cardio to offset the metabolic drop from the muscle loss, I would gain fat.. Or i could eat less.. but why would I want to do that when im enjoying what I eat?

also, why would I want to do regular moderate to high intensity exercise? thats boring.
Id rather just hit weights 3x a week and not worry about it.

Then that's what you should do. Doesn't make it necessary for health is my point.

ganesha303

skinny fat looks good with cloths on, not off.

Dammit. I wanna look good naked.

ditto. but, that's not going to happen, ever for me.

Not with that attitude!

rowyourboat

Okay, I admit it, I'm skinny fat! I'm 5' 2", 127 lbs. How do I find out my BF%? Will the 30ds help me lose fat and gain muscle or should I focus on lifting weights at the gym?

Clarecbear82

Thanks for all your replies everyone! I get it now and realise (apart from my muscular arms from lifting kids all day) that I am skinny fat . I also know I will never look good naked due to the mess pregnancy has made of my stomach (lots of loose skin yuck) but I am going to try and make myself the best I can be.

JoolieW68

So answer me this.... I've lost 100 pounds and am now in the normal BMI range. Even before I lost the weight I had normal biometric numbers (good bp, cholesterol, etc), and never been told i was at risk for diabetes.

Since I've lost the weight, my 'numbers' are even better (BP 104/74, pulse 65, cholesterol 132, LDL 69, HDL 54, and triglyceride 46). I don't have sagging/lose skin, no muffin top, have a good shape, but have never had my body fat measured. I eat healthy - low fat, higher protein, decent amounts of fruits and veggies.

Is the body fat measurement the ONLY way to determine 'skinny fat'? I pretty much only do cardio (running).

MrDude_1

So answer me this.... I've lost 100 pounds and am now in the normal BMI range. Even before I lost the weight I had normal biometric numbers (good bp, cholesterol, etc), and never been told i was at risk for diabetes.

Since I've lost the weight, my 'numbers' are even better (BP 104/74, pulse 65, cholesterol 132, LDL 69, HDL 54, and triglyceride 46). I don't have sagging/lose skin, no muffin top, have a good shape, but have never had my body fat measured. I eat healthy - low fat, higher protein, decent amounts of fruits and veggies.

Is the body fat measurement the ONLY way to determine 'skinny fat'? I pretty much only do cardio (running).

skinny-fat isnt a number... so a BF number isnt going to tell you anything.
are you a healthy weight but not as strong as you should be? do you lack any tone or definition of shape?
if not... then dont worry about it.

JoolieW68

How do I know how strong I should be? My upper thighs are not reallytoned, but ya can't really tone cellulite. Just needs to be sucked off

LorinaLynn

I think a lot of people mistake "skinny fat" for anyone who isn't very muscular.

I used to be skinny, and had low muscle mass. But I wasn't skinny fat. I had low body fat. I was just... skinny.

To illustrate... Me 1999 and me last month. I'm more firm now, and have a higher lean muscle mass, but I wasn't skinny fat then. My body fat percentage is probably about the same in both photos.



On the other hand, when I lost weight about 5-6 years ago and didn't eat enough, and had a mushy belly, muffin top, back fat rolls, and a saggy bum, but weighed about the same as I do now... then I was probably skinny fat. No way in hell I would have let anyone take a picture of me in a bikini then, but I wished I had.

Edit: CRAP! I just upgraded to photobucket pro, but I guess it hasn't activated yet.

cmayfield3

Most Crossfitters follow Paleo/Primal - based on real, whole food the body was designed to eat. And it's true. Body composition is like 80% diet and the other 20% is a combination of genetics and exercise.

This is what confuses me about Crossfit. Their diet is paleo, but when it comes to exercise, running and other cardio--the exact type of exercise we are designed to do and our paleo ancestors did--is bad.

Sure, when we were hunting and gathering, we may have had to sling an animal over our shoulder and carry it home, but mostly it was running and walking. Not Olympic lifting.

katcod1522

skinny fat looks good with cloths on, not off.

well he**...this is me! *looks down at the floor*

katcod1522

skinny fat looks good with cloths on, not off.

Dammit. I wanna look good naked.

me tooooo!

foster59803

Skinny fat:

JoolieW68

I don't see anything wrong with that (other than that suit is too small). I'd love to have a rear end that looks like that, since mine has cellulite on it and no amount of exercise or healthy eating will get rid of it.

Bring on the skinny fat @ss! :drinker: