Skinny fat. Warning just opinion.

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  • amccord2
    amccord2 Posts: 363 Member
    I thought skinny-fat applied to those who lost weight and did not work out as they were doing so? If that's your arm in your avatar, I don't think it applies to you. :laugh:

    I agree!
  • Jnt1979
    Jnt1979 Posts: 80 Member
    That is AWESOME!! im also not looking to be SKINNY..I want a little meat on my bones...thats why i wanna get around 140-150. Keep up the great work! You are an insperation!
  • Lyadeia
    Lyadeia Posts: 4,603 Member
    Too many people who have no clue what skinny fat really is claim to be or want to be skinny fat.

    If you really were skinny fat, your doctor wouldn't be congratulating you and you wouldn't be fit and healthy.

    THIS!

    Congrats on all your hard work and success, OP, but you really have no idea what skinny fat is if you think skinny fat = healthy. The whole idea of skinny fat stems from people who are both skinny yet suffer the same health issues as fat people.

    I used to be really skinny fat. I was between 140-150 pounds and wore sizes 8 or 10 clothes. Yet, my resting heart rate was nearly 90 bpm. My cholesterol was over 250. My fasting sugar was over 100. So, you could look at me and think I was skinny, but I had the same health issues as someone 2 or 3 times as large as me. That is skinny fat.

    When I started working out last year and watching my intake, I was no longer skinny fat. It didn't take long, either. I didn't lose much weight, though. Just 12 pounds so far. But, my cholesterol dropped 100 points and everything is now in the "normal" or "healthy" range. I still have my pudge because I am not as lean as I would like to be, but just because you can't see abs yet doesn't mean I am skinny fat. I was skinny fat when the doctor was considering putting me on pills even though I was buying small clothing sizes.
  • watboy
    watboy Posts: 380 Member
    I learned a lot today.
    Too many people who have no clue what skinny fat really is claim to be or want to be skinny fat.

    If you really were skinny fat, your doctor wouldn't be congratulating you and you wouldn't be fit and healthy.

    THIS!

    Congrats on all your hard work and success, OP, but you really have no idea what skinny fat is if you think skinny fat = healthy. The whole idea of skinny fat stems from people who are both skinny yet suffer the same health issues as fat people.

    I used to be really skinny fat. I was between 140-150 pounds and wore sizes 8 or 10 clothes. Yet, my resting heart rate was nearly 90 bpm. My cholesterol was over 250. My fasting sugar was over 100. So, you could look at me and think I was skinny, but I had the same health issues as someone 2 or 3 times as large as me. That is skinny fat.

    When I started working out last year and watching my intake, I was no longer skinny fat. It didn't take long, either. I didn't lose much weight, though. Just 12 pounds so far. But, my cholesterol dropped 100 points and everything is now in the "normal" or "healthy" range. I still have my pudge because I am not as lean as I would like to be, but just because you can't see abs yet doesn't mean I am skinny fat. I was skinny fat when the doctor was considering putting me on pills even though I was buying small clothing sizes.
  • watboy
    watboy Posts: 380 Member
    Thank you
    That is AWESOME!! im also not looking to be SKINNY..I want a little meat on my bones...thats why i wanna get around 140-150. Keep up the great work! You are an insperation!
  • IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym
    IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym Posts: 5,573 Member
    I don't think I would have considered you in the "skinny fat" category, really. What you did was an amazing accomplishment. "Skinny fat" means low body weight with high body fat. So, congrats on all your hard work!!!
  • 81Katz
    81Katz Posts: 7,074 Member
    So here is my take. I was 258 lbs 4 years ago. I was a heavy kid and most of my adult life. 4 years ago after going to vacation with a friend I had a hard time keeping up and was out of breathe just walking. I also had a hard time fitting in the airplane seat. My Dr had also told me my blood pressure was high, cholesterol levels were high and my bmi had me at morbidly obese. I decided after all those embarrasing moments on vacation to lose weight. I started going to the gym and doing cardio and weightlifting. I lost 65 lbs that year. I was making sure to strength train and do cardio 4 days a week. I hit my goal! I ended with what people these days call skinny fat. Guess what? I didnt care. Why ? Because my past 4 physicals have all been great. Every single one. My dr. Was so proud she actually did not charge for my visit! Imagine that! So Yeah i dont look like a male model but guess what?

    THIS ===> ***I rather be skinny fat than fat fat. I also rather be healthy and mobile than 258 on my way to heart disease. End opinion.***

    Same here. I'm not male though. lol
    I still have some toning to do and am working on it, I have been working on it. I was surprised that on my Saturday weigh in this weekend, I found I have surpassed my goal weight. Woohoo! I too would rather be thinner and a little flabby instead of fat with fat bulging skin. My BMI is finally in the normal range btw.

    To each their own.
  • kspoon5
    kspoon5 Posts: 239 Member

    K weighs about 110 pounds soaking wet. However, she never works out, lives on a diet of McDonalds and Wendy's, and smokes a pack a day. She's what I would consider skinny fat and actually, she even agrees with me.


    this is true example of skinny
  • watboy
    watboy Posts: 380 Member
    way to go!
    So here is my take. I was 258 lbs 4 years ago. I was a heavy kid and most of my adult life. 4 years ago after going to vacation with a friend I had a hard time keeping up and was out of breathe just walking. I also had a hard time fitting in the airplane seat. My Dr had also told me my blood pressure was high, cholesterol levels were high and my bmi had me at morbidly obese. I decided after all those embarrasing moments on vacation to lose weight. I started going to the gym and doing cardio and weightlifting. I lost 65 lbs that year. I was making sure to strength train and do cardio 4 days a week. I hit my goal! I ended with what people these days call skinny fat. Guess what? I didnt care. Why ? Because my past 4 physicals have all been great. Every single one. My dr. Was so proud she actually did not charge for my visit! Imagine that! So Yeah i dont look like a male model but guess what?

    THIS ===> ***I rather be skinny fat than fat fat. I also rather be healthy and mobile than 258 on my way to heart disease. End opinion.***

    Same here. I'm not male though. lol
    I still have some toning to do and am working on it, I have been working on it. I was surprised that on my Saturday weigh in this weekend, I found I have surpassed my goal weight. Woohoo! I too would rather be thinner and a little flabby instead of fat with fat bulging skin. My BMI is finally in the normal range btw.

    To each their own.

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