Can someone show & explain skinny fat to me?

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Amandabelanger614
Amandabelanger614 Posts: 110 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Can someone show & explain skinny fat to me? I'm just not understanding what this is.
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  • Shreddingit84
    Shreddingit84 Posts: 330
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    A smaller version of someones fat self!
    Smaller but jigglier
    Good in clothes a mess without!
  • TheGymGypsy
    TheGymGypsy Posts: 1,023 Member
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    Skinny fat is when you are a healthy weight but you have an unhealthy amount of body fat.
  • monty619
    monty619 Posts: 1,308 Member
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    lower body weight with a higher body fat %---( little muscle mass )
  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
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    I think it's overused. What it should mean is someone who is a healthy body weight per something like BMI but an unhealthy bodyfat percentage. It often occurs in older women who are thin but have little muscle and have lost a lot of what they did have to age.

    A lot of people use it for anyone who is thin but doesn't have visible muscle definition.
  • IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym
    IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym Posts: 5,573 Member
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    Skinny fat is when you are a healthy weight but you have an unhealthy amount of body fat.

    ding ding ding!
  • lrmall01
    lrmall01 Posts: 377 Member
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    It has been discussed here too: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/371841-nice-examples-of-skinny-fat-vs-fit-and-thin

    I'm not sure an exact definition exists, but I think the key criteria would be having a BMI in the "normal" range (18 - 25), but having a bodyfat percentage in the Obese (over 25% in men, 32% in women) category.

    Udpate: I hate it when I am too slow typing and others beat me to it!
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,874 Member
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    Someone who is "skinny" but is otherwise at a higher % of BF to lean mass ratio. This often happens to people who crash diet and neglect resistance training. They shrink, but they lose a lot of muscle mass along with the fat...which leaves them "skinny" and at weight...but they're still kind of lose and flabby...

    skinny-fat-butt.jpg

    This chick is skinny...but has a jiggly, flabby *kitten* because she lacks muscle

    images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTHe9euYi8lApN9k4k9-tUSewsYk0jzzzX4DFusx4IvgPxrRypGsQ
    Another good example.

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    One of my favorite representations...about 10 Lbs lighter on the left and "skinny fat"...10 Lbs heavier and looking much more fit on the right.
  • chatogal
    chatogal Posts: 436 Member
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    I think it's overused. What it should mean is someone who is a healthy body weight per something like BMI but an unhealthy bodyfat percentage. It often occurs in older women who are thin but have little muscle and have lost a lot of what they did have to age.

    A lot of people use it for anyone who is thin but doesn't have visible muscle definition.

    I like this reply and holds my hand up to being one of those "older" ones. Seriously, the only person who sees me naked now is my lovely hubby who has loved my body from young and 'fit' through childbirth and now suffering my hot flushes along with me..He dosnt give two figs for "skinny fat":smile:
  • harphy
    harphy Posts: 290 Member
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    That's me. 170 cm (6'6.5''), 62 kg (136lbs) and 29.9 % of BF! Ugh.
  • IronPlayground
    IronPlayground Posts: 1,594 Member
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    I think it's overused. What it should mean is someone who is a healthy body weight per something like BMI but an unhealthy bodyfat percentage. It often occurs in older women who are thin but have little muscle and have lost a lot of what they did have to age.

    A lot of people use it for anyone who is thin but doesn't have visible muscle definition.

    I wouldn't say that it's overused at all. It's a real problem when people don't understand LBM and fat loss vs. weight loss.

    Too many people just want to see the scale go down and will do anything to make that happen. They eat very little and only do cardio activities. This leads to loss of LBM and BMR decreases.

    Understanding skinny fat and what it entails should motivate people to eat at more moderate deficits and include weight training into their routine.
  • Blacklance36
    Blacklance36 Posts: 755 Member
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    It has been discussed here too: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/371841-nice-examples-of-skinny-fat-vs-fit-and-thin

    I'm not sure an exact definition exists, but I think the key criteria would be having a BMI in the "normal" range (18 - 25), but having a bodyfat percentage in the Obese (over 25% in men, 32% in women) category.

    Yep, BMI is over rated. If you lose weight without toning you will have skinny fat. Body fat % is a much better indicator of where we all should be.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
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    Someone who is "skinny" but is otherwise at a higher % of BF to lean mass ratio. This often happens to people who crash diet and neglect resistance training. They shrink, but they lose a lot of muscle mass along with the fat...which leaves them "skinny" and at weight...but they're still kind of lose and flabby...

    skinny-fat-butt.jpg

    This chick is skinny...but has a jiggly, flabby *kitten* because she lacks muscle

    She has a flabbyish *kitten*, but really? You're looking at that photo and thinking she has an unhealthy amount of body fat?

    This is why people say the term is overused.
  • IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym
    IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym Posts: 5,573 Member
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    this is my personal example...

    2011 - skinny fat - 120 pounds, 24-25% body fat
    2012 - fit - 130 pounds, 15% body fat


    bodyfatdifference.jpg
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
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    this is my personal example...

    2011 - skinny fat - 120 pounds, 24-25% body fat
    2012 - fit - 130 pounds, 15% body fat


    bodyfatdifference.jpg

    And, again, while many women desire a lower BF%, 24-25% is a perfectly healthy, normal BF% for a woman. So how is that unhealthy? How is that "skinny fat"? It's just not as lean as you would like to be, but it isn't a bad thing health-wise.
  • TeaBea
    TeaBea Posts: 14,517 Member
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    I think it's overused. What it should mean is someone who is a healthy body weight per something like BMI but an unhealthy bodyfat percentage. It often occurs in older women who are thin but have little muscle and have lost a lot of what they did have to age.

    A lot of people use it for anyone who is thin but doesn't have visible muscle definition.

    I wouldn't say that it's overused at all. It's a real problem when people don't understand LBM and fat loss vs. weight loss.

    Too many people just want to see the scale go down and will do anything to make that happen. They eat very little and only do cardio activities. This leads to loss of LBM and BMR decreases.

    Understanding skinny fat and what it entails should motivate people to eat at more moderate deficits and include weight training into their routine.

    ^This! .....totally this

    There are many of us who have lost weight, regained, lost weight AGAIN ......this is hel! on the metabolism when you've lost a fair amount of muscle.....each time.
  • hearthemelody
    hearthemelody Posts: 1,025 Member
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    It has been discussed here too: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/371841-nice-examples-of-skinny-fat-vs-fit-and-thin

    Looks like some of those links are out of date.
  • hearthemelody
    hearthemelody Posts: 1,025 Member
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    And, again, while many women desire a lower BF%, 24-25% is a perfectly healthy, normal BF% for a woman. So how is that unhealthy? How is that "skinny fat"? It's just not as lean as you would like to be, but it isn't a bad thing health-wise.

    For me, what it means to be skinny fat is how quickly you gain back that weight if you eat normally at all.

    I have a friend IRL who also uses MFP and lost 80 lbs over a year or so, gained 40 of it back in three months once she stopped eating 1200 cals a day.
  • firstsip
    firstsip Posts: 8,399 Member
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    Me. I look okay clothed, look flabby naked (1.5 years of heavy lifting has, thankfully, started to change this process).

    The general consensus on here is an unhealthy BF% with a healthy BMI. I think it can also be noted that someone who has a higher BF% then they desire, that causes them to continuously focus on losing scale weight, can use the term "skinny fat."

    I might not be over 32% BF, but I am a much higher BF than people shorter and heavier than me, because they made healthier decisions in weight loss than I did over many years.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,874 Member
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    Someone who is "skinny" but is otherwise at a higher % of BF to lean mass ratio. This often happens to people who crash diet and neglect resistance training. They shrink, but they lose a lot of muscle mass along with the fat...which leaves them "skinny" and at weight...but they're still kind of lose and flabby...

    skinny-fat-butt.jpg

    This chick is skinny...but has a jiggly, flabby *kitten* because she lacks muscle

    She has a flabbyish *kitten*, but really? You're looking at that photo and thinking she has an unhealthy amount of body fat?

    This is why people say the term is overused.

    You could brush up on your reading comprehension skills I think...at what point exactly did I say "unhealthy amount of BF?" I simply stated that it was a higher BF% to lean mass ratio...which is absolutely true.
  • KnM0107
    KnM0107 Posts: 355 Member
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    this is my personal example...

    2011 - skinny fat - 120 pounds, 24-25% body fat
    2012 - fit - 130 pounds, 15% body fat


    bodyfatdifference.jpg


    So a healthy body fat percent is considered skinny fat? Seriously? Wow, how does that even make sense? Yes the phrase is over used! Skinny fay would be having a normal weight but are OBESE because of an OBESE body fat percent.

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