Who would you prefer to look like? Body Fat Percentages

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  • ktaylor1188
    ktaylor1188 Posts: 141 Member
    i am aiming for 18%BF as of right now im at 21% down from 30% before a started heavy lifting. obviously you cant pin a pic to a % and say thats what you will look like but as of now i think i have more muscle tone than the 20%...also with the large amount of weight i lost its hard to say what kind of muscle is under the bit of extra skin i have...so we will see!
  • myrtille87
    myrtille87 Posts: 122 Member
    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!).
  • justcat206
    justcat206 Posts: 716 Member
    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.
  • keefmac
    keefmac Posts: 313 Member
    I'd like to be at 14% at the end of my journey going by those pictures. The 20% woman looks perfect imho too..
  • caracrawford1
    caracrawford1 Posts: 657 Member
    I think I like me best. Everyone else should feel the same. :)
  • MelsAuntie
    MelsAuntie Posts: 2,833 Member
    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?
  • Graelwyn75
    Graelwyn75 Posts: 4,404 Member
    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.
  • Graelwyn75
    Graelwyn75 Posts: 4,404 Member
    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.
  • threnjen
    threnjen Posts: 687 Member
    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/
  • benefiting
    benefiting Posts: 795 Member
    I want about 18-20% for me. :)
  • zoeysasha37
    zoeysasha37 Posts: 7,088 Member
    15% looks like my goal
  • kateangel2312
    kateangel2312 Posts: 242 Member
    id love to be 18%
  • emdeesea
    emdeesea Posts: 1,823 Member


    http://www.builtlean.com/2012/09/24/body-fat-percentage-men-women/

    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%.
  • ssbobbyh
    ssbobbyh Posts: 19 Member
    For me (a guy), btwn 7-10% body fat at <25 BMI
  • QueenBishOTUniverse
    QueenBishOTUniverse Posts: 14,121 Member


    http://www.builtlean.com/2012/09/24/body-fat-percentage-men-women/

    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.
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  • BornxVillain
    BornxVillain Posts: 79 Member
    20% absolutely.
    18% is gorgeous as well, just not for me. :drinker:

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