Advice for bizarre body shape

RUNucbar
RUNucbar Posts: 160 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Please ignore the mess in the background. I was very stressed that day!!!

mffbs7eah00vw.jpg The attached photograph is me lying down as I normally would and, as you can see, my rib cage is very very prominent which I hate. I feel such obvious ribs, even when standing, make me look like I am far too thin even though my bmi is 24 so if anything I am close to overweight. Is there anything I can do to look less.....weird?
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  • KateTii
    KateTii Posts: 886 Member
    Mine's the same.
    It's just the ribcage structure vs waist size.
  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,376 Member
    Nothing looks bizarre about you in the picture.
  • peaceout_aly
    peaceout_aly Posts: 2,018 Member
    PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »
    I don't see ribs. Just the outline of a ribcage while you have gravity pulling your stomach below it. Perfectly normal.

    THIS.
  • fitmom4lifemfp
    fitmom4lifemfp Posts: 1,573 Member
    My ribs always stick up just like that when lying down. It's normal. Stop worrying about it!
  • JohnnyPenso
    JohnnyPenso Posts: 412 Member
    With your stats, the only thing that would be bizarre would be if your ribcage didn't look like that. It's perfectly normal. Nice tummy too, you have great looking skin B)
  • collectingblues
    collectingblues Posts: 2,541 Member
    That's normal. I used to think it was weird, too, and always thought it was just fat lumps -- it was only when I realized my bra was hitting on pure bone that I started Googling. Apparently that's super common in some people, and it's just how the ribcage flares.
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    Yep you're normal
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    fitmom4lifemfp wrote: »
    My ribs always stick up just like that when lying down. It's normal. Stop worrying about it!

    Mine, too.
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  • Ruatine
    Ruatine Posts: 3,424 Member
    I'll echo what others have said - perfectly normal. I can see mine like that even when I'm standing up straight. My fiancé likes them... he calls them my riblets. :D
  • pinuplove
    pinuplove Posts: 12,871 Member
    JohnnyPenso wrote: »
    With your stats, the only thing that would be bizarre would be if your ribcage didn't look like that. It's perfectly normal. Nice tummy too, you have great looking skin B)

    I was just going to say, OP you have gorgeous skin! :blush:
  • crazyycatlady1
    crazyycatlady1 Posts: 292 Member
    Normal shape of things.
  • pinuplove
    pinuplove Posts: 12,871 Member
    GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »
    It's perfectly normal.

    You might not think it looks normal because you've seen a lot of things like bone structure photoshopped out of models in magazine ads.

    *sigh* This is the world we live in...
  • musacaptain
    musacaptain Posts: 6 Member
    Perfectly normal. Didn't find it bizarre
  • JaydedMiss
    JaydedMiss Posts: 4,286 Member
    edited April 2017
    Seems normal to me, Im right at the tip top of healthy range

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    Edit

    Can also see my rib bones i love it its all normal and gravity XD

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  • ABballet4227
    ABballet4227 Posts: 17 Member
    I can get that there are those times when you stretch and realize how creepy ribs are , but I assure you that having prominent ribs is completely normal as long as it's not accompanied with a super prominent spine. My ribs stick out at gawky angles that make yoga look weird but this also happens to many woman.
  • PaulaWallaDingDong
    PaulaWallaDingDong Posts: 4,648 Member
    azulvioleta6 wrote: »
    You are a human with bones! Congratulations!

    Right? Perer Griffin wished to have no bones once. It seemed like a good idea at the time, but did not end well, as I recall.
  • ashleighs148
    ashleighs148 Posts: 335 Member
    Mine are the same when I lay down and I'm still a bit overweight with a BMI of 25.5. It's perfectly normal.
  • dammitjanet0161
    dammitjanet0161 Posts: 319 Member
    Some people have larger ribcages than others. Mine is large too so I can lose some weight and have ribs showing but still have a lower belly pooch. Not weird, just different body types.
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