Advice for bizarre body shape
RUNucbar
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Please ignore the mess in the background. I was very stressed that day!!!
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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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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? 1
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It's not weird. I would even say it's fairly normal for women at a healthy weight.Mine standing up:
Laying down:
***pics were not taken the same day. Standing is more recent. The other one was Feb or Jan, but weight was about the same.13 -
That doesn't look abnormal to me. If you think you have a medical problem, see a doctor. Otherwise, don't obsess over your bone structure.17
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I don't see ribs. Just the outline of a ribcage while you have gravity pulling your stomach below it. Perfectly normal.22
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Your rib cage being prominate when laying down is quite normal. It's bones compared to your stomach which is organs and can flatten a little when laying down.
I'm chubby like still obese and my stomach flattens and my ribs stick out a bit when laying down.13 -
You're seeing something that isn't there. You look perfectly normal.18
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Mine's the same.
It's just the ribcage structure vs waist size.2 -
Nothing looks bizarre about you in the picture.3
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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.4 -
I agree with the others; I think that's normal, especially when lying down.5
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My ribs look like that lying down and I'm 15kg overweight.9
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My ribs always stick up just like that when lying down. It's normal. Stop worrying about it!3
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The cynic in me says this was an attempt to get compliments on a flat tummy.
When you lie down, your stomach flattens out. And since your ribs are, well, bones - they keep their shape. That's perfectly normal.39 -
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
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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.1
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Yep you're normal0
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fitmom4lifemfp wrote: »My ribs always stick up just like that when lying down. It's normal. Stop worrying about it!
Mine, too.0 -
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.
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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
I was just going to say, OP you have gorgeous skin!
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Normal shape of things.0
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