Double chin and fat arms
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Fidgetbrain wrote: »goal06082021 wrote: »Fidgetbrain wrote: »Thank you! You’re dead right I do have pretty bad posture, a year of online college didn’t exactly help either 🥲 I wanted those elegantly slim arms where the elbow is wider than the bit above it but I’m not sure that’s possible for most people?
What you describe as "elegantly slim" is better thought of as "skeletal." You have perfectly normal-looking human arms, attached to a perfectly normal-looking human body.
I think I described it badly I don’t mean the elbow bone is literally jutting out but just that the upper arm curves inwards a little instead of continuing to get wider until the shoulder. Again, I see it’s not a reasonable goal for me though
I think my arms are kinda like that but I it’s probably just due to genetics though. Gonna post some photos to compare… when I was obese my arms were definitely thicker. I lost 43 lbs over 10 months and my arms slimmed down but they were one of the last places I lost fat from. When I was younger and before I was obese I was always very self conscious about my “spaghetti arms” and now that I am a healthy BMI 23.3 they are back to being spaghetti-like but I don’t mind anymore, they are what they are and I am happy with them. For reference I am 5’11” 167 lbs 46y/o and mainly a runner, I don’t really do arm exercises, maybe a little swimming but that’s about it, I’ve maintained my goal weight for 7+ years now. Not sure if this helps but you can see how my arms did change with my weight loss, although you look like you are already at a healthy weight and much younger than me. By the way, your arms look completely normal and proportional to your size. Recomp definitely sounds like the way to go for you, best of luck!
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Fidgetbrain wrote: »Fidgetbrain wrote: »goal06082021 wrote: »Fidgetbrain wrote: »Thank you! You’re dead right I do have pretty bad posture, a year of online college didn’t exactly help either 🥲 I wanted those elegantly slim arms where the elbow is wider than the bit above it but I’m not sure that’s possible for most people?
What you describe as "elegantly slim" is better thought of as "skeletal." You have perfectly normal-looking human arms, attached to a perfectly normal-looking human body.
I think I described it badly I don’t mean the elbow bone is literally jutting out but just that the upper arm curves inwards a little instead of continuing to get wider until the shoulder. Again, I see it’s not a reasonable goal for me though
I'm still not sure about verbal descriptions, but I think you'd find your upper arms would be "contour-y-er" or "shape-y-er" long term from some patient strength training. (Do full body, though, not *just* arms!)
Consider programs here:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10332083/which-lifting-program-is-the-best-for-you/p1
(There are bodyweight ones in there for beginners - you don't need weights or a gym, at least not right off the bat.)
Thank you, I’ll check them out! I can’t actually do a single push up at the moment so it will be nice to gain some strength aside from aesthetic changes lmao 😬
If I can make a suggestion, rather than start with knee pushups, which are really a different movement, start from an elevated surface such as a chair or a counter, and move to a lower surface whenever it starts feeling easy. When I first started getting fit I was so out of shape that I did wall pushups, and they were hard! A good form push-up hits all your core muscles as well as your chest, back, and arms, so it’s a lot of bang for the buck.2 -
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Can I just say mewing is just using correct tongue and body posture and definitely will make a difference in your jaw and face appearance if done correctly.
This is my before and after mewing about 3 months1 -
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I had lots of trouble at the beginning as well it takes a bit of work! I also have a posterior tongue tie which makes it very hard.Fidgetbrain wrote: »Mazintrov13 wrote: »Can I just say mewing is just using correct tongue and body posture and definitely will make a difference in your jaw and face appearance if done correctly.
This is my before and after mewing about 3 months
I can’t get my tongue to sit at the roof 🥺 the tip is always there and I can put the middle up if I think about it but I physically cannot get the back of it up
Try swallowing correctly by only using your tongue and not other facial muscles you should feel the back of your tongue on the roof of your mouth.
Also check out Mike Mew on YouTube if you haven’t already
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Your arms look fine proportionally and period! BTW, I am a professional artist - almost 40 years- and I do lots of commissions for portraits. My 'professional' opinion: you suffer from the same thing most people do-being too critical of ourselves. You look fine. Body shaping with weights might help you appreciate your body better.5
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Could be postural, but it's normal for bodies to have some asymmetry. It's certainly in the range of normal to have a bit more muscle on the dominant-hand side, whether visible or not, among other possibilities.
I don't think your body in that last photo looks anything even faintly abnormal, but if you're curious, it might be useful, next time you see your doctor for some other reason, to ask her/him to take a look at your spine for straightness, or other things of that sort. (Many of us can have a bit of asymmetry there - or anywhere - without it being any kind of a problem, so I'm suggesting it just as an interesting thing to ask, if it interests *you*, not as a screening for some possible Big Deal that I'm not telling you about).
As an aside, it's also normal to *feel* that one's posture is X when it's actually slightly Y, such as feeling one is straight when one is not. My sport is a technical one, where body positions really matter (on-water rowing, specifically). Coaches regularly give us corrections about things that we're doing that don't match with what we thought we were doing, posture-wise or in other physical ways. Self-perception of body position only goes so far, particularly after we've internalized a certain posture or movements as feeling "normal". 🤷♀️
Bodies are weird. So are brains. 😉
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Not sure about arms - but re chins: Actor Cary Grant (who supposedly never had plastic surgery) swore by daily chin exercises. One was repeatedly doing an exaggerated Ah-OOO-gah - thrusting the chin forward on the 'OOO.' The other exercise was to lie down with your head hanging off the bench or bed and sloooowly lifting your head up.
After losing 80lbs./5.7 stone my chin was looking saggy. I'm up for a neck lift - but I thought I'd give it a year and see what exercise could do. I've been doing ol' Cary's exercises now for a month and can tell you it HAS made a difference!3 -
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Not sure about arms - but re chins: Actor Cary Grant (who supposedly never had plastic surgery) swore by daily chin exercises. One was repeatedly doing an exaggerated Ah-OOO-gah - thrusting the chin forward on the 'OOO.' The other exercise was to lie down with your head hanging off the bench or bed and sloooowly lifting your head up.
After losing 80lbs./5.7 stone my chin was looking saggy. I'm up for a neck lift - but I thought I'd give it a year and see what exercise could do. I've been doing ol' Cary's exercises now for a month and can tell you it HAS made a difference!
Stomach Vacuums and Cary Lifts. Pretty soon won’t be no time for eatin’ calories no ways.
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Okay just gotta say you're so hot.RunsWithBees wrote: »Fidgetbrain wrote: »goal06082021 wrote: »Fidgetbrain wrote: »Thank you! You’re dead right I do have pretty bad posture, a year of online college didn’t exactly help either 🥲 I wanted those elegantly slim arms where the elbow is wider than the bit above it but I’m not sure that’s possible for most people?
What you describe as "elegantly slim" is better thought of as "skeletal." You have perfectly normal-looking human arms, attached to a perfectly normal-looking human body.
I think I described it badly I don’t mean the elbow bone is literally jutting out but just that the upper arm curves inwards a little instead of continuing to get wider until the shoulder. Again, I see it’s not a reasonable goal for me though
I think my arms are kinda like that but I it’s probably just due to genetics though. Gonna post some photos to compare… when I was obese my arms were definitely thicker. I lost 43 lbs over 10 months and my arms slimmed down but they were one of the last places I lost fat from. When I was younger and before I was obese I was always very self conscious about my “spaghetti arms” and now that I am a healthy BMI 23.3 they are back to being spaghetti-like but I don’t mind anymore, they are what they are and I am happy with them. For reference I am 5’11” 167 lbs 46y/o and mainly a runner, I don’t really do arm exercises, maybe a little swimming but that’s about it, I’ve maintained my goal weight for 7+ years now. Not sure if this helps but you can see how my arms did change with my weight loss, although you look like you are already at a healthy weight and much younger than me. By the way, your arms look completely normal and proportional to your size. Recomp definitely sounds like the way to go for you, best of luck!
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Okay just gotta say you're so hot.RunsWithBees wrote: »Fidgetbrain wrote: »goal06082021 wrote: »Fidgetbrain wrote: »Thank you! You’re dead right I do have pretty bad posture, a year of online college didn’t exactly help either 🥲 I wanted those elegantly slim arms where the elbow is wider than the bit above it but I’m not sure that’s possible for most people?
What you describe as "elegantly slim" is better thought of as "skeletal." You have perfectly normal-looking human arms, attached to a perfectly normal-looking human body.
I think I described it badly I don’t mean the elbow bone is literally jutting out but just that the upper arm curves inwards a little instead of continuing to get wider until the shoulder. Again, I see it’s not a reasonable goal for me though
I think my arms are kinda like that but I it’s probably just due to genetics though. Gonna post some photos to compare… when I was obese my arms were definitely thicker. I lost 43 lbs over 10 months and my arms slimmed down but they were one of the last places I lost fat from. When I was younger and before I was obese I was always very self conscious about my “spaghetti arms” and now that I am a healthy BMI 23.3 they are back to being spaghetti-like but I don’t mind anymore, they are what they are and I am happy with them. For reference I am 5’11” 167 lbs 46y/o and mainly a runner, I don’t really do arm exercises, maybe a little swimming but that’s about it, I’ve maintained my goal weight for 7+ years now. Not sure if this helps but you can see how my arms did change with my weight loss, although you look like you are already at a healthy weight and much younger than me. By the way, your arms look completely normal and proportional to your size. Recomp definitely sounds like the way to go for you, best of luck!
A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
Thanks! I found my body confidence late in life but better late than never 
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Fidgetbrain wrote: »I was trying to fix my posture in the mirror and when my shoulders feel straight they’re actually lopsided, is this normal or because my left side is weaker or something 😓
Do you carry a bag/purse on one shoulder more than the other? This can also cause one shoulder to look different from another due to using muscles on one side more often.3 -
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Fidgetbrain wrote: »Fidgetbrain wrote: »goal06082021 wrote: »Fidgetbrain wrote: »Thank you! You’re dead right I do have pretty bad posture, a year of online college didn’t exactly help either 🥲 I wanted those elegantly slim arms where the elbow is wider than the bit above it but I’m not sure that’s possible for most people?
What you describe as "elegantly slim" is better thought of as "skeletal." You have perfectly normal-looking human arms, attached to a perfectly normal-looking human body.
I think I described it badly I don’t mean the elbow bone is literally jutting out but just that the upper arm curves inwards a little instead of continuing to get wider until the shoulder. Again, I see it’s not a reasonable goal for me though
I'm still not sure about verbal descriptions, but I think you'd find your upper arms would be "contour-y-er" or "shape-y-er" long term from some patient strength training. (Do full body, though, not *just* arms!)
Consider programs here:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10332083/which-lifting-program-is-the-best-for-you/p1
(There are bodyweight ones in there for beginners - you don't need weights or a gym, at least not right off the bat.)
Thank you, I’ll check them out! I can’t actually do a single push up at the moment so it will be nice to gain some strength aside from aesthetic changes lmao 😬
I'm totally useless at doing pushups. Well, I thought I was. Until I gave up on elevated and knee pushups and started doing slow negatives. Basically, go in a plank position, try to lower yourself down slowly. Then go up back into the plank position and repeat. I started at being able to just about do one to 3x8. And then I started trying real pushups. Well, my first real ones were kind of wiggly on the way up, but hey, I got there, and got to 3x8. Now I'm trying to do them without wiggling myself up. If I only manage one rep then I do the remaining ones as the previous version, thus wiggly up or slow negative. And if I crashed on the map doing slow negatives.. well... I have a mat for that
I actually am totally a fan of the Reddit Recommended Routine as there are so many alternative exercises compared to other programmes. It takes a bit more work to prepare a session, but for me works so much better. But each their own.2 -
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Fidgetbrain wrote: »Fidgetbrain wrote: »Fidgetbrain wrote: »goal06082021 wrote: »Fidgetbrain wrote: »Thank you! You’re dead right I do have pretty bad posture, a year of online college didn’t exactly help either 🥲 I wanted those elegantly slim arms where the elbow is wider than the bit above it but I’m not sure that’s possible for most people?
What you describe as "elegantly slim" is better thought of as "skeletal." You have perfectly normal-looking human arms, attached to a perfectly normal-looking human body.
I think I described it badly I don’t mean the elbow bone is literally jutting out but just that the upper arm curves inwards a little instead of continuing to get wider until the shoulder. Again, I see it’s not a reasonable goal for me though
I'm still not sure about verbal descriptions, but I think you'd find your upper arms would be "contour-y-er" or "shape-y-er" long term from some patient strength training. (Do full body, though, not *just* arms!)
Consider programs here:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10332083/which-lifting-program-is-the-best-for-you/p1
(There are bodyweight ones in there for beginners - you don't need weights or a gym, at least not right off the bat.)
Thank you, I’ll check them out! I can’t actually do a single push up at the moment so it will be nice to gain some strength aside from aesthetic changes lmao 😬
I'm totally useless at doing pushups. Well, I thought I was. Until I gave up on elevated and knee pushups and started doing slow negatives. Basically, go in a plank position, try to lower yourself down slowly. Then go up back into the plank position and repeat. I started at being able to just about do one to 3x8. And then I started trying real pushups. Well, my first real ones were kind of wiggly on the way up, but hey, I got there, and got to 3x8. Now I'm trying to do them without wiggling myself up. If I only manage one rep then I do the remaining ones as the previous version, thus wiggly up or slow negative. And if I crashed on the map doing slow negatives.. well... I have a mat for that
I actually am totally a fan of the Reddit Recommended Routine as there are so many alternative exercises compared to other programmes. It takes a bit more work to prepare a session, but for me works so much better. But each their own.
Great thank you! Made it about halfway down before my arms gave out but I guess we all have to start somewhere 🤷
hey, good start! Maybe just add a few more inclined ones on for example the back of the sofa. Builds some strength, and then you might manage a whole slow negative next time.
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We always want something different. I have skinny arms relative to my frame and it makes me so self conscious. I know exactly what you mean with the elbow being wider than the arm because that is how mine are and why I feel so self conscious wearing short sleeves. I wish my arms were more like yours. They look perfectly slim and beautiful!2
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This is really great, don't have before pic but this transformation is really great.1
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