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Jxx asked in HealthDiet & Fitness · 8 years ago

What does 'skinny fat' mean?

I keep hearing how some girls are 'skinny-fat', and that apparently I am too. What does this term mean?

I am 16, 138 pounds, 5"10, 34-25-36

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago
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    You don't meet the weight requirement to be overweight, but do carry an excessive amount of body fat. This is also common among the elderly where their inactivity has caused their muscles to waste away only to be replaced with fat. The opposite is a runner that is skinny, but has a lot of muscle with little fat.

  • 8 years ago

    i'm skinny fat as well, people say i'm skinny and I know i am because my body shape is like that. but i also have fat..which im trying to get rid of! :)

    you're very skinny especially for your height but you might have some extra fat. Exercising and toning up will get rid of that :) also, don't think about it too much, you're perfectly fine!

  • 8 years ago

    You look skinny, like model-skinny, but most of your body weight is made up of fat rather than muscle.

  • ?
    Lv 5
    8 years ago

    that youre skinny, but you have a lot of "softness" to it...i know for guys, its when you arent classified as fat or overweight, but you dont look anywhere near in shape either

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