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post 1593288651 12-10-2019, 02:20 PM
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Originally Posted By shesprints⏩
At 5'6'' to 5'7'' and 160 you're right on the edge of normal and overweight, I think--maybe 1lb over a BMI of 25. Given that female bodybuilders our height COMPETE in the 140s, you'd need a female bodybuilder level of muscle to have healthy body fat %. I would guess your body fat is over 30%. That is fine--I think women are healthy up to something like 33%--but it is not ideal. I don't mean to be mean at all here, but women who lift tend to delude ourselves that we have more muscle than we do.

Also, a picture of jeans is meaningless. Jeans are vanity-sized even when the label seems like it reads inch measurements. They're rarely accurate. Body pics would be better, or some other metric like a body composition test.

I've been lifting for a long time. I weigh 135 at 5'6''. I'm still at least 20% body fat. I looked fine at 152 but my body fat was too high to have the fit look, and the mastery of my own body weight, that I think is optimal for good health and performance.
So you think you’re an expert on every single persons body composition? The fact is that there are going to be outliers and I’m one of them. I’m 5’2 and right now 136ish. Not even close to being overweight/obese even though the BMI chart would put me there. I frequently get called skinny. Which btw pisses me off. I’m fit, not skinny.
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post 1593288671 12-10-2019, 02:20 PM
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Originally Posted By 401Delta⏩
All I read is that you retain/collect fluids, like a good little girl.
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post 1593288841 12-10-2019, 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted By Legz422⏩
So you think you’re an expert on every single persons body composition? The fact is that there are going to be outliers and I’m one of them. I’m 5’2 and right now 136ish. Not even close to being overweight/obese even though the BMI chart would put me there. I frequently get called skinny. Which btw pisses me off. I’m fit, not skinny.
I don't think I'm an expert. I also don't think 5'2'' and 136 is overweight by BMI, though! It's close but it is not considered to be overweight, which was my point...

as for people calling you skinny, people nowadays are used to the inflated mean so perceive normal weight as skinny.
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post 1593289061 12-10-2019, 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted By Rabbitjb⏩
Feeling like I drank the lemonade at Willy Wonka’s



No, why? You want proof lmao

18% for a man is bordering on chubby

23% for a woman is fairly lean ..I only bench 122 but my dl is 225

Neither are anywhere near stage physique
You're nowhere near 23 u fattie. Post pics for proof or negs!
post 1593289181 12-10-2019, 02:28 PM
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I want to see all you women post up a full body pic in a bathing suit.

Let's just settle this once and for all.
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post 1593289311 12-10-2019, 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted By kimm4⏩
I want to see all you women post up a full body pic in a bathing suit.

Let's just settle this once and for all.
I second and third this.
post 1593289491 12-10-2019, 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted By Rabbitjb⏩
Feeling like I drank the lemonade at Willy Wonka’s



No, why? You want proof lmao

18% for a man is bordering on chubby

23% for a woman is fairly lean ..I only bench 122 but my dl is 225

Neither are anywhere near stage physique
I'm not grilling you I'm just fascinated. My brother looks pretty lean. But his DEXA scan showed a lot of fat, surprisingly. He has visible abs and quad separation so it surprised me. (I think he was actually just under 18--17.something). Weird.

23% for a woman is quite lean. I suppose leanness doesn't always correlate with max lifts, though?
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Originally Posted By Rabbitjb⏩
We aren’t you Kim, we’d get rounded on forever

Never gonna happen. Never posting another new shot on here. Only the same ol chite regurgitated until I’m 96
I think I'll do that too. Or maybe I'll post one final farewell pic.
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Originally Posted By 401Delta⏩
I second and third this.
nah I'm sweet thanks
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Originally Posted By kimm4⏩
I want to see all you women post up a full body pic in a bathing suit.

Let's just settle this once and for all.
Kimm layin' down the law!
Originally Posted By Cass40⏩
You're nowhere near 23 u fattie. Post pics for proof or negs!
Have you seen those bobs? She could have a six pack and still be 20% bf range lol
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post 1593289801 12-10-2019, 02:36 PM
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Originally Posted By Halfway⏩
nah I'm sweet thanks
Bro, I just wanted to see the new bathing suit designs for this season. That's all.
post 1593290081 12-10-2019, 02:41 PM
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I posted a thread that had a pic of me plus a video of me doing pullups, so I'm not gonna do that again. Dig for it in my history if you like.
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Originally Posted By 401Delta⏩
Bro, I just wanted to see the new bathing suit designs for this season. That's all.


There you go, you can see why BMI charts don't apply to miscs females (Kimm notably excepted)
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Originally Posted By Rabbitjb⏩
Another falls for bad photoshop
I'm talking about the original pic not the super saggy photoshop lol
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post 1593291121 12-10-2019, 02:56 PM
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Originally Posted By Halfway⏩


There you go, you can see why BMI charts don't apply to miscs females (Kimm notably excepted)
Originally Posted By Rabbitjb⏩
Never existed



Not terrible for 60 and a clearly unposed shot tbh
Who is that ^^? And what kind of shark caused those scars on her thigh?
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Originally Posted By Destor⏩
No joke, you'd need to perform mass bariatric surgery to overcome the obesity problem. Nothing short of that will do anything meaningful
The 10 year outcomes are not great for that surgery, lots of deaths.
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170lbs is average. no wonder a manlet myself is single af. they dwarf me
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Originally Posted By Jms89⏩
Not in my house. I make these hoes step on a scale before we penetrate nom sayin.
lol'd
Originally Posted By shesprints⏩
I don't think I'm an expert. I also don't think 5'2'' and 136 is overweight by BMI, though! It's close but it is not considered to be overweight, which was my point...

as for people calling you skinny, people nowadays are used to the inflated mean so perceive normal weight as skinny.
As far as I've seen on BMI charts my height/weight puts me in overweight. My point is that I'm not even close to looking overweight.
Originally Posted By kimm4⏩
I want to see all you women post up a full body pic in a bathing suit.

Let's just settle this once and for all.
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post 1593299471 12-10-2019, 05:05 PM
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Idk. Barely worked out and ate whatever I feel like eating for 6 months. Gained 3 lb. I can kind of relate to them.
They said she's gone too far this time

¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Originally Posted By TrinnieBuu⏩
Idk. Barely worked out and ate whatever I feel like eating for 6 months. Gained 3 lb. I can kind of relate to them.
do that year after year... that's 6lbs a year... few years = lilfatty
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Originally Posted By x-trainer
The 10 year outcomes are not great for that surgery, lots of deaths.
Surgery is only a band-aid to a symptom. It doesn't actually permanently solve the problem
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Originally Posted By TrinnieBuu⏩
Idk. Barely worked out and ate whatever I feel like eating for 6 months. Gained 3 lb. I can kind of relate to them.
Thought you were training for a competition? What happened?
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Originally Posted By AWillis⏩
wut 32" leg? how tall are you 6'1? (tranny?)


as for sloots being heavy......... they wanted to be equal with men.. in all areas of life
No. Natty female of unremarkable height.
Originally Posted By shesprints⏩
At 5'6'' to 5'7'' and 160 you're right on the edge of normal and overweight, I think--maybe 1lb over a BMI of 25. Given that female bodybuilders our height COMPETE in the 140s, you'd need a female bodybuilder level of muscle to have healthy body fat %. I would guess your body fat is over 30%. That is fine--I think women are healthy up to something like 33%--but it is not ideal. I don't mean to be mean at all here, but women who lift tend to delude ourselves that we have more muscle than we do.

Also, a picture of jeans is meaningless. Jeans are vanity-sized even when the label seems like it reads inch measurements. They're rarely accurate. Body pics would be better, or some other metric like a body composition test.

I've been lifting for a long time. I weigh 135 at 5'6''. I'm still at least 20% body fat. I looked fine at 152 but my body fat was too high to have the fit look, and the mastery of my own body weight, that I think is optimal for good health and performance.
Not bothered. I'm not particularly lean or hot looking. This was more a comment on misc standards for females vs. IRL. You know...any woman over 130 is a whale. Except for HTC crew, then who knows.

I made a decent push to get down to a lower body fat % and my weight just bounced between 145 and 150. I felt really good at 145 and would prefer to be about 10 pounds less than I am right now. Life has just been extra complicated for awhile. Right now I'm dealing with anemia. Tried a pilates class a couple of weeks ago and got badly winded/faint from just a few body weight split squats.
Originally Posted By TBO1313⏩
This is next level asking for pics lol.

Really highlights the different communication style between the sexes even when the goal is the same.

I would have said: Numbers lie. Need full body pics to confirm
Not exciting though; thick legs and short waist. I'm terrible at taking selfies and not about to post up a bikini pic.

Originally Posted By Rabbitjb⏩
That’s your body though

Some of us are just fukken heavy and perhaps have different goals

At 160 I’ve been DEXAd at 23% and I’m nowhere near a bodybuilder who have far lower BF

I’m also frequently called LTC on here despite tits and ass like Katya has

I like a soft but strong aesthetic

I’m currently unable to stop eating tho and got mogged in the gym by some ratty kid so soft is winning
TFW LTC crew says you weigh too much, but HTC crew says your hips are too small.
Originally Posted By TBO1313⏩
Its really strange how that works. Some people can float in the pool for hours. If I stop moving for one secondI sink like a fukn stone.My dad and brother are both like this as well.
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yet another reason why <<<young women are better

their metabolism hasn't slowed down to the point where their bad diet affects their weight
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Originally Posted By Legz422⏩
As far as I've seen on BMI charts my height/weight puts me in overweight. My point is that I'm not even close to looking overweight.
And my point is that most people nowadays don't think someone "looks" overweight until they are in the obese category. We've adjusted to the new norm. We (accurately, in fact) perceive that a 160-170lb woman of average height is normal.
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Oh and to make the 5’3.5 170lb 38.5 inch waist better... recent Gallup survey shows more Americans are obese this decade... yet FEWER of them (the ones categorized as obese) feel they need to lose weight.
Originally Posted By AWillis⏩
do that year after year... that's 6lbs a year... few years = lilfatty
... why would you jinx me like that.. but I have been semi consistent for 2 weeks. Been tracking macros again too.
Originally Posted By Legz422⏩
Thought you were training for a competition? What happened?
Work been kicking my butt and lost one of my pets. But honest answer is I just don’t think it’s worth screwing up my hormones for 2 years just to see if I have the discipline to get stage lean.

I know everyone loves the hustle on the misc but ya know... work life balance is a thing. And work alone is basically robbing me of that already.
They said she's gone too far this time

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Anytime my weight starts heading above 140 that's where it starts to get ugly. In clothes it's easy to hide and you can't even tell. Standing naked in front of the mirror tells the real story. I'm not being hard on myself, I'm being completely honest.
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Originally Posted By shesprints⏩
And my point is that most people nowadays don't think someone "looks" overweight until they are in the obese category. We've adjusted to the new norm. We (accurately, in fact) perceive that a 160-170lb woman of average height is normal.
Well I don't think an average height (I'm assuming this is 5'5 and below?) woman is a normal weight at 160-170. Either way there are going to be anomalies.
Originally Posted By TrinnieBuu⏩
Oh and to make the 5’3.5 170lb 38.5 inch waist better... recent Gallup survey shows more Americans are obese this decade... yet FEWER of them (the ones categorized as obese) feel they need to lose weight.



... why would you jinx me like that.. but I have been semi consistent for 2 weeks. Been tracking macros again too.




Work been kicking my butt and lost one of my pets. But honest answer is I just don’t think it’s worth screwing up my hormones for 2 years just to see if I have the discipline to get stage lean.

I know everyone loves the hustle on the misc but ya know... work life balance is a thing. And work alone is basically robbing me of that already.
Oh, so sorry about your loss.

Meant to quote Katya too. I hear you on the yo-yo'ing between 5 lbs. I've pretty much been doing that for over a year. I can't get to a weight and stay there. One day I'm 134, the next even after eating the same exact way I'm 136. Meh. Long as I stay within this range I'm ok with it. Can't see much from that pic but you don't look fat in the least.
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