Jiggly/soft fat vs Hard Fat

[Bulk_Vanderhuge]

What about marbles of hard fat surrounded by jiggly, soft, squishy fat? I've got those

Have you had a dr check them out before?

[eastsideho]

i think the hard fat is merely under the muscles where jiggly fat is on top


guys with hug guts aren't all fat

most of that is just their body making room for more intestines and stomach

the more food you jam in there the bigger all your internal organs have to be to hold it

and there for so does your gut

equaling a fat hard gut because the insides have increase in size and the fat has grown on them as well??

[Bigpetepabs]

Bumping this thread again, haha, I was kinda curious about this hard vs soft fat also.

Before I starting losing weight, I thought I had diesel abs or something hiding under my belly fat because my gut was mostly hard, wishful thinking I suppose lol.

I've dropped about 15 or 16 pounds over the past 40 days and I also noticed that my stomach fat got much softer and squishy.

So, I'm in the camp that this is just a positive sign that the fat is being burned off!

[wolfnick2006]

ive never experienced either of these, but this thread is very interesting

[crupiea]

I have always thought that the fat will start getting jigglier when you start losing weight. I think it starts breaking down inside and become looser. At least thats how I picture it anyway. My stomach used to be really hard and when I started losing it started to get jiggly and then started to dissapear.

[FatZillllla]

the fat that I carry around my waist is so freaking soft.

It used be a bit harder before but now that I have lost some weight it totally is different from before



I have also noticed that when I do push ups, my stomach doesn't hold its form anymore, instead everything drops to the bottom and It actually kind of touches the ground LOL (Its gross looking at my belly hanging like that)

[dave_prso9]

Wow. I'm experiencing this BIG TIME just now and wondered if there was a cause or just my imagination.

For what it's worth I tend to get really jiggly and soft immediately after working out,

[SUPER_MANLET]

Sorry to bump such an old thread, but I came across this and I am wondering if there are any new ideas on this. The fat on my waistline is soft. I have a bit of sag on both sides of my navel, whereas most people I see with belly fat, the fat looks harder and sags evenly across their waistline.

I have this problem mainly on.... Inner Thighs, hips, lower stomach. Kind of sucks and it is quite disgusting.

Soft fat = body is preparing to lose it specially if you are lean and getting closer to your goals

[tksforlife]

never knew there was such a thing. maybe it can seem different due to the amount of fat in a single area. also water under the skin can make it seem soft and jiggly.

[cyco85]

Soft fat = body is preparing to lose it specially if you are lean and getting closer to your goals

^^^ This.

Everyone curious, read this article: http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat...uishy-fat.html

[ChiefRocka]

^^^ This.

Everyone curious, read this article: http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat...uishy-fat.html

Interesting.

I always wondered this as well but guess from that description its actually not bad. I hated that my fat was so soft but guess I am lucky to be a starting member for the squishy fat team.

[screwedgenetics]

fat jiggles.....muscle does not....

How did this guy get 125 reps? His answer is the biggest douche muscle head guy answer I have ever heard.

Thanks for keeping the thread going Some nice info on it.

[lostinnd]

This thread was a great read. I have also noticed this and it has been pissing me off lately since I have been losing weight but it doesnt look like it with the flabby belly. I guess I will take it as a good thing and keep going!

[JellieBean]

fat jiggles.....muscle does not....

really? no kidding? thats wacky...
.....
...there is such a thing as hard fat y'know... its not muscle.
hard fat/jiggly fat.
thats the forum topic.
XD

[JellieBean]

This thread was a great read. I have also noticed this and it has been pissing me off lately since I have been losing weight but it doesnt look like it with the flabby belly. I guess I will take it as a good thing and keep going!

definitely a good thing!!
the same was happening to me.
i was grossly overweight, and even though my fat was more jiggly on my belly and arms and whatnot, I noticed that the fat on my outer thighs (saddlebags i guess) was very hard and firm with nasty dimples when I had my legs spread...(sorry for the visual)...
anyway, after I started exercising, increasing my blood circulation and began losing weight, that hardness was replaced by loose jigglyness xD
I was so excited I had my boyfriend grab them and ask if he noticed anything and his face lit up and was like holy **** it feels totally different!! also, once the fat became loose and jiggly, i started losing it more quickly!!
so there ya go. i'm proof. once hard firm fat, now loose jiggly fat ready and willing to be shed.
JIGGLY FAT FTW!!! XD

[-Volume]

Just out of curiosity I was wondering if there's a reason since I've been working out the fat on my arms seem to have tightened up more on the bicep instead of just hanging off? There's still fat there but it isn't really hanging off at much. I've lost 8 pounds in 2 weeks and I'm seeing different parts of my body which used to have jiggly fat start to become more compact together around my muscles and not just 'hang off' (chest, arms, inner thighs especially). Is this just simply me burning fat off those parts already? Or is my fat just in the 'beginner' stages of being burned off- so it tightens up and becomes more compact befor it goes away?

Just wondering this is something that has been on my mind for a long time since I have seen with my own eyes how my fat has changed

[bradsb2g]

I just want to say "ditto." I came across this thread after noticing the fat around my abs has become very soft, loose and "jiggly." I have never gotten to this level before- I can actually see a six pack, and even the beginning of an eight pack in my lower abs, but it's like there is this almost semi-transparernt layer of jelly that I can shake and jiggle around. It's really weird and almost gross. It reminds me of when severely obsese people loose a ton of weight then have all that loose skin hanging by the foot.
It's nice to know most others have this happen as well. It is very motivating to know this is a good sign. I'll just keep doing what I'm doing- eatin' clean, doin' my cardio, and re-assessing body composition every few weeks and making adjustments.

[wsm9808]

Great read by Lyle (site wont let me post links yet, bit it is linked in an above post).

Lyle describes my experiences to a T. I had very hard belly fat that I could flex. I thought I had a large waist because it was all muscle(i thought), even at 230 pounds.

But when I finally learned how to eat and reduced to my current 11% fat, my waist went from size 38 pants to size 30. But now I have a layer of soft around my waist and abs. I did not know if it was fat or loose skin. Very encouraging to know it is a final stage of fat loss.

I also lose weight like he describes in the article, I can go a month with no loss and then drop 3 or 4 pounds almost over night, then hold that new weight for another month or so before the next drop. It took me a long time to learn that I lost weight in lump sums. At first it was discouraging to not see steady, weekly results.

[MrMarr]

Hard fat is fat that hasn't seen a good deal of blood circulation in a loooooong time. The fat tends to settle nicely and gets relatively hard. Remember fat needs very little maintenance so the body doesn't bother providing much circulation to the tissue. It's therefore common for people that haven't had much exercise to have hard fat (or rather, it's just firm). Once you start getting plenty of cardiovascular exercise however your circulation improves dramatically. Your body needs to open all the capilliaries at the surface of your skin to get the blood moving around. This means capilliaries through subcutaneous fat. So as you get fitter, your fat turns more jelly-like (it's quite nasty, trust me ). However, it's a great sign. The more blood vessels going through your fat, the more readily your body can access those fat stores and the healthier your body is becoming.

It's all the same stuff, but the soft fat is the one that's disappearing and the hard fat will just hang around.

This makes so much sense to me. It's exactly what I've experienced. I used to be much fatter, and when I was, nothing on me was really squishy and jiggly. It was as the people above described, couldn't really pinch it much.. I'd have to really hunch over to be able to grab it really. But now that I've lost most of it, it has gradually became a lot more soft. To the point where the fat I have now is very easy to grab or pinch.

[MrMarr]

Great read by Lyle (site wont let me post links yet, bit it is linked in an above post).

Lyle describes my experiences to a T. I had very hard belly fat that I could flex. I thought I had a large waist because it was all muscle(i thought), even at 230 pounds.

But when I finally learned how to eat and reduced to my current 11% fat, my waist went from size 38 pants to size 30. But now I have a layer of soft around my waist and abs. I did not know if it was fat or loose skin. Very encouraging to know it is a final stage of fat loss.

I also lose weight like he describes in the article, I can go a month with no loss and then drop 3 or 4 pounds almost over night, then hold that new weight for another month or so before the next drop. It took me a long time to learn that I lost weight in lump sums. At first it was discouraging to not see steady, weekly results.

Hey I'd love to read that article if you could PM the link to me? Sounds really interesting, especially the losing in lump sums part.

[JVRICHARDS]

Hey I'd love to read that article if you could PM the link to me? Sounds really interesting, especially the losing in lump sums part.

Holy old thread bumps Batman.

http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat...uishy-fat.html

[MrMarr]

Holy old thread bumps Batman.

http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat...uishy-fat.html

woops didnt realize it was that old lol. Thanks for the link!

[Philosophico]

I'll throw in an "old wive's tale" for the hell of it:

Try hard massages and 'pinching' the fat/flesh.
Supposed to help 'break down' fatty deposits or encourage blood flow to them.

...like I said, an old wive's tale, but it's free to try

Just don't to it to your buddy's belly !!!!!!!! TotalHomo !

[eloblivion]

I'll throw in an "old wive's tale" for the hell of it:

Try hard massages and 'pinching' the fat/flesh.
Supposed to help 'break down' fatty deposits or encourage blood flow to them.

...like I said, an old wive's tale, but it's free to try

Just don't to it to your buddy's belly !!!!!!!! TotalHomo !

...

[WretchedGhoul]

Hard fat is fat that hasn't seen a good deal of blood circulation in a loooooong time. The fat tends to settle nicely and gets relatively hard. Remember fat needs very little maintenance so the body doesn't bother providing much circulation to the tissue. It's therefore common for people that haven't had much exercise to have hard fat (or rather, it's just firm). Once you start getting plenty of cardiovascular exercise however your circulation improves dramatically. Your body needs to open all the capilliaries at the surface of your skin to get the blood moving around. This means capilliaries through subcutaneous fat. So as you get fitter, your fat turns more jelly-like (it's quite nasty, trust me ). However, it's a great sign. The more blood vessels going through your fat, the more readily your body can access those fat stores and the healthier your body is becoming.

It's all the same stuff, but the soft fat is the one that's disappearing and the hard fat will just hang around.

Wow, that's very helpful info. I always thought that the reason the fat felt "jelly-like" was because, when you work out, fat starts burning, so there is less fat/fat is less dense beneath the skin...

[abrahamj1120]

Just curious, what do you guys mean by soft and hard?? What defines hard fat?

[JRMoore82]

Bump for a old thread with some great reads.

[StevieMaria]

I thought this was just in my head. I see girls that weigh at least a buck 80 in bikinis, with fat, but it's like...not moving. And they don't have cellulite. What is that? Wish my fat was hard.

[Galagya]

I realize this is an old thread, but reading it over was driving me crazy. So much misinformation, wow. Yikes.

The correct answer, for anyone curious, is simple: it's the difference between subcutaneous fat(fat on the surface, AKA "soft fat"(or "jiggly fat")), and visceral fat(fat deeper inside, on and around the internal organs, AKA "hard fat").

Hard tummies are more dangerous when it comes to your health.
Soft tummies are more difficult to lose.

They are just different. & yes, this is the ACTUAL reason some guts are like big hard barrels and others are like mushy, saggy pillows.

Tada!

Now please, stop pushing around misinformation? I feel bad for anyone coming on here trying to actually learn something. I now know better than to ever join this site or recommend it to others. Clearly not a good source, if I'm the only one(save for maybe one or two other vague posts) who knows better. & I just barely know jack **** about this subject myself, so yeah. haha.

Btw, for reference, if anyone wants to read more on the subject(I also recommend google - it's not too difficult, right?):
livestrong.com/article/338079-soft-belly-fat-vs-hard-belly-fat
tesh.com/story/health-and-well-being-category/hard-belly-fat-vs-soft-belly-fat/cc/6/id/4084
etc.~

Thanks for reading; have a good one, & tc.