Pardon me for saying but this thread has seemed to have become a particularly mean and hostile place in the past week or so.
Lets just assume this thin person has an eating disorder.
And he may not, he may just be a thirteen year old kid. From his picture, it wouldn't surprise me one bit.
And lets take it off the table whether minors should be in the forum for the moment.
Bullying him into compliance isn't the answer- either way.
I posted pictures for my part, didn't even get a response- and perhaps I dodged a bullet considering how others have been treated.
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02-19-2021, 06:16 AM #8881
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02-19-2021, 07:02 AM #8884
Thanks- I just appreciate the opinion.
Left side pic or right? And if the right, what was I on left side pic?
On the left, I was 153.3 lbs at 5 foot 5.
On the right, I'm down to 139.8 lbs at 5 foot 5.
I definitely wasn't gonna say 14% for my guess for the right- I was thinking 20%;
The pics of 25% I've seen on the net show belly hanging over pants- that's not the case anymore. It's almost flat! But..
I carry fat on my lovehandles till I'm down to 132lbs typically, which is rather annoying.
The leanest I've ever been is 129, and then I just start to see my abs.
Though, I wonder since how low even that is, if I'm one of those guys that just doesn't "reveal" abs so well.
Because even then, I was doing throwdowns at the gym, weighted stuff, and hardly seemed to have any fat on me.
I mean- seriously- 129 lbs at 5 foot 5 is small!
And yes I'll need to lift and put on more muscle again. One challenge at a time...Last edited by brianadelstein; 02-19-2021 at 07:08 AM.
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02-19-2021, 08:07 AM #8885
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I was basing it on the right.
Of course, it’s harder to tell without certain lighting and seeing your back and legs, but I’m basing on a couple things:
- no noticeable lines on the stomach
- a small but visible bulge on the hip area which seems to be adipose
- a relative lack of muscle tone
Typically with people at 20%, you don’t see individual ab separation at all but there’s usually a central, vertical line of separation in the frontal torso. Additionally, I wouldn’t expect there to be small bulges on the hip/love handle area on the waistline.
Those aspects combined with what seems to be a lack of lean tissue, and I just think it’s likely closer to 25%.
It sounds high but consider this: in my avatar I weighed 143lb, and I was about 9-10% BF.
I’m 6 feet tall, which means that would have me at about 129lb of lean weight at my height.
If you adjust down even 5lb of lean weight per inch in height to match you, that’d be UNDER 100lb of lean weight for my body in my avi if I was 5-5.
So really, I’m actually saying you have possibly MORE lean tissue weight than I do/did... relative to height
Never underestimate how significant small changes in muscle mass can make... it really does change your appearance a lot."When I die, I hope it's early in the morning so I don't have to go to work that day for no reason"
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02-19-2021, 09:34 AM #8886
Thanks. Yeah it's tough to say what my lean mass is right now without a formal test, and I've been in cut mode since December.
The new attached pic is me at my lowest pretty much. I don't think that center line really came in, but I'm also 129-132 lbs here at most and, dude, the 20 percent guys in the pics I see on the net look doughy and still have that ab line and I dont, nor do I have that center abs line.
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02-19-2021, 09:44 AM #8887
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You're closer to 20% in that pic, could be 18-20%, but in that range I think.
Im not sure what references you're using for the "20% dudes", but almost EVERYONE underestimates their BF%...
As a general reference, here are examples of what I see at various ranges in 10%-20%
~10%. All abs visible with clear, defined lines of separation, vascularity present, skin not 'thin' but also not showing any clear signs of fat deposition while upright
~14-15% Most/all abs visible, but lines aren't sharply 'defined', instead you can see shadows of abs, not much vascularity, and there is clearly a small amount of fat under the skin
~18-20% Abs almost or entirely gone, but still SOME outline of oblique or abs still noticeable here and there. No vascularity, especially in the ab region, and fat is obviously covering lines of separation. There is no 'bulging' of the stomach fat, but it appears smooth and somewhat 'softer'
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02-21-2021, 03:00 AM #8888
Hey guys can you estimate my body fat
Hi guys I’m 6,1 178.2 pounds 19 years old.. can you please estimate my body fat trying to get a bit more leaner for the beach... cutting on 2300 calories and losing 1-2 pounds a week.. thank you so much any advice would be appreciated (pictures are in my gallery photos )
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02-22-2021, 01:19 PM #8902
Estimate?
Hey everyone, first time posting- new to this so bear with me.
I have been toying with lifting the last few years, after tipping the scale at my heaviest during COVID I've started to workout with more of a purpose. I've lost 20lbs so far and want to keep leaning out slow and steady. I've been using my scale for a rough BF % just to keep some sort of record, right now it has me @ 24-25% how close to that do I look?
34 yo
6 ft
194 lbs.
Thanks!
Current (2/19/21) can be seen on my profile.
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