Am I fat?

mayo64 · Feb 12, 2018

My parents think I'm underweoght and skinny af, especially my dad but to be honest I really don't think so. They're so convinced to the point that they're trying to make me gain weight from unhealthy foods. Seriously. It's making me think that I'm looking at myself through an illusion and my perspective can't be trusted so I wanted to see what some other people think, apart from my family, about my appearance. Here is a photo for reference.

Also I work out every week, three or two days in which I strength train and every other day, cardio.

dontpanicbobby · Feb 12, 2018

If you live in the US probably. It's the new normal.

Hadron · Feb 12, 2018

mayo64 said:
My parents think I'm underweoght and skinny af, especially my dad but to be honest I really don't think so. They're so convinced to the point that they're trying to make me gain weight from unhealthy foods. Seriously. It's making me think that I'm looking at myself through an illusion and my perspective can't be trusted so I wanted to see what some other people think, apart from my family, about my appearance. Here is a photo for reference.

I've quoted this because you've posted using white text on a white background, which is a bit difficult to read.

No, you are definitely not underweight. There are different cultural perspectives on this, so I don't know whether there is something like that behind your parents' perception, but medically speaking you are not underweight.

Mikestony · Feb 12, 2018

Hadron said:
I've quoted this because you've posted using white text on a white background, which is a bit difficult to read.

No, you are definitely not underweight. There are different cultural perspectives on this, so I don't know whether there is something like that behind your parents' perception, but medically speaking you are not underweight.

Fixed the white font as I couldn't see it either

Hope it appears ok.

svim · Feb 12, 2018

Perhaps it might help to do some research on body/weight issues so you've got something more than opinions to discuss with your parents. This might be a start:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_mass_index
There's just so many cultural factors that can and can't be applied it's mind boggling.

lunatic59 · Feb 12, 2018

Speaking as a parent, parents are notoriously reality impaired when it comes to their children. I'd ask your doctor for the definitive answer here. A bunch of random people looking and an incomplete picture on the internet aren't going to be able to tell you too much.

You appear to be heavier than a pygmy marmoset, but thinner than an elephant seal, if that helps.

Terry Dai · Apr 23, 2019

I think you just need to keep at that weight. You don't need to be too fat or too thin.

dontpanicbobby · Apr 23, 2019

@mayo64 That's far from fat but not even close to skinny.

Deleted User · Apr 23, 2019

OP hasn't been seen here for over a year. Hope he managed to realise he's not fat, or underweight. Just normal.

Deleted User · Apr 23, 2019

But the question is what's normal??

The medical profession like to harp on about BMI. I'm extremely physically active, and follow a good diet, yet I come out as 23.1 on this scale, which is getting to the top of the "healthy" range!!

https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/healthy-weight/bmi-calculator/#check-your-bmi

lunatic59 · Apr 23, 2019

LV426 said:
But the question is what's normal??

There is no "normal" since every human being is different to some degree. There is "average" which may or may not be optimal and then there is "optimal" which should be the ideal weight, if weight is the only determining factor for health.

I use simple rules. If excess weight is interfering with the lifestyle you want to lead, then you are over weight. Or, if when you go to the beach PETA shows up to rescue the whale someone reported, then you might also have a problem.

Hadron · Apr 23, 2019

LV426 said:
But the question is what's normal??

The medical profession like to harp on about BMI. I'm extremely physically active, and follow a good diet, yet I come out as 23.1 on this scale, which is getting to the top of the "healthy" range!!

https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/healthy-weight/bmi-calculator/#check-your-bmi

The problem with BMI is that it was shown more than a decade ago that the waist measurement by itself is a better indicator of cardiac risk than the BMI is. It's an example of trying to boil a multi-faceted problem down into one number that has to be simple to calculate, and then sticking with that number even though it's not very good.

Now I can tolerate crude metrics as long as they are understood to be "probably better than nothing". The problem comes when they are put in the hands of someone who takes them as gospel and isn't able to recognise or accept their limitations because they have a script they must stick to.

dontpanicbobby · Apr 23, 2019

Hmm..If bones are seen: Skinny.
Not even breast bone: Fat.

Deleted User · Apr 23, 2019

dontpanicbobby said:
Hmm..If bones are seen: Skinny.
Not even breast bone: Fat.

6 pack visible: Ripped

dontpanicbobby · Apr 23, 2019

Not even once in my life.
5'10" & way under 200 pounds
Well maybe back in the 90's but still...
Not fat.

Deleted User · Apr 23, 2019

The only time I got a vague impression of a 6 pack was after I'd done 6 months intense training for a half marathon. And I looked *really* thin, like unhealthily underweight.
Anything more than wafer thin fat layer on the abs means they don't show.

dontpanicbobby · Apr 23, 2019

Wish I look like that.

dontpanicbobby · Apr 23, 2019

Raggamuffin
He impressed me
.Gigaman

imthelittleandroid · Jul 25, 2019

Bro I won't lie to you. Yes you are fat, but not much. Keep training and eating healthy

dontpanicbobby · Nov 6, 2020

Who me? @wartalla

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