The Skinny-Fat
Dr. Chilm Richalds | Nov 05, 2009 | Comments 36
We’ve shared our thoughts on fat people; we’ve shared our thoughts on skinny people. It is now time to address perhaps the most disappointing of all: the skinny-fat people. Some of you may be wondering wtf I’m talking about.
Well UrbanDictionary.com defines “Skinny-Fat” as:
1) When someone is thin and looks great in clothes, but is all flabby underneath
2) This term is used when a person is thin, yet does not eat healthy or take care of themselves. They think they don’t need to watch the junk they eat because they are thin. They can be more unhealthy then an overweight person.
You will know the people I’m talking about. Are they skinny? Or are they fat? They look good in clothes, but I’m not sure I want to know what’s going on underneath. These people are out to fool your senses. These people may look OK upon initial inspection; they may even sound and smell OK, but it’s the tactile sense that ruins everything. Someone needs to tell these people that simply being thin is not akin to being healthy!
Allow me to share a story of a time when I was with a skinny-fat person:
This was with a pretty young lady, though she was admittedly not the healthiest bee in the hive. Fast forward a few hours dates, and we’re gettin’ down and gettin’ after it. All signs point to this girl having a pretty bangin’ body. She’s naked: everything looks good. Proportions look good, she seems to take care of her appearance and ohhhmygodddd she’s a skinny-fat!!
What had originally appeared to be a tight firm body was actually a skin casing full of medium ground beef. Squishy to the touch and having the properties of a 4-month old memory foam matress.
I was so disgusted that I only allowed the debacle to continue for another 2 weeks.
I spent 6-15 hours wondering “How could this happen to me?”
Answer: I didn’t know enough about the skinny-fat.
You can’t truly understand a skinny-fat until you are face-to-naked-body with one, but to keep everyone safe we at the LDU have put together a list of tell-tale signs you might be with a skinny-fat person.
- Upon initial inspection looks fit, but has no history of athleticism.
- Often speaks of fad dieting habits
- Abnormal jiggle you wouldn’t expect on a skinny person
- Skin lacks firmness
- To the touch, the sensation is similar to raw hambuger or perhaps a rotten peach or melon
Furthermore, if you are skinny-fat and don’t know what to do about it (and please do something about it), here are some of the reasons you may have become a skinny-fat:
- Bad Food Choices – Excess Sugar, Low Protein, Any Junk Food, Alcohol….okay we’ll be realistic, Excess Alcohol
- Under-Eating – Fat is the most efficient energy storage format for your body. When you under-eat your body enters starvation mode and attempts to store everything as fat, burning muscle in the process.
- Excess Cardio – Trying to get rid of fat by using only cardio training is useless. You’re body will burn fat, but also burn a lot of muscle as well. Mix in some strength training – even if it’s in the form of circuit training (which will also serve as cardio training). After all, more muscle = higher metabolism. Why? Two facts: 1) A pound of muscle takes up 40% less space than a pound of fat. 2) Every pound of muscle burns 35 calories a day while a pound of fat only burns 2! More muscle = higher metabolism.
Lift some gatdamn weights!
That got a little more scientific than I expected…but sometimes you gotta race.
ChugaBeerHaveSexWithAnyoneButaSkinnyFatPerson!
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Profound words Dr. Chilm. I support the use of all your senses when evaluating your experience. Here is yet another reason why we must taste, see, hear, feel, smell, and- if we add the Buddhist 6th sense: the mind- think about our experiences( or in this case future sexual partners) before acting on them! Then, and only then, can we truly eliminate problems like this from occurring in the future
Good Science Boys!
Yes! Lululemon is to blame.
aren’t you a skinny fat?
Just going on the record to say that this is NOT directed only at women. Not in the slightest.
The point of the article is not to berate women. This happens to men. Hell, this happens to fucking house cats.
If you’re upset….well, I’d suggest you read the article over once more for 2 reasons.
1) There is actually some educational value in it. Maybe you missed that?
2) I think it’s funny when you’re mad
haha good article dr.chilm.. i’ll make sure i’m never in a bathing suit around you, so i’m not refered as “skinny fat” lol jks
I was skinny-fat once. One day I looked in the mirror at myself and said, “I will find the cure for this problem”. I did not run a fundraiser campaign, and awareness campaign, nor did I ask the government to support skinny-fat research. This is what I did:
Monday: Chest
Tuesday: Arms and back
Wednesday: Core
Thursday:cardio
Friday: Legs
Saturday: Chug 6-15 beer and have sex
Sunday: Recovery
AND REPEAT
Do this and all your skinny-fat problems will melt away.
I’m fat-fat.
Jeff, I like your honesty.
This article is so true and it totally applies to guys as well. There’s a guy I know who has fit arms, which made me assume that he was fit elsewhere too. Then, one day I saw him shirtless and he was pudgy! Zero definition. I wanted to Pillsbury-dough-boy poke him. Anyway, everything I thought I knew turned out to be a LIE. It was devastating. Dr. Richalds, you made many good points. Good one!
Every time I see a skinny-fat person it reminds me not to eat an entire bag of Cool Ranch Doritos.
Olum alayinizi sikim sizin emi. Sizin once adam olun kas yapacaginiza amina koduklarimin. Alayiniz gavat orospu.
How can I find thi products? Online?
The soft bod
It’s better than being fat-fat.
No arguments there Kit.
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I believe you’ve hit the proverbial nail on the head. Being skinny is almost a fad and people go to extreme lengths to look like the runway models who for the most part, are just as unhealthy if not more so then overweight folks.
Being skinny isn’t necessarily good for your heart if you’ve done nothing more then lose the weight and starve yourself of nutrition. The dieting that trims your body that quickly is doing damage to your organs and heart.
I have to agree with the “skinny-fat” analogy with the flabby underneath the great looking skinny person in cloths who is flabby under it. Good nutrition and good exercise will always leave your body at it’s healthiest, and we all should strive for good health and nutrition with common sense exercising and diets that do not harm our bodies. Don’t try to look like an anorexic runway model. It’s not even attractive to most people anyway. True sex appeal is a healthy look of muscle tone and moderate body fat.
Detoxifying our bodies of the toxic environment is also a great way to staying healthy as well. I use FIR saunas vs. conventional steam because of the many benefits to them.
Far Infrared Saunas
I like fat vag.
There’s another reason for ” skinny – fat” & that is child birth. My stomach happens to look like the girl’s in the picture & it’s because I was “skinny-skinny”, got pregnant, had a 9lb baby & now my stomach is like that. I don’t know what to do about it. I work out, watch what I eat, etc. I don’t want to go under the knife but I really hate my stomach =/
Wow this is a perfect example why women feel insecure. This is so catty , and demeaning .This is the reason why women dont trust eachother and if this is how some women think they shouldnt trust them. There are all kinds of women short one thin ones big noses small noses, Women have a sisterhood and these catty demeaning women that put other women down should be recognized for their pettiness and arrogance and are vain. I dont beleive this is what a good man and a smarat man is interested in having a honest relationship with . Of course take care of your self but women have scars and flaws and its OK.
Jade, you’re not the coldest beer in the fridge are you?
First of all, I’m not sure why you’re so hung up on women this, women that…a man wrote this article- a man that smells of sweet fragrance might I add.
Of course women have scars and flaws…that little “take care of yourself” part at the beginning of your sentence is the focus.
The intent of this article was “just because you fit into size 4 jeans does not mean anything in terms of health and fitness, so have a look your habits”
“Women feel insecure” is a generalization, and most likely a projection of your own feelings. After all, it was your opening line.
So, in closing:
1) you missed the point
2) your grammar is terrible
John Stewart for the win. Jade your argument was neither clear nor concise, and therefor difficult to address. I hope that one day you come back and engage once more in this discussion. Until then… chug 6-15 light beers… light beers.
I started off skinny-skinny then I went to fat-skinny (getting fatter but firm, young skin holding it all in) then whoa, I progressed to fat-fat until I got a lap band and now I’m skinny-fat. It beat’s fat-fat anyday. I’m working my way back to skinny-skinny. Hey, we’ll all be skinny-skinny when we’re dead
Like it or not, genetics comes into play here. So does the fact that many women have gone through a pregnancy. And again, genetics plays into the equation regarding what pregnancy does to a body. My sister and I both have three children. Unfortunately, she got all of the Italian genetics from our father, and despite the fact that she is more athletic than me and can out hike me on a mountain on her worst day, she is what you refer to as “skinny-fat.” I received the majority of our mother’s Swedish genetics, and am very tall, lean and muscular. No loose skin two years after giving birth to my last child. Yet, I am in less favorable condition than my sister. How shallow a person must be to judge another by physical appearance. Truly, I wish to be more like my sister, as she is energetic, kind, compassionate and intelligent. Anyone who chooses to associate with or love another person based upon the fact that their body is firm all over, will no doubt get what they deserve in the long run.
Look, I understand where you’re coming from and I get the frustrations that can be associated with different physiological PREDISPOSITIONS based on genetics, however that’s all they are. Some people have an easier time than other staying in shape, however both parties still need to put in the necessary work to remain so. We joke around about the aesthetic benefits of being in good shape, but essentially this article really addresses the health benefits of doing so and seeks to enlighten those who are ignorant of their true state.
Individuals that are classified as Skinny-Fats often perceive themselves to be healthy when in fact their body-fat percentages are rather high. This is an early indicator of potential heart disease and diabetes. SO, if you’re not concerned with healthy active living, eating right, and maintaining a fit body, then that “in the long run” thing you were talking about isn’t going to work out so well… because you’ll be dead.
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This article offended me..rude.
This article offended you…skinny fat?
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I’m skinny, very fit and athletic: 5foot4, 107lbs, 23inch waist naturally. Yet I found this article to be incredibly short sighted and vain. It’s pathetic that to defend it some posters are saying “well it’s unhealthy choices and bodyfat blah blah”,your just using that as a cover to say who’s “hot” and who’s not. And I feel sorry for you if you were grossed out by an otherwise great girl because she wasn’t some Baywatch carbon copy. So sad. You sound like some dumb ass frat boy.
No fratboys here. Kinesiologists, Personal Trainers, Phys Ed Teachers, Varsity Athletes, and Lab Technicians. So I wouldn’t exactly describe us as “dumb” either. “Awesome” and “fed-up-with-bullshit” is how I’d describe us. What we’re “hiding behind” is science. You can’t fuck with science.
Also, you sounds kind of hot. Send photos to submissions@lionsdenu.com so we can estimate your body fat % plz… for scientific purposes of course.
Chilm here.
Thanks Nate for responding. I’ll give it a crack to since I experienced and drafted said article.
I’m not even sure exactly what your trying to get at DanielleTots. Are you trying to tell me I should stuck it out with this girl….a girl you just called great having never met her.
Was she great? Nope. Was she even good? Not really. Not for me, and for a multitude of reasons. Give me a shout and maybe you can make my next life decision.
She actually did sort of look like a Baywatch carbon copy, so that dispels the last part of your comment. She was in fact quite hot…it was the raw hamburger ass…deep squats…you read the article, I don’t need to go on.
I don’t much care for the frat boy comment. Never been in a frat, never will.
So anyway that pretty much takes care of it. Oh, other than you stated your height, weight, and waist size…naturally. Did you feel better after broadcasting it?
Thanks for throwing up on the comment page. Run along little girl.
300 Russian Rubles says this girl meets all the criteria of skinny fat.
I’ll throw 13 pieces of silver on top of that. Track down this girl’s IP… somebody get Rahim in here!
“I’ll throw 13 pieces of silver on top of that. Track down this girl’s IP… somebody get Rahim in here!”
“300 Russian Rubles says this girl meets all the criteria of skinny fat.”
“Thanks for throwing up on the comment page. Run along little girl.”
Ok so you’ve been demoted from frat boys to junior high.