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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am 5’6” and at 130 I would look like death. At 110 I would be literally dead as that would leave me with no fat at all. Are you skinny fat, OP? Maybe instead of obsessing about the number of the scale, try to improve your body composition by lifting some weights and properly fueling your body? You won’t be lighter but you might very well end up smaller. [/quote]
This is interesting to me, because I’m 5’6” and currently 125, but still have a belly pooch and abs are not defined. The rest of my muscles are finally making an appearance though!  I’ve been working on my lifting for almost two years now and just seeing progress now. Anyways, I definitely still have fat on me and do not look like death, so this just goes to show that some of it is about the size of your frame and body composition, where you store fat (face vs belly), etc.[/quote]

I am the PP you are responding to and I agree that the frame and bodycomposition matter a lot. I am currently about 142lbs and 22% bodyfat as I am fairly muscular. I wear size 2-4 clothes across brands right now. Coming down to 125 while keeping my lean mass would mean I would have to drop down to 12% bodyfat, which is extremely low and unhealthy for a female. I am trying to get down to the 18-20% range, but that is already a point where my already skinny face might start looking really gaunt and I might have to reassess whether the increased muscle definition is worth it. [/quote]

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