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Leading the Skinny Phat Revolution
It’s not a latte.
I’m officially skinny fat.
What is skinny fat you ask?
Skinny fat is when you look skinny in your clothes but are fat — no definition of muscles and are an undefined mass of bulbous flesh that is being hidden by clothing. Sounds attractive, doesn’t it?
Just when you think you have enough labels in your life, another label is thrown at you. So how did I find this out?
Blame a new year for looking at myself and saying — you’re expanding your horizons mentally, so how can you improve yourself physically?
I decided I wanted to maybe lose some pounds and gain some muscle mass — a couple of modest goals.
I went to a popular fitness website, filled out some questions, and I only had four body types to choose from and… skinny fat fit my overall physique.
Wonderful, along with the other labels that are applied to us as we go through life, it seems I have inadvertently accumulated another label. Just when I thought I was already adequately covered with my own personal inadequacies.
The Path to Being Labeled
In junior high or high school cliques are formed. Willingly or unwillingly we become a part of a clique and we are assigned a…
