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Why do people with higher BMI's look thinner than me (especially thighs)

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There are celebrities with KNOWN higher BMIS than me, including ones in this thread: https://www.edsupportforum.com/threads/people-who-arent-underweight-but-still-look-good.4335641/

Their thighs are smaller than mine and everything!! Is it because I skate???? Why are my legs so huge? Why does my belly fold!? Am I just destined to be fat and ugly? (the ugly part is kind of a given if anyone on this forum ever saw my face they'd tell me to stop trying to loose weight because there is no saving what I look like)
 
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1. Body dysmorphia makes you think you look bigger than you are.
2. Those celebrities may have more muscle/lower fat %
3. Online sources stating celebrities' weights and heights can be wrong. In fact, I'm deeply skeptical of them much of the time. I think that with a lot of very thin celebrities, the weight given for them online seems to be (imo) a significant overestimation.
 
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At least point 2 gives me maybe some motivation to bulk up. I wish there was a way I could find out my fat/muscle ratio at home...
 
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If you fixate on a specific body part you may lose sight of the overall appearance .

For example I don’t fixate on my legs at all - I’m not pear shaped and they’re not my “problem area”. So I see women heavier than me who are pear shaped but have thin arms and stomach and think THEY look thinner because I fixate on MY arms and stomach. But I’m not noticing the bigger thighs and butt etc. I bet the women with slimmer thighs are bigger elsewhere
 
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neverforever said:
If you fixate on a specific body part you may lose sight of the overall appearance .

For example I don’t fixate on my legs at all - I’m not pear shaped and they’re not my “problem area”. So I see women heavier than me who are pear shaped but have thin arms and stomach and think THEY look thinner because I fixate on MY arms and stomach. But I’m not noticing the bigger thighs and butt etc. I bet the women with slimmer thighs are bigger elsewhere
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I understand your point but personally I see them as thin all over. I just wonder why my thighs in particular are SO fat. Even when I was at my LW. Tbh it vexes me how they look skinnier all over at a higher BMI not just the thighs. If I could figure out how to look underweight while being a healthy BMI I'd be set
 
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Muscle weighs more than fat. Maybe they work out a lot? Obviously there's genetics in play, but behavior has an effect on body composition too.

Muscle can be strategically targeted, unlike fat.
 
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bluemerleme said:
Muscle weighs more than fat. Maybe they work out a lot? Obviously there's genetics in play, but behavior has an effect on body composition too.

Muscle can be strategically targeted, unlike fat.
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You said "Muscle can be strategically targeted, unlike fat." what do you mean by that. Targeted to do what? Sorry I'm dumb
 
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