Loose Skin vs. Fat

[Carl Carlson]

Hey, I wasn't sure which forum to post this in so I figured I'd toss it up here...

How does one differentiate between loose skin and fat? I always thought I was a fatty but my friend came over today to measure my BF% and she's claiming that my spare tire is mainly loose skin. So, how does one tell if it's loose skin or fat?

 

[casualbb]

the skinfold measurement.

fat gets stored under the skin. So the fatter you are, the more gets pinched by the caliper.

Now if you got a lot of extra something or other, but the skinfold measurement is low, it's loose skin. If the skinfold measurement is high, it's fat.