Sub-10% BF, yet chubby face???

[njlw226]

What gives? I have chubby cheeks and I would figure that with my body fat % my jaw and cheek bones would be more defined.

I know that there isn't a such thing as spot reduction, so I'm wondering if anyone else has an issue with this.

By the way, is it possibly that creating I'm taking is causing for water bloat in my face?

Any other ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance...

 

[desmond]

One other user I have spoken with on EF says creatine gives him face water bloat. This doesn't make much sense to me - creatine mainly causes intramuscular water rentention, which makes u look better at low bf - but apparently its possible

 

[Olorin]

I'm sick of you people coming onto this forum crying about your faces without being willing to do the exercises needed. Go do 5 sets of lip pullups twice a day for 3 months then come whine here if that doesn't work.

noobs

 

[MadMetal]

It sounds as if you have stubborn fat on your face. There really isn't anything you can do about it unless you want to drop even more fat....

 

[dabuffguy]

I'm sick of you people coming onto this forum crying about your faces without being willing to do the exercises needed. Go do 5 sets of lip pullups twice a day for 3 months then come whine here if that doesn't work.

noobs

lolololol

 

[dabuffguy]

What gives? I have chubby cheeks and I would figure that with my body fat % my jaw and cheek bones would be more defined.

I know that there isn't a such thing as spot reduction, so I'm wondering if anyone else has an issue with this.

By the way, is it possibly that creating I'm taking is causing for water bloat in my face?

Any other ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance...

Try an OTC diuretic.

 

[cobracock1979]

I'm sick of you people coming onto this forum crying about your faces without being willing to do the exercises needed. Go do 5 sets of lip pullups twice a day for 3 months then come whine here if that doesn't work.

noobs

Yawn...not funny.

Why dont u go away, watch some Richard Pryor, and work on your comedy...

 

[cobracock1979]

Try an OTC diuretic.

+1 probably the only advice I could offer, apart from the fact that im my cxase facial fat goes last, so maybe just keep cutting

 

[the small soldier]

maybe your bf isn't as low as you think?

 

[frizzy23]

One other user I have spoken with on EF says creatine gives him face water bloat. This doesn't make much sense to me - creatine mainly causes intramuscular water rentention, which makes u look better at low bf - but apparently its possible

This is rare but it does happen alot and normally with the old Creatine Mono not the newer versions. He could alway try to cut water and see how that works in the end if you are -10% bf i think its just holding alot of water.

 

[housemusik83]

yea try upping the cardio and go into sweat room, did you used to be fat?

 

[njlw226]

I've never been fat...weighed about 135 when I graduated from high school about 9 years ago. Started hitting the gym for a couple years then went into massive bulking mode...got up to about 185, but lately I've cut most of that back and I'm now about 170.

I have been taking the old fashioned mono (tried CEE once and didn't feel like I got anything from it...any brand recommendation?).

 

[housemusik83]

hows your diet also? water consumption? salt?

 

[njlw226]

Diet is about as clean as it gets...Raw oats, almonds, turkey sandwiches, tuna, chicken, veggies and protein. Every day. No salt, only form of sodium would be in any preservatives or whatever from what I eat above. I drink more water than anyone I know.

I could be just a complete headcase, but the day after my original post in this thread I stopped the mono, and I swear I notice a different in my cheeks. Neither my diet or my workouts have changed over this time period. If I'm flushing water, hoepfully I flush a little more over the next couple weeks.

If anyone else has ideas let me know, otherwise I'll give an update in another week or two.