KiddingMe
I thought the thick bone structure was a myth or excuse that some used.
Not a myth at all although some do use it as an excuse for being fat.
From googling the term, it looks like I'm of a thick bone structure. I never thought this the case, just overweight.
I prefer the term "over fat", since having a high body fat percentage is the problem, not weight
Is it really about the "bone" structure or those more prone to store body as oppose to those with a more muscular build? Are they same?
When I refer to somatotypes there are three basic types:
Endomorph- large bones, hips as wide or wider than shoulders and the most prone of the three somatotypes to gaining body fat.
Mesomorph- Medium bones, broad shoulders, narrow hips, gain muscles faster than the other two somatotypes but more prone to gaining body fat than an ectomorph.
Ectomorph- light bone structure, narrow to shoulders and hips, struggles to gain both muscle and body fat.
Very few people are a pure somatotype. Most people are a combination of two or more somatotypes. You could have the bone structure of an ectomorph but have the ability to gain fat like an endomorph or muscle like a Mesomorph. It's more complex than this explanation but my intention is to simply give you a basic understanding of how skeletal structures are used as a general frame of reference when taking body weight and gains into account.
Can the bone structure change overtime?
Arrangement does not change, but structure can and does as we age, suffer injury or become victims of some diseases.
I feel like once i get rid of the fat, i would no longer look like the big bone structure but somewhere in between the big and fine types? If that makes any sense? I guess I'm trying understand what defines bone structure, weight, muscles, etc?
Bone density and proportion generally define somatotype classification. As I mentioned, it's more complex than that but suffices as a general frame of reference. Other than that I'm not quite sure what your last question is asking.