Body types and set points and weight. . . . Oh my!

Malteaster

This is fascinating. I too, seem to have natural set points my weight gravitates towards, no matter what diet I try.

Since I hit menopause I struggle to get below 150lbs but I can maintain at the level quite easily. Prior to that I settled about 135lbs. I am quite small framed and in my teens and twenties I hovered around the 100lb mark with no effort whatsoever.

BinaryPulsar

paulawatkins1974 wrote: »

I have no science to back this, so take it with a grain of salt. It seems to make sense that body type or genetics or personality or something, would figure in to an extent. Obviously it's all about how much you eat, and our own choice etc., but the learned behaviour between you and your sister would probably be similar, being raised in the same household. I assume we learn a lot of our eating habits as children. So it IS curious why she seems satisfied on enough calories to stay smaller, yet you have tendencies to want to eat until you'd be a few pounds overweight. Worth exploring for sure.

Kids aren't raised exactly the same. They have different experiences and different personalities. My two daughters have very different eating habits. My younger daughter is much more picky. They also have different personalities, interests, pain tolerance and reactions. And different bodies. My older daughter is much taller (not because of age, she is always going to be taller).