does food realy make you fat

Matholo425

my little sister eats junk food mostly,n she has the best body ever,she doesnt gain,she has been skiny since she was born.i wonder if food realy makes you fat n if so y do some people eat a lt bt dnt gain a thing.would love to hear others thoughts,thnx in advance

EvgeniZyntx

What do you think makes you fat?

TavistockToad

food doesnt make you fat, TOO MUCH food makes you fat....

ron2e

This is a troll, right?

AntWrig

my little sister eats junk food mostly,n she has the best body ever,she doesnt gain,she has been skiny since she was born.i wonder if food realy makes you fat n if so y do some people eat a lt bt dnt gain a thing.would love to hear others thoughts,thnx in advance

Nah, just beans and rice.

nikilis

naa.... its either heavy metal, gays, rap music or secular society.... not sure which.

jamielynas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAaRowyjoas

dpdsouza

It is very human but inaccurate to make a direct comparision of two diets, even those of siblings and wonder why life is unfair. Humans have a confirmation bias. You tend to notice the results you "want to" and ignore those that do not fit into what you want to believe.

Biology does have a role to play but it isnt the only thing. Have you considered other factors. Maybe she has junk food more frequently but has less portions? Or maybe she is more active while you are not.

For instance I had a cousin who was a junk food lover. We hardly had to walk for 5 min and he would exclaim "I'm hungry. Lets have something to eat". And he was always thin whereas I have gained and reduced weight but never been thin. It was only when I spent an entire day at his house that I understood why. He would never finish his plate, often leaving half of what his mother put in(Indian mothers! They feel they are commiting a sin if they dont stuff you!) whereas I was conditioned to finish off my plate. My wife has a twin (non-identical). Although both have grown up with the same diet my sis-in-law tends to put on weight easily as she has a desk job whereas my wife, a teacher, does a lot more of moving around.

Stop comparing! It will only make you miserable.

alisonlynn1976

1. Metabolic rate varies between individuals, but anyone can gain weight by eating more or lose weight by eating less, it's just a matter of figuring out how much more or less.

2. How old is your sister? I think it's common that people can eat whatever when they're young and not get fat, but those bad habits catch up to them as they age. That happened to me!

3. Is it possible that she eats junk food, but small amounts and/or not so often? I think sometimes people will observe a skinny person eating something unhealthy and/or a large meal one time and assume they eat that way all the time when they really don't.

4. "I can't lose any weight ever because genetics" is b.s. Genetics *might* make it more challenging for you to lose weight, but you can.

starcollapsing

no, not necessarily.

"Why are thin people not fat":
http://inhumanexperiment.blogspot.co.uk/2010/07/why-are-thin-people-not-fat.html

"Does dieting make you fat?" (Twin study):
http://www.nature.com/ijo/journal/v36/n3/full/ijo2011160a.html

There is also a very interesting study giving evidence for the pretty much complete lack of correlation between someone's weight and calories consumed, but I can't seem to find it right now...

karenertl

I agree with alisonlyn197.

Matholo425

thnx al for your thoughts

serendipity57

I was 55 kilos all my teenage 20's and 30's and ate anything I wanted ...donuts cakes chocolate you name it and never put on an ounce........then I hit my 40's and boy did that change ????

Hexahedra

Back in high school I was thin as a rail despite eating all sorts of junk in massive quantity; I was actually trying to gain weight with no success. But, I was also highly active and was probably spending north of 3500 calories a day. At that rate I could eat Big Mac combos (with fries and full-sugar soda) three times a day and still not have a surplus.

If I eat like that today where I average 2500 cals of work, I would gain a pound a week.

SideSteel

If you continually eat more than you need then yes it will make you fat.

CrankMeUp

If you continually eat more than you need then yes it will make you fat.

science.

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BarackMeLikeAHurricane

Not sure if srs

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weese17

The study suggest hat calories have nothing to do with weight gain.

Lochlyn_D

Your sister has a fast metabolism. There are a lot of factors that go into what makes a person gain weight, and they are different for everyone.

Lochlyn_D

Not sure if srs

Did you watch the study? 100 f'ing percent srs. Watch the study before you make judgement or snide remarks. The study suggest hat calories have nothing to do with weight gain. Could be a new evolution in our understanding.it also explains why some people can't lose weight no matter what they do. And why there's never gain and just eat whatever they want. BMR increases and decreases depending on calories eaten. So the body works hard to keep you at a steady weight regardless of how much or how little one eats. There, I summarized the study for you.

I just did a study that contradicts your study. 100% serious - oops! - I mean, srs.

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abbylg1983

I don't want to get too into studies and metabolic factors and suggest instead that you watch what your sister eats. My roommate in college was 5'10, 110 pounds on a heavy day, and the only one of the four girls who lived in our house to buy doritos, pizza rolls, and coke. She also drank a fair amount of beer. We used to shake our heads all the time and be like, must be nice to eat crap all day and be so skinny. Then I started to watch what she ate more closely. True, her diet was 90% crap, but I bet she was consuming less calories than me on a daily basis. She'd eat a double cheeseburger for lunch at McDonalds, and that would be all she'd eat until dinner time. That bag of Cool Ranch doritos would be bought in January, and the same bag would still be taunting me three months later. She never exercised, and if you saw her at the bar with a liter of beer and a huge plate of nachos, you might be like, well that's unfair. But that huge beer and plate of nachos would probably be a. 50% leftover at the end of the night, and b. the only thing she ate that day.

I would say from my own experience in watching other people eat, the thinner people tend to consume less calories than their heavier counterparts. They might not be eating healthy food, but they are eating it in smaller amounts.

bcattoes

Some people can eat a lot and not gain weight for the same reason that some people are taller than others. The same reason two people of the same height may have different length limbs, why some people's heads are bigger than others. Humans are not all the same. Being able to eat a lot and remain skinny is simply luck of the draw. Some consider it good luck, since most people I know who are like this tend to eat way more junk than those that gain easily, I'm not really convinced it's good luck.

Carnivor0us

This is a troll, right?

Why would this question be a troll post? Hormones play a big role in fat retention.

auddii

Not sure if srs

Did you watch the study? 100 f'ing percent srs. Watch the study before you make judgement or snide remarks. The study suggest hat calories have nothing to do with weight gain. Could be a new evolution in our understanding.it also explains why some people can't lose weight no matter what they do. And why there's never gain and just eat whatever they want. BMR increases and decreases depending on calories eaten. So the body works hard to keep you at a steady weight regardless of how much or how little one eats. There, I summarized the study for you.

Ok, the twin study completely doesn't say that, and no, I didn't watch the video because I prefer my studies in peer reviewed journals. The twin study just stated that those who tend to diet essentially end up yo-yo dieting and still end up larger than twins who do not diet. It does not state that excess food consumption does not cause weight gain. In fact, the first paragraph of the study talks about how people tend to go about dieting the "wrong" way which isn't sustainable, so they fall off the wagon. Which essentially explains the results of the study. Not sure why you're referencing it.

Martucha123

no, not necessarily.

"Why are thin people not fat":
http://inhumanexperiment.blogspot.co.uk/2010/07/why-are-thin-people-not-fat.html

"Does dieting make you fat?" (Twin study):
http://www.nature.com/ijo/journal/v36/n3/full/ijo2011160a.html

There is also a very interesting study giving evidence for the pretty much complete lack of correlation between someone's weight and calories consumed, but I can't seem to find it right now...

I agree with this, mostly. These studies suggest that it' has nothing to do with calories consumed.

if you truly belive that, then why are you on MFP COUNTING CALORIES?

aelunyu

We all know the person that can eat pizza and not get fat, or the guy that partied every night in college and still got a 4.0 GPA.

These people are the exception. They are not the norm. 90% of people do not fall into the "eat whatever I want and not get fat" category. And even if some people do, you can look around on the forums and see many posts that say:

"I could eat anything in highschool and my twenties and not gain any weight, but now I'm in my 30's and suddenly I gained 30lbs in a year!"

It's important to note that you are no not one of these people. That's ok, most of us arent. You have other things that make you special, unique. But please don't fall into the trap that misses the forest for the trees.

Yooperm35

she may be skinny, but probably not 'healthy'.