naturally skinny !

RaffeJay

I am naturally slender. I pretty much eat what I like, within reason. I don't like doughnuts but do like cake. I ride my bike a lot and I walk my dog, a lot. I think that I have a fast metabolism and am just lucky. I am a right fidget-bum too, always moving. Irritates the life out of my work colleagues. I stand up and all sort, at work, while I'm chatting with customers - I do sit to do the computery bit.
Over the winter, I tend to keep an eye on my eating though, I'm not riding nearly as much or doing a 10 mile each way commute as often. I take the car and sometimes, weather permitting, a 3 mile each way commute.

I don't think that there is a secret to it. I just don't really think about food as anything more than fuel.
My Other Half is a good 6 stone heavier than me, 7 inches taller too. Totally different build and he says that will stack on the lbs over the winter and whinges about it incessantly. Falls off him in the Spring once he starts getting really active again.

steveko89

I'm with those saying you don't see what they eat/do 24/7. I get comments from family from time to time about how lucky I am to "be able to eat like I do" at times. I've always had a healthy appetite, one which led me to overweight to various degree as an adolescent, but still shows itself from time to time. Sure, they see me take down five pieces of pizza now and again, and assume that's how I eat all the time. What they don't see is the pre-logging I did, planning for that level of intake, the 4-6 hours in the gym I spend a week, weighing my portions for meals I make at home, and the daily weigh-ins and spreadsheet I use to track my TDEE.

AnvilHead

RaffeJay wrote: »

I am naturally slender. I pretty much eat what I like, within reason. I don't like doughnuts but do like cake. I ride my bike a lot and I walk my dog, a lot. I think that I have a fast metabolism and am just lucky. I am a right fidget-bum too, always moving. Irritates the life out of my work colleagues. I stand up and all sort, at work, while I'm chatting with customers - I do sit to do the computery bit.
Over the winter, I tend to keep an eye on my eating though, I'm not riding nearly as much or doing a 10 mile each way commute as often. I take the car and sometimes, weather permitting, a 3 mile each way commute.

I don't think that there is a secret to it. I just don't really think about food as anything more than fuel.
My Other Half is a good 6 stone heavier than me, 7 inches taller too. Totally different build and he says that will stack on the lbs over the winter and whinges about it incessantly. Falls off him in the Spring once he starts getting really active again.

All those bolded things have a lot more to do with your being "naturally skinny" than having a fast metabolism or being lucky.

I was one of those "naturally skinny" people in middle school and high school. I ate tons of food and couldn't gain weight if I wanted to. I also played sports year-round and was basically on the go all the time unless I was asleep. When I went to college and was far less active while still eating the same way, I quickly discovered that I wasn't "naturally skinny" - I put on 50 pounds in three years. So much for the "naturally skinny" and "fast metabolism" theories.

Mslmesq

My husband is thin. He looks like he eats like a pig, but many times he only eats one ‘meal’ (sometimes a binge) a day. He’s also a fidgety person and cannot sit still.

Genetics is part of it. I know I have a faster metabolism than what my age, height, and weight claim I have. But not a huge amount. If I eat too much, I’ll still gain like everyone else.

NorthCascades

I went on a trip with some friends. We all got breakfast together. This one lady, who was quite thin, ordered waffles and dripped then in maple syrup. Then she ate about 1/3 of them, and skipped lunch, she just want hungry when it rolled around.

The key to eating whatever you want is to not want to eat very much.

ninerbuff

It's not "naturally skinny"................................it's "naturally not eating a lot" as the reason.

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Christine_72

Perhaps naturally skinny people only eat when they are actually hungry, as opposed to eating when they feel like something tasty, regardless if they're stuffed from dinner or not even remotely hungry, aka ME!

tomteboda

Christine_72 wrote: »

Perhaps naturally skinny people only eat when they are actually hungry, as opposed to eating when they feel like something tasty, regardless if they're stuffed from dinner or not even remotely hungry, aka ME!

It also bears considering that there's variation in stress and hunger hormones between individuals! So we don't all even have exactly the same physiological cues.

rosebette

I'm a normal size person but when I eat socially especially in restaurants I might eat something more fattening that I wouldn't eat at home. I often notice the heavier people are just eating salads. I sometimes feel guilty the way someone would who is drinking in front of an alcoholic. Also I usually workout and eat lightly the next day to make up for my indulgence.