Why do some people find it so easy to get/be thin?

kelsully

The thing is even those who seem to eat crap and hardly workout are somehow still managing to even out the calories consumed to the calories burned. When I was teaching I used to save all my copying for the end of the day and take a big pile with me to the copy room but I only went once....what we don't always notice is that the skinny teacher made 4 trips to the copy room throughout the day...seldom sat down. Skipped lunch walked down to the office or across the hall to ask a question instead of shooting an email etc. An article I saw once mentioned the activity level of the naturally thin...many tend tobe fidgety, even anxious in the activity, always seemto be buzzing about etc...and while we may see them eating crap we aren't seeing the whole day or week etc...might be their only big mac that month but when we see the super thin eat like that even once we assume they eat like that 100% of the time. Somehow these people are matching their calories in to calories out...just like we have too. I wish it were easy. I am at maintenance and sometimes get bummed that if I have a few crappy eating days I will gain whereas those still losing. Might just slow down their progress...I have burn envy....I burn less ad have 1300 for maintenance as I am little (5 ft) so if my burns are lower due to better fitness I in turn get less food...but I make it happen...and I move in any way, whenever I can to keep things even

catlady100

My sister used to eat fast food every day and she still stayed very slim. If you watched her carefully, you would see that she would cut her portion in half, and either throw out the half portion or save it for the next day. Also, after she ate fast food she would eat very little for the rest of the day because she felt stuffed.

bcattoes

Many different reasons, one being genetics. Some people are just naturally thin. But that does mean they are naturally healthy. But certainly learned behavior also plays a role. Some people are taught (though not usually intentionally) to see food as comfort. They eat for reward, they eat for consolation, boredom, etc. Because it makes them feel good. This was me. I'm not blaming my parents, I'm just saying that is the way I learned early to see food. My parents were overweight, as were most of their brothers and sisters. It's a learned behavior in our family that I have to work to overcome. When I had kids I made a conscious effort to teach them good eating habits, but now that they are grown and gone I find myself falling back into old habits periodically.