Thoughts on people who eat so much yet stay skinny
pierremignon
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I'm the kind of person who gains and loses weight quite easily, but of course, losing is relatively harder cos you need to work you *kitten* up.
I mean, some of them might not be necessarily healthy, but do you feel jealous of them? Do you wish you can just eat and eat and eat without gaining a single pound (which, of course, does not translate to being healthy)?
Just though of this a while ago, and I'd like to know what ya'll think.
I mean, some of them might not be necessarily healthy, but do you feel jealous of them? Do you wish you can just eat and eat and eat without gaining a single pound (which, of course, does not translate to being healthy)?
Just though of this a while ago, and I'd like to know what ya'll think.
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People who seem to eat what they want without gaining are either:
1. Very, very active
2. Not eating as much as you think
Example for #1 - my dad eats tons. But he never sits down. He has a physical job, is constantly moving, working on projects until it's bedtime, etc. He can eat a lot because his TDEE is high.
Example for #2 - A friend that packs away the food when we are out to dinner. But what I don't see is that she eats salad for lunch and yogurt for breakfast and very rarely snacks. She can eat what she wants in certain situations because she eats in moderation the rest of the time.0 -
People who seem to eat what they want without gaining are either:
1. Very, very active
2. Not eating as much as you think
^ This, exactly.0 -
People that seem to eat whatever they want are just illusionists.
As mentioned...
1. Highly active individuals
2. You catch them eating their ONE full meal a day or maybe two meals. (They do not gorge themselves ALL day)
3. They are also NOT trying to lose weight.
Many of us have a 500 calorie a day deficit as we try to lose weight. But those that are maintaining or even trying to gain, must eat more. So, after months and months and maybe YEARS of eating a deficit, many of us see someone maintaining and think they eat SO much!0 -
K...but what about my husband, who can easily eat McDonald's (or similar) every day (and sometimes does), snacks like crazy on chips, chocolate and at LEAST a can of Coke a day....and has a sit down at a desk/in his car job......but is still super skinny! I KNOW he eats plenty, and that it's not healthy (because he is so boring to cook for...hates almost all veggies and he's so stubborn he won't try new stuff). I wish I had his metabolism or whatever it is....but I would still take care of myself and keep healthy.0
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No one mentioned body type yet?
http://www.muscleandstrength.com/articles/body-types-ectomorph-mesomorph-endomorph.html0 -
I'm the kind of person who gains and loses weight quite easily, but of course, losing is relatively harder cos you need to work you *kitten* up.
I mean, some of them might not be necessarily healthy, but do you feel jealous of them? Do you wish you can just eat and eat and eat without gaining a single pound (which, of course, does not translate to being healthy)?
Just though of this a while ago, and I'd like to know what ya'll think.
Yup for me it's all about a calorie budget. I had less of a budget available when I was losing weight, more to spend now that I'm maintaining and all the tools I used for weight loss come into play for the rest of my life maintaining.
When you have accumulated excess fat, you have accumulated a debt. It is hard to pay off the debt (you have less calories to spend). If you are sitting next to someone your same gender and height and they are not overweight and you are, they get to eat more than you (have more calories to spend) because they are debt free. You have less calories to spend because you are paying off your debt.
I am debt free and I never want to go into debt ever again!!!! So, now when I go to social events I can eat what I want. I know I might have to eat a little less the week before and the week after. I don't do extra work, I just continue the workouts I love to do every day, that is my lifestyle. Sure some will be jealous, but I have compassion because I used to be the obese person.0 -
I'm the kind of person who gains and loses weight quite easily, but of course, losing is relatively harder cos you need to work you *kitten* up.
I mean, some of them might not be necessarily healthy, but do you feel jealous of them? Do you wish you can just eat and eat and eat without gaining a single pound (which, of course, does not translate to being healthy)?
Just though of this a while ago, and I'd like to know what ya'll think.
have you ever stopped to consider that they might eat and eat, but it might not be crap? Competition prep is 6 meals a day for me, but not one single iota of what I eat or drink is crap. It is all clean and very healthy.
Gaining and losing can't be all that healthy, either.... just sayin'0 -
K...but what about my husband, who can easily eat McDonald's (or similar) every day (and sometimes does), snacks like crazy on chips, chocolate and at LEAST a can of Coke a day....and has a sit down at a desk/in his car job......but is still super skinny! I KNOW he eats plenty, and that it's not healthy (because he is so boring to cook for...hates almost all veggies and he's so stubborn he won't try new study). I wish I had his metabolism or whatever it is....but I would still take care of myself and keep healthy.
Have him track his intake every day for a month. Until then, you don't know his caloric intake.0 -
Oh these mythical creatures exist. They eat whatever they want and have insanely fast metabolisms. When I tried to eat 1/3 of what my ex ate, i still ended up gaining weight. My opinion.. they should all burn. Bitter? Slightly.0
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Yes, I also wish I was Queen and could decide EVERYTHING! = D0
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K...but what about my husband, who can easily eat McDonald's (or similar) every day (and sometimes does), snacks like crazy on chips, chocolate and at LEAST a can of Coke a day....and has a sit down at a desk/in his car job......but is still super skinny! I KNOW he eats plenty, and that it's not healthy (because he is so boring to cook for...hates almost all veggies and he's so stubborn he won't try new study). I wish I had his metabolism or whatever it is....but I would still take care of myself and keep healthy.
Have him track his intake every day for a month. Until then, you don't know his caloric intake.
Aye this. My best weight loss weeks involved me eating out 4 or 5 times a week. I have a desk job. MY "cardio" has been simple walks.
Calorie intake is more than simply appearing to eat a lot. As well, some foods have significantly more calories than others while being half the side.
Eat raw spinach ALL day long. Non-stop. You seriously can not gain weight with that. lol.0 -
i was just thinking about this the other day because my brother has always been super skinny but not at all healthy. i just think that maybe i'm lucky to have to work harder at it than some other people because i make the effort to improve my overall health, where as he doesn't feel that drive to do that.0
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He's too lazy to do that :laugh: Last night before bed, he ate half a CLUB bag of doritos, a can of coke, and 4 mini chocolate bars.....but asked me first if it was okay to eat that sitting beside me lolK...but what about my husband, who can easily eat McDonald's (or similar) every day (and sometimes does), snacks like crazy on chips, chocolate and at LEAST a can of Coke a day....and has a sit down at a desk/in his car job......but is still super skinny! I KNOW he eats plenty, and that it's not healthy (because he is so boring to cook for...hates almost all veggies and he's so stubborn he won't try new study). I wish I had his metabolism or whatever it is....but I would still take care of myself and keep healthy.
Have him track his intake every day for a month. Until then, you don't know his caloric intake.0 -
No one mentioned body type yet?
http://www.muscleandstrength.com/articles/body-types-ectomorph-mesomorph-endomorph.html
^^nonsense0 -
People who seem to eat what they want without gaining are either:
1. Very, very active
2. Not eating as much as you think
Example for #1 - my dad eats tons. But he never sits down. He has a physical job, is constantly moving, working on projects until it's bedtime, etc. He can eat a lot because his TDEE is high.
Example for #2 - A friend that packs away the food when we are out to dinner. But what I don't see is that she eats salad for lunch and yogurt for breakfast and very rarely snacks. She can eat what she wants in certain situations because she eats in moderation the rest of the time.
Exactly!0 -
People who seem to eat what they want without gaining are either:
1. Very, very active
2. Not eating as much as you think
^ This, exactly.
Ditto this. /\0 -
Well for me I was that way for years. Just started gaining about 5 years ago (I"m almost 39.) People always said the same thing about me. Here was my diet- morning- water then lots of coffee, lunch huge insane amount of fast food. Talking double quarterpounder with fries coke and a mchicken for dessert. Dinner was usually a large amount of alcohol (pint or more).
So people saw me eat a lot. But that was really the only time I ate. I never snacked and rarely ate sweets.
No exercise (too lazy or drunk from the alcohol in my system) but also super fidgety and anxious (always tapping my leg and walking fast) even though I had a desk job (basically daily detox).
If finally started tacking on 5 years ago.
Thoughts?0 -
No one mentioned body type yet?
http://www.muscleandstrength.com/articles/body-types-ectomorph-mesomorph-endomorph.html
^^nonsense
Thank you.0 -
I work with a girl who can eat ANYTHING she wants. Some mornings at 8 am she will show up at work with a slurpee loaded with ice cream. She is stick thin. She has a desk drawer loaded with candy and snacks that she eats everyday.
One day she mentioned that she worked out on her treadmill and had to get off after 2 minutes cause it was all she could do...2 minutes!0 -
People who seem to eat what they want without gaining are either:
1. Very, very active
2. Not eating as much as you think
Example for #1 - my dad eats tons. But he never sits down. He has a physical job, is constantly moving, working on projects until it's bedtime, etc. He can eat a lot because his TDEE is high.
Example for #2 - A friend that packs away the food when we are out to dinner. But what I don't see is that she eats salad for lunch and yogurt for breakfast and very rarely snacks. She can eat what she wants in certain situations because she eats in moderation the rest of the time.
I so cosign on this! Don't believe the hype. People who seem to eat what they like but never gain weight are one of the two cases above. Most times they are eating whatever they want around you but not eating as much on their own or they are so active they can't keep still. If they lived the same sedentary lifestyle that most americans lived our had the calorie consumption that obese people have they would be fat too.0 -
Honestly not even joking my brother eats however much he wants whenever he wants and his diet consists of jack in the box, subway, chilli mac, thick peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, pizza pockets, rock stars and beer and he literally has 8 percent body fat. He does have a physical job but that's it, he doesn't work out.... Plus he looked like that before he got that job.
my dad is the same way he's 53 and has a six pack, doesn't work out and eats whatever.... He's a bartender and eats chicken wings all the time lol.
wth..... Why didn't I get those jeans!0 -
Lucky them and their genectics! My husband is super skinny, he eats all the time. Junk food, fast food, crap food... Drinks pop and tea all the time... never water never vegetables, never fruit. He drives a truck in the oilfield, sits in the truck. No physical labor, no working out. His entire family on his mom's side is all that way.0
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I used to know some people like that. Turns out when they age it catches up to them. My older sister is a great example of this. She used to eat a lot and never gain weight, she continued her eating habits and is now overweight with no real other changes to her diet or exercise routine. Just got older.0
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He could have a high BMR0
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I am the fat girl in a sea of skinny family. 4 thin children ages 17-22 and a thin husband. They eat what they want when they are hungry and busy doing their sports, work etc. And then when they are not active or hungry they do not eat. Thats the way thin people are- there is no such thing as naturally thin without at least some work and moderation. I am fat because I ate and drank too much and moved too little. End of story.0
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I think those kind of people are few and far between, just like there are actually very few fat people who "hardly eat anything and gain weight."
Normal, thin people are active and eat an appropriate amount of calories for their weight. Sometimes they eat more, and sometimes they eat less.
Now that I've lost weight, if you spent a random weekend day with me, you might think, "How can she be so inactive and eat so much crap and stay thin?"
What you don't see are the intense weight and interval workouts during the week, the work days that I get up early to do yoga, the planned meals during the week that pretty much never include bread, pasta or potatoes, all the fruits, veggies and lean meats I consume, and how carefully I track my calories. I let myself rest a little and "treat" a little on the weekends, but it balances out with what I do during the week.
Just because you don't see me doing all that, doesn't mean I have it easy.
As far as the rare person who can eat a ton and stay skinny, they tend to have different body image issues -- especially guys, who might rather be more muscular, but have a hard time building mass because of their metabolism. Everyone has something that is hard for them, and everyone has things that are easier. It all evens out.0 -
I used to know some people like that. Turns out when they age it catches up to them. My older sister is a great example of this. She used to eat a lot and never gain weight, she continued her eating habits and is now overweight with no real other changes to her diet or exercise routine. Just got older.
The act of physically growing does indeed take MANY calories. Most of us cannot continue to eat like we did when younger.0 -
I am able to eat 3350+ daily only because I exercise.0
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they are not of this world.......................0
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My best friend weighs about 120lbs, is 5'4'' and eats *constantly* I used to think she jsut ate so much all the time and was jealous. When I started tracking what I eat, I notice she eats healthy things that are low calorie. She is also very active just naturally, always moving and doing something. So no, I'm not jealous.0
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