Vent: Ppl who can eat anything and not gain weight

Meg_78

I can absolutely promise you, that having to eat big every day, all the time, is no where near as fun as it sounds, in fact, it can rather suck as much as forcing yourself to eat low cal! ;D

rml_16

Ha! Me too. When I was 28 the most I had ever weighed was 115, I ate whatever I wanted and I never exercised...then suddenly it was like as soon as I turned 30 it all caught up with me.

It sucks. I miss not having to think about it.

Chief_Rocka

I can absolutely promise you, that having to eat big every day, all the time, is no where near as fun as it sounds, in fact, it can rather suck as much as forcing yourself to eat low cal! ;D

#firstworldproblems

AnninStPaul

I'm a hater, I know. Super jealous!!!

**FYI - Our office is infamous for having junk food available, especially during the holidays. Also, the food is also almost always laid out near my desk. I've worked very hard at not falling into temptation to the point where I don't even think about it.

So...... there's a box of munchkins at the desk next to mine...one particular young lady I work with, I have seen her near my desk eat at least 5 this morning. As well as eat doritos, holiday salami and cheese...etc. All before 12pm! She eats like this a lot...especially now with all the food in the office. She barely weighs 100 lbs and looks amazing. WTH!!!! Damn genetics. :-/

Ok...done venting. Thanks for listening.

I knew somebody like that in college. Turned out she was bulimic.

OtiWanKenobi

I used to get jealous of people that could eat absolutely everything and never gain weight. I've realized the older I've gotten though, if I let that consume me all it does is make me feel worse about myself. I still think it's unfair, but you're wasting your time worrying that much about other peoples eating/exercise habits and letting yourself get that bothered by it. My body doesn't allow me to do that, and it never will, so I have to just deal with what I was given.

Thanks for putting a smile on my face. You're absolutely right. :-)

branson101

my sister is like that. Constantly stuffing her face with cakes and candy and junk and she's super skinny. She actually walked out of the hospital after having her 3rd kid wearing a size 3 and was complaining about the weight she'd put on. She's was a size 2 before the baby. I wanted to smack her but she was holding the baby.

Meg_78

I can absolutely promise you, that having to eat big every day, all the time, is no where near as fun as it sounds, in fact, it can rather suck as much as forcing yourself to eat low cal! ;D

#firstworldproblems

Never said it wasn't?!
I would say that being so overweight that you have to restrict your diet is no better.

avasano

lol! My Grandma has an Overactive Thyroid (Hyperthyroidism) that causes her to be like that; however, long term it may not be such a blessing. Just be happy with who you are, God made you wonderful.

Lift_hard_eat_big

People hate on me for this reason. I eat anything and everything I want. But what most people don't understand is that I strength train, I have 4 jobs and typically work 7 days a week. I am active at all of my jobs so my caloric expenditure allows me to eat basically anything in as much quantity without gaining much, if any weight.

HiKaren

Same here Ann.... When I was in my 20's Everyone thought that was me. I went into the bathroom... Most went down the toilet. Oh yeah. I worked out 5 days a week, 2 hrs per day, at the gym. And I had a hunger from "You Know Where" But knowone knew. My secret. Like many peoples secret. And some of the Thin/Fit people your thinking of, really are throwing it down the toilet. BUT some are not.

I'm 47 now, none goes down the toilet, and I truely deserve to be the weight I am today. From real food that I eat and metabolize, and from calories burned.

But yeah.. Sometimes now I do still get jealous. The young ones who eat more than 2,000 to 3,000 or more per day or more. When your going on 50 some people will find, thats in the gaining zone. Even if you do your exercise regularly.

Spokez70

I used to think that about my wife because she's thin, never works out, and she would eat as much a I did or even more at dinner. Then she would tell me she 'forgot' to eat breakfast and lunch- and I'm like seriously wtf- how does anyone just forget to eat a meal?

SamiSamiBoBlammy

How terrible that people are so quick to throw out the she's bulimic. Just because someone eats crap food and isn't fat, doesn't mean they have an eating disorder.

Until I was about 28, I could eat whatever I wanted - anything at all and never gain an ounce. My highest (non-pregnant) weight was 102.
I ate junk all the time. The difference being - I didn't eat ALL the junk. If I wanted candy or cookies or doritos - I'd open the package and eat less than half and then I was done. Everytime we went out to eat - I'd eat a little of everything, and I was done. Some people said I ate like a bird cause I never ate more than a few bites at a time, other people would say I ate all the time...

Anyway my few bites here and there all day - would probably end up equaling less than 1 of someone else's meal. Plus I was young and active.

Once I hit 28, I started to gain a little. But I'm not sure if thats from having a desk job so long or because of age.

**In conclusion, unless you follow her around for an entire day (week) and log every bite of everything she eats, along with any workouts/activity she does - it's unfair of you to say jack about her cause you just don't know. :explode:

n2thenight24

Sigh, I used to be like this. I could eat anything, however much I wanted. Craved sweets all the time. And never gained a pound. When I hit about 26 however; all that changed, and here I am!! I will sadly never be able to indulge my every food whim again.

taso42

but.. there are different body types that are affected differently. Meso, Ecto, Endo....

myth

But genetics an affect TDEE.

Maybe so, but it's to a negligible degree. Given two people of roughly identical size, body composition, and activity level, the one with a "higher metabolism" might be burning something like 50-100 calories more a day. It's not some huge difference.

Look up the twins study regarding brown fat.

I'm not sure that I found THE study you are referring to. I did find this, which looks very interesting
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2699856/

Looks like there may well be something here regarding the brown fat, but from the abstract, "The extent to which BAT-mediated adaptive thermogenesis could account for some of this variability in metabolic efficiency is not known".

I would be curious to hear if there have been any studies done that attempt to isolate and quantify the effect of brown fat.

rml_16

but.. there are different body types that are affected differently. Meso, Ecto, Endo....

myth

But genetics an affect TDEE.

Maybe so, but it's to a negligible degree. Given two people of roughly identical size, body composition, and activity level, the one with a "higher metabolism" might be burning something like 50-100 calories more a day. It's not some huge difference.

Look up the twins study regarding brown fat.

I'm not sure that I found THE study you are referring to. I did find this, which looks very interesting
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2699856/

Looks like there may well be something here regarding the brown fat, but from the abstract, "The extent to which BAT-mediated adaptive thermogenesis could account for some of this variability in metabolic efficiency is not known".

I would be curious to hear if there have been any studies done that attempt to isolate and quantify the effect of brown fat.

It was years ago and I'm too tired to go looking for it, but the gist was:

They took pairs of identical twins and fed them what, based on the idea of 3,500 calories being a pound, should have cause the participants to gain a certain amount of weight.

What happened was that the individual twin sets gained at the same rate as each other, but some pairs didn't gain at all, some gained more than expected and some gained, but less than expected. What the researchers discovered was that the twins who didn't gain or gained less had more brown fat (which actually burns calories the way muscle does, possibly even more -- can't remember exactly). The ones who gained more than expected had the least brown fat.

We're born with brown fat and some people retain it throughout their lives at high levels while some lose it or some of it. It really does explain why some people are, truly, naturally thin. And since a person can retain high levels of brown fat but then lose it over the course of a lifetime, it can explain why some people (like me) were once naturally thin and then suddenly started having trouble with weight.

Hormones, of course, can also play a role in this. But the brown fat studies are fascinating and eye-opening.

diodelcibo

Quantity over quality.

jofjltncb6

I can absolutely promise you, that having to eat big every day, all the time, is no where near as fun as it sounds, in fact, it can rather suck as much as forcing yourself to eat low cal! ;D

#firstworldproblems

Never said it wasn't?!
I would say that being so overweight that you have to restrict your diet is no better.

Good point.

ironanimal

They don't exist.

JustJennie1

Honestly? Who cares what she can eat or not eat? All you know is she does Zumba a few times a week but you don't know if she has a gym at home she uses or if she goes into the bathroom and throws up her food. You have no idea why she can "eat anything she wants to and not gain a pound!"

Worry about yourself and stop caring so much about someone who isn't you and whose actions have no bearing or consequence on you or your life.

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threeonethree

Buddy of mine can eat double what I eat and stays the same size. Over the past 10 years he's probably only gained like 20lbs. Still eats anything he wants. Crazyness.

rml_16

Honestly? Who cares what she can eat or not eat? All you know is she does Zumba a few times a week but you don't know if she has a gym at home she uses or if she goes into the bathroom and throws up her food. You have no idea why she can "eat anything she wants to and not gain a pound!"

Worry about yourself and stop caring so much about someone who isn't you and whose actions have no bearing or consequence on you or your life.

Edited to correct an assload of spelling mistakes

I think a lot of people are missing the point. I am annoyed in general that I have to watch what I eat now. I never used to have to. I don't mean that I'm upset I can't eat junk, but I HATE having to track and track and track and that one little off day can ruin my entire week and I end up with a gain. Especially when I never had to do that.

So there's more than a little envy in me for people who can maintain a slimmer figure without having to do this. Do I hate the people? Absolutely not. And obviously it doesn't affect me at all.

But tell me you wouldn't trade places with someone like Paris Hilton: born into millions, never has to worry about money for the rest of her life. It's the same thing. Everyone wants an easier life, whatever that means.

travis18haney

i love how people get upset when they watch people eating what ever they wish. my gf can eat anything she desires and still can not gain weight. she says its a curse to never gain weight. she has struggled with her weight her entire life, but not because she is over weight but because she is under weight. there's moments when she is jealous of me because she can not gain weight. and the healthier she eats the more she looses and it drives her insane. so stop worrying about those that you wish you had their bodies, cause it won't do you any good.

kcoftx

I find it interesting how many posts on here correlate it with age and in the same post hint about a change of activity level. Age has an effect, but I think many of us stop playing as hard when we get older. Our jobs change, etc.

When I met my husband, he was a bagger at a grocery store. Later he re-enlisted in the military. Since he has been out, he has had a desk job. He isn't thin anymore. We could call it age. I attribute it to change of movement.

I wouldn't say this is the only factor. Certainly there are more. But I still find it interesting how quick people are to dismiss this factor and use age as a more obvious label. I think it is because we can't do anything about our age but if we look at activity level, we would have to admit things have indeed changed.

Recently the same thing happened to me. I was a kindergarten teacher. I say I gained weight moving abroa and going on vacation mode and while there is some truth to that, the reality is I gained a good chunk when I stopped working and before I even made it overseas. It is quite obvious I needed to revamp my activity level.