20 Habits skinny people live by

Regardless of what the negative nancy's say on here - thanks for posting. Definitely encourages a conversation (though I can do without the RAWRRRR YOUR WRONG!!!! posts). It's nice to read different perspectives and helpful hints on how to shake things up.

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Wow...I just posted some great tips that i read that I think are helpful. Hopefully this information is taken in that light. With anything, take out the meat and throw away the bones if you don't agree. This article was a helpful reminder for me and I thought I'd share it with others who might find these tips helpful. I really didn't post this to start a debate or discussion on what's right and what's wrong.

Cheers and i wish each and every one of you the best in your weight loss/maintenance journey.

Hmmm, i don't see the need to criticize the OP's info, at all. A lot of the things you reply "duh" to, are NOT BEING DONE by some ppl, and this advice can help inspire them. You seem to feel as if self-control is just a given, no inspiration needed. This doesn't seem to be true for everyone on MFP, Peuglow.
See, there are ppl who are struggling to learn new tips, new ideas to help them develop better health habits that they can live with forever, not just to lose weight as a fad diet, but trying to make an overall healthy lifestyle change permanently.
The fact that *you* personally can play with a dog while eating, and not overeat might not be true of everyone, but, sometimes it is hard to imagine that one person is different than your own self, or faces different challenges, different goals, than you yourself are working on. but whatever.

The OP here is buff as heck, and can do squats while holding 100lb weights, and anything SHE says, i listen!! This post can help some ppl. None of her ideas, (many are even backed by research) are unhealthy.
If this doesn't work for whatever you are trying to do with your body, fine, but why mock someone who is trying to help others? Wha, does that make you feel smart or something?

but sure, you are free to mock someone trying to help others or sharing what works for her, if that makes you feel smart(?) to mock ppl trying to help others or sharing health tips that HAVE worked for them....

Sounds mad to me, saying that I was trying to feel smart, I was criticizing, and that I wasn't considering other people's feelings/experiences etc.

Just because I offer counterpoints doesn't mean I'm mean, or have some kind of complex. Also, it's bad form to respond to EVERYONE in a thread, mainly because it makes it excessively long.

20. Skinny Habit #1: Eat an early dinner:

Nope, doesn't matter what time you eat.

19. Skinny Habit #2: Weigh yourself daily:

Can't hurt, but several times a week is OK>


18. Skinny Habit #3: Eat a boring diet:

AGREE. Variety may be the spice of life, but it is the downfall of dieters.

17. Skinny Habit #4: Reward yourself:

But not with cheat days.

16. Skinny Habit #5: Read diet and exercise tips:

Of course.


15. Skinny Habit #6: Eat breakfast:

Nope, doesn't matter.


14. Skinny Habit #7: Take snack breaks:


Nope. You should eat when you're hungry and not eat beyond your calorie max. No enforced breaks for food.


13. Skinny Habit #8: Drink water:


Not sure it really matters.


12. Skinny Habit #9: Order a la carte:

Not sure I agree. Some people go overboard.


9. Skinny Habit #12: Sleep for 6 to 8 hours each night :

They claim it is important. Certainly you feel better if you'r e well-rested. Although there was an article in the New York Times yesterday saying that human beings did not always sleep for 8-hour stretches and naps are fine or may be better.

8. Skinny Habit #13: Manage stress:


We all do what we can, right?


7. Skinny Habit #14: Take the stairs:


I usually take the stairs. Some people will look at you as if you were crazy.


5. Skinny Habit #16: Walk after meals:


I think activity is what matters, not when you do it.


4. Skinny Habit #17: Keep healthy food on hand:


No-brainer.


3. Skinny Habit #18: Learn to take a joke:

But about the myth of the "jolly fat man"? A sense of humor and perspective are good for everyone.



1. Skinny Habit #20: Avoid dinner distractions:

That's sensible.

No, it definitely doesn't, it just makes it hard for us to read along with the comments.

Anyway, I think there was some good information in there, Just take everything with a grain of salt.

And the OP wasn't written by the poster, it was an article she copied. Good luck on your weight loss journey, I hope you find some great infomation!

http://body-improvements.com/resources/eat/

http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/you-are-not-different.html

i probably shouldn't say this, as i am posting on the polemic world of MFP forums (shiver!) but, so far as the mantra "you are not different" i do disagree somewhat. Which always always causes an entire hailstorm of outrage if someone doesn't buy that idea 100%.

When i was younger, for decades and decades, if i wanted to, (and sometimes i did) i COULD pretty much eat whatever i wanted.
I was always slim/muscular. Some years i ate healthy, just to be healthy, some years, i ate junk. (long story). Either way, i was buff. Some years i was into exercise, some years, i didn't. Either way, i was buff and strong. Kind of naturally.

Some of my pals had to severely restrict their calorie intake much much lower than mine to stay anywhere near their ideal body weights, even though some of them participated in far more exercise than i did.
our metabolims WERE different. They used to watch me eat sometimes huge quantities of food in awe, as i sat there in a size 4/6 outfit, not a care in the world.

we were NOT the same.


another example, you say you can play with the dog, not focus much on your meal, and not overeat. Not everyone is capable of that yet. Maybe some can, but some might overeat, by not paying att'n to how much they ARE eating.

People's att'n spans vary from one person to another. Some ppl have a twitter level of att'n span, and can't read a long post, or find it 'difficult' to read threads with too many posts,
while some people enjoy reading entire books.:drinker:


certainly we humans have much in common, but, like any other mammal, there can be differences in what one needs to eat. At a zoo where some pals of mine work, there are two tigers, both get about the same amount of exercise, but one of the tigers has to be fed much less to avoid obesity, the other one eats a lot more.
My pal has two dogs, one eats TWICE what the other one eats, yet both dogs are fit and get about same amt of exercise.

but yeah, sure, no one is 'unique'...sure. (ducks, as i know, on MFP, that idea, 'we are all just the same' is wildly popular accepted meme, but, i've SEEN the differences that two very similar mammals CAN have one, in what they need to stay fit).

I'm fairly skinny and I don't do half the things on this list.

A lot of it is bull****. Especially the first one.

Thank for sharing but take everything you read with a grain of salt.

Some of the responses just baffle me. Nobody has suggested that eating breakfast or refraining from late night dinner make you skinny by itself. That would be crazy. This is just a list of the habits that slender people tend to have. I think it is worth paying close attention instead of poo-pooing it. After all, losing weight for a year or two and maintaining healthy weight throughout your lifespan are two different things. The latter being a much healthier option.

I actually do all of those (with an exception of eating boring foods, but I get what they are saying) and I have always been slender (never skinny) with a BMI between 19.8 and 22.1.

Some people on this forum sound unnecessarily agitated. Too hungry perhaps?