Naturally thin people

Yup. My mate drinks beer and eats crap and has always been skinny. The kind of skinny that many people mistake for an eating disorder! She's in her late twenties now and starting to fill out a little- but still has the kind of figure most people are envious of! However, I am healthier inside

People always claim I'm naturally thin but I don't think that's the case- I know I gain weight when I eat more. I'm just generally avoiding junk food, am vegan and pretty active person. I grew up in a house where we weren't allowed any fizzy drinks or juice and only one snack a day.

This is an important "other" point. Whilst I come from a slim family (we eat well and exercise), many people say things like "Oh you're so lucky you're slim". This really annoys me because most people know that I'm active and keep an eye on what I eat. It's not luck, it's the average of 35 hours moderate to high intensity exercise a month (even when I injured myself and swapped to different exercise)!

I'm "naturally thin" as some people might call it (although I'm in bad shape), but not skinny. I think a little has to do with metabolism, but a lot has to do with portion control and activity. There are loads of times that I overeat, but when I started paying attention, found that often times my heavier friends would eat way more than me. I'd have one hot dog and some fries...they'd have two hot dogs. I played sports in high school...they didn't do any sports. If I overeat a ton and am pigging out every day, I gain weight, but if I eat normal portions when I'm hungry, I don't. So it comes naturally to me from lifestyle, not from genetics alone.

People always claim I'm naturally thin but I don't think that's the case- I know I gain weight when I eat more. I'm just generally avoiding junk food, am vegan and pretty active person. I grew up in a house where we weren't allowed any fizzy drinks or juice and only one snack a day.

This is an important "other" point. Whilst I come from a slim family (we eat well and exercise), many people say things like "Oh you're so lucky you're slim". This really annoys me because most people know that I'm active and keep an eye on what I eat. It's not luck, it's the average of 35 hours moderate to high intensity exercise a month (even when I injured myself and swapped to different exercise)!

I know what you mean - it's funny, the harder I work, the luckier I get!

It's funny though, being fit you can't win. You are either lucky to the people who don't recognise the effort you put in, or obsessed to those who do...

I got friends who are naturally thin and they eat like lunatics, I mean it gets downright disgusting.

People's metabolisms vary and in that, some people can eat whatever they want and not gain weight and others have to watch every calorie. I think from a scientific perspective there are a lot of contributing factors, i.e. nature, nurture, history, etc.

And then you have those skinny fat people (most of the "thin" people us fluffies envy)...On the outside they look ideal, but inside their arteries and innards are just as messed up as a person weighing in 4 times their size.

Being healthy doesn't necessarily mean being skinny and being obese is only one of many symptoms of being unhealthy.

I am happy for the naturally thin people, but I don't think being naturally thin lets anyone off the hook from taking care of themselves.

I don't believe that people are naturally "thin" or naturally "fat" but there are different body types: ectomorphs, endomorphs, and mesomorphs. I'm an ectomorph. Ectomorphs are the body type that people usually think of as being naturally thin, but if ectomorphs eat enough of a calorie surplus on a daily basis, even they can get fat -- I did -- and we don't tend to carry extra weight as well as our endomorph and mesomorph friends.

I believe your weight is affected by your background (physical activity and food consumption) growing up and your current environment. You can become more thin (or gain weight) by changing your beliefs and ideas on the subject. Your weight is not predetermined or set in concrete. The more exercise you do and the less caloric food you consume on an ongoing basis will decrease (or maintain) your weight.

Males tyically have an easier time losing weight than females. Males typically have more muscle mass per percentage body weight than females. Muscle burns more calories than the alternative.

Basically, I believe you can effect your weight by your current thoughts and activites. Your weight is not governed by genetics. Just remember: "You can't out exercise a bad diet." Clean up your diet and get a resonable amount of exercise to maintain or lose weight. You too can become a "thin(ner) person".

I am that person. Or, at least I used to be.
I have always been naturally thin, without ever worrying about what I ate.
But there are two things that need to be said and understood about this good fortune. I have always been extremely active, hyperactive almost. I played sports when I was younger. I started running regularly when I was 18 years old. etc.
I remember one time reading a study that found that skinnier people tend to fidget a lot more -- enough to result in appreciable calorie expenditure.
The other aspect to this that I think is misunderstood is that naturally thin people just do not eat when they are not hungry.
When I was about 27 years old I went on a trip to the old Soviet Union. It was an official exchange. There were not tourists who went to the Soviet Union in those days. As such, it was a big deal when we rolled into these little towns and farms and other places. So they rolled out the banquets. We were served meat for every meal.
Now, we were quite aware that our hosts were making huge sacrifices to serve us like that, and that the average Soviet family in those days ate serious meat only about once or twice a week. So, we felt obliged to leave nothing on our plates.
We also spent most of our days in meetings and on a bus or train.
When I got back after a month, I barely ate for about two weeks. I have always been so thin I never weighed myself, but I am sure I had gained weight, because I felt bad, and my body just dictated that I not eat until I was back at my determined weight.
That's were I am lucky, and where most thin people are lucky. Our bodies are just very insistent as to what weight they need to be and they stay there. I think if you closely observed most skinny people, you would find that they really do not eat much. I may eat a big meal and look like a glutton. But then watch, I will eat very little for the next 24 hours or so. I do not snack very much, I almost never nibble, and I drink probably less than one soda a week.
I have heard that anthropologists now have a theory about this. The prehistoric ancestors of naturally skinny people were primarily farmers and gatherers, while the ancestors of people who gain weight were primarily hunters. The reason for this is that your hunters were less likely to be assured of a steady food supply and meat spoils quickly. So, your hunter cavemen would gorge when they made a kill, and pack on the fat until the next successful hunt.
A farmer would have no reason to do that.

Naturally 'thin' people can be a fat thin too. Unfortunatly ive never been either. Its frustrating yes, b/c sometimes we feel like they take for granted that little blessing some of us wish we could get. However, what I have had to realize, is even if they are skinny, it doesn't mean they are healthy. Heath has been my focus lately, and doing that it has also helped me start to get and feel skinny. I still have a long way to go, but im making progress.

My mother and my sister... My mom used to eat ice cream; M&M's and anything else she wanted with out concern... Moderation was not in her vocab. The Dr put her on a cholestrol diet because hers was soooooo bad and she lost weight so they took her off it. My whole life she was under 110lbs (she gave birth to 5 kids) until she was wheel chair bound.

My sister is the same way, she is 97lbs now after 2 kids and drinks soda like we should be drinking water... Now her daughter is in the same physical state, she's 11 and weighs about 50lbs.

They have just as hard a time gaining as I do losing. No one else has ever understood that, I saw my mom adding weight gainer to milk shakes and it did nothing!