Slightly underweight but...

TheNavet
TheNavet Posts: 162 Member
in Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
... not looking like it? I mean, I do know and SEE that I am pretty thin, however I do not look underweight (and neither do I have body dysmprphia :indifferent: ). Literally, if you were to compare my arms to those of my friends you'd easily see that they are far larger than theirs (and I'm a pear/hourglass!)~

Anybody in a similar situation?

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  • Fithealthyforlife
    Fithealthyforlife Posts: 866 Member
    I'm a guy. I'm around 140 right now. When I was in the 150s, I looked almost the same. I don't expect to look that much different even at 160. Just a little "fuller". Some of us just don't show weight changes readily.
  • CoderGal
    CoderGal Posts: 6,800 Member
    pics for reality?

    I would guess you are either:
    a) Suffering from dysmorphia, and I suggest seeing a professional
    b) tall, at which point I hope you would have wider limbs, otherwise they'd break rather easily. There's no suggestion to fix this other then saying you're suffering from a)
    c) have a high body fat. I suggest you go on a calorie surplus and pick up weights. This will allow you to put on some firmness. After you're about 10lbs or so into the healthy weight range, I suggest doing a cut. This means lifting weights will on a deficit. Basically, you can end up being slimmer at a heavier weight, which is much healthier then the alternative.

    I had C for a problem. These are pictures of me at the same weight, except one I have more muscle and less fat:
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    I had to go on a surplus for a while to get to this point.

    Another example of what weights can do:
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    (right pic if weight lifting)
  • HealthyBodySickMind
    HealthyBodySickMind Posts: 1,207 Member
    Before jumping to any conclusions, I'd first like to know: How much underweight are we talking about?

    Before I started crossfit and then weightlifting, I was underweight by about three pounds. There was no dysmorphia, disordered eating or any of that going on with me. I'd never been on a diet in my life, and most people were quite amazed at the amount of food I could put away. I just naturally sat at slightly underweight, about 18 for bmi. I wasn't unhealthy or weak or any of that, and I've never in my life thought that I needed to lose weight. Weightlifting and eating at a surplus put me in the healthy range, and now I'm pregnant so being underweight isn't a big concern (my gain since becoming preggers has been in the normal range), but I really wasn't unhealthy before lifting.

    I would back Codergal's suggestion and say pick up some weights if it's an improvement in how you look that you're after.
  • CoderGal
    CoderGal Posts: 6,800 Member
    Before jumping to any conclusions, I'd first like to know: How much underweight are we talking about?

    Before I started crossfit and then weightlifting, I was underweight by about three pounds. There was no dysmorphia, disordered eating or any of that going on with me. I'd never been on a diet in my life, and most people were quite amazed at the amount of food I could put away. I just naturally sat at slightly underweight, about 18 for bmi. I wasn't unhealthy or weak or any of that, and I've never in my life thought that I needed to lose weight. Weightlifting and eating at a surplus put me in the healthy range, and now I'm pregnant so being underweight isn't a big concern (my gain since becoming preggers has been in the normal range), but I really wasn't unhealthy before lifting.

    I would back Codergal's suggestion and say pick up some weights if it's an improvement in how you look that you're after.

    I'd also like to add I was underweight before I started picking up weights. I did a lot of cardio (hiking the east coast trail mostly) which enabled me to eat plenty. I still felt pudgy in places, and I hated my flabby arms. I understand that many of the underweight gals on this forum get pegged as having an ED and some just don't understand how there are people out there who are heavier then them and in better shape, and figure it's something they just cannot do. They're told to lose fat you need to lose weight and when underweight that can give one quite the complex. Lifting firmed up my...everything, and my waist line is the same as it was when I was underweight, except I'm 10lbs heavier now and my stomach is flatter and firmer now then it was.
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  • HealthyBodySickMind
    HealthyBodySickMind Posts: 1,207 Member
    Before jumping to any conclusions, I'd first like to know: How much underweight are we talking about?

    Before I started crossfit and then weightlifting, I was underweight by about three pounds. There was no dysmorphia, disordered eating or any of that going on with me. I'd never been on a diet in my life, and most people were quite amazed at the amount of food I could put away. I just naturally sat at slightly underweight, about 18 for bmi. I wasn't unhealthy or weak or any of that, and I've never in my life thought that I needed to lose weight. Weightlifting and eating at a surplus put me in the healthy range, and now I'm pregnant so being underweight isn't a big concern (my gain since becoming preggers has been in the normal range), but I really wasn't unhealthy before lifting.

    I would back Codergal's suggestion and say pick up some weights if it's an improvement in how you look that you're after.

    I'd also like to add I was underweight before I started picking up weights. I did a lot of cardio (hiking the east coast trail mostly) which enabled me to eat plenty. I still felt pudgy in places, and I hated my flabby arms. I understand that many of the underweight gals on this forum get pegged as having an ED and some just don't understand how there are people out there who are heavier then them and in better shape, and figure it's something they just cannot do. They're told to lose fat you need to lose weight and when underweight that can give one quite the complex. Lifting firmed up my...everything, and my waist line is the same as it was when I was underweight, except I'm 10lbs heavier now and my stomach is flatter and firmer now then it was.

    ^^^Well put. And backed with some awesome results.
  • erickbell9
    erickbell9 Posts: 1
    did you ever gain any weight? im really skinny I cant seem to put any on any tips?
  • ghostrider1970
    ghostrider1970 Posts: 127 Member
    did you ever gain any weight? im really skinny I cant seem to put any on any tips?

    Eat more and weightlifting
  • Barbellgirl
    Barbellgirl Posts: 544 Member
    Eat, lift heavy, drink water, and sleep. Repeat.

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