How do people stay thin?
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The advice about cutting out soft drinks is a good one. The amount of sugar those things is pretty ridiculous.
I used to be a skinny kid all throughout my childhood, but my metabolism slowed noticably around when I started uni. I'm still in a normal weight range, but I miss those days when I could eat whatever I liked and play games all day and still be able to fake a "slim build". These days, there's a pretty direct link between the time I put into excercise & what I eat, and how fit I look (I'm by no means thin and muscular, excercise just keeps me at "only slightly squishy").
It's definitely not immediate, and it's hard to really notice the results, but if you stick to an exercise routine for a while (over 6 months), it shows when you look back at photos of yourself and compare them over time. I guess the toughest thing is to stick to it. But take some progress pictures, and if you get discouraged further down the track, have a look at them, they should show that your efforts are making a difference.
I used to be a skinny kid all throughout my childhood, but my metabolism slowed noticably around when I started uni. I'm still in a normal weight range, but I miss those days when I could eat whatever I liked and play games all day and still be able to fake a "slim build". These days, there's a pretty direct link between the time I put into excercise & what I eat, and how fit I look (I'm by no means thin and muscular, excercise just keeps me at "only slightly squishy").
It's definitely not immediate, and it's hard to really notice the results, but if you stick to an exercise routine for a while (over 6 months), it shows when you look back at photos of yourself and compare them over time. I guess the toughest thing is to stick to it. But take some progress pictures, and if you get discouraged further down the track, have a look at them, they should show that your efforts are making a difference.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7378349.stm
i dont know if that has been de-bunked yet but it could be playing a role in what you are seeing. its a few years old now and there does not seem to be universal acceptance of it but it might explain troubles.
it might also be they keep up whatever activitys they do but you chop and change you try a new weight loss stratagy and then give up when you dont loose weight.
if you were to say start walking, your body will not only loose some weight as your burn callories but it will also put on muscle on your legs to get you about.
so overall you would stay at a similar weight but would have less fat and more muscle. you do that for a few weeks dont see any change in weight, feel disheartened at the lack of progress declare the method flawed and give up.
try having a close look over your diet. you might think you are only eating lower callorie foods but something might be accounting for a large chunk of your daily intake you were unaware of. i believe that most "sports" products drinks, shakes etc. wile being aimed at healthy people are often not all that healthy, they are more used as an instant energy booste to be used wile doing activities.
i dont know if that has been de-bunked yet but it could be playing a role in what you are seeing. its a few years old now and there does not seem to be universal acceptance of it but it might explain troubles.
it might also be they keep up whatever activitys they do but you chop and change you try a new weight loss stratagy and then give up when you dont loose weight.
if you were to say start walking, your body will not only loose some weight as your burn callories but it will also put on muscle on your legs to get you about.
so overall you would stay at a similar weight but would have less fat and more muscle. you do that for a few weeks dont see any change in weight, feel disheartened at the lack of progress declare the method flawed and give up.
try having a close look over your diet. you might think you are only eating lower callorie foods but something might be accounting for a large chunk of your daily intake you were unaware of. i believe that most "sports" products drinks, shakes etc. wile being aimed at healthy people are often not all that healthy, they are more used as an instant energy booste to be used wile doing activities.
No carbs, especially bread!. No bread. No sugar, body wont burn fat so long as the blood is full of insulin. "Fat" doesn't make you fat, hydrogenated and trans fats make you fat. Cardio is a waste of time, strength train. Muscle burns calories. More muscle, more capacity to burn calories. This doesnt mean you need to get to a point where you have no neck, but strength training will burn more calories than riding a freaking stationary bike or running on the spot. Eat smaller meals more often. Don't skip meals. Skipping meals causes your body to retain more calories as a response to inconsistent eating habits.
Don't "diet", change your diet. Raw foods and protein sources. Dont reward yourself with food, ever. Have a take-away meal once a week as a relax, timeoff type deal. Do the research yourself, be wary of bro-science.
Don't "diet", change your diet. Raw foods and protein sources. Dont reward yourself with food, ever. Have a take-away meal once a week as a relax, timeoff type deal. Do the research yourself, be wary of bro-science.
So this talk of metabolism needs to stop.
http://www.cracked.com/article_19296_6-lies-about-human-body-you-learned-in-kindergarten_p2.html
If your a high school student the trick is to try harder in gym and don't eat as much.
If not starve yourself, it's cheap and it works. forget your "standards"
http://www.cracked.com/article_19296_6-lies-about-human-body-you-learned-in-kindergarten_p2.html
If your a high school student the trick is to try harder in gym and don't eat as much.
If not starve yourself, it's cheap and it works. forget your "standards"
Eh I drink a gallon of water a day and always pee before or during practice(in bushes).Zetion said:
Enough with the bullshit about metabolisms. Your metabolism has little effect on how skinny or fat you are.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/treatments/healthy_living/your_weight/medical_myths.shtml
As long as your using more energy and calories every day than you take in as food, you'll lose weight, that's really it. So don't make exercise so special just incorporate it into your routine, find an active hobby.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/treatments/healthy_living/your_weight/medical_myths.shtml
As long as your using more energy and calories every day than you take in as food, you'll lose weight, that's really it. So don't make exercise so special just incorporate it into your routine, find an active hobby.
Metabolism is a factor, some of us got it, some of us don't.Zetion said:
I'm not going to say that you can do whatever the hell you want and your body will stay the same, but everyone in my immediate family has a high metabolism, and is slightly active. None of us are overweight.
Friend of mine goes to the gym all the time, eats healthy, but he'll have 1 night of drinking, and gain 5 pounds (literally)
OP: Try to do little activities, the link posted above (despite being 4chan) actually should help.
Besides that, try to eat differently. Your body can only do so much with the mats you give it, and if you're giving it inadequate mats, you can't expect too much of it.
Eating well balanced meals and regular exercise is my secret. It's really complicated. I know. I'm a very big person (6'6") and my problem was/is over eating. It's okay to eat the foods I do but sometimes i just eat too much of it.
Proper diet, exercise and genetics.
Mostly genetics, really but the former two are great as well.
I'll admit, I dont' eat the best possible food at all but I do walk nearly 4 miles a day or more (this past Friday, I walked 11 simply because I was bored.) Not really metabolism since I was slightly overweight when I was younger but changing my diet just a bit and working out a wee bit more did wonders for me. :3
Also, I've read lots of articles mentioning the fact that metabolism has jack shit to do with how much you weigh so... don't listen to people who simply claim metabolism.
If I'm not mistaken, people who eat shit and stay thin are more or less just as unhealthy as a person who's obese and eats the same. Their body just uses the fat differently. For the most part, how you look is due to your genetics.
Mostly genetics, really but the former two are great as well.
I'll admit, I dont' eat the best possible food at all but I do walk nearly 4 miles a day or more (this past Friday, I walked 11 simply because I was bored.) Not really metabolism since I was slightly overweight when I was younger but changing my diet just a bit and working out a wee bit more did wonders for me. :3
Also, I've read lots of articles mentioning the fact that metabolism has jack shit to do with how much you weigh so... don't listen to people who simply claim metabolism.
If I'm not mistaken, people who eat shit and stay thin are more or less just as unhealthy as a person who's obese and eats the same. Their body just uses the fat differently. For the most part, how you look is due to your genetics.
Notice how everyone trying to debunk the magical metabolism myth as a reason for weight gain posts a link to an article to support their argument? Now notice that everyone claiming that metabolism is a factor does little more than sight some personal anecdotal "evidence" about their family that has a "high metabolism". How exactly do you measure your family's metabolism and what is the benchmark for an average family? What is the basis for comparison?
When I read the topic title I was fully expecting to come in and hearing nothing but broscience. Then I saw you posting and thought "Oh hey a fellow /fit/izen has come to tell people fat is their doing."Zetion said:
Good saves me from getting so mad at people believing that metabolism is the be all end all of why they are rotundly gifted.
No Excues people! 99% of the time its an excuse but there is none, your skinny friends arn't eating as much as you think and/or have a healthy active lifestyle to compliment their habits although they likely have no aesthetics to show and being skinny with abs just means low bodyfat not actual muscles. Then on the other side if your fat then that means you are eating too much even if you think you don't you are still eating above maintenance and putting on the pounds.
And most importantly DON'T BLAME GENETICS WHEN IT COMES TO WEIGHT!!! It has nothing to do with it. If it did you would have an abundance of fatties throughout histories just think about it.
I'd like to know more about this. Some of you are saying that metabolisms don't affect weight much, but I am 16 and weigh 110 pounds (I'm a guy). I don't have a certain amount of food I eat, I eat when I'm hungry.... which is all the time. I think it may be genetic, seeing as both my mom, dad, and uncle are unreasonably skinny as well.
I've lost 50+ pounds in the last couple of months by drinking water instead of sweet tea all the time, cutting down on my portions (Not nearly as much as I'd like to), snack less (Although, sometimes I still need to eat something to fall asleep), eat less greasy food (I don't buy my own food though so most of the time I have to eat junk that I don't want), and avoiding soda and caffeine (Although that's more of a personal thing) all together. I'd like to be able to exercise, but I don't know how to go about it, I guess I try walking a lot...