How do people stay thin?
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You just linked to a thread that someone asks why their lower back is sore after weight training and the first response is 'You have AIDS'. Somehow I don't trust these guys.Zetion said:
The simple, all knowing equation is this:
If you eat more calories than you burn, you gain weight.
If you burn more calories than you eat, you lose weight.
You need to eat less calories and do more exercise.
Metabolism plays a big part, but so does diet and exercise.
People with a higher metabolism have an easier time staying thinner - even if they eat a lot of things like fast food.
So eat right and hit the gym. Also, cardio is really good for losing weight. You could do just cardio, but weightlifting helps, too. If you want to look your best, I'd say go for both.
People with a higher metabolism have an easier time staying thinner - even if they eat a lot of things like fast food.
So eat right and hit the gym. Also, cardio is really good for losing weight. You could do just cardio, but weightlifting helps, too. If you want to look your best, I'd say go for both.
Being slim =! being fit
I am very slim but incredibly unfit. Five minutes of exertion and I'm pretty fucked. I just look healthy, I am far from it though.
This is something that media has to apologise for, slim does not mean healthy.
Seriously, being fit is far more important than being slim.
Just running or swimming twice a week will make you fit. Easy mode is joining a sports club, easy if you're at Uni. Trickier if you're at work, involves growing a pair and going out and finding a club.
I am very slim but incredibly unfit. Five minutes of exertion and I'm pretty fucked. I just look healthy, I am far from it though.
This is something that media has to apologise for, slim does not mean healthy.
Seriously, being fit is far more important than being slim.
Just running or swimming twice a week will make you fit. Easy mode is joining a sports club, easy if you're at Uni. Trickier if you're at work, involves growing a pair and going out and finding a club.
The last thing I want to contribute too is that in my situation, I'm going to be the one with the advantage later. As I stated earlier, I've been fighting in order to not be a tubby and it's taken work.
My former college roommate on the other hand can eat whatever he wants and doesn't gain a pound. The problem though is it is going to bite him sooner or later (We're 25). Eventually, if your magic bullet is metabolism, it's going to be shooting blanks eventually. I'm working now to stay fit so I will be able to keep a pace like that since I'm used to having an exercise block and avoiding Big Macs every meal. He's not...
My former college roommate on the other hand can eat whatever he wants and doesn't gain a pound. The problem though is it is going to bite him sooner or later (We're 25). Eventually, if your magic bullet is metabolism, it's going to be shooting blanks eventually. I'm working now to stay fit so I will be able to keep a pace like that since I'm used to having an exercise block and avoiding Big Macs every meal. He's not...
That is also an excellent point. Being skinny and being fit are two VERY different things.kurupt87 said:
We have an obesity epidemic because people prone to being average get love handles and some flab with no muscles, people prone to being fat are REALLY fat, and people prone to being thin are soft and unhealthy. And through history, well, I specifically said outside of extremes. If your not eating anything whatsoever because of abject poverty and working 18 hours a day, thats an extreme. Also, you don't have pictures of people from a thousand years ago. There's no reason to expect that the common image of body types from the past are any more accurate then in a thousand years people saying, "Based on the movies and television of the time, I have concluded that 99% of women in the year 2011 were either ideal or under weight."guise709 said:
There are several small changes you can do which make a massive difference in the long haul:
- Cut out sodas. Period, or any drinks with high sugar levels. Stick to water whenever possible! I was amazed how much sugar is in a regular softdrink can (call me slow). Cutting out soda WILL cause weight loss, it's guaranteed. Water tastes great and it has amazing qualities. There's no reason not to drink it at all times.
- Small and regular snacks instead of large meals. It increases your metabolism because your body is consuming more regularly. Even if its just cutting your large meals into smaller pieces to have over the day. Again, assuming you eat the right things this alone will GUARANTEE weight loss. Not by much but its another small and easy step that requires little work.
^ On the above note I want to make it clear to everyone - starving yourself DOES NOT work. Ever. If anything you are likely to gain weight because your metabolism is down to a crawl and cannot work properly when you finally fall off the wagon and eat a bucket of chicken. Crash diets too, cutting out calories etc. It wont work. Whatever your body is used to consuming right now, try not to go too far under it. Whatever weight you may lose from these drastic measure will so easily be gained from something as simple as a bag of chips its just not worth doing.
- Most obvious of all: Excersise. Theres no need to collapse at the gym every day. Even if its just a brisk walk down the street, it all counts and gets your body working. Stop whenever your not comfortable and slowly try to beat whatever record you have going. After a while you'll realise that you can go longer and faster than before.
It's no doubt what you've all heard a thousand times before but there's a good reason. It works. NEVER starve yourself and never go on a crash diet of carrot juice or something. Just make small adjustments and move your way up.
- Cut out sodas. Period, or any drinks with high sugar levels. Stick to water whenever possible! I was amazed how much sugar is in a regular softdrink can (call me slow). Cutting out soda WILL cause weight loss, it's guaranteed. Water tastes great and it has amazing qualities. There's no reason not to drink it at all times.
- Small and regular snacks instead of large meals. It increases your metabolism because your body is consuming more regularly. Even if its just cutting your large meals into smaller pieces to have over the day. Again, assuming you eat the right things this alone will GUARANTEE weight loss. Not by much but its another small and easy step that requires little work.
^ On the above note I want to make it clear to everyone - starving yourself DOES NOT work. Ever. If anything you are likely to gain weight because your metabolism is down to a crawl and cannot work properly when you finally fall off the wagon and eat a bucket of chicken. Crash diets too, cutting out calories etc. It wont work. Whatever your body is used to consuming right now, try not to go too far under it. Whatever weight you may lose from these drastic measure will so easily be gained from something as simple as a bag of chips its just not worth doing.
- Most obvious of all: Excersise. Theres no need to collapse at the gym every day. Even if its just a brisk walk down the street, it all counts and gets your body working. Stop whenever your not comfortable and slowly try to beat whatever record you have going. After a while you'll realise that you can go longer and faster than before.
It's no doubt what you've all heard a thousand times before but there's a good reason. It works. NEVER starve yourself and never go on a crash diet of carrot juice or something. Just make small adjustments and move your way up.
I'm slightly underweight, and I could easily create the mirror version of this topic, "How do people get fat?" I cannot gain weight for anything. I don't exercise or eat especially well, but I have a ridiculous metabolism and a very weak stomach that prevents me from eating much at breakfast or lunch. I'm like a scarecrow.
http://www.twin-research.ac.uk/Publicatons/1997/Arden.JBMR.pdfMastodonic said:
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199508103330605
http://www.nature.com/ng/journal/v15/n3/abs/ng0397-273.html
http://www.springerlink.com/content/nq274521q17r6354/
Seriously, that took NO effort whatsoever.
I'm not even presently researching this like I once was, I just did a cursory google search, and all the articles on human weight seem to be saying that well over half a persons weight is genetic.
") somehow can stay thin without working out and despite apparently eating a lot (hell, I'm in much worse shape than my girlfriend, yet I have an easier time walking, thank you Mini-Boot Camp). "
Metabolism in her case. Won't work for you, sorry, life isn't fair. The solution is to frequently work out, that means weights and cardio. Dieting won't work alone, you need exercise to burn off fat. 'starving yourself' burns off muscle, which makes you weigh slightly less and still look terrible. If you get enough exercise, you can eat whatever you want as long as you eat real meals and don't have any prexisting conditions(avoid anything over 700mg sodium, any transfat and high cholesterol)
My advice is to not have any junk food, or soda in your house and to avoid alcohol. These cravings will pass.
Metabolism in her case. Won't work for you, sorry, life isn't fair. The solution is to frequently work out, that means weights and cardio. Dieting won't work alone, you need exercise to burn off fat. 'starving yourself' burns off muscle, which makes you weigh slightly less and still look terrible. If you get enough exercise, you can eat whatever you want as long as you eat real meals and don't have any prexisting conditions(avoid anything over 700mg sodium, any transfat and high cholesterol)
My advice is to not have any junk food, or soda in your house and to avoid alcohol. These cravings will pass.
I make sure that I exercise right before eating (either I run to the store to pick up my groceries or I do 20 pushups/situps before hand).
Although ya a good deal of this is all about genetics, I know a couple of brothers who eat twice as much as me entirely in fatty foods like pizza and soda and never exercise yet you can see their hearts beating through their chest they are so thin. I also know several families of native guys who carefully diet and make sure to get plenty of exercise yet are like little dumplings compared to me they are so fat. Not saying that the entire game is genetics just that its certainly a factor.
Although ya a good deal of this is all about genetics, I know a couple of brothers who eat twice as much as me entirely in fatty foods like pizza and soda and never exercise yet you can see their hearts beating through their chest they are so thin. I also know several families of native guys who carefully diet and make sure to get plenty of exercise yet are like little dumplings compared to me they are so fat. Not saying that the entire game is genetics just that its certainly a factor.
Don't eat
*actually reads OP*
Anyway, the only way that I can think of is having a good metabolism...or having my recent gift of eating and never exercising and somehow loosing weight. I am 5'10 so maybe that has something to do with it.
*actually reads OP*
Anyway, the only way that I can think of is having a good metabolism...or having my recent gift of eating and never exercising and somehow loosing weight. I am 5'10 so maybe that has something to do with it.
