[coldvein]

i'm 5'9 and the most ive ever weighed was 135. i've been around that same weight for the past 7 ish years. i eat a shit ton of food. i drink my fair share of beer and sodas. the "its easy to put on weight" thing is bullshit.

[cajunator]

Yeah I pretty much avoid sugary drinks if I can and I try to eat lots of fruits and vegetables. I do have a high carb diet and I eat a ton of rice, being part Cajun and Chinese. Its just what my family tends to cook and what we eat in this region. I do eat a lot of fish and chicken though and not really a lot of red meat so that could be one reason why. I never eat hamburgers for example unless they are home grilled.

[j_k_redtail]

It's just as frustrating being criticized for being "too skinny" as it is for "being too fat" I imagine, although I've never heard anyone tell a fat person, "Oh, you're too fat" directly to his or her face. It's just rude. But people jump on the chance to tell you that you're some weird walking skin-and-bones without the least bit of concern for offending you. And when you tell me I'm too skinny, and I clearly explain to you that it's not for a lack of eating, and you just say, "Eat more," I want to punch you in the face. Okay, not really, but bigger people need to understand that some people like me shit food out as they eat it basically. I guarantee I eat more than most people 50lbs heavier than me, but it doesn't show. Can you really blame me for that? Sorry for the rant. Maybe some can relate, though. :/ EDIT: 5'11", 150lbs btw

I'm your height, and about 15 pounds lighter. According to BMI we're both on the low side of normal. Not skinny by any means.

[bosskoss21]

same problem and I have thought about this many times. Just have to accept thats what our society deems acceptable. However annoying it may be, still better to be skinny.

skate skinny or die

[Double D]

Enjoy it now before you grow into a fat middle-aged turd. Trust me.

[macuser1of5]

It's especially weird when you are slim and in shape and people (mostly obese or overweight) tell you to eat a sandwich. 5'9" and 170 isn't skinny yo

[youngplaya21]

I'm your height, and about 15 pounds lighter. According to BMI we're both on the low side of normal. Not skinny by any means.

Wha? That can't be right. I'm 6'0", and it says 180 is the absolute lowest weight I should be (I'm 170)...

[coldvein]

5'9" and 170 isn't skinny yo

fatass

[andycapps]

I hear that, it's annoying. I work in an office, so most people are between 20-50 pounds overweight. They tend to eat junk all day long and don't exercise. So I make it an effort to eat well and exercise every day. I've heard several times in the past week that I need to eat something.. I eat quite a bit, I just don't slam a couple Mt Dews a day and eat unhealthy food constantly.

It's weird that it's become the norm to be overweight, and if you watch your appearance people think you're starving yourself, which couldn't be further from the truth in my case.

[macuser1of5]

fatass

And to think I was gonna go shopping with you. >:{

[cajunator]

Lemme ask you guys something. Do you finish everything on your plate when you go out to eat or buy too much food, or do you just portion part of it and save it for later? thats what I do a lot. I hardly ever finish a portion in one sitting because frankly forcing it would make me sick.

[teruterubozu]

Lemme ask you guys something. Do you finish everything on your plate when you go out to eat or buy too much food, or do you just portion part of it and save it for later? thats what I do a lot. I hardly ever finish a portion in one sitting because frankly forcing it would make me sick.

Depends on if I'm stoned.

[coldvein]

And to think I was gonna go shopping with you. >:{

what, at the fatty store?? :D

just playin, cant wait until you make it back to seattletown fella.

[Trey]

when i was young and very skinny, i thought it was super rude when people said that to me. so i started eating more and going to the gym and now i only hear compliments.

I swear you sound like a weight gain ad testimonial.

Which isn't necessarily a bad thing.

[macuser1of5]

what, at the fatty store?? :D just playin, cant wait until you make it back to seattletown fella.

Lane Bryant for men :p

[Srsly]

Both fat people and skinny people find it difficult to alter their weight. Does this not show that food intake and energy output are, for the most part, homeostatically regulated? I find 2,400 calories to be almost nothing if i'm not eating very plain foods, but some people feel nauseous if they try and eat that many calories per day of anything.

[thepatient666]

I'm 35 and have been the same size since high school (almost 6 foot, 120-125). People comment on my size a lot. It bothers me sometimes, especially when it's 'ew, you're so skinny!'. But I've come to accept it. It has it's upsides though. Most people think I'm ten years younger than I am, and there's quite a few attractive ladies that like us skinny guys :)

[MrOogieBoogie]

It's especially weird when you are slim and in shape and people (mostly obese or overweight) tell you to eat a sandwich. 5'9" and 170 isn't skinny yo

Yup, that was my point in other post.

[Dapperk]

Wha? That can't be right. I'm 6'0", and it says 180 is the absolute lowest weight I should be (I'm 170)...

180 isn't even that low for 6 feet, unless you have high muscle mass. It's 24.4 on BMI, which is actually close to overweight.

[demon]

If you're a dude, being called too skinny is usually not flattering and can be kind of emasculating. I think sometimes that's intended, sometimes it's not. There was a period where I was definitely too skinny from too much cardio and not enough eating when I was trying to get a six-pack and didn't know what the hell I was doing. Once I got one too many "you're so skinny!" comments I realized that wasn't what I was going for and needed to change it up. I'm 5'8 and I think the lowest I got down to was 139. I never looked 'sickly' underweight, just too damn scrawny.

[cajunator]

I have difficulty eating breakfast early in the morning sometimes. Just not hungry at that point. But I do work a night shift, so my body is pretty much used to eating at night and a bit later in the morning (about 7-8 am)

[youngplaya21]

Ok, after looking at some of the different BMI charts online, I can safely say that BMI stuff is bullcrap. Apparently 145-180 is normal for a 6' male... Either I'm too used to looking at fat people, or that chart is wrong
http://www.brianmac.co.uk/idealw.htm

180 isn't even that low for 6 feet, unless you have high muscle mass. It's 24.4 on BMI, which is actually close to overweight.

That's what I'm saying. I'm pretty close to overweight if you think of it that way, but I'm skinny as fuck... Doesn't make any sense

[2San]

Chris Rock has answers!

It pretty much boils down to being mean. This relates to race, gender, etc. as well. The person that's perceived in the worse position can say whatever they want against someone that's preceived to be in a better position.

[MrOogieBoogie]

Lemme ask you guys something. Do you finish everything on your plate when you go out to eat or buy too much food, or do you just portion part of it and save it for later? thats what I do a lot. I hardly ever finish a portion in one sitting because frankly forcing it would make me sick.

Always finish everything. I've never saved portions for later. Like I said, I'm an animal when eating. I've posted pics of myself in the past and you could never tell from just looking at me, but I will eviscerate most foods you lay in front of me quicker than a guy double my weight.

If you're a dude, being called too skinny is usually not flattering and can be kind of emasculating. I think sometimes that's intended, sometimes it's not. There was a period where I was definitely too skinny from too much cardio and not enough eating when I was trying to get a six-pack and didn't know what the hell I was doing. Once I got one too many "you're so skinny!" comments I realized that wasn't what I was going for and needed to change it up.

This so much. SO much.

[Ploid 3.0]

My mom and uncle tried to gain weight their whole life. My uncle thought eating breakfast in bed everyday would help. He also ate ice cream while laying down constantly. Till this day they are both still skinny.

[Spiffy_1st]

This is something you DON'T want to do. Being too skinny is not a free ticket to putting all sorts of shit into your body. That's another thing I never got: the misconception that thinness somehow automatically equates to healthiness. This is far from the truth.

Umm... Yeah, don't just drink lots of coke. I'd suggest going to the Fitness thread. You keep doing that, and more likely than not, you'll just be a skinny person with a gut (think yellow bastard from Sin City).

Haha, I knew it probably wasn't the best idea but I don't understand why I can eat the same stuff as other people and they will gain weight while I'll continue to be a skeleton.

[j_k_redtail]

Wha? That can't be right. I'm 6'0", and it says 180 is the absolute lowest weight I should be (I'm 170)...

The source I neglected:

http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/

Underweight is below 18.5 kg/m^2, overweight is above 24.9, obese is 30.

BMI is only one measure, though.

[Bazza]

Because it's incredibly easy to put on weight versus losing it. It's an indicator that you're not greedy. A lot of people want to (maybe misguidedly) be skinny. No one aims to be fat.

haha tell that to my body, iv been 10 stone which only fluctuates 1/4 stone either side of 10 for the last 15 years. i just don't put on weight but i eat like a giant. I do no exercise outside of a 20-25 min walk to and from work every day, the rest of my living life is spent on my ass in a computer chair/budda bag playing games or laying down watching TV. Im just very lucky, i am under no illusions at some point my metabolism will give out and i will get fat if i don't adjust my diet accordingly but that time is not now.

People who are skinny to an unhealthy level should be called out on it, not in a bad way but supportive. Fat people generally know they are fat and probably do hate themselves for it but they tend to be aware of their problem.

Anorexic and bulimic tenancies are a mental issue and in the short term do much more damage to their body than overweight people, and the people suffering with the disorders are often oblivious to the harm they are doing to themselves, obviously shouting "Oi skeletor eat a sammich" wont help but there are ways to approach those who clearly do have an eating disorder.

[cajunator]

The source I neglected: http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/ Underweight is below 18.5 kg/m^2, overweight is above 24.9, obese is 30. BMI is only one measure, though.

I came out to 18.3 on that chart.

Also I definitely dont have an eating disorder. Certainly not anorexia, althougH I look like some of them do.
One of the most annoying things is I have such tiny wrists that I have to remove all the links from a new watch just to get it to fit, and it still dangles off my wrist a little bit. Same thing with belts and pants. I have to buy tiny waisted jeans and I have to often make new holes in a belt so I can buckle it properly.

[DominoKid]

Lemme ask you guys something. Do you finish everything on your plate when you go out to eat or buy too much food, or do you just portion part of it and save it for later? thats what I do a lot. I hardly ever finish a portion in one sitting because frankly forcing it would make me sick.

kill it in one session unless i want some midnight leftovers...

of course if i want leftovers theres a good chance i'll just order another to go.

[youngplaya21]

Haha, I knew it probably wasn't the best idea but I don't understand why I can eat the same stuff as other people and they will gain weight while I'll continue to be a skeleton.

You just have a high metabolism. Your body burns the calories off a lot faster then most people. You'll pretty much need to eat more than your body is burning off naturally (2500+ a day usually for skinny guys), plus the whole protein and carbs stuff. You'll need to eat A LOT more (all healthy food too), plus workout to overcome it

The source I neglected: http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/ Underweight is below 18.5 kg/m^2, overweight is above 24.9, obese is 30. BMI is only one measure, though.

Yeah, that chart says I'm at 24, so close to obese. I'm not even normal sized. That method just seems outdated or something. I'm assuming it needs to take into account more. I know a big part as to why I look skinny is that I have a 6'9" wingspan

[demon]

Ignore BMI. It's totally bogus, invented by a statistician almost 200 years ago. Outdated indeed.

[Zoe]

Yeah, that chart says I'm at 24, so close to obese. I'm not even normal sized. That method just seems outdated or something

Are you muscular? It's not a good tool for fit people.

[The Lamp]

Because it's incredibly easy to put on weight versus losing it. It's an indicator that you're not greedy. A lot of people want to (maybe misguidedly) be skinny. No one aims to be fat.

What a crock of shit. I have tremendous trouble putting on weight. The only thing that got close to giving me weight the first time was when I was working out under the GOMAD diet, but that was unhealthy and expensive.

[DominoKid]

The source I neglected: http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/ Underweight is below 18.5 kg/m^2, overweight is above 24.9, obese is 30. BMI is only one measure, though.

BMI is a shit measure.

[youngplaya21]

Are you muscular? It's not a good tool for fit people.

Nope, or not really. I'm not bony, but I definitely need to gain weight. Besides my wingspan, idk why it's off like that.

[Lord Error]

Because it's incredibly easy to put on weight versus losing it.

Haha, no. Unless by putting weight you mean getting fat and chubby, and even that's not easy for people with quick metabolism. Putting 'proper' weight (muscles) is probably even more difficult than losing weight.

[jam86]

Let me tell ya op, it doesn't get any better as you gain a "normal" weight. Sure the compliments sound nice at first (Oh you look so good now!), they still revert back to your skinny days (That's good... you were WAYYY to skinny then, like <blah blah blah> skinny).

Packing on the pounds wasn't easy but once you start, it got easier.. I did it the wrong way though (kept same eating habits but found a job where I sat down 8hours and was pretty stressful).

[entrement]

I used to be 6 foot and 135 or so. I'm probably up to 145-150 now.

Wow.

[jon bones]

I swear you sound like a weight gain ad testimonial. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing.

the only thing that doesn't sound like an ad in my reply is that i have no easy solution.

i've always had naturally decent eating habits (preferred water to soda, fruits to ice cream, chicken/sea food to red meat) but going from 3 meals a day to 5 meals a day was tough (and expensive.) going from 0 days a week at the gym to 3 was also tough. and it's not like i hit my target weight/look and stop - it's a constant thing, and if i slack off for 2 weeks i'll notice myself getting smaller.

at the end of the day, everyone should be eating healthier and exercising regularly. the amount of time/effort put in gives off such a high boost in quality of life, it'd be crazy not to. physically, emotionally, socially, sexually... why i wouldn't i want to improve all those aspects of life?

[CitizenCope]

I used to get this all the time. It really hurt because I could not put on weight. Was 6'4" and 175lbs in my late teens and early 20's. I didn't want to be that thin trust me. I hated when people said it was much easier to gain weight than lose weight. Really? Put yourself in my shoes.
Been at about 235lbs for over a dozen years only because my metabolism slowed.

[dragonelite]

I used be to called Ethiopian boy in high school.

you're not a ethiopian boy i assume :p

[zero_suit]

Wow.

I can definitely relate. I'm 6'2" and 135, and no matter how much I eat I can't gain any weight.

That's more of a 'wow' to me.

[H.Protagonist]

Iv had it both ends of the spectrum, I used to be a chubby kid but I got kinda fat when I was 15 or 16 because of some illness I had, couldn't to any exercise because of it, and I ended up being 5 foot 6 weighing about 12 and half stone, so I got a bit of stick for that. Since then I kind of grown up out of it (I'm 20 now) and now about 9 stone, same height though lol. But now i get called skinny all the time, kind of annoying because I'm actually a healthy weight, but i look like iv done heroin or something in my late teens compared to how i was.

Sort of in the same boat. Used to be much heavier and now that I've lost the weight my family all look at me sideways and tell me I'm too skinny and I'm obviously not eating enough/they think I might have a food problem. It makes me roll my eyes more than anything because I'm happy and eat just fine. I've heard that this is somewhat common with chubbier families. They see themselves as normal and you not normal once you've lost the weight.

I certainly wouldn't equate my experience with the real frustration of people who can't gain or lose weight, but it does wear thin after the thousandth time. No I'm not anorexic. Yes I am eating (a lot). No I am not wharfing it up in the bathroom after I eat it. :P

[j_k_redtail]

BMI is a shit measure.

IIRC, BMI defines overweight at 25 supposedly because statistically that's when health issues associated with weight begin to show up. I know of several clinical studies that dispute this - in fact, it's not that great a measure. Being BMI overweight isn't that meaningful, but being within the BMI normal range is a good reason to think you're OK.Popular wisdom is that it's useless, but it's still in use for that reason.

That said: it does not account for age, body fat percentage,and body fat distribution, which are more tightly correlated with health outcomes.

[Haly]

Skinny is good, we worship it.

[Grinchy]

I used to be 6'2'' and 165 pounds. I had people tell me I was too skinny all the time and didn't like it either (but I was a damn rail). Now that I'm 205, I wouldn't mind getting "insulted" by my skinniness again.

[Baconsaurus Rex]

I'm 6'1" and 145lbs.

dead man walking yo

[Jangocube]

Because it's incredibly easy to put on weight versus losing it.

Nah, it's not.

And the skinny line doesn't bother me all that much. If they say it to me then I just joke them right back, playfully of course. If they can't take a joke, well, then fuck em. They are insensitive little shits.

[Az987]

I'm 6'3" and between 170 and 175.

The only time people tell me I'm to skinny is if they ask me how much I weigh and I tell him but then I just rip off my shirt Hulk Hogan style and they shut up.

It works every time.