currently I’m on a weight loss journey meanwhile most of my highschool class are as skinny as they were senior year (some have blown up like balloons as well) I’m 26 now and I’ve seen classmates and they’re identical to when they were 17-18 years old. Is being “naturally skinny” actually a thing? As in do some people just naturally only consume 1,500 calories per day unconsciously? I know they aren’t working out

  • De_Narm@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    I’m about 30 and still skinny. I eat at least 2,000 kcal a day, up to 3,000 kcal. I only get more weight by working out. Recently I’ve been injured and couldn’t work out for several months. I dropped back to about 70 kg (I’m almost 1,90 m) - while eating the same amount of calories.

    Maybe I need to space out my calories, I only eat two meals and don’t snack at all. These just happen to be really big meals.

    For the record, I’ve been checked for thyroid issues and other stuff. My body just really wants to stay at 70 kg, I guess.

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      8 hours ago

      As someone that was a tall skinny guy until I was 40; it’ll come for you, then you’ll have to work at it. Now I bump off the top of normal BMI unless I pay serious attention to avoiding carbs. And I’m pretty active compared to most people, more active than when I was in my 30s.

      IDK what happens, but it’s like all those calories I used to take in from 2lbs of pasta would just disappear into thin air, now they hang around and weigh me down.

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        6 hours ago

        10 years ago people told me the same thing about getting 30, yet it still hasn’t happened. Whether that day may come or not, I can just appreciate that I still get “Once you’re old…” kinda stuff after 30. Feels good, actually.