You just described me, I hit my 30s carried on like normal but I am slowly growing just a belly. I use to be this skinny thin guy with boney elbows and knees. And yes I hated it so always ate loads in the hope it would go somewhere! Carried on like that now at 32 and all I seem to be getting is a stomach.
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You just described me, I hit my 30s carried on like normal but I am slowly growing just a belly. I use to be this skinny thin guy with boney elbows and knees. And yes I hated it so always ate loads in the hope it would go somewhere! Carried on like that now at 32 and all I seem to be getting is a stomach.
My weight changes 2-3 times a year! Sum er I usually weight about 72kgs and my weight fluctuates quiet a lot depending if I play pc a lot during the winter or I play football! At the moment tho I weigh about 79kg as I been playing a lot of battlefield at weekends and not played Footy since sept but I can lose and gain weight pretty fast
Start lifting weights. That brings up your metabolic rate thus expending calories. So long as you don't increase your intake you will lose fat and gain muscle.
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I'm 36 and turning into a bit of a porker. Used to be skinny as a rake, worked really hard to put on some muscle through martial arts then did my back in.
At the moment I'm doing 100 sit ups (ones for people with a bad back), 60 press ups and the specific exercises I have to do for my back, together with walking for 30 mins every weekday on my lunchbreak and long walks on the weekend.
This isn't losing me any weight but hoping to bring up my core strength a bit and start jogging on soft ground without my back hurting too much.
At the moment I'm doing 100 sit ups (ones for people with a bad back), 60 press ups and the specific exercises I have to do for my back, together with walking for 30 mins every weekday on my lunchbreak and long walks on the weekend.
This isn't losing me any weight but hoping to bring up my core strength a bit and start jogging on soft ground without my back hurting too much.
When I got to 12.5 stone last year I thought I was a bit on the podgy side even though for my height (6'3") I was fine. It only bothered me caused it felt like moobs were forming. Now I'm a stone lighter and the moobs have gone but I'm gonna try and not go over 12 if I can help it. I'm certainly not the healthiest eater (still eat burgers, chocolate and all that crap) but I try not to eat as much and have reduced the amount of lunch I take to work and not snack in the evenings too much.
Could do with doing more exercise. I'll go for a run once a week buts it's not enough. If only it wasn't so boring.
Could do with doing more exercise. I'll go for a run once a week buts it's not enough. If only it wasn't so boring.
It's not such much being able to stay thin, its just as you get older you naturally do less exercise. (Just bouncing your leg most of the day mounts up to a lot of calories, you'll find naturally thin people are just moving lots per days, where someone like me I can watch tv and hardly move a muscle in several hours,
Those people who say they can eat what they want are more than likely burning **** loads of energy fiddling. You now the people who can't sit still for two minutes. There's a load of reserch that also shows those who eat crap but at thin and do little exercise, are only marginally better off than those who are fat.
At the end of the day it's an addiction for most people. I know why I'm fat, when I eat **** I hate myself, but yet I still can't resist.
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I eat (and drink) an awful lot but I don't really put fat on. I've had a bit of a belly for years, but it's always been very tight and looks more like I'm slightly pregnant rather than fat. I've never had flabby fat on my body. It's great!
Video yourself, I would put money on, that you are doing small movements all day, wether that's touching your face or bouncing your leg. Rather than people like me who when sit, literally sit still.
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I'm fat because the lifestyle I enjoy pretty much means I can't be anything else.
When I was in my late teens, early twenties, I was one of those guys who could eat and drink anything and was always stick thin. Nowadays, I eat a fraction of what I used to but am a porker. A few years ago, I made a real effort and got down from over 17st to under 13st (I'm now not far off 18st). that was the person I'd like to be. Unfortunately, that's not the person I am. I am a fat lazy man. I don't mind being fat and lazy - I'd rather not be - but I don't want to spend the rest of my life doing exercise I don't enjoy doing and not eating the food and drinking the stuff I enjoy.
At the end of the day, the best we can do is manage who we are to the best of our ability. If you enjoy exercise and salad, good on you. If, like me, you enjoy sitting on your arse and eating rich food and drinking alcohol, good on you too.
For the record. I don't eat a lot of junk food. I cook most of my own food, using good quality, fresh ingredients. I just have a natural liking for carbs and alcohol.
When I was in my late teens, early twenties, I was one of those guys who could eat and drink anything and was always stick thin. Nowadays, I eat a fraction of what I used to but am a porker. A few years ago, I made a real effort and got down from over 17st to under 13st (I'm now not far off 18st). that was the person I'd like to be. Unfortunately, that's not the person I am. I am a fat lazy man. I don't mind being fat and lazy - I'd rather not be - but I don't want to spend the rest of my life doing exercise I don't enjoy doing and not eating the food and drinking the stuff I enjoy.
At the end of the day, the best we can do is manage who we are to the best of our ability. If you enjoy exercise and salad, good on you. If, like me, you enjoy sitting on your arse and eating rich food and drinking alcohol, good on you too.
For the record. I don't eat a lot of junk food. I cook most of my own food, using good quality, fresh ingredients. I just have a natural liking for carbs and alcohol.
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Seems to me alcohol is the contributing factor in putting on weight for the majority posting in this thread - myself included. Also seems to me I must be one of the shortest peeps on the forum at 5'7" judging by what others have posted
As others have said it does seem to get harder to loose weight the older you get, I too could eat pretty much anything I wanted when I was in my 20's. Then I hit my 30's and that soon changed! At my worst when I was working in the office I was over 13 stone - I'm now leading a slightly more active life and sitting at just under 12 stone. I'm planning on giving up alcohol completely in the new year and eating a much healthier diet as well. I think it's a life style change that's required as opposed to simply exercising and eventually loosing motivation. To answer the op's question - I don't feel fat, but then I don't feel particularly healthy either which is why I plan to do something about it.
As others have said it does seem to get harder to loose weight the older you get, I too could eat pretty much anything I wanted when I was in my 20's. Then I hit my 30's and that soon changed! At my worst when I was working in the office I was over 13 stone - I'm now leading a slightly more active life and sitting at just under 12 stone. I'm planning on giving up alcohol completely in the new year and eating a much healthier diet as well. I think it's a life style change that's required as opposed to simply exercising and eventually loosing motivation. To answer the op's question - I don't feel fat, but then I don't feel particularly healthy either which is why I plan to do something about it.
I stay concious of what I eat and how much... not to the point of writing it down, but I do know what foods are good for me and calorie estimates.
I've put on weight from over eating in the past.. mainly from sudden absence of training, with a retained high calorie intake.
I've put on weight from over eating in the past.. mainly from sudden absence of training, with a retained high calorie intake.
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It's all in the genes!
I'm 6ft 2" & weigh 11st 2pounds last time i checked, so yes, i'm underweight for my height. Having seen photo's of my old man when he was growing up, he was the same.
I just find it incredibly difficult to put on weight.
I'm 6ft 2" & weigh 11st 2pounds last time i checked, so yes, i'm underweight for my height. Having seen photo's of my old man when he was growing up, he was the same.
I just find it incredibly difficult to put on weight.
I am 5' 10" and most of my life I was about 10stone give or take 0.5 stone
Even when doing a lot of training I could never put on much more weight
I could eat what ever I wanted without putting on weight ..........
........ then at 36 the fat barsteward gene went active and I now have to watch what I eat
It will change , enjoy it while you can
Even when doing a lot of training I could never put on much more weight
I could eat what ever I wanted without putting on weight ..........
........ then at 36 the fat barsteward gene went active and I now have to watch what I eat
It will change , enjoy it while you can
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I 6ft/6ft 1 in, and I weigh just over 70kgs.
I have always been stick thin, like, REALLY think, but now I have become normal weight. Just before last summer, I weighed around 80KGs. A bit on the heavy side for me. The main reason was because I was eating a lot of junk food. not because before I wasn't, but I used to eat a lot whilst studying and stuff. To give you an idea, I used to eat a pack of crisps that has 1000 cal 5 times a week on average, and I used to get no exercise done. When summer came along, i dropped 8/9KGs, WITHOUT DOING A DIET and little exercise.
Why? Well I just interrupted the routine and cut them from my system. Before, it was a habit for me to take a packet, and more sweets daily, but now, I found myself doing other stuff and I never ate. The habit of not eating is still in me. I take on average one of these crisp packs weekly, which is much less than before. Even then, I take half of it on one day, then the rest a few days later.
My mum feels I am getting thinner and thinner, which is 'good'. Can do with 3kgs less tbh
EDIT: I think this post is really poorly written. I'm sorry
I'm very tired. In face, this is my last post of the night. Goodnight!
I have always been stick thin, like, REALLY think, but now I have become normal weight. Just before last summer, I weighed around 80KGs. A bit on the heavy side for me. The main reason was because I was eating a lot of junk food. not because before I wasn't, but I used to eat a lot whilst studying and stuff. To give you an idea, I used to eat a pack of crisps that has 1000 cal 5 times a week on average, and I used to get no exercise done. When summer came along, i dropped 8/9KGs, WITHOUT DOING A DIET and little exercise.
Why? Well I just interrupted the routine and cut them from my system. Before, it was a habit for me to take a packet, and more sweets daily, but now, I found myself doing other stuff and I never ate. The habit of not eating is still in me. I take on average one of these crisp packs weekly, which is much less than before. Even then, I take half of it on one day, then the rest a few days later.
My mum feels I am getting thinner and thinner, which is 'good'. Can do with 3kgs less tbh
EDIT: I think this post is really poorly written. I'm sorry
I'm very tired. In face, this is my last post of the night. Goodnight!
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What a lot of boo hoo I'm skinny... You are what women desire. Be happy. Be skinny. Wear stupid glasses, cardigans and drainpipe jeans. Be thankful you were, you are and won't be (for a long while yet) fat. Skinny people do not get bullied. I've got no time for it whatsoever.
I am not obese nor fat. But I am not skinny and have never been.
The thing I respect is seeing fat, obese and super obese in the gym because that takes courage and shows a will to do something. I see skinny people in the gym all the time. I don't know why but I have far less respect for them. It's not exactly hard to go from skinny to built.
I am not obese nor fat. But I am not skinny and have never been.
The thing I respect is seeing fat, obese and super obese in the gym because that takes courage and shows a will to do something. I see skinny people in the gym all the time. I don't know why but I have far less respect for them. It's not exactly hard to go from skinny to built.
To be honest, the older I get the more confused i become as to why there is so much fuss about others being fat or obesity in general.
What I'm going to type below, is of course no excuse for complete Jabbas that will eat tons of sweets and crazy amount of fast food. It's more of a stance on behalf of most of obese people who become fat with age, because their metabolism goes to pot.
I'm guilty of it myself. I was super skinny dude most of my early life. I was never into daily sports, always had relatively sedate lifestyle, was a popular kid in school but more a bookworm than jock. I could eat anything, in any volume and never got fat. I wasn't overeating or going crazy on food, but never had to watch calories. What I mean is, if after my regular three meals a day i found there was a half a kilo bag of monkey nuts on kitchen table I could eat it all in one go, without gaining even a fraction of a pound, whereas today I would be well aware that this is an equivalent of additional daily calorie intake in a single bag.
Trouble of course is, your teenage habits stay with you for the rest of your life, at least for most of us, whereas your body's ability to process the food doesn't. In my life, and most of my family, friends and co-workers will vouch for that, I don't actually eat that much, at least not "on paper". My food, my calorie intake, my lifestyle and habits aren't much different to what it was at the age of 25, when I was a little over half my current weight. I usually eat two "proper" meals a day, plus single banana in the morning. Proper lunch (say - chilli con carne with rice) around three o'clock, three sandwiches and some fruits for dinner. Portions aren't gigantic. My calorie intake almost never exceed 2000-2500 calories per day. But it's enough to trap my 67kg self in 120kg body for over a decade. But it gets worse.
I've knocked my weight down to about 90kg several times in the last decade. The amount of work and sacrifice required to shed 30kg in my case were so vast and spread across so many months that in retrospect, I think most of people attempting long term diets do more damage to their body and psyche than they would by just remaining "unhealthy" fat. I attempted diets that would in long run create chemical burns and eczemas on my hands (side effect of prolonged kethosis on high protein/low carb diets), made me incredibly mentally exhausted and sleepy (any diet where 90% of daily food is salads, veg and cottage cheese) or introduce violent mood swings (long term slim fast stuff had that effect on me). I was never adrenaline fan, I hate long term physical exhaustion because prone to hypertension from birth after adrenaline rush is over I get wicked stomping headaches, my eyes go half a diopter out of focus and my hands shake like a parkinson patient. Despite that, several times while on diets I attempted regular gym sessions, hated every minute of it, ruined most of my evenings, swimming is about the only thing I enjoy, to a degree. Water makes it worth the headaches, screwed vision and trembling hands for the reminder of the day. In return exercise would make me even more hungry, making dieting a proper challenge.
But then came the realisation. I spent 10 years trying to be the way I used to, back when I was 25. 10 years of diets, irregular eating, headaches, mood swings and shaking hands. Tofu, soya, byproducts, questionable textures, funny tastes, revolting shakes. Watching people around me eat and complement gorgeous food in restaurant while I play around with my beep looking salad. Dog breath, unbalanced PH levels in my mouth that would melt evicrol fillings. Ups, downs, yo-yos and crazy, just crazy amount of clothing in constant rotation. For what? Isn't not particularly healthy, it's definitely not pleasant. Even if I succeed for a while it will never, ever, ever, like not ever, allow me to go back to normal life, with normal eating and normal routine. So it's all basically for some sort of social norm that expects me to be slim and thin. Let me tell you. I'm 38 now and I say - ef that. I wasn't Brad Pitt in a first place. I'm not a swinger or a serial dater so the whole "more attractive" thing is not a big deal ti me. I'm not a porn star or nude model, so I don't need to be slim for my professional career. So why would I keep doing this crazy es for the rest of my life? For what? I'm a busy man with very little time in life. With the little time that I have I'd rather read a book or watch a movie than run to nowhere on a threadmill or pedal to nowhere just to feel like es. I decided not to play this game anymore, not full fill the social norm. I'm going to stay fat. Whole 120kg. Now, as an effect I might not be able to get any complements about my tushy, I'm not going to be more popular with exterior conscious ladies. I might not be able to bed your skinny wife behind your back. I will still have to walk sideways through most of British doorways, wear braces so I don't show off bum crack each time I bend more than 10 degrees forward and do the same ingenious comedy routine full of uffing and puffing, dangerous creaking and jeans stretching, the whole nine yards of michelin man blobby pirouettes each time I drop something and have to pick it up. But ef me, let me tell you, I am going to be so much happier outside of skinny social norms.
Now, where did I drop that taco….
What I'm going to type below, is of course no excuse for complete Jabbas that will eat tons of sweets and crazy amount of fast food. It's more of a stance on behalf of most of obese people who become fat with age, because their metabolism goes to pot.
I'm guilty of it myself. I was super skinny dude most of my early life. I was never into daily sports, always had relatively sedate lifestyle, was a popular kid in school but more a bookworm than jock. I could eat anything, in any volume and never got fat. I wasn't overeating or going crazy on food, but never had to watch calories. What I mean is, if after my regular three meals a day i found there was a half a kilo bag of monkey nuts on kitchen table I could eat it all in one go, without gaining even a fraction of a pound, whereas today I would be well aware that this is an equivalent of additional daily calorie intake in a single bag.
Trouble of course is, your teenage habits stay with you for the rest of your life, at least for most of us, whereas your body's ability to process the food doesn't. In my life, and most of my family, friends and co-workers will vouch for that, I don't actually eat that much, at least not "on paper". My food, my calorie intake, my lifestyle and habits aren't much different to what it was at the age of 25, when I was a little over half my current weight. I usually eat two "proper" meals a day, plus single banana in the morning. Proper lunch (say - chilli con carne with rice) around three o'clock, three sandwiches and some fruits for dinner. Portions aren't gigantic. My calorie intake almost never exceed 2000-2500 calories per day. But it's enough to trap my 67kg self in 120kg body for over a decade. But it gets worse.
I've knocked my weight down to about 90kg several times in the last decade. The amount of work and sacrifice required to shed 30kg in my case were so vast and spread across so many months that in retrospect, I think most of people attempting long term diets do more damage to their body and psyche than they would by just remaining "unhealthy" fat. I attempted diets that would in long run create chemical burns and eczemas on my hands (side effect of prolonged kethosis on high protein/low carb diets), made me incredibly mentally exhausted and sleepy (any diet where 90% of daily food is salads, veg and cottage cheese) or introduce violent mood swings (long term slim fast stuff had that effect on me). I was never adrenaline fan, I hate long term physical exhaustion because prone to hypertension from birth after adrenaline rush is over I get wicked stomping headaches, my eyes go half a diopter out of focus and my hands shake like a parkinson patient. Despite that, several times while on diets I attempted regular gym sessions, hated every minute of it, ruined most of my evenings, swimming is about the only thing I enjoy, to a degree. Water makes it worth the headaches, screwed vision and trembling hands for the reminder of the day. In return exercise would make me even more hungry, making dieting a proper challenge.
But then came the realisation. I spent 10 years trying to be the way I used to, back when I was 25. 10 years of diets, irregular eating, headaches, mood swings and shaking hands. Tofu, soya, byproducts, questionable textures, funny tastes, revolting shakes. Watching people around me eat and complement gorgeous food in restaurant while I play around with my beep looking salad. Dog breath, unbalanced PH levels in my mouth that would melt evicrol fillings. Ups, downs, yo-yos and crazy, just crazy amount of clothing in constant rotation. For what? Isn't not particularly healthy, it's definitely not pleasant. Even if I succeed for a while it will never, ever, ever, like not ever, allow me to go back to normal life, with normal eating and normal routine. So it's all basically for some sort of social norm that expects me to be slim and thin. Let me tell you. I'm 38 now and I say - ef that. I wasn't Brad Pitt in a first place. I'm not a swinger or a serial dater so the whole "more attractive" thing is not a big deal ti me. I'm not a porn star or nude model, so I don't need to be slim for my professional career. So why would I keep doing this crazy es for the rest of my life? For what? I'm a busy man with very little time in life. With the little time that I have I'd rather read a book or watch a movie than run to nowhere on a threadmill or pedal to nowhere just to feel like es. I decided not to play this game anymore, not full fill the social norm. I'm going to stay fat. Whole 120kg. Now, as an effect I might not be able to get any complements about my tushy, I'm not going to be more popular with exterior conscious ladies. I might not be able to bed your skinny wife behind your back. I will still have to walk sideways through most of British doorways, wear braces so I don't show off bum crack each time I bend more than 10 degrees forward and do the same ingenious comedy routine full of uffing and puffing, dangerous creaking and jeans stretching, the whole nine yards of michelin man blobby pirouettes each time I drop something and have to pick it up. But ef me, let me tell you, I am going to be so much happier outside of skinny social norms.
Now, where did I drop that taco….
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