Thin Women: How Do You Do It

[Anonymous]

Only eat when you're hungry and eat what you're craving. I know sounds obvious, but not hungry for 12:30 lunch? Don't eat. Hungry at 3:00? Eat then. If you're craving dessert, eat dessert. Skip the whole main course when you're really just eating to get to the end! Don't be tied down to conventional 3 square meals a day. Craving cereal for dinner? Do it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only eat when you're hungry and eat what you're craving. I know sounds obvious, but not hungry for 12:30 lunch? Don't eat. Hungry at 3:00? Eat then. If you're craving dessert, eat dessert. Skip the whole main course when you're really just eating to get to the end! Don't be tied down to conventional 3 square meals a day. Craving cereal for dinner? Do it!

This is not helpful for people who crave food a lot b/c they are already at a heavier weight or b/c they eat to soothe themselves.

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Anonymous wrote:Question to all you thin women: do you feel you get treated a lot better because of your figure? I've never been there so wondering if the societal perks are that considerable they keep skinny womens' high discipline going.

100%. I'm thin now, but occasionally I gain a few pounds, and the difference in how I'm treated is extreme. People smile more, acquaintances make a point of talking to me. Overall, everyone is just nicer and more welcoming. Moreover, my husband can't keep his hands off me and treats me like a goddess. He treats me extremely well regardless, but the difference is quite palpable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only eat when you're hungry and eat what you're craving. I know sounds obvious, but not hungry for 12:30 lunch? Don't eat. Hungry at 3:00? Eat then. If you're craving dessert, eat dessert. Skip the whole main course when you're really just eating to get to the end! Don't be tied down to conventional 3 square meals a day. Craving cereal for dinner? Do it!

I have a couple problems with this. I have to cook dinner for two teenage boys, and it's one of our family values that we all eat together. Also, I work full time and I'm often too busy with meetings to control when I can eat. I have to eat when I have a chance, not when I'm feeling hungry. Do you have a high powered office job without set meal times, and do you cook for and eat with your family?

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Anonymous wrote:Only eat when you're hungry and eat what you're craving. I know sounds obvious, but not hungry for 12:30 lunch? Don't eat. Hungry at 3:00? Eat then. If you're craving dessert, eat dessert. Skip the whole main course when you're really just eating to get to the end! Don't be tied down to conventional 3 square meals a day. Craving cereal for dinner? Do it!

This is not helpful for people who crave food a lot b/c they are already at a heavier weight or b/c they eat to soothe themselves.

Train yourself to be less hungry by doing intermittent fasting even once a month. Choose something else to soothe yourself.

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Anonymous wrote:Only eat when you're hungry and eat what you're craving. I know sounds obvious, but not hungry for 12:30 lunch? Don't eat. Hungry at 3:00? Eat then. If you're craving dessert, eat dessert. Skip the whole main course when you're really just eating to get to the end! Don't be tied down to conventional 3 square meals a day. Craving cereal for dinner? Do it!

I have a couple problems with this. I have to cook dinner for two teenage boys, and it's one of our family values that we all eat together. Also, I work full time and I'm often too busy with meetings to control when I can eat. I have to eat when I have a chance, not when I'm feeling hungry. Do you have a high powered office job without set meal times, and do you cook for and eat with your family?

Eat 3/4 of what you have been eating at each of these times. Then in two weeks, cut that back by a 1/4.

[Anonymous]

16:53 PP here. It really is about once you only eat when hungry, and not for comfort, boredom, stress.... that's the real problem. Eating only when actually hungry and being able to use food for fuel really separates the "naturally" thin. I'm naturally thin, but had 2 times when I was 20+ lbs over where I am comfortable in my skin. All those times I was having some rough emotional times and would eat every meal like it was my last meal. You know to tell your mind you will be FINE leaving food on the plate. You will not starve, there will be another opportunity to eat.

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Anonymous wrote:I do not work outside the home. I teach fitness classes 5 times per week but otherwise am a SAHM.

You do work outside the home. Don't sell yourself short!

-another fitness instructor who doesn't call herself a SAHM!

I don't understand the 'sell yourself short' comment. Identifying as a SAHM to teaches fitness classes is less than someone who identifies as working at a gym?

I don't think I'm selling myself short. The 5 hours I teach while all 3 kids are in school don't qualify me as a "working Mom" in my books. That's just me, though. It's more of a hobby than a job, and I think that I would be insulting Mom's who work 40 or 50 real hours a week to self identify as one of them. If others want to call themselves working Mom's if they work 5 hours a week, no harm no foul. I mean, I volunteer 5 hours a week too, but would hardly call myself a full time volunteer, either. To each their own.

I stay slim mostly due to genetics and a lifetime of being an athlete. I played sports through college and have a small body type. I'm short and have an athletic frame. I work out 5 days a week at least, for 60 minutes at a minimum, and practice yoga daily, for between 30 and 60 minutes on top of that. I could eat absolutely whatever I wanted and weigh 10 lbs more, or watch what I eat (lower carbs, watch my alcohol intake) and weigh 115 at 5'3. FOr me alcohol is the biggie. When I have drinks I crave carbs and junky food the next day, so I try to really keep it to a minimum (I've noticed this more and more as I've gotten older, so I've started to cut back on drinking).

Same here. Alcohol ruins my sleep, makes me binge and makes me depressed.

This is me. I'm 115 but I watch drinking I'm closer to 109. Alcohol makes me binge eat and also get depressed.

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Anonymous wrote:I do not work outside the home. I teach fitness classes 5 times per week but otherwise am a SAHM.

You do work outside the home. Don't sell yourself short!

-another fitness instructor who doesn't call herself a SAHM!

I don't understand the 'sell yourself short' comment. Identifying as a SAHM to teaches fitness classes is less than someone who identifies as working at a gym?

I don't think I'm selling myself short. The 5 hours I teach while all 3 kids are in school don't qualify me as a "working Mom" in my books. That's just me, though. It's more of a hobby than a job, and I think that I would be insulting Mom's who work 40 or 50 real hours a week to self identify as one of them. If others want to call themselves working Mom's if they work 5 hours a week, no harm no foul. I mean, I volunteer 5 hours a week too, but would hardly call myself a full time volunteer, either. To each their own.

I stay slim mostly due to genetics and a lifetime of being an athlete. I played sports through college and have a small body type. I'm short and have an athletic frame. I work out 5 days a week at least, for 60 minutes at a minimum, and practice yoga daily, for between 30 and 60 minutes on top of that. I could eat absolutely whatever I wanted and weigh 10 lbs more, or watch what I eat (lower carbs, watch my alcohol intake) and weigh 115 at 5'3. FOr me alcohol is the biggie. When I have drinks I crave carbs and junky food the next day, so I try to really keep it to a minimum (I've noticed this more and more as I've gotten older, so I've started to cut back on drinking).

This is me. I'm 115 but I watch drinking I'm closer to 109. Alcohol makes me binge eat and also get depressed.

Same here. Alcohol ruins my sleep, makes me binge and makes me depressed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Question to all you thin women: do you feel you get treated a lot better because of your figure? I've never been there so wondering if the societal perks are that considerable they keep skinny womens' high discipline going.

I've been both and yes.

[Anonymous]

I'm 35, 5'7 and 120. The older you get, the harder it is IME. I was about 118 when I got married at 24 and I never had to work at it back then. Now I try to keep under 1500/1600 calories. I have a feeling that I'll have to stop eating in my 40s. Kidding but kind of not, lol. Ugh.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm 35, 5'7 and 120. The older you get, the harder it is IME. I was about 118 when I got married at 24 and I never had to work at it back then. Now I try to keep under 1500/1600 calories. I have a feeling that I'll have to stop eating in my 40s. Kidding but kind of not, lol. Ugh.

Would that really be worth it to you? Starving just to stay thin?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm 35, 5'7 and 120. The older you get, the harder it is IME. I was about 118 when I got married at 24 and I never had to work at it back then. Now I try to keep under 1500/1600 calories. I have a feeling that I'll have to stop eating in my 40s. Kidding but kind of not, lol. Ugh.

This is pretty skinny IMO. I would loosen up if I were you.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm 35, 5'7 and 120. The older you get, the harder it is IME. I was about 118 when I got married at 24 and I never had to work at it back then. Now I try to keep under 1500/1600 calories. I have a feeling that I'll have to stop eating in my 40s. Kidding but kind of not, lol. Ugh.

This is pretty skinny IMO. I would loosen up if I were you.

+1 Have you seen Rachel Zoe? No one wants a raisin face. JS.

[Anonymous]

OH please RZ is like 100 lbs. 120 on a 5'7 frame is quite normal looking.