what do skinny people eat in a day?

[Anonymous]

I have a small frame and am naturally thin but also work out so I eat a lot of protein. I also hate eating breakfast which makes me somewhat of a natural intermittent faster though it's not intentional.

So far today:

Handful of marcona almonds around 10

Lunch at the pool: can of tuna mixed with mayo and mustard, baby carrots, pink lady apple

Worked out (FYI I'm a teacher home on summer break), snack afterward was an Oikos Triple Zero yogurt (high protein)

Dinner will be chicken Italian sausages, asparagus, and spaghetti squash roasted and topped with herbs and feta

Usually will grab something sweet after dinner - couple pieces of dark chocolate covered mango or something

I might also eat a hunk of baguette before dinner.

I love fresh vegetables and lean/grilled protein so I get a boost just from my food preferences and the fact I hate eating breakfast. Typical day is anywhere from 1400-2000 calories probably.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a small frame and am naturally thin but also work out so I eat a lot of protein. I also hate eating breakfast which makes me somewhat of a natural intermittent faster though it's not intentional.

So far today:

Handful of marcona almonds around 10

Lunch at the pool: can of tuna mixed with mayo and mustard, baby carrots, pink lady apple

Worked out (FYI I'm a teacher home on summer break), snack afterward was an Oikos Triple Zero yogurt (high protein)

Dinner will be chicken Italian sausages, asparagus, and spaghetti squash roasted and topped with herbs and feta

Usually will grab something sweet after dinner - couple pieces of dark chocolate covered mango or something

I might also eat a hunk of baguette before dinner.

I love fresh vegetables and lean/grilled protein so I get a boost just from my food preferences and the fact I hate eating breakfast. Typical day is anywhere from 1400-2000 calories probably.

Sorry, I'm 5'1, 103 for context

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:5'4" 165

Greek yogurt and nuts
Coffee
Nothing for lunch
Protein shake for dinner

...and I work out, yet I'm still "heavy"

If that's truly all you ate you're still heavy because you're undereating and your body is hoarding fat. You need to google reverse-dieting.

[Anonymous]

It's not what they eat that matters, it's how much. You can fit any type of food into your diet and still be thin or lose weight. Also, how much you can eat varies significantly from person to person. What a thin person eats to maintain weight may be more calories than what a fat person eats to try to lose weight. It's all about creating the calorie deficit that's right for you based on height, weight, age, and activity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's not what they eat that matters, it's how much. You can fit any type of food into your diet and still be thin or lose weight. Also, how much you can eat varies significantly from person to person. What a thin person eats to maintain weight may be more calories than what a fat person eats to try to lose weight. It's all about creating the calorie deficit that's right for you based on height, weight, age, and activity.

True. We recently went on vacation- teen son brought a friend. Nice kid- very overweight. It was SHOCKING watching him eat. Three pieces of bread with each plate of dinner and no less than 2 plates of dinner. One night we all got giant slices of pie from a bakery. My whole family ate half and saved the rest (they were massive)- he ate all of his and then threw away the box and got cookies from the pantry. He ate 2 packages of cookies before anyone else even got any. I mean, the kid just ate TONS. Same stuff we were all eating for the most part... but in vastly greater quantities.

[Anonymous]

I eat normal food until I'm full. There's no secret to it. Most of the overweight people I know engage in emotional eating or otherwise eat when they're not hungry.

Today:

Bowl of cereal, OJ and coffee with milk for breakfast.

Lunch -chicken leg, crackers, watermelon and cheese.

Afternoon snack -full fat yoghurt and almonds.

Dinner -fish sticks, potatoes, steamed zucchini and corn. 1 beer after kids in bed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One thing I've noticed is that thin people tend to drink water and unsweet tea. Heavy people drink diet drinks. I think diet drinks teach your body to continue to crave sweet things.

I think this is generally true, though I'm generally pretty thin (well, I was pre-baby), and I drink 1 Diet Coke a day. I also drink tons of water though. I drink coffee, but only trace of milk to give it color and no sugar. I actually think not really liking sweets beyond a small amount of dark chocolate was the thing that made it easy to maintain my weight. I otherwise ate healthy, but for my size I also ate a lot.

Pre-baby I weighed 97 lbs at 5'1".

With both my kids, I barely lost any weight before weaning (like, the amount I weighed when I left the hospital was more than my last weigh-in - baby's weight). With DD, I lost a ton right after weaning and then was about 102 when I got pregnant with DS when DD was 22 mos. I also had a miscarriage a month earlier. Now DS is 1, and I'm about 114lbs. I haven't fully weaned yet, though, so we'll see what happens. I started Whole30, because I noticed I drop weight fastest when I don't eat grains.

[Anonymous]

2 cups black coffee
Bowl of Cheerios and a banana

Vegetable soup
Apple
String cheese

Big plate of sliced raw vegetables like carrots & cucumbers
Handful of pretzels

Salmon and roasted vegetables
White wine

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:5'4" 165

Greek yogurt and nuts
Coffee
Nothing for lunch
Protein shake for dinner

...and I work out, yet I'm still "heavy"

How the heck are your 165lbs with hat diet. Only explanation is that you aren't eating enough.

[Anonymous]

I work nights so my "breakfast" is between 2-3pm and my "lunch" is actually dinner time. When I'm off I'm back to normal hours

Breakfast :

Smoothie with yogurt and fresh fruit

Lunch (ie dinner with my family)
Chicken or fish with veggies
Tacos with turkey meat, tomatoes, cheese , lettuce
Gluten free pasta with my homemade GF meatballs.

At work, I usually just have a snack of a serving and a half of chips, lots of water, and some coffee.

I have splurge days twice a week where I eat less healthy for one of my meals and have an extra snack.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I eat normal food until I'm full. There's no secret to it. Most of the overweight people I know engage in emotional eating or otherwise eat when they're not hungry.

Today:

Bowl of cereal, OJ and coffee with milk for breakfast.

Lunch -chicken leg, crackers, watermelon and cheese.

Afternoon snack -full fat yoghurt and almonds.

Dinner -fish sticks, potatoes, steamed zucchini and corn. 1 beer after kids in bed.

From someone who has battled with weight...you clearly have a good stopping point. My thin friends eat one slice of pizza and claim they're stuffed. 6 pieces of sushi satiates them. I eat that little and I feel like I still haven't had a thing. I think thin people have more of that hormone that handles satiety and fat people do not. You can train your body to want a little bit less food, but it won't be as little as your thin friend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:5'4" 165

Greek yogurt and nuts
Coffee
Nothing for lunch
Protein shake for dinner

...and I work out, yet I'm still "heavy"

How the heck are your 165lbs with hat diet. Only explanation is that you aren't eating enough.

I've been an anorexic off and on my whole life never been under 130. Anorexia isn't just in 100 lb people. Obviously my body holds on to fat, but eating more doesn't translate to me losing weight either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not what they eat that matters, it's how much. You can fit any type of food into your diet and still be thin or lose weight. Also, how much you can eat varies significantly from person to person. What a thin person eats to maintain weight may be more calories than what a fat person eats to try to lose weight. It's all about creating the calorie deficit that's right for you based on height, weight, age, and activity.

True. We recently went on vacation- teen son brought a friend. Nice kid- very overweight. It was SHOCKING watching him eat. Three pieces of bread with each plate of dinner and no less than 2 plates of dinner. One night we all got giant slices of pie from a bakery. My whole family ate half and saved the rest (they were massive)- he ate all of his and then threw away the box and got cookies from the pantry. He ate 2 packages of cookies before anyone else even got any. I mean, the kid just ate TONS. Same stuff we were all eating for the most part... but in vastly greater quantities.

This makes me want to puke. How on earth do you eat that much food and not get sick...gross.

[Anonymous]

We are a thin family. It's a combination of genetics (metabolism), healthy eating habits and the food itself.

There's nothing special about what we eat but we have a lot of vegetables and salads and more veggie nights than not. We don't have pasta often, but will have a baguette along with a salad, steamed vegs and roast chicken and that is a typical dinner. Fruit and yoghurt for breakfast. Simple sandwiches for lunch with carrot sticks and hummus. Once a month I will bake a cake or pie and that will last several days as our dessert after dinner. We rarely have takeaways but we do enjoy our weekend croissants that I pick up at a local bakery. Never get pizza takeaways but will occasionally pop a frozen pizza into the oven (frozen pizzas are a) smaller portions and b) not as overloaded with cheese and fat). We eat out as a family for dinner every three weeks or so and will usually go for a Chinese or Thai. We do eat out (very well) when we travel overseas.

As you can infer, the food we eat isn't special. It's all about portion control and having a range of nutritious food with the occasional splurges. We rarely snack and I never keep snacks in the house other than a bag of pretzels and we'll reach for an apple if hungry between meals. I've noticed the kids are the same and I've noticed that like their parents, they are quickly full without eating much food, so I do think there's a genetic makeup in our bodies that automatically triggers these reactions and that keeps us slender and prevents us from eating when we're not hungry, which is a big problem for too many people.

It also helps that we are also active. We exercise, play sports (I play tennis and swim laps) and enjoy long walks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are a thin family. It's a combination of genetics (metabolism), healthy eating habits and the food itself.

There's nothing special about what we eat but we have a lot of vegetables and salads and more veggie nights than not. We don't have pasta often, but will have a baguette along with a salad, steamed vegs and roast chicken and that is a typical dinner. Fruit and yoghurt for breakfast. Simple sandwiches for lunch with carrot sticks and hummus. Once a month I will bake a cake or pie and that will last several days as our dessert after dinner. We rarely have takeaways but we do enjoy our weekend croissants that I pick up at a local bakery. Never get pizza takeaways but will occasionally pop a frozen pizza into the oven (frozen pizzas are a) smaller portions and b) not as overloaded with cheese and fat). We eat out as a family for dinner every three weeks or so and will usually go for a Chinese or Thai. We do eat out (very well) when we travel overseas.

As you can infer, the food we eat isn't special. It's all about portion control and having a range of nutritious food with the occasional splurges. We rarely snack and I never keep snacks in the house other than a bag of pretzels and we'll reach for an apple if hungry between meals. I've noticed the kids are the same and I've noticed that like their parents, they are quickly full without eating much food, so I do think there's a genetic makeup in our bodies that automatically triggers these reactions and that keeps us slender and prevents us from eating when we're not hungry, which is a big problem for too many people.

It also helps that we are also active. We exercise, play sports (I play tennis and swim laps) and enjoy long walks.

Sorry, but this sounds incredibly rigid and boring, especially for the kids.