Skinny people who don't diet but just eat carefully. What is on your plate?

[Anonymous]

For me, it’s genetic. 42yo.
I don’t eat particularly well. I don’t eat a ton, though...

Yesterday was a junk food kinda day.
Half a breakfast Sandwich from Starbucks
Half slice of pumpkin bread
Black iced coffee

Lunch:
Turkey and cheese sandwich with mustard
Pringles
Water

Dinner:
2 slices cheese pizza
2chicken wings
Brownie

Usually I start to crave lots of fruits and vegetables as it gets warmer, so I eat more of those in summer.

[Anonymous]

41, 5’5 and 115ish (I do not weigh myself).

Similar to others.

Breakfast: croissant or bagel if available, toast with butter or jam if not. Sometimes cereal. A banana usually as well.
Lunch: Turkey sandwiches, quesadillas, burritos, tacos. Often leftovers from dinner. If we do takeout for dinner, like a bowl from Chipotle or Thai food, I will almost always still have half available for lunch the next day.
Dinner: Pasta, casseroles, pizza, big salads (with meat and cheese), Mexican food, chicken and rice, falafel sandwiches— a lot of variety here. Also will usually do a side salad if dark greens, nuts, and dried fruit if the entree isn’t veggie-heavy enough. But try to incorporate veggies as much as possible.
Snacks: chocolate, chocolate, chocolate, sometimes baked goods
I also usually drink a Coke a day, but I drink it from 2liter bottles, not cans, so it’s probably less than 12 oz when I fill a class with ice and pour Coke over it. Otherwise water.

I eat until I’m full but I get full very easily. I always find restaurant it takes out portions way too big. Also, I eat homemade food about 90% of the time. Even make my own bread often. I mention this because I think commercial food often has a lot more salt, sugar, and preservatives than homemade. I know a lot of what I eat sounds like junk to people, but to me, a burger we made at home on homemade buns with fresh veggies and a homemade burger sauce? We’re not making it “healthy”— it’s not a whole grain bun or a veggie burger and we use real butter and stuff— but it’s probably a lot better for me than a fast food or restaurant burger.

So I think it’s a combo of being genetically predisposed to be thin, eating a lot of home cooked meals, small portions, and staying active. I think people often look at my diet and just see “pizza, burgers, coke, sweets” and don’t look at the whole picture. Yes, that’s in there. But I’m also a really active person who eats a spinach salad almost every day. I don’t eat junk.

[Anonymous]

I am 36, 5’7”, 133lbs
Typical weekday:
Breakfast: everything bagel with butter, dried apricots, black coffee
Snack: chobani yogurt
Lunch: Amy’s frozen meal, some chocolate
Snack: nuts or goldfish or granola bar
Dinner: varies from pizza to soup and salad to rotisserie chicken with potatoes, just depends
Snack: fruit and cheese plate with glass of wine or beer

I have learned that at least for me the thing that works best to keep my weight down is portion control. I also don’t drink calories, except for alcohol. During the day I only drink water and black coffee

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m 5’8 and 118.

For breakfast I had three latkes with sour cream (maybe two tablespoons? I don’t measure, it was a lot). Three 10 oz lattes before lunch.

Lunch was half a leftover chipotle burrito bowl with brown rice, black beans, sofritas, cheese, sour cream, and fresh salsa.

Afternoon snack two slices of cheese in between conference calls and then one pita with hummus and two more lattes on conference calls.

Dinner is pizza, probably two slices, and mixed salad. Also one to two glasses of wine (I’m on my first now...we will see). This is a pretty typical day although probably with less veg than usual.

...and for me this is a lot of food because I'm a lot shorter than this PP. I probably drink the same amount of coffee with just milk (no sugar)!! I'd have 1/2 of the breakfast and the dinner and the snack. Same lunch because it was a half leftover bowl!

[Anonymous]

I’m 5’4” 125 and am 34yo. Yesterday was pretty typical:

Breakfast: nothing. I almost never have breakfast. I did get my normal Starbucks skim latte, no whip with sugar free syrup.

Lunch: Salad with a small soup

Dinner: Some ravioli

Snack: a small cookie

I weigh myself everyday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m 5’8 and 118.

For breakfast I had three latkes with sour cream (maybe two tablespoons? I don’t measure, it was a lot). Three 10 oz lattes before lunch.

Lunch was half a leftover chipotle burrito bowl with brown rice, black beans, sofritas, cheese, sour cream, and fresh salsa.

Afternoon snack two slices of cheese in between conference calls and then one pita with hummus and two more lattes on conference calls.

Dinner is pizza, probably two slices, and mixed salad. Also one to two glasses of wine (I’m on my first now...we will see). This is a pretty typical day although probably with less veg than usual.

You can tell me to mind my own business, but I'm curious about these 5 lattes. Is this 5X8 oz of milk + 1 or oz of espresso? Or is this a keurig "latte" situation?

[Anonymous]

I'm 5'5" and weigh between 115-120. A typical day:

Breakfast: Oatmeal with 1/2 a banana sliced in, a spoonful of chopped walnuts, a small drizzle of maple syrup. Two cups of coffee with half and half.
Lunch: Salad with some filling ingredients, like chicken, cheese, avocado.
Snack: A small scoop of ice cream, or some fruit, or a bowl of Tostitos.
Dinner: Varies widely, but almost always a protein, carb + vegetables. Last night we were busy, so we had burgers, and I had roasted asparagus as a side. Sometimes a glass of wine.
Dessert: Almost always have something small, like a cookie or some chocolate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For me, it’s genetic. 42yo.
I don’t eat particularly well. I don’t eat a ton, though...

Yesterday was a junk food kinda day.
Half a breakfast Sandwich from Starbucks
Half slice of pumpkin bread
Black iced coffee

Lunch:
Turkey and cheese sandwich with mustard
Pringles
Water

Dinner:
2 slices cheese pizza
2chicken wings
Brownie

Usually I start to crave lots of fruits and vegetables as it gets warmer, so I eat more of those in summer.

I think your statement that you do not eat a lot is the key here. You really do not eat a lot! I think your menu shows that you can truly eat anything you want and be slim, as long as you limit your portions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm 5'5" and weigh between 115-120. A typical day:

Breakfast: Oatmeal with 1/2 a banana sliced in, a spoonful of chopped walnuts, a small drizzle of maple syrup. Two cups of coffee with half and half.
Lunch: Salad with some filling ingredients, like chicken, cheese, avocado.
Snack: A small scoop of ice cream, or some fruit, or a bowl of Tostitos.
Dinner: Varies widely, but almost always a protein, carb + vegetables. Last night we were busy, so we had burgers, and I had roasted asparagus as a side. Sometimes a glass of wine.
Dessert: Almost always have something small, like a cookie or some chocolate.

This post shows that being mindful truly makes the difference. Like me, you opted for greens with dinner/burger in your case, instead of french fries. I do find that limiting carbs works. Having a small treat is always great, so you don't feel like you never have sweets.

[Anonymous]

5’3”, 107 lbs, early 40s

This is what I ate yesterday.

Breakfast - black coffee
Lunch - 10 pieces of sushi
Dinner - beef tacos (3 small flour tortillas), roasted cauliflower, two glasses of wine

It’s definitely in part genetic. My parents/grandparents are thin, and I’ve been always thin. I eat/drink whatever I want, but in moderation. No breakfast.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thin after 40 is genetic.

Absolutely this. Generic or starving herself. You will get responses like “I had 17 cheeseburgers today and I am 5 foot 10 and 100 pounds!” And guess what - their mothers are those old skinny women that can barely stand up on their stick legs. Genetics or disorder after 40. 100% true. I’m not talking about normal - I’m talking about “skinny.”

This is just not true. I don't know where you are finding these "absolute genetic facts" but they are not true for any single person I know. My grandma was as skinny as can be, so was her husband, my grandpa. My mom, their daughter is obese. Three sons, including my dad, on the other side of the family, were all relatively normal weight. Grandma was definitely a typical old European grandma, that would be called obese today, grandpa was slim.
I am slim, with an obese mom.
Nobody that is thin would ever say they eat 17 burgers. I am less than 120 lbs at 50. I am not disordered at all. People think I eat a ton, like my sister and my mom who are overweight. Because that is all they see and all they want to see! They see me having a huge pastry for breakfast and a large lunch, but lunch is usually not heavy on carbs. They never seem to notice that at night I skip potatoes and bread. Nor do they see that I skip dessert all the time. I don't drink alcohol, nor do I drink coke or Pepsi. They do, and not the zero-calorie kind.
But, to hear them speak, I am so lucky! Well, by your logic I am genetically predisposed to be thin or I have a disorder. They do not see me as being disordered at all. According to them, I eat twice as much as they do, and I am skinny.
Do you know how many times when I am visiting them, I find out the next morning that BIL went to get a pizza or Mcdonalds around 11 pm? And, well, it doesn't count it is a treat! Is it disordered not to eat Mcdonalds or pizza at 11 pm? After we all had a nice dinner at 8?

[Anonymous]

45yo, 118 lbs, 5'6. Parents and siblings all obese or extremely obese with diabetes, high blood pressure, etc. Last year my metabolism plummeted so that now I have to eat much less.
Dinner tonight was lots of raw spinach, steamed broccoli, two carrots, 1 ounce of feta and 2 tsp hummus. Beans and quinoa and veggie burger. 250 cal worth of cashews. 3 portions of fruit for dessert. What others call dieting I regard as the unending sacrifice necessary to maintain a svelte figure in middle age. I will do it forever.

[Anonymous]

Morning:
Mug of coffee with cream/sugar, oatmeal with raw almonds and chipped apple.

Lunch: yogurt, cheese stick, hard boiled egg, slice Dave's bread, banana

Afternoon snack: protein bar

Supper: homemade chicken/vegetable or lean beef/vegetable soup and tossed salad with lots of veggies tossed in, and maybe baked potato or sweet potato with a little butter

[Anonymous]

I've been skinny my whole life. I am 5'6" and about 110 smoking wet. Size 2 or 0.

I just don't have that big of an appetite, and I hate feeling full.

It's rare for me to finish a meal -- even a whole sandwich. I just get sick of tasting the same food and need a break. It's why I love tapas!

I do eat dessert -- dark chocolate, flourless chocolate cake, flan, ice cream etc. but much smaller portions than most people. Like I'll order a kid's cup of ice cream and I may or may not finish it.

I'm also kind of picky and a food snob -- I don't eat gross processed baked goods, and if something is off to me, I won't eat it just because I ordered it or just because it's sitting there.

What do I eat? Mostly meat, veggies and rice. I love Lebanese food, Vietnamese food. Last night dinner was blackened salmon, roasted broccoli and rice. Had the leftovers for breakfast. Not much of a snacker at all. Maybe some cheese and crackers and olives around 4 p.m.

I eat an insane amount of guacamole -- I add it to salads, use it as a dip etc.

I really don't care how much I weigh and have never been on a diet. I know that I am lucky.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:5’3”, 107 lbs, early 40s

This is what I ate yesterday.

Breakfast - black coffee
Lunch - 10 pieces of sushi
Dinner - beef tacos (3 small flour tortillas), roasted cauliflower, two glasses of wine

It’s definitely in part genetic. My parents/grandparents are thin, and I’ve been always thin. I eat/drink whatever I want, but in moderation. No breakfast.

I'm thin but view what you are as starvation.😊