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

[Anonymous]

I wonder if all the Pringles and M and M eaters are the same women who bully their fat sisters-in-law sayng: "But I just want you to be Heeeealthhhhy. I am so worried about how unhealthy you are," Meanwhile they are having wine and beer and ice cream and cookies and candy and three slices of pizza and chicken wings.
Doesn't seem very healthy to me.
A lot of you appear to eat no vegetables.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if all the Pringles and M and M eaters are the same women who bully their fat sisters-in-law sayng: "But I just want you to be Heeeealthhhhy. I am so worried about how unhealthy you are," Meanwhile they are having wine and beer and ice cream and cookies and candy and three slices of pizza and chicken wings.
Doesn't seem very healthy to me.
A lot of you appear to eat no vegetables.

I like the 90/10 method of eating. 90% has nutritional value and 10% is allotted for "junk" and sweets. Eating this way, I never feel deprived and I easily maintain my weight. If I want to drop the vanity 5lbs, I just cut out the junk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone really agree with this image of a 24 30 as overweight? I would think this is really not healthy to call a person looking like that overweight by any standards.

That was my reaction too! I am technically in the second category from the left, but look at best like the "weight over" figure. I would just label the first girl as about to die (look at the arms!) and then shift all of the images over one.

[Anonymous]

I think moderation and portion control is the key here.

[Anonymous]

More vegetables than protein, less starch than protein. If I'm eating alone, I don't eat until my stomach is hungry. If I'm eating with others (dinner reservations with friends, etc.) then I just eat less if I'm not hungry. I eat really clean, because that's how I feel my body hums along the best.

[Anonymous]

I am a big believer in the policy: if you're hungry, eat an apple, if you don't want an apple, you're not hungry. I think it's that food author...

Anyway, I'm 41, time will tell if things change for me. I do not watch what I eat, but I do eat salad and fruit every day with meals, and don't buy junk food for the house. I grew up without junk food (chips, etc.) and it literally never occurs to me to buy it. Spouse buys it on road trips/vacation and we all enjoy. Spouse is also a big fan of daily dessert. I partake, but would never instigate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Thank you! PP.. This is what I was asking for. Appreciate your time. OP.

Keep in mind PP is technically underweight according to the charts. I'm the same height, and when I was that weight we had trouble TTC, so my OB made me gain weight to get into the healthy zone and it worked. I eat the way PP does too and had to really up my intake to get to the 125 goal.

[Anonymous]

Just wanted to add I am incredibly jealous of all of you! 48 y.o., weigh and track all my food, very minimal carbs, no alcohol, mainly lean proteins, fruits and meat (i.e., "clean eating"), around 1400 calories a day, work out 7 days a week, and still overweight (25 bmi). Easy to gain, so hard to lose.

Those of you are in late 40's/early 50's, etc., who claim it's not genetics, it's just "moderate eating," must eat tiny, tiny portions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just wanted to add I am incredibly jealous of all of you! 48 y.o., weigh and track all my food, very minimal carbs, no alcohol, mainly lean proteins, fruits and meat (i.e., "clean eating"), around 1400 calories a day, work out 7 days a week, and still overweight (25 bmi). Easy to gain, so hard to lose.

Those of you are in late 40's/early 50's, etc., who claim it's not genetics, it's just "moderate eating," must eat tiny, tiny portions.

It's counterintuitive, but you need to eat more and add some fat into your diet.

[Anonymous]

It's genetic. My BMI is 20/21 at almost 40. I eat whatever I want, but I like relatively healthy food (my diet is 80% healthy & 20% not at all, purely based on preferences) & don't need big portions (again, totally genetic).

FWIW I do not look super skinny at all (5'5" and 120-125 and the body of someone who had 3 kids in their 30s), and have a low BMI largely because I basically cannot build muscle. (I once spent a summer doing super physical manual labor & not eating enough (we had to feed ourselves as part of the program and we were bad at cooking & budgeting) in HS and everyone else looked super toned afterwards, whereas I just looked skinny.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Ten pieces of sushi is how many calories? 400?
Beef tacos, even if you had huge ones, are around 400 calories, no? Cauliflower, less than 100, plus 160 for wine? You had less than 2000 calories.

I think you are correct. I don’t count calories, but I probably have like 1500-2000 per day? I am very fine boned (waist 23, wedding ring size 2). I also rarely exercise so I guess I don’t consume a lot of calories. 1500-2000 per day seems enough for my frame/height and activity level.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just wanted to add I am incredibly jealous of all of you! 48 y.o., weigh and track all my food, very minimal carbs, no alcohol, mainly lean proteins, fruits and meat (i.e., "clean eating"), around 1400 calories a day, work out 7 days a week, and still overweight (25 bmi). Easy to gain, so hard to lose.

Those of you are in late 40's/early 50's, etc., who claim it's not genetics, it's just "moderate eating," must eat tiny, tiny portions.

It's counterintuitive, but you need to eat more and add some fat into your diet.

I agree. I'm 45 and have very low body fat thanks to my diet which is bulky w vegetables and heavy in olive oil and avocado. Lean proteins, but folks, you need to fire up your metabolism and you do this by eating food.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just wanted to add I am incredibly jealous of all of you! 48 y.o., weigh and track all my food, very minimal carbs, no alcohol, mainly lean proteins, fruits and meat (i.e., "clean eating"), around 1400 calories a day, work out 7 days a week, and still overweight (25 bmi). Easy to gain, so hard to lose.


It's counterintuitive, but you need to eat more and add some fat into your diet.

I agree. I'm 45 and have very low body fat thanks to my diet which is bulky w vegetables and heavy in olive oil and avocado. Lean proteins, but folks, you need to fire up your metabolism and you do this by eating food.

PP: You're both right, I eat very little fat (I don't like the taste), lots of veggies/fruits and a moderate amount of lean protein. I guess I can trying adding some healthy AVOO fats into my diet--would love to move the needle re: weight and body fat. Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Just wanted to add I am incredibly jealous of all of you! 48 y.o., weigh and track all my food, very minimal carbs, no alcohol, mainly lean proteins, fruits and meat (i.e., "clean eating"), around 1400 calories a day, work out 7 days a week, and still overweight (25 bmi). Easy to gain, so hard to lose. Those of you are in late 40's/early 50's, etc., who claim it's not genetics, it's just "moderate eating," must eat tiny, tiny portions.

I'm 48 and just dropped my BMI from 27 to 20 without weighing, tracking or calorie counting. I literally just cut out sugar and processed snacks. (I guess it helps that my diet was mostly sugar and processed snacks - the fact that I wasn't obese probably suggests that I have genetically good metabolism). I definitely eat more than 1400 calories. I try not to go crazy with carbs, but I have oatmeal everyday. If I'm having something that usually is served with rice, I eat rice. I don't for example, order Pho from a restaurant and throw away the noodles (I still think about the poster who said she did that lol).

If I ate like some of the people on this thread, I would definitely have an underweight BMI. I have never "forgotten to eat" or skipped a meal because I wasn't hungry.

[Anonymous]

Someone who is 5’4” and around 110 lbs chime in! This is my goal weight and I would like to know what you eat.