Skinny Minnie women how do you maintain your figure?

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Anonymous wrote:Most naturally skinny people eat less than fat people. They have extremely sensitive hunger cues and the biggest secret: they HATE feeling too full. The naturally thin people that say they eat whatever they want are telling the truth, it’s just that they eat much smaller portions than average adults. Dieting makes you obsess over food you can and can’t eat, so learning to eat very little delicious food makes you eventually “naturally” thin.

^ Very much this.
I've been skinny my whole life and now I'm just slender. I do eat what ever and whenever I want, but I'm not interested in snacking, sweets, junk food, meat or heavy dinners. I would rather wait for a truly delicious, rewarding meal, than stuff my face with whatever the second I feel hunger.
I walk a lot; bike and swim occasionally and I love to cook. Wine and bread pretty much every day, but everything in moderation.

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I am reasonably thin. About 117 pounds and 5’2, with large breasts. Size 4. The truth is that to stay this thin doesn’t take much work, eat reasonably healthy but still have cookies, bagels, etc. exercise and lead an active lifestyle. But for a period in my twenties and thirties I was Way thinner, like a size 0 or 2. And the reality of that is it required constant focus on food and exercise. I logged everything I ate and to me, the behavior, while not an eating disorder, was not healthy. Unless you’re one of the truly lucky people who are genetically rail thin, it gets dangerous to try to achieve that.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't eat. No, just kidding. But I don't enjoy the things I eat. I eat very healthy, low carb meals. Black coffee/tea only. No soda, no chocolate, no sugary drinks, no dessert, no fun basically. Once every 2-3 weeks, I'll let myself have a latte from starbucks or something else I'm craving but that's it. I also workout 3-4 times a week.

There's no secret, just suck the fun out of eating!

I’d rather carry a few extra pounds and enjoy life.

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I’m not skinny minnie. I’m 150 and 5’10”. Average and healthy weight. I eat whatever I want. However, if I pay attention to portions and refined carbs, I can easily be 135. For my height, 135 is skinny Minnie.

Count macros. Try Fit Body Boot Camp. It’s not hard. It just requires more focus than I’m able to give right now with 3 small kids at home during pandemic-era parenting/homeschooling.

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Anonymous wrote:110 lbs, 5’5”. I’m also a 32A and have narrow hips and long legs. One pregnancy. I’ve never worn any larger than a size 2 in American sizing.

I literally eat whatever I want. I drink two Cokes a day. I usually have a pastry for breakfast (croissant, scone, occasionally a donut or bagel). For lunches and dinner, it’s: pasta, pizza, chicken and rice, Mexican food, the occasional salad with creamy dressing, hamburgers, sub sandwiches. I always eat dessert. My favorite snacks are potato chips, chocolate, candy, and pastries.

I exercise, but not religiously. It makes me feel better. For a long time I never did cardio, just yoga/Pilates and upper body strength. I started running recently though and like that I can burn of nervous energy that way. But it’s not a lot and not every day. When I’m exercising, I notice a difference in muscle tone and energy levels, but no change in my weight or appearance.

I know some people get thin by working at it. That’s fine. But for some people like me, it really is genetic.

My entire life, I’ve had friends try to figure out “my secret”. THERE IS NO SECRET. I’m just skinny. One day, that might change. But I’m 42 and I’ve never been on a diet and I’ve always been thin. So I think I can safely conclude that it is, in fact, genetic in my case.

Be ready to be stunned! My DH, 53, drinks about 6 Dr. Peppers per day. Full sugar on, no diet nothing. He is almost 6 feet tall. He is not even 132lbs! No dieting. Your two Cokes make you seem like you are dieting!

Your husband is 6 feet tall and 132 pounds? That’s disgusting.

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I am early 50’s and still weigh the same as I did in high school. Which is size 0/2, 25 jeans. Up until my late 50’s, I could eat whatever I wanted and not gain any weight. In fact, a lot of people thought I was anorexic. I was not. I did a lot of cardio so could eat a lot of junk food. I lost all my baby weight within one week for all my kids (breastfeeding helped). But then menopause hit, and I started to gain weight. It was alarming to me so I started IF (never dieted in my life b4) and counted calories. I started weight lifting and marathon training. I stopped IF and calorie counting after 3-4 months because it was too cumbersome. However, I cleaned up my diet by cutting out most sugar and processed food. My running and weight training helped me to lose the 5 lbs I had gained.

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Running everyday, the continuous movement involved with taking care of a home and 5 children, never drinking alcohol and always be very conscious of what I eat and the calorie content.

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Quit hormonal contraception, followed Intuitive Eating methods, took years, but now I am Kate Middleton thin always, never gain weight, never think twice about diet or exercise because I know what I like!

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Anonymous wrote:Most naturally skinny people eat less than fat people. They have extremely sensitive hunger cues and the biggest secret: they HATE feeling too full. The naturally thin people that say they eat whatever they want are telling the truth, it’s just that they eat much smaller portions than average adults. Dieting makes you obsess over food you can and can’t eat, so learning to eat very little delicious food makes you eventually “naturally” thin.

This is my observation as well. The thin people I know just eat less. Most are not depriving themselves, they just feel full faster.

I am heavy and hate the feeling of being hungry. I'd rather feel slightly "too full" than a little bit hungry.

You can train yourself to eat less, it takes about three weeks, but your mind adjusts to it. The secret is to wait until you are truly hungry and then eat exactly what you are craving, even if it’s junk. You teach your appetite to return to normal. But it requires really learning not be scared of hunger.

I was thin until my mid-thirties, and I agree that you can "train" your appetite. But I do believe that I fundamentally have a larger appetite than my thinner friends, and I hate to exercise/workout. Large appetite and dislike of exercise is a double whammy. My happy place is reading a book in a comfy chair. In my 30's, I worked out like crazy and learned to be a little hungry all the time to stay thin. I just DGAF anymore.

That’s fair. I think it’s fine to not GAF about being thin. I really like being thin, but I hate obsessing over food, so I just studied naturally thin eaters for a long time and imitated them. Eventually “doing becomes being” and I am naturally thin now, too.

I frequently stop myself during any eating and check in. The minute I feel “full” that’s it.

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Anonymous wrote:110 lbs, 5’5”. I’m also a 32A and have narrow hips and long legs. One pregnancy. I’ve never worn any larger than a size 2 in American sizing.

I literally eat whatever I want. I drink two Cokes a day. I usually have a pastry for breakfast (croissant, scone, occasionally a donut or bagel). For lunches and dinner, it’s: pasta, pizza, chicken and rice, Mexican food, the occasional salad with creamy dressing, hamburgers, sub sandwiches. I always eat dessert. My favorite snacks are potato chips, chocolate, candy, and pastries.

I exercise, but not religiously. It makes me feel better. For a long time I never did cardio, just yoga/Pilates and upper body strength. I started running recently though and like that I can burn of nervous energy that way. But it’s not a lot and not every day. When I’m exercising, I notice a difference in muscle tone and energy levels, but no change in my weight or appearance.

I know some people get thin by working at it. That’s fine. But for some people like me, it really is genetic.

My entire life, I’ve had friends try to figure out “my secret”. THERE IS NO SECRET. I’m just skinny. One day, that might change. But I’m 42 and I’ve never been on a diet and I’ve always been thin. So I think I can safely conclude that it is, in fact, genetic in my case.

I feel pretty confident that while you eat whatever you want, even all that junk, in total you're not eating that much. It's very possible to eat McDonald's every single day and still eat under X calories per day. What's genetic is not so much your metabolism and fat creation whatever but more your ability to self-regulate and listen to your body's cues.

It's not so much that genetically thin people have smaller appetites than others, it's usually that their body's ability to listen to hunger and satiety cues hasn't been compromised yet. I've had an eating disorder for 20+ years. Food is an addictive substance to me. My brain has completely lost the ability to transmit the full message; I only know to stop eating because of societal norms around portion sizes. This is a chemical thing in my brain. My genetics made me more susceptible to this addiction, the genetically skinny people have neurotransmitters that work differently than mine.

Most people who are thin without trying to be thin just don't realize how much less they eat than others because eating that amount has always been their normal.

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You don’t have to eat that much less to be skinny. My husband isn’t thin and he eats just a bit more than I do. If I have two slices of pizza, he eats four. When I go to dinner with not skinny friends, they usually eat a good bit more than I do, but not that much more. I’ll eat half a burger and fries. They eat the entire burger and all of the fries.

I weigh myself daily. I don’t allow myself to gain weight.

What you weigh is a choice

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You don’t have to eat that much less to be skinny. My husband isn’t thin and he eats just a bit more than I do. If I have two slices of pizza, he eats four. When I go to dinner with not skinny friends, they usually eat a good bit more than I do, but not that much more. I’ll eat half a burger and fries. They eat the entire burger and all of the fries.

I weigh myself daily. I don’t allow myself to gain weight.

What you weigh is a choice

How old are you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You don’t have to eat that much less to be skinny. My husband isn’t thin and he eats just a bit more than I do. If I have two slices of pizza, he eats four. When I go to dinner with not skinny friends, they usually eat a good bit more than I do, but not that much more. I’ll eat half a burger and fries. They eat the entire burger and all of the fries.

I weigh myself daily. I don’t allow myself to gain weight.

What you weigh is a choice

How old are you?

42.

I don’t use food as an emotional crutch. I want to be thin so I don’t eat too much. I value being thin more than I want to eat X. Americans eat nonstop. I don’t snack. I eat three meals a day and try to get some exercise.

FWIW, I used to weigh more. I got tired of it and decided to lose weight.

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of people lying here. Possibly to themselves as well.
"I eat everything! God made me that way!"
Yeah, no.
They are not eating as much as they think and they are lying. I assure you nobody eats 3000 calories per day and is 110 lbs. Unless they exercise some 4 hours per day.
Liars, one and all.
It is not the luck of the draw, they don't eat as much, the end.

This is generally true. There are very few women over 40 who eat "normally" - three meals a day, food pyramid amounts, nothing crazy - and are what someone like OP would consider skinny.

It's either genetics (look at mom, sisters) or obsessiveness over eating or exercise or a combo of both. This is the case for 100% of the women I know that fit into this category, and there are a lot.

I would agree with this and count the 'they just don't have the inclination to eat that much' people in the genetics category.

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Anonymous wrote:You don’t have to eat that much less to be skinny. My husband isn’t thin and he eats just a bit more than I do. If I have two slices of pizza, he eats four. When I go to dinner with not skinny friends, they usually eat a good bit more than I do, but not that much more. I’ll eat half a burger and fries. They eat the entire burger and all of the fries.

I weigh myself daily. I don’t allow myself to gain weight.

What you weigh is a choice

You just described how people around you eat double of what you do while stating you do not have to eat that much less than others to be skinny..
I agree with the PP who said that "naturally" skinny is much more about being able to control how much you eat without feeling restricted rather than having some magically fast metabolism that makes you process large quantities of food without fat gain. Naturally thin people also tend to be more active and/or finicky leading to higher NEAT (non-exercise related calorie burn) which is a factor often massively underestimated by general population. Most people seem to think that if they get one hour of exercise it will somehow compensate for spending the rest of the day on the sofa.