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Especially teenagers. People claim that teenagers have fast metabolisms, but I was pushing obesity for all of my teen years, despite eating healthier than everyone on my high school varsity sports team. I'd have junk occasionally, but my peers would have junk all the time and still be skinny like reeds. It made me have terrible self confidence as a teen, my goodness.
I'm now in my early 20s and now weigh less than I did for most of middle school, through adopting a vegan diet. The crazy thing is that I now rarely exercise, too, so the whole conventional idea to exercise off weight tricked me all along. I want to pick up exercising now for my health, not as a way to get skinnier, as I was able to lose 40 pounds through veganism and literally just walking on a treadmill once or twice times a week.
I just don't get why people assume everyone has fast metabolisms as teens and if that's the real reason why those girls (not just white. also indian (the skinniest indian girl i knew ate the most junk food. i sat with her at lunch), african-american, latina, etc.) are so skinny as teens.
Answers, anyone? I've tried googling this and can't find a clear answer. What makes someone even have a faster metabolism than another? "Genes" isn't enough of an answer. I want a deeper answer.
To bring up a famous example look at Kendall Jenner. She's much skinnier than Kylie, who is also tall, despite both of them likely eating similar foods. Even before becoming a model Kendall was reed thin. I went through her insta today and her earliest posts show the most unhealthy food next to shots of her flat stomach.
For me to have a normal BMI I literally don't eat any oil, added sugar, or salt. I cook most of my meals, buy mostly organic, and generally eat high carb and low fat. so to see some other skinny person eat cheetos and pizza like it's no big deal rubs me the wrong way, because that would blow my body up. if i eat pizza at a restaurant (unless its raw vegan) i'll just bloat up from the salt feel gassy from the fat content. i know my health will be better, from more fruits an veggies, but still.. (link)
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Not all pigs are lucky enough to have a soft underbelly. This is likely because of a few things. First, your skinny friends probably eat unhealthy in public, but they probably eat either extremely healthy when they are alone or next to nothing when they are alone. You are probably either a more consistent eater, or a person who eats more when you are alone. So that's the first point: your friends probably don't eat that slop all of the time. Second,weight gain and weight loss have less to do with how healthy a person eats and a lot more to do with when a person eats. Carbohydrates should not be eaten past noon. Lean protein should be consumed every three hours. Also, junk food should be consumed alongside a lean protein. Do this and I guarentee you will drop a mininum of 15 lbs over the course of two months. Third, you are right. Exercise acccounts for only 20% of weight loss. Exercise to keep your heart healthy and your muscles strong, not to lose weight. Also, make sure you enjoy the exercise you do! For example, my favourite exercise is lifting mugs of hot chocolate! Also, never forget the small things. Take the stairs, look for spare change in your purse, etc. Finally, stop worrying about having a flat stomach. Pigs are meant to have soft underbellies.
Remember, style comes in all shapes and sizes. Therefore, the bigger you are, the more style you have!
Toodles,
Miss Piggy
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I know plenty of people that eat slop all the time, though, and find my healthy food weird.
Also, I've lost weight without restricting my carbs. I eat high carb, low fat. And I also limit my protein intake.
I think it's wrong for you to say that I shouldn't worry about getting a flat stomach and that "the bigger I am, the more style I have," because from age 14 I was being monitored by doctors for prediabetes. I wasn't even obese then, just overweight. So losing weight to me is no joke. Humans are meant to be slim, not overweight, unless we're pregnant, of course.
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