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Why are some girls so skinny despite eating a lot of junk food?
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..
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First off, everyone's body is different. Not all Teenagers metabolism is fast. some are slow, some are medium fast. There are so many different varieties Just like how many different body shapes there is in the world.
As for Kendall. I guarantee that those celebrities have fitness trainers. even if they say they don't they do. There are certain things you can do to speed up your metabolism. One of them is eating 5 small meals a day rather than 3 very large meals. so Breakfast, mid morning snack, lunch, mid afternoon snack, supper and evening snack.
Carbs is an item that is not good for you, too many carbs turns into too much fat.
Also take a look at how much your sodium intake is. it could be that your bloating is due to water weight.
hope this helps!
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In what limited reading I have done on natural health, I have concluded a few things, high metabolism is but one aspect of why someone does not have lots of weight. Others are the amount and type of exercise needed for ones body type, and what we ingest. However, exercise and high metabolism won't guarantee that the cheetos eating crowd who take in fats, sugars and salts etc have a higher risk for some kind of disease like heart disease. The reason for your losing weight is due to your healthier diet. Vegan and whole foods, organic, non GMO, and use of any super food items will take off weighkt. Why? Because the American diet, of whats offered in stores, and fast food and restaurants is empty calories and basically not very healthy at all, even if a person is eating lots of fruits and veggies and protein instead of junk food. There are scientific reports plus the many personal reports and the living proof, that Americans who stop or limit junk food to very seldom, and eat organic and non GMO at the very least, are going to lose weight.
I would suggest you do something I have done. I looked up the words Non GMO on Facebook and liked the pages of any that post daily and some have to do with eating healthy recipes. Like a pizza crust made from cauliflower. I am still homeless and can't try them yet but what I can do right now, I am doing. Put any of these pages to show first in your feed on FB so you don't miss any.
To learn more about how do to our genetics, certain foods are better or worse for different people or how amount of exercise and other things are different for maximum health according to east Indian originating health views, look up anything or Ayervedic medicine. My intro was seeing an article in a womens health magazine.
Lastly, since you mention you don't eat any oil, there is one, that is considered a super food. Both hubby and I have lost weight without any change to our diet just by adding this to diet. I will list a link to an article.
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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,
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