Discussion about the negative aspects of skinny body shaming and the nastiness of fat women in /r/formula1 (np.reddit.com)
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68 comments submitted at 12:54:32 on Nov 9, 2014 by JustSmall
Discussion about the negative aspects of skinny body shaming and the nastiness of fat women in /r/formula1 (np.reddit.com)
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68 comments submitted at 12:54:32 on Nov 9, 2014 by JustSmall
I wish that people would realize that overweight or underweight by medical definitions doesn't necessarily mean the best weight for an individual. I am 21 years old, a 00 to a 1 at 105 lbs. I should be around 120 but my body just won't get there. I have plenty of friends who are around 140 when they should be 120, but they look and feel great at the weight they are at.
>my body just won't get there.
Then you probably just don't eat enough.
Trust me. I eat plenty.
Edit: I eat until I am full. What do you want me to do? Stuff myself until I feel sick so I can meet health averages? No. I eat enough, and I am perfectly healthy.
Hey I've been in your situation before. Just remember its not how much you eat but WHAT you eat! Good luck :)
No, you don't. Calories in, calories out is all there is to it.
It's incredibly arrogant to argue with another person about their own body, and to assume that you know everything there is to know about biology based on one law of thermodynamics.
http://junkfoodscience.blogspot.com/2008/10/first-law-of-thermodynamics-in-real.html
Except that's not actually all there is to it. How those calories are metabolized has a major effect. Some people could, in fact, eat all day and not be able to gain weight based on whether their body actually uses the calories.
No, sorry that's just not true unless you have an extremely rare disorder. If I put someone on a 5000 calorie an day diet and they required 1800 for maintenance they'd gain.
The only way that could happen would be from a critical GI injury or illness that blocked nutrient absorption in the intestines. Anything that serious would quickly leave you hospitalized.
And yet, I knew someone who was underweight and under a doctor's care solely because of her super high metabolism. On a medically supervised high calorie diet, and still 15 pounds underweight. And they seemed to think the types of calories mattered and that it was far less some interaction.
If they have hyperthyroidism this might make sense, but hyperthyroidism us very rare and most underweight people simply do not eat enough to gain and usually don't display good muscle tone
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Uhh if I ate every second of every day then I might gain weight. But why would I do that to myself?
There's no reason you should have to if you're comfortable the way you are.
Precisely.
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I never complained about anything... my comment was about how people shouldn't judge health based on index.
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That wasn't a complaint. It was a statement. My body under normal conditions with me eating until I am full will not gain weight all the way to 120. It's just the way I am. I am happy with myself and how much I eat. I am healthy.
I could push myself to get to 120 but I won't. My point was that index isn't the best way to judge health and happiness.
You obviously don't if you aren't gaining weight. Unless you have a disorder that keeps you from digesting food, you could stand to eat more.
No, I really shouldn't. I eat until I am full. I have a high metabolism. I am not going to stuff myself to gain weight when I am healthy the way I am.
You don't have a high metabolism, in fact very fat people have higher basal rates because they have more tissue that needs food.
You're not gaining weight because you probably aren't very active (exercise will improve appetite) and don't eat enough calories to gain.
Its not rocket science.
If you're healthy then you shouldn't say things like "I should be about 120," when you're 105 lbs. If you're healthy then you shouldn't have to gain weight.
But to say you can't gain weight is just stupid. you just don't eat enough to gain weight and your metabolism isn't some kind of magic metabolism that lets you eat a bunch of food without gaining weight. It doesn't work that way.
Your first paragraph is her whole point...
But she continues to go on about how she can't gain weight which is just bullshit.
You keep talking like you forgot she's critiquing the index that says she should weigh 120lbs. Here's a summary.
* The medical index says a healthy person eating a normal diet should weigh 120lbs.
* She's a healthy person eating a normal diet but weighs 105lbs.
* Therefore, the index is inaccurate.
But you keep arguing that she's not eating enough, like you either think she's claiming she can't gain weight at all, or that the index is gospel and she must be lying about not starving herself.
Its not just eating, but exercise as well. For example, is she weaker than the average woman? At her BMI, most likely. Would she even be at the untrained mark for her weight?
Holy shit. Did you read my comment at all? Based on medical index, I should be around 120. But I'm not. I'm healthy the way I am.
You're right. I can gain weight if I ate all the time. But that wasn't my point at all. Stop being nit picky for no reason.
Are you at all muscled? Maybe you are weaker than the medical index supposes you are. In all honesty, it sounds like you have the reverse case of this.
tl;dr do you even lift?
Then you shouldn't say stupid shit like "my body just won't get there."
Sorry I didn't word it precisely the way you wanted it. I didn't realize this was a fucking scientific journal.
You ALSO said you have a high metabolism which also suggests you actually think you can eat however much you want and never gain weight.
Maybe don't perpetuate the bullshit notion of "Some people just can't gain weight," and you won't be called out on it.
Are you a male or female? How tall are you?
I am a 5'8" female. Normal for me based on BMI is 120 to 160.
Which is why I say that index isn't the best way to judge health. I am perfectly healthy but do not meet the 'average' standard at all.
Did a doctor clear you on that, or are you just going off on how you feel? 105lbs at your height is pretty extreme...I'd be surprised if they didn't bring it up, even if to reassure you that with your body frame its OK. I've spent many months severely underweight, and it's not like you immediately feel like death or your lab results go out of whack. In fact, I was pretty "fit" because it's a lot easier to bike, run, and do bodyweight exercises when there's not much of you to carry. I didn't start getting the worst side effects (loss of period) until I was under 85lbs, which is about equivalent to your BMI. Being perfectly "healthy" at your weight doesn't mean you wouldn't be healthier at a higher weight. Of course BMI isn't perfect, but 15lbs at your size makes a huge difference.