• @SomeGuy69
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    3010 hours ago

    You’ll never be the “lost a lot of weight”-guy, without being fat first. Think about it.

    • @[email protected]
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      57 hours ago

      Nobody get credited for staying lean all their life. Quite the opposite. I’ve heard all my youth about how I’m so skinny and should eat more.

      • @[email protected]
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        44 hours ago

        Exactly, and I’m borderline overweight (right at the top end of normal BMI).

        Or something people say something like “screw you and your genetics,” when I genuinely weigh myself periodically and make adjustments in diet and exercise as needed to stay in the normal range.

      • @[email protected]
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        56 hours ago

        Well there definitely is a level of skinniness that is unhealthy. Just like it can be hard for some to lose weight it can be hard for others to gain it.

        • Ms. ArmoredThirteen
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          14 hours ago

          I’ve been struggling with this lately. I lose weight really easy but it’s difficult to gain it back. I lost a bunch after surgery a few months ago putting me at the edge of underweight. Now I can’t seem to get back to a healthy weight

          • @[email protected]
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            13 hours ago

            I had a similar, less severe problem when I started cycling to work (10 miles each way). I was losing weight, and I was getting borderline underweight.

            My problem is that if I’m working on something, I’ll just not eat, and that’s really bad if I’m burning an extra 1-2k calories (and I’d end up really low on energy on the ride home). So I scheduled regular snacks, many of them with higher carbohydrate levels than I would normally eat (yogurt + granola, crackers + cheese, etc), and I would keep high protein snacks at my desk (nuts and whatnot). I would make sure to hit my targets for protein and fat, and then go ham with tasty snacks.

            When I reached my target weight, I dropped the snacks.

            If that doesn’t help, then I recommend what my friend w/ thyroid issues did: drink nutrition shakes (basically adult “formula”). He had a limited appetite, so he would have to get as many calories in as possible when he was hungry, and calorie/nutrient-dense shakes worked because he would just not finish larger meals.