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Tiny point: "It was all bullshit: no one looks like that without calorie restriction." I'm 6' and I've weighted 135-145 pounds for my entire adult life and I'm

Tiny point: "It was all bullshit: no one looks like that without calorie restriction." I'm 6' and I've weighted 135-145 pounds for my entire adult life and I'm 50+. Being a guy, I never restricted my calorie intake. I'd expect there are women with a similar metabolism. Which isn't to say that a lot of skinny celebrities aren't dieting like mad to get this look. But probably some percentage aren't and the rest hate them. Human physiology is weird. Also, and, despite my mythical natural skinny, no one has put me in movies, darn it.

m463 6y ago
I think she's talking about 6' 205 pro baseball player physique. The kind of person that looks "normal" in a movie but if you met them IRL they are extremely fit with very little fat and perfect definition. (I'm not putting you down)
- joe_the_user 6y ago
  She means the average weight, all-muscle physique for men and she means more or less my physique for women. My only serious argument is that some women no doubt have the barely-underweight-for-size physique without dieting.
Balgair 6y ago
> no one has put me in movies, no one has put me in movies, yet. Julia Child didn't become Julia Child until she was ~60.
goblin89 6y ago
I’m not a celebrity, but I can’t sustainably gain weight. I don’t eat much (or at all) less compared to others who have larger bodies. I know this isn’t limited to male population, too. My sister has a similar body type and never had to restrict her caloric intake for this[0] (I just asked to be sure). It would appear that the article briefly engaged in overgeneralization and propagation of the “you can’t be skinny unless you under-eat” myth. [0] I’m sure it’s somewhat less of a problem for her than for me, as the weight gain issue applies to muscle mass as well and that stereotypically matters more for males. As a downside that affects us both, though, we sometimes experience an issue where inadvertently not eating enough—and this would still be more than a person on a diet might eat—can result in very unpleasant states with shakes and headache (probably low blood sugar or something like that).
uberduper 6y ago
I think people greatly overestimate how much effort is required to have a fit/muscular body type. 3 to 5 hours a week of good intensity weight training goes a really long way.
- edanm 6y ago
  I'll add to that that you do need to have a relatively low body-fat percentage to look much fitter. Relatively as compared to the majority of the population, but higher than most fitness models, of course. I've been lifting weights for a few years, but losing a bunch of weight gave me a far better look, including looking more muscular.
JMTQp8lwXL 6y ago
How much physical activity do you see in a week? That might be providing balance. The standard American diet + desk job means that 135-145, for many, creeps to 155, 165, 175 etc. It doesn't happen overnight.
edanm 6y ago
> I'm 6' and I've weighted 135-145 pounds for my entire adult life and I'm 50+. Being a guy, I never restricted my calorie intake. I'd expect there are women with a similar metabolism. I don't think you're contradicting the article. You're simply "naturally" eating a low enough amount of calories to keep the same weight, relative to how many calories you expend in exercise/regular life. At the end of the day, if you were eating more than maintenance calories for your metabolism, over time, you'd be gaining weight.
triceratops 6y ago
> Being a guy, I never restricted my calorie intake. What's being a guy got to do with it?

m463 6y ago

I think she's talking about 6' 205 pro baseball player physique. The kind of person that looks "normal" in a movie but if you met them IRL they are extremely fit with very little fat and perfect definition. (I'm not putting you down)

joe_the_user 6y ago
She means the average weight, all-muscle physique for men and she means more or less my physique for women. My only serious argument is that some women no doubt have the barely-underweight-for-size physique without dieting.

Balgair 6y ago

> no one has put me in movies, no one has put me in movies, yet. Julia Child didn't become Julia Child until she was ~60.

goblin89 6y ago

I’m not a celebrity, but I can’t sustainably gain weight. I don’t eat much (or at all) less compared to others who have larger bodies. I know this isn’t limited to male population, too. My sister has a similar body type and never had to restrict her caloric intake for this[0] (I just asked to be sure). It would appear that the article briefly engaged in overgeneralization and propagation of the “you can’t be skinny unless you under-eat” myth. [0] I’m sure it’s somewhat less of a problem for her than for me, as the weight gain issue applies to muscle mass as well and that stereotypically matters more for males. As a downside that affects us both, though, we sometimes experience an issue where inadvertently not eating enough—and this would still be more than a person on a diet might eat—can result in very unpleasant states with shakes and headache (probably low blood sugar or something like that).

uberduper 6y ago

I think people greatly overestimate how much effort is required to have a fit/muscular body type. 3 to 5 hours a week of good intensity weight training goes a really long way.

edanm 6y ago
I'll add to that that you do need to have a relatively low body-fat percentage to look much fitter. Relatively as compared to the majority of the population, but higher than most fitness models, of course. I've been lifting weights for a few years, but losing a bunch of weight gave me a far better look, including looking more muscular.

JMTQp8lwXL 6y ago

How much physical activity do you see in a week? That might be providing balance. The standard American diet + desk job means that 135-145, for many, creeps to 155, 165, 175 etc. It doesn't happen overnight.

edanm 6y ago

> I'm 6' and I've weighted 135-145 pounds for my entire adult life and I'm 50+. Being a guy, I never restricted my calorie intake. I'd expect there are women with a similar metabolism. I don't think you're contradicting the article. You're simply "naturally" eating a low enough amount of calories to keep the same weight, relative to how many calories you expend in exercise/regular life. At the end of the day, if you were eating more than maintenance calories for your metabolism, over time, you'd be gaining weight.

triceratops 6y ago

> Being a guy, I never restricted my calorie intake. What's being a guy got to do with it?