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The parent post said: > everyone, even the skinny folks, should be on GLP1 drugs But as a skinny person, I can already easily reduce caloric intake as much as

The parent post said: > everyone, even the skinny folks, should be on GLP1 drugs But as a skinny person, I can already easily reduce caloric intake as much as I want to. My body is "blessed" with weak food cravings and solid blood glucose levels while fasting. So while I do recommend these drugs to people who need them, I don't think they'd help me at all more than merely deciding one day to monitor and control my weight to a very narrow target range. It's like the opposite of "its easy! Just eat less!" ... you guys are telling skinny people "Oh but eating at a maintenance/deficit will be too hard for you to do just by thinking you want to! You'll need a drug!" I can easily lose 20-40 lbs just by getting lazy and not cooking myself food. It's literally no challenge at all. But neither is gaining 20-40 lbs when I want to. I know this is relatively unique, I don't blame obese people for "lack of will". I know they have different biochemistry because it doesn't take me any willpower to gain or lose weight on demand. It's literally as effortless as deciding to wear more dressy clothes this year. I'm 6-foot tall and I can set and indefinitely maintain almost any weight I want between 145 and 200 lbs within +/- 3 lbs, with very little effort. Over 190 lbs gets a bit hard to maintain, under 155 also gets a bit hard to maintain. Supposedly "normal" BMI for my height goes all the way down to 136 lbs but I think that's probably total bullshit -- that's very, very, very skinny.

scarmig 4y ago
I'd be curious as to what the effects would actually be on you (though I agree that it seems at best useless and potentially harmful for you). Would your weight zone shift downwards, or would it do nothing?
at-w 4y ago
To be fair our ideas of normal are extremely skewed. If you look at photos from say 1962, you'd consider most people "skinny" (even photos of places like the US). Yet even then, 23% of American adults were obese according to the CDC. Even in 1987, the actor that played Private Pyle in Full Metal Jacket gained 75lbs to play a comically obese Marine. Today he looks fitter than most people you'd see everyday. If you look at the US today, an average of just 1 in 4 people are not medically overweight or obese. What was considered (and is factually) obese, is now considered "chubby" or "curvy" if not normal by most Americans for whom that is normal.
- donkeyd 4y ago
  > is now considered "chubby" or "curvy" if not normal by most Americans for whom that is normal. This is why I hate the 'body positivity' movement as it is right now. It's great that this movement tries to make (especially young) people understand that you don't need to have a tiny cover model body to look good (an that it's unhealthy too). But what it's turned into is that obese people are becoming an example to others without any attention to health issues. It's no longer allowed to advertise smoking pretty much anywhere, but glorifying (morbid) obesity on social media and TV is fine. Meanwhile, obesity is arguably as bad as or worse than smoking.

scarmig 4y ago

I'd be curious as to what the effects would actually be on you (though I agree that it seems at best useless and potentially harmful for you). Would your weight zone shift downwards, or would it do nothing?

at-w 4y ago

To be fair our ideas of normal are extremely skewed. If you look at photos from say 1962, you'd consider most people "skinny" (even photos of places like the US). Yet even then, 23% of American adults were obese according to the CDC. Even in 1987, the actor that played Private Pyle in Full Metal Jacket gained 75lbs to play a comically obese Marine. Today he looks fitter than most people you'd see everyday. If you look at the US today, an average of just 1 in 4 people are not medically overweight or obese. What was considered (and is factually) obese, is now considered "chubby" or "curvy" if not normal by most Americans for whom that is normal.

donkeyd 4y ago
> is now considered "chubby" or "curvy" if not normal by most Americans for whom that is normal. This is why I hate the 'body positivity' movement as it is right now. It's great that this movement tries to make (especially young) people understand that you don't need to have a tiny cover model body to look good (an that it's unhealthy too). But what it's turned into is that obese people are becoming an example to others without any attention to health issues. It's no longer allowed to advertise smoking pretty much anywhere, but glorifying (morbid) obesity on social media and TV is fine. Meanwhile, obesity is arguably as bad as or worse than smoking.