"You should eat a hamburger."
"You look better with a little meat on you."
"It's easier for you because you're skinny."
"Oh you just have good genes." <--- lie, genetics only play like 25% of a role.
"You have a faster metabolism because you're skinny." <--- massive lie, not true.
BULLSHIT.
I am at a healthy weight. I still strive to have more muscular tone. I am not too skinny. It is not easy for me to be thin. So stop skinny shaming me because I work for it.
Being thin is not easy. I think we can all agree on the fact that losing weight is hard. I gain weight just like anyone else, and it's time to celebrate people who work their ass off to be in good shape and have the body they want. The amount of times we must say no to something we want, or stop at one bite is unreal. The attention to detail we often pay to our nutrition plans. The extra time in the gym to gain muscle mass or knowledgeably make up for the extra piece of cake (a 30 minute run WON'T do). Calories add up fast.
In today's society, where there are so many options for food, and so little emphasis to lead a healthy lifestyle and be at a good body fat percentage, it is hard to be thin. Thin people, are a vault of healthy secrets. If they didn't know what they were doing, chances are, they wouldn't be thin. So instead of talking shit to them and saying they're only skinny because of their genetics or their metabolism (LIE!), go to them for advice.
Here's the bottom line:
If you eat more calories (in food) than you burn off (through BMR and exercise)...you will gain weight.
It doesn't matter how much you weigh. 100, 125, 150, 175, 200, 225.
Your body's basal metabolic rate varies depending on your weight, age, and height.
A person that weighs less must eat less, or they gain weight.
Let's look at me, opposed to a 200 pound woman-- Basal Metabolic Rate (activity slightly taken into account--results may vary depending on the calculator you use, there are much more accurate ones than this)=
Assuming I live a fairly light lifestyle, and don't workout much: I can only eat 1664 calories or I will gain weight.
This 200 lb person, can eat 2055 calories to stay at their current weight.
Check yours here.
REALITY CHECK!! Most people eat MORE than what their body burns!! That's why people gain weight.
It is not any easier for me to not gain weight, than it is for anybody else. In fact, it's harder in some ways because I get to eat less!!
I don't gain weight because I make a true effort to stay within my means and not gain weight. Self-control is a bitch, and I struggle with it just like anyone else. It's not easy.
My metabolism is NOT faster than yours if I weigh less. In fact, it is probably slower since I weigh less. And no, you cannot eat a magical food to increase your metabolism to make enough of a difference to do anything.
Thin people work really really hard to be where they are at, and it completely discredits all their hard work when we hear comments like the ones I posted above. Use them as a support because they've got it figured out, instead of a person to point fingers at and make them feel bad because they've worked so hard to achieve the body that they have.
So, why don't we form a support network of how to properly be healthy, lose weight, and live our best lives. Fad diets= don't last. Miracle wraps= don't last. Vitamin patches= don't last.
Get informed.
This is not designed to make people feel bad if they are overweight. It is to say we're all in the same boat when it comes to the pressure of food and exercise. People don't think about the effects of skinny shaming, but hey, it exists. I am not looking for an argument here either.
"You look better with a little meat on you."
"It's easier for you because you're skinny."
"Oh you just have good genes." <--- lie, genetics only play like 25% of a role.
"You have a faster metabolism because you're skinny." <--- massive lie, not true.
BULLSHIT.
I am at a healthy weight. I still strive to have more muscular tone. I am not too skinny. It is not easy for me to be thin. So stop skinny shaming me because I work for it.
Being thin is not easy. I think we can all agree on the fact that losing weight is hard. I gain weight just like anyone else, and it's time to celebrate people who work their ass off to be in good shape and have the body they want. The amount of times we must say no to something we want, or stop at one bite is unreal. The attention to detail we often pay to our nutrition plans. The extra time in the gym to gain muscle mass or knowledgeably make up for the extra piece of cake (a 30 minute run WON'T do). Calories add up fast.
In today's society, where there are so many options for food, and so little emphasis to lead a healthy lifestyle and be at a good body fat percentage, it is hard to be thin. Thin people, are a vault of healthy secrets. If they didn't know what they were doing, chances are, they wouldn't be thin. So instead of talking shit to them and saying they're only skinny because of their genetics or their metabolism (LIE!), go to them for advice.
Here's the bottom line:
If you eat more calories (in food) than you burn off (through BMR and exercise)...you will gain weight.
It doesn't matter how much you weigh. 100, 125, 150, 175, 200, 225.
Your body's basal metabolic rate varies depending on your weight, age, and height.
A person that weighs less must eat less, or they gain weight.
Let's look at me, opposed to a 200 pound woman-- Basal Metabolic Rate (activity slightly taken into account--results may vary depending on the calculator you use, there are much more accurate ones than this)=
Assuming I live a fairly light lifestyle, and don't workout much: I can only eat 1664 calories or I will gain weight.
This 200 lb person, can eat 2055 calories to stay at their current weight.
Check yours here.
REALITY CHECK!! Most people eat MORE than what their body burns!! That's why people gain weight.
It is not any easier for me to not gain weight, than it is for anybody else. In fact, it's harder in some ways because I get to eat less!!
I don't gain weight because I make a true effort to stay within my means and not gain weight. Self-control is a bitch, and I struggle with it just like anyone else. It's not easy.
My metabolism is NOT faster than yours if I weigh less. In fact, it is probably slower since I weigh less. And no, you cannot eat a magical food to increase your metabolism to make enough of a difference to do anything.
Thin people work really really hard to be where they are at, and it completely discredits all their hard work when we hear comments like the ones I posted above. Use them as a support because they've got it figured out, instead of a person to point fingers at and make them feel bad because they've worked so hard to achieve the body that they have.
So, why don't we form a support network of how to properly be healthy, lose weight, and live our best lives. Fad diets= don't last. Miracle wraps= don't last. Vitamin patches= don't last.
Get informed.
This is not designed to make people feel bad if they are overweight. It is to say we're all in the same boat when it comes to the pressure of food and exercise. People don't think about the effects of skinny shaming, but hey, it exists. I am not looking for an argument here either.
