There’s a bunch of good replies here. I’m a skinny dude and I’m not comfortable in my body. I’ve said somethings to fat people that were fucked, because of my insecurity. Like when asked, “How do you stay so thin?”
Mostly stuff like “I just eat healthy and stay active” (not true), “I can eat whatever I want but MeTaBoLiSm” (true, but I can’t eat much), “Calories in, Calories out!” All these things I said were shitty and miss a fuck-ton of nuance. They deflect from my feelings about my body, which is easy because it’s exceptable to look like me. Shit I said was just bullshit cope that is shitty for fat people.
I get too many questions about my weight/size, but it pales in comparison to what my fat friends deal with.
It’s hard to have solidarity, but we should try to have it for everyone regardless of their body.
Don’t wanna attack the comic, it’s funny. Here’s a podcast that helped me as a skinny dude.
- Don’t eat so much.
- Get off your ass more.
…They said with a cake icon. How’s that cake tasting?? Huh? HUH?
Eat food, not too much, mostly plants.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Defense_of_Food
From the wikipedia article:
“Pollan argues that the science of nutrition should not influence people’s eating habits because a full range of nutrients has yet to be identified by scientists, and claims that the more focused Americans become on nutrition, the less healthy they seem to become.”
Michael Pollan is a real one. He’s got some really fantastic, insightful writing in the areas of food and agriculture, then later on psychedelics and consciousness.
high carb, high fat, high protein diet is the best diet
and if you did all that, like me, you will be able to summon various kinds of food out of thin air. like i just did.
Ah so that is where all the sardines are going
Don’t skimp on the fiber…
Fun fact: as of 2016, only 5% of Americans get adequate daily fiber intake, where:
Adequate intake of dietary fiber is associated with digestive health and reduced risk for heart disease, stroke, hypertension, certain gastrointestinal disorders, obesity, type 2 diabetes, and certain cancers.
Definitely don’t skimp on the fiber.
The secret to dieting is eat a variety of foods and exercise regularly. Keep your weight in a healthy zone.
While exercise is great if you want to live a long, healthy life, you can’t outrun your diet. Literally all you gotta do is eat fewer calories than you consume, and you will lose weight. That’s all there is to it. (But yes a variety is always better than just eating less of the same thing if you want to be both thin and healthy.) They make calorie counting apps to help you with this.
If you want to get really obsessed you can weigh your food for more accurate calorie numbers, but I’ve found that simply scanning the barcodes on the boxes or taking a picture of the final meal is usually accurate enough (so long as you log every ingredient in the dish).
you can’t outrun your diet
Sure you can, but it involves regular long distance triathlons and training for them, not running 2k once a month.
CICO is real - I don’t think anyone could dispute that in good faith - but it doesn’t exist in a vacuum.
What you’re eating (and what your food is eating) has such a profound impact on how you think and feel. If you’re trying to form an actual food lifestyle for the long run, you at some point have to go beyond calories and look at macro ratios, consider fiber, prebiotics, micronutrients, inflammation etc.
All of them are energy.
