They don't. That's why they are skinny. I used to be skinny and didn't eat enough so I would know. No offense to skinny people. I am trying to be one myself 

When I was 21 I just could not put weight on for love nor money. I would eat entire loaves of bread in one sitting....gigantic portions of pasta every day.....pints of full cream milk....puddings galore....cake....cookies...booze you name it. I just remained skinny. FF nine years later.....as soon as I hit 30 my metabolism changed. 

Never hit me until I was 40 and I quit smoking...

At 16, my favorite meal a whole box of spaghetti, toss one lb of beef in a can of sauce, spread cheese all over it, add one or two slices of bread and eat the whole thing. Man - that's enough food for a family!

I'm pushing 59 this year..... dang.... that came quickly.....

anyway..... I have been in the 150 to 160 lb range all my adult life. Never below and never above. I eat what I want pretty much, when I want, and as much as I want.

I take small portions. You can see the plate between them. And no seconds.... well, maybe the turnip greens my MIL cooks.  Low sugar intake, no chemical sweeteners, and no bread... (well again rarely on the bread..homemade is the one exception)

I often leave the table with a bit of hunger remaining. It's a crazy way to live but that's how I do it. 

I also stay active. Exercise and simple activity outdoors. Nothing radical. 

I once knew a Scotsman who was skinny.

Or so I thought...

He was actually a Bolivian dentist with a pronounced lisp and one eye.

Boy, did we laugh as he inserted four fillings into my epiglottis.

For most of my life(after wieght lifting) I weighed 16.43 stones at 188cm high.

I also told my former wive's that 10cm=10in, I suppose that's why they are former.


Durn Metric system.

Wow these threads get random. I'm 180 but just finished a bulk, so my target weight will be 165ish. I've never really cared how much I've weighed, but I always care if my food tastes good...

SteveStrummerUK


I once knew a Scotsman who was skinny.

Or so I thought...

He was actually a Bolivian dentist with a pronounced lisp and one eye.

Boy, did we laugh as he inserted four fillings into my epiglottis.

For the people wonder what an Epiglottis is.......




The epiglottis is a flap that is made of elastic cartilage tissue covered with a mucous membrane, attached to the entrance of the larynx. It projects obliquely upwards behind the tongue and the hyoid bone, pointing dorsally. The term, like tonsils, is often incorrectly used to refer to the uvula.[2] There are taste buds on the epiglottis.[3]



Thanks 

At one time I was 17.5 stones with a pretty low body-fat %.  Then the stones stayed about the same (and even went up to exactly 18 stones), but the body-fat % went up...  So I had to do a bit of work and get down to 16 stones.

Now I don't keep track of that type of stuff.