you shouldn’t worry about being skinny, only not being fat. the goal should be to avoid the bad thing (being fat, in this case meaning only fat to the point of unhealthiness) not to be the opposite because that is bad too (being excessively skinny can cause just as many issues). as long as you aren’t at the point one way or the other where it is hurting your health nobody actually cares. also I’m aware op was joking but some of y’all need to hear this.
To ammend even further: Health neither stops nor starts at weight in almost any case. Far better strategies for self care will instead look at:
- Cardiovascular fitness (resting heart rate, blood pressure, etc)
- Energy levels, blood sugar and sleep
- Immunity, inflammation, stress
More broad attention to these three rough categories is going to be way more positive than worrying about the single metric of weight or BMI. Doctors may recommend a raise or lowering of weight, but for ALMOST EVERY person that’s only as a means to the end of improving one or more of the broader cardio, energy, and immunity mechanisms.
Any tips on taking care of your immunity, inflammation and energy level?
find new ways to enjoy or prepare fresh fruits and veggies, get cardiovascular exercise, bonus points if in the sun for vitamin d, avoid stress when possible, sleep 7 hours when possible, avoid smoking, alcohol in excess, and other substances that put strain on your body. take care of yourself emotionally and find time to be with people you love. drink water!
no one will be able to do all of these perfectly always and it is normal to struggle attain most or even any. but they are more precise and beneficial targets than “gain or lose weight” and they have much more immediate and noticeable outcomes :)
In addition to what others have said, cut back on the sugar.
Stop eating processed foods. That’s what my doctor told me, and when I started taking the effort to make food from raw ingredients, not only did I start feeling a lot better in general, but my wife and I also learned a valuable life skill. Just the other day, she made chicken alfredo entirely from scratch, and it was amazing.
I didn’t realize how bad I was feeling until I stopped eating so much processed stuff and started feeling better. I was so used to feeling like shit, that my body just thought that was how people normally felt. I had no idea people were walking around feeling this good, and having this much energy.
I would say most comes from eating a healthy diet and not smoking or drinking.
Also at least some movement throughout the day definitely helps.
Feels like a pyramid to me. If I don’t have good sleep and good hydration I struggle mightily to control my food intake, and if I’m eating too much then I’m aching so badly and feeling so sluggish that I barely get anywhere at the gym.
To add to this: pretty much nobody thinks skinny people are attracted. It’s a constructed ideal that many want to achieve, but few want to see in a potential partner.
Source: used to be skinny and bullied for it
Btw it also feels like shit. You’re tired all the time, you’re cold all the time, when you sit on something solid, like wood, it hurts because there’s no fat between your pelvis and the chair, and that’ll give you back pain.
Just thought this was relevant because ‘it’s unhealthy’ is sometimes too abstract for people to care
Personally, I’ve never found happiness in a McDonalds bag. It usually leaves me feeling ill.
Be happy because the way things are going, skinny is choosing you.
Eating healthy sucks if you don’t know how to cook.
Eating that will not make you happy.
It will give you at best a brief moment of pleasure, but the pain it will bring later is not worth it!
It’s not just ONE burger–that is yet another burger. An element of self-harm, another step on a journey that takes you FURTHER away from who you want to be! Don’t take it! Draw the line! Let this be the moment you STOPPED the trek toward ruin!
Skipping this one is not depriving you, you’ve had them before; they’re old news. You know what’s GREAT news though? Being able to tie your own shoe laces. Being able to WIPE YOUR OWN ASS. Being able to climb a set of stairs without feeling like you’re about to die. Being able to stand in place without becoming out of breath. Be grateful that you have not crossed those thresholds because YOU STOPPED NOW.
Cheese then meat?
