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It's not something you ate.
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Really interesting little article on a phenomenon nobody was aware of until this month's release of a new study: that young people today, eating the same amount of calories and doing the same amount of exercise as their peers in the 80's, are STILL ten percent heavier than their earlier counterparts.
Why it was easier to be skinny in the 1980's
Personally, I have to say that I've been puzzled for years as to how I could be thinner than some people who eat less and exercise more than I do. I've always chalked it up to a low set-point; mine is around 150 lbs., so I very rarely go above that, no matter what I do. (I spent four months almost not moving at all when my shoulder went bad, but gained only about 12 lbs, which came off when I was able to walk and move around freely again.) But it seems there may be more to it than just lucky genes.
This seems to me important knowledge, so if you find it worthwhile, please feel free to pimp the article. Like it says at the end, if more people understood this finding, perhaps there'd be less nastiness aimed at those with larger body types.
Really interesting little article on a phenomenon nobody was aware of until this month's release of a new study: that young people today, eating the same amount of calories and doing the same amount of exercise as their peers in the 80's, are STILL ten percent heavier than their earlier counterparts.
Why it was easier to be skinny in the 1980's
Personally, I have to say that I've been puzzled for years as to how I could be thinner than some people who eat less and exercise more than I do. I've always chalked it up to a low set-point; mine is around 150 lbs., so I very rarely go above that, no matter what I do. (I spent four months almost not moving at all when my shoulder went bad, but gained only about 12 lbs, which came off when I was able to walk and move around freely again.) But it seems there may be more to it than just lucky genes.
This seems to me important knowledge, so if you find it worthwhile, please feel free to pimp the article. Like it says at the end, if more people understood this finding, perhaps there'd be less nastiness aimed at those with larger body types.
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Hardly slept last night, so I'm about to hit the sack super early. XD Thanks for the link <3
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It's strange. I should be morbidly obese for as much as I eat/indulge in things that are bad for me, especially at my age. What IS true is that I can no longer quite get away with what I did even a few years ago, and I put on some weight this past summer from excessive indulgences while M. was here (excessive indulgences that most people my age who are way heavier can never get away with, I might add) that I'm working on now (no problem now that I'm alone). But I don't think it's possible for me to be very large for a few reasons. I have a natural point where I've just had "enough" and get almost sick. Also, when I think I'm eating like a pig, other people don't think I'm actually eating that much. So it could be perception, too. What seems like a LOT or a binge to me, is not like a lot to someone else. I do think that different people, whether because of genetics or chemicals or hormones or whatever have a different threshold for when they say ENOUGH already.
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