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Genetics probably. Some people are suited for endurance sports, others gain muscle more easily. I recognize myself from the description. Very hard to gain muscle/weight and eating enough feels like a chore.
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Submitted 14 hours ago by distantshores@lemmy.world to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
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onebonestone@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
danekrae@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
I was the same. Then I turned 30…
brutallyhonestcritic@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Doh me negative detected.
Personally, I don’t never gain weight. I really should lose weight.
Naz@sh.itjust.works 14 hours ago
TLDR: The body has a setpoint for weight which is tuned to environmental conditions and will attempt to reach it by modulating hunger.
It takes 8-12 months for these hormones to reset, so any diet is ineffective unless permanently maintained.
High setpoint? Prepare to be ravenously hungry all the time if you eat below your hormonal baseline.
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
You can also apparently wear weights to lose weight for this reason.
Acamon@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
That finding is pretty mind blowing!
NABDad@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Sometimes an actual medical condition makes the difference.
At a yearly physical, my doctor noted, “no one could gain that much weight that fast without something wrong”. That’s how I got tested for and diagnosed with a thyroid disorder. It’s also the explanation for why I could never lose weight. I thought the reason I could hardly move was because I was just getting older.
For years I had been unable to lose weight by dieting. After getting my thyroid levels corrected with medication, I became more active. I started casually intermittent fasting, and I lost 30 pounds.
There’s also been research that shows your gut bacteria has a lot to do with whether you gain weight or not.
kernelle@0d.gs 14 hours ago
Is very energetic
That’s the secret IMHO, being active is more than working out. Living an energetic lifestyle gives you a faster metabolism. Activate your core doing anything in your daily life will burn much more calories than slouching.
FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
I was 61kg at 187cm from 15 to 30. I was eating 6000 calories a day to maintain that weight. Then I gained 22kg over the next three years and finally felt healthy for the first time. I had all the same health problems as anorexics while eating like an Olympic athlete.
It was just genetics. Multiple family members were like this but not as bad as I had it. Now I have a nephew who has it just as bad as I did. He just has to wait another decade or so to achieve normalcy.
neidu3@sh.itjust.works 10 hours ago
Similar metrics here. I finally managed to break 70Kg at 35.
truthfultemporarily@feddit.org 14 hours ago
He eats less than he burns. Could be just high level of base activity - even just walking around a bunch makes a huge difference, much more than sports. Or could be very low appetite.
Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
People burn calories at much different rates. Genetics, hormones, and medical conditions, NEAT all play big parts in this equation.
jagged_circle@feddit.nl 6 hours ago
Because they burn more calories than they consume.
DragonsInARoom@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Some factors here: he’s tall and male so his energy need is greater compared to the latter. Here’s his TDEE (total daily energy expenditure) ( tdeecalculator.net/result.php?s=metric&g=male&age… ). Another factor if he’s over eating is that the fat he puts on won’t be visible fat but the fat that insulates the organs.
amino@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 hours ago
it’s embarrassing that people still use eugenics calculators in scientific discussions
Bestaa@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
The linked page uses the Mifflin-St Jeor Formula which appears to have been published in 1990. As someone acquainted with eugenics but not how BMR calculations play a role, could you share some I formation on how the two are related?
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Wait until he’s 30. I was pretty scrawny as a young lad. As soon as I turned thirty, I started putting on the pounds.
guy@piefed.social 7 hours ago
I wish 😭 have been able to eat whatever I want for all my life without gaining a pound. I've been told "Wait till you are above 30" so many times.
Over 30 now and I still can't get any fat to stay on my body. I just want to stop freezing all the time dammitDiplomjodler3@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
I can give you a transplant.
Mothra@mander.xyz 13 hours ago
To chime in with the others and answer: hormones, activity levels, calorie intake. Those three give you your results. Hormones in particular will vary greatly and are influenced by activity levels but also by mental stress (or lack of), age, sex, environment variables such as temperature, etc.
As to why you didn’t get that bingo card- nobody has an answer really.
graycube@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
These are the people who then say that if you gain weight it is because you are lazy or weak willed. Really it is 99% hormones and only 1% strength of character.
splendoruranium@infosec.pub 12 hours ago
These are the people who then say that if you gain weight it is because you are lazy or weak willed.
Whether someone perceives it as hard to lose or not gain weight doesn’t really factor into it, does it? For adults the ultimate decision to eat more than one needs lies with exactly one person.
Really it is 99% hormones and only 1% strength of character.
I’m not sure I understand correctly, are you suggesting that obesity epidemics have some kind of shared underlying physiological reason?
amino@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 hours ago
there’s no obesity epidemic. it’s all eugenics to the core
rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
It’s because he’s 21.
EmbarrassedDrum@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 hours ago
Nah. I know some people like that (my brother, me) and it’s not just age. My other siblings at the same age were different, and me and my brother carry it through all the 20s
amino@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 hours ago
if you don’t starve yourself and eat whenever you’re hungry you actually gain less weight than being on a diet
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
That’s psychology, not physics. If you actually stick to a diet such that you are eating less than you burn, you will lose weight.
No one can break the laws of physics.
amino@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 hours ago
too bad human beings aren’t engines huh?
the fake claim that most people even need to lose weight actually derives from the eugenics movement. for more information I recommend the book Belly of the Beast by Da’Shaun L. Harrison.
if you’re burning more calories than you eat that’s called starving yourself and it leads to eating disorders and long-term organ damage. stop spreading harmful misinformation
pastel_de_airfryer@lemmy.eco.br 9 hours ago
I used to be like that when I was younger. Then I hit 27 and quickly gained 10kg which wouldn’t go away no matter what I did.
I was very active back then, went to the gym three times a week and didn’t drink or eat too much. I guess my metabolism slowed down.
Treczoks@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
I know a guy who could eat butter raw without gaining a gram. Because his intestines simply don’t process any fats. He has problems dealing with proteins, too. So he has to eat smaller helpings all day long.
i_dont_want_to@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 hours ago
I knew a guy like this, even in his 40’s. He was active and he smoked a lot of tobacco. His mom is the same way, in her 80’s.
His brother, also in his 40’s, is overweight. Same habits that I have observed.
Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 11 hours ago
The people “not gaining weight no matter how much they eat” often aren’t eating as much as you think. I’ve heard people say this of me too but they just don’t realise how often I skip meals. I regularly eat just breakfast and nothing else the entire day. Yeah, you might see me destroying 700 grams of candy at one sitting but what you don’t know is that’s also the only thing I’ve eaten all day.
shalafi@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
I was the guy people used to think about like OP’s brother. When you see me hog down, it’s because I haven’t put a single calorie in my mouth up until then.
jagged_circle@feddit.nl 6 hours ago
I think high metabolism is more frequent than the folks who skip meals. Lots of thin people eat more than fat people. But they also ride bicycles or do sports (burning lots of calories) and have high metabolism.