Comment by MichaelDickens

1 year ago

In addition to activity levels, you probably just weren't eating that much food. It was similar for me when I was a teenager: some days I would binge on a ton of junk food, but other days I would forget to eat breakfast, and the latter happened often enough that I stayed skinny.

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naijaboiler  1 year ago

No I legit ate way much much more in my 20s. I'm not misremembering. I ate more

  • Loughla  1 year ago

    I had to supplement with calorie shakes for workout guys in my 20's, just to maintain weight. I ate trash, and a shit load of it. And that's not considering the amazing levels of calories I would've consumed from alcohol.

    Same activity level now as then. But now if I think too hard about a candy bar I gain weight that never goes away.

    • paulpauper  1 year ago

      same here. the hockey-stick or v-shaped weight rebound if I even deviate a tiny bit. amazing how fast weight comes back on.

  • goostavos  1 year ago

    >I'm not misremembering

    It's the easiest explanation. As a gym bro that regularly cycles weight, it's is remarkably easy over/under estimate intake just going off recollection. I always think I'm dialed in until I write things down (I'm almost always eating way fewer calories than I think).

    • lkbm  1 year ago

      Okay, so just to be clear: the OP is describing a phenomenon that is extremely widely reported, and is doing so in discussion thread about study that also reports finding this phenomenon, and your claim is that the simplest explanation is that OP is misremembering, and the research is just wrong?

      Do you have any evidence for this bizarre dismissal?

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  • ashconnor  1 year ago

    I was rake thin until I started lifting weights with a buddy of mine at university. However it wasn't until I started GOMAD that I noticed any muscle and weight gain.

    Before that I was eating crap. Lots of things that I that were high in calories but not enough of them throughout the day to exceed my metabolism or get close to the amount of protein I needed.

    I think if you could go back in time and count the calories you probably were eating as much as you think.

    • eastbound  1 year ago

      Maybe lifting weights => Body actually uses and stores all food => Fat at 40?

      Whereas a thin man who doesn’t do sports never gets really fat?

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