The wonders of teenage metabolism

[mistral4543]

That's very lucky of you guys and gals; enjoy this nifty bonus Now, if you'll excuse me... [img]graemlins/blush.gif[/img] I'll er... try to do some ... ahem... workout [img]graemlins/happywave.gif[/img]

[uss]

wohoo! im also very skinny, as my pic shows at Stealthys(yes, this was a advertisement ).
oh, wait, i gotta go and eat a big, tasty ICE CREAM. then i think ill get some delicious CAKE WITH WHIPPED CREAM. seeya later [img]graemlins/evilhaha.gif[/img]

[Melusine]

Ack, don't get me started... if my metabolism was any faster I'd probably die [img]tongue.gif[/img]
I WISH ice cream made me fat
Seriously though, battling underweightedness is as hard as the opposite: when I'm full I'm full, so I cannot seem to eat enough to gain weight.

[Epona]

Originally posted by Melusine: Ack, don't get me started... if my metabolism was any faster I'd probably die [img]tongue.gif[/img] I WISH ice cream made me fat Seriously though, battling underweightedness is as hard as the opposite: when I'm full I'm full, so I cannot seem to eat enough to gain weight.

A lot of people would joke about wishing they had that problem Melusine, but IMO it's far more serious than having a slow metabolism.

I used to be really skinny when I used my bike as my main form of transport - at 19 I could eat like a horse but cycling for an hour and a half every day in hilly countryside soon worked it off!

[Sir Mandorallen]

I am about 20-25 pounds underweight for my height. Everyone says I should gain weight. Well I eat, and eat, and eat, and eat all the time and you know what happens?? I grow another two inches. I'm serious! I don't gain weight, I gain height!! I work out to try and build more muscle mass which will equal more weight but that takes a while. I am one of the most active people in my grade, always running, and playing sports, but the ammount I eat should still win out!

My AVERAGE dinner consists of two steaks (T-Bone, porterhouse, ect, ect) three baked potatoes, and three glasses of milk! Plus I am always eating chips, popcorn, icecream! Its insane! I want to at least gain ten pounds, but how can I when I can't even get one! It's amazing!

[mistral4543]

So much for my (feeble) attempt to exercise (well, I did say "try" [img]tongue.gif[/img] )... and this is my punishment for slacking... more lucky guys and gals!

~ Shakes head in amazement, then slinks off ~

[Melusine]

Originally posted by Epona: A lot of people would joke about wishing they had that problem Melusine, but IMO it's far more serious than having a slow metabolism. I used to be really skinny when I used my bike as my main form of transport - at 19 I could eat like a horse but cycling for an hour and a half every day in hilly countryside soon worked it off!

*sigh* I know - I've had people tell me to stop whining because they'd kill to have my body bla bla bla... I hate that. Would they kill for having such a bad constitution that any little virus or bug that goes around knocks them out for weeks??

Like Uss, I normally eat a LOT, both healthier stuff and things like crisps and popcorn, fried eggs, pasta etc. Looking at my mother, I know that I'll finally manage to gain some weight when I turn 50 she still is nowhere near fat though

[Lioness]

Originally posted by Lady Blue03: So, here i am sitting on my freinds CPU with a pint of Ben&Jerrys Chocolate Fudge Browine, 1/4 empty, and a Dr. Pepper, 2nd one today. Despite all the crappy food i eat, i still maintain a surorisingky skim form...a really slim form. I head the warnings of my peers, cuse i know in about a decade i'll have to watch wat i eat, but i figure enjoy it while you can! Long live my metabolism

Hehe! [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img] Ditto, ditto, LB. Though I'm a threee-season athlete, I still don't exercise consistently. (too much time on the computer ) But I can eat junk and not worry about it. Now...I need some suger. [img]graemlins/evillaughter2.gif[/img]

[Attalus]

Enjoy it, kids, but you should know that you are in a fortunate minority. I am always lecturing parents to quit letting their obese kids eat junk food and get them to exercize more. Obesity in children is epidemic, now, and I see no end in sight, as long as you can buy a 1 pound bag of potato chips for about a dollar. I keep a picture up at the office of a two year old, so fat that rolls had actually formed on him. The parents (usually obese, too) are always saying, "Oh, it's just baby fat," and I look at them and sy, "Worked for you, didn't it?"

[AzureWolf]

I have always been too skinny for my size too. At 6'1 and a solid build I still only weigh around 68kg. It aint all good, I am always getting badgered to eat by my mum and even worse some of my girlfriends do it too [img]graemlins/uhoh1.gif[/img]
But there is the upside of being able to eat anything you desire