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i'm 17 yrs of age but i'm only 9 stone and i'm very skinny, the problem is is that i eat like a horse, usually i'd have 8 slices of toast, 2 bowls of cereal, a dinner, a lunch and a snack before i go to bed, yet i do not get a little bit fat or gain weight, i get alot of slagging at home for being this skinny and every thinks i don't eat which is the total opposite, whats wrong
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if you've always been skinny it's probably just your natural weight.
I remember always envying women who used to complain that they were too fat :rolleyes:
Yeah, now I'm 19 years old and weight 11 stone, so I seem to have fallen out of that skill now.
Just keep going, in the next few years you'll start putting weight on, don't worry. Just watch for putting on too much.
i suggest cutting it down now, so that you dont eat so much when your older
HGH or Human growth Hormone is being promoted as the new way to lose weight, gain muscle, etc .. guess at 17 you have loads of it.
You couls also have an over active thyroid gland, you can sometime ell if a person has one by looking at their face, i.e. bulging eyes, a certain kinda look about them.
look it up on the net.
yeh but he's a bloke!
it's dangerous.
best way to lose weight is to eat regular, healthy meals and up your exercise.
yes. because if your not thin, you cant be healthy. :yeees:
'Fraid we don't have much info specifically for people who can't put on weight, but this feature will tell you all about following a balanced diet - and as long as you're doing that your body will be getting everything it needs.
My cuz went on the Atkins diet and was advised by her Doc to come off it. Dont go there.
lanky and proud
Overweight is a crap measurement. I weigh 14.5 stone which is just overweight for my height (5'10), but my ratio of fat to muscle is really low. Because I replaced the fat in my body with more dense muscle tissue I weigh more but am actually more healthy than the GPs 'overweight' charts show.
edited becuase my grammer is not good
Three weeks ago I started doing the Atkins diet...However, there were some things I couldn't give up like wine, tea, sugar in my tea...
However, I haven't had bread pasta or potatoes for 3 weeks and I have lost about 7 pounds. The unfortunate thing is now (despite being a massive toast and potato fan) this diet has made me scared of Carbohydrates!!
I don't feel any ill effects from not having these things so I'm thinking that a low carb diet is actually quite an effective way of losing and maintaining weight, just so long as you don't go overboard!!
Did you see the sticky at the top of the page?