Originally posted by: moshquerade
elaborate please.
Those ten ideas are great ideals to follow. But it is just plain false to think that skinny people do them all, or even do a majority of them.
I'm a lifelong skinny person myself. The only ones in that list that have been true for most of my life are #5, #7, and #9. At times I do some of the others, but that has nothing to do with my weight.
1) Skinny people don't diet to lose weight, that is true, because they really can't lose weight and often don't want to. But they do have a diet. This statement is akin to saying "people who are safe from elephant attack don't wear clothes from the Gap." Technically, that elephant statement may be true, but people who are safe from elephant attacks also wear clothes from the Gap. So the opposite is true as well.
2) I know very few people who actually weigh themselves regularly. About the only thing they know is if they can fit into their clothes. If so, they are still skinny.
3) Regular exercise is again poorly described in that article. They state that most people who lost weight and kept it off used exercise. But that is a far cry from the statement that skinny people exercise regularly.
4) This one is probably truer than the rest. Although there are both skinny and fat people who are stress eaters and there are both skinny and fat people who are stress non-eaters.
5) This one is probably truer than the rest. The main difference between a skinny and a non-skinny is that the skinny people keep their food intake under control. But many skinny people stuff themselves in one big meal then skip the rest of the meals in the day. It is perferred to eat many small meals, but it isn't necessary.
6) Skinny people have temptations all around. It is just that they have learned to be tempted by healthier foods.
7) True. Most skinny people treat themselves. They have learned that it isn't WHAT you eat but instead it is HOW MUCH of it do you eat. Skinny people will eat a chocolate cake, but they usually won't eat the whole cake in one sitting (whereas many non-skinny people do).
8) The breakfast myth needs to end. It was started by advertisements from cereal companies and suddenly turned into mainstream "wisdom". The problem is that the "wisdom" just has never proven to be true. Many skinny people eat breakfast. But many skinny people skip it as well. The article again makes the false connection. Just because people who lose weight tend to eat breakfast doesn't mean that skinny people tend to eat breakfast. The cause and effects are not properly discussed here.
9) As far as I know this is true.
10) This is a good guideline, but many skinny people skip meals. They just often have their meals at a different time.
