What is Your Metabolism Like?

Originally Posted by rosiemac

I have to be careful that i don't over do it (Like the last 4 days!

) because i can gain very easily.

I'll never forget a girl i worked with who was so thin and no matter how much junk she ate she never got any bigger, but when she hit her 30's i saw her in town and boy had she piled the lb's on!!!

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i was just going to say: wait untill you hit your 30's ryan you will end up with a beer gut by 40 !

Originally Posted by Hydroaxe

Hey if walking works for you than you must be doing okay. Walk like this...

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Haha my family laughed so much - they know just how short I am - that smiley looks about my size

That's funny, Beth! How tall are you?

5ft (oh and 1/2 an inch - it's very important that half inch ). My daughter is shorter than me though and she has stopped growing now (she's 4ft 11)

Good things come in little bundles as my mum would say Beth!.

I'm 5'1"

Your mum was a very wise woman Susan

Originally Posted by Hydroaxe

Well they must lie to me like experts then.

So how many people hate Stephanie and Carrie now?

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Can't say I hate them either...... , but all the same.....

I had always been the skinny one in the family...UNTIL I TURNED 30! Now I really have to watch just to be "average" weight. I am 5'5" and 140 (naked and 1st thing in the morning)...145 really

i don't really eat like i used to over the past couple of years seems like when i stopped drinking in 4/2001 i started drpping weight i stay around 118lbs to 120lbs i eat at night when i get home from work and kind a pick at food before i go in to work
i think a lot has to with being so high strung im very hyper and stressed out most of the time

Ah I remember the days of being able to eat anything without gaining a pound fondly, then I hit twenty-six or so and suddenly I have to watch what I eat or I'll put on weight it sucks. I excercise but even that doesn't seem to help much, of course that could be because I love food.

*grumbles at Steph and Carrie*
I don't hate you for your metabolism, I love you both too much for that,

but ENVY is a whole other ballgame! I think I can just look at food and gain weight. Doesn't help that hub is an awesome cook, I'm a dedicated foodie, and I'd rather do anything than walk to lose weight (What I really want is a Bowflex).

I've actually been losing weight recently with diet and exercise, but the second I slip up on my eating the scale goes right back up. And I work out an hour and a half a day, five days a week. Yeah, I'm bitter. I'll never be able to eat more than 1500 calories for the rest of my life.

Originally Posted by Hydroaxe

So how many people hate Stephanie and Carrie now?

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hey!!!! i have feeling's to you know
actully, i'm the same as stephanie, if i dont eat enough i lose weight very quickly, and i hate it! You can actully look to skinny you know

I'm one of the ones who has a high metabolism. I'm turning 33 tomorrow and so far, it's not slowed one bit. I don't eat whatever I want, actually I am very disciplined in what I do eat. I only drink water & avoid fried food (except for during festivals). I exercise & walk A LOT. I also sweat a lot & don't feel the cold (I guess cuz of the high metabolism).

And yah there is such a thing as being 'too skinny', I got sick and dropped 10 pounds in 2 weeks from dehydration & fever. I looked HORRIBLE, like a victim of a concentration camp. The only place that didn't lose weight was my butt.

Hey - Where's the poll choice for "I'm over 40. Do you have to ask" ?

Originally Posted by captiva

Hey - Where's the poll choice for "I'm over 40. Do you have to ask" ?

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Chris, it was started by a M-A-N, need I say more?

Originally Posted by crazy4cats28

If I look at food I gain weight. I think part of the problem is that I can't exercise as much as I should.

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I have a very high metabolism!! At 26, I've been told that what I eat will catch up to me. So, like Ryan, I'm waiting...

I do stay very active though as a member of a competive outrigger paddling club in Northern California. Keeps me busy burning between 1000-1400 calories three times a week when we're in season (april-october).

Some say I eat like a bird. (A large carniverous bird)