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That doesn't make any sense to me since the whole idea of staying at a healthy weight is to eat below your metabolic rate. So the further away from your metabolic rate you can eat, the healthier you will be. Infact, in our country, it's greatly encouraged that we only eat 70% of our metabolic rate to as a health directive.
I don't see an increased of metabolism the equivalent of an increased in appetite, that is what I'm trying to say.

I know runners who run alot who experience decrease and complete loss of appetite. They are thin because of that, but the higher their metabolic rate went up, the less they eat.

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ORIGINAL: Lynnxz
Your "Basal metabolic rate" is usually a number roughly calculated with formulas, to determine the minimum number of calories that your body needs to function. It does not include exercise. If you were to eat 70% of that estimation! you would lose weight.

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ORIGINAL: SailingBum

I've seen more stupid bull shit posted in this thread than I've seen in a long time.

Thin ppl are not as healthy as fat ppl.

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Italian ppl are somehow magically thinner.

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ORIGINAL: AthenaSurrenders

Thin women, and women who aren't very curvy are women too.

I don't know if it's some sort of backlash against the negative vibes given to overweight women, but criticizing or making fun of women for being thin is just as mean-spirited. Not every thin woman is starving herself for someone else's beauty ideal, just like not every fat woman is greedy or lazy.

Thank you Athena.

Italian women, at least the majority of Italian women living in Italy, are exceptionally thin but they are small in height and appear smaller boned than Americans and some of their European cousins. Italian men like shapely but slim not rounded and Italians (in Italy) are brought up with the saying instilled into them, "if you never gain weight, there will never be a need to lose it."

As for a fetish on weight? yes, we have 'feeders' and giant face sitters but men who like a well rounded girl or a skinny chic don't have a fetish, they just like a certain type. To say anyone who likes a certain type has a fetish clearly shows they don't understand the meaning behind the word.

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ORIGINAL: OriginalRebel

Italian women, at least the majority of Italian women living in Italy, are exceptionally thin but they are small in height and appear smaller boned than Americans and some of their European cousins. Italian men like shapely but slim not rounded and Italians (in Italy) are brought up with the saying instilled into them, "if you never gain weight, there will never be a need to lose it."

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As for a fetish on weight? yes, we have 'feeders' and giant face sitters but men who like a well rounded girl or a skinny chic don't have a fetish, they just like a certain type. To say anyone who likes a certain type has a fetish clearly shows they don't understand the meaning behind the word.

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ORIGINAL: OriginalRebel

From the more recent research I have done, I’ve reached the conclusion that low-fat diets are a huge culprit in the contribution to America and the UK obesity pandemic. Think about when obesity took off in America and then think about when they started producing low fat products. Then research it and it all makes sense.

Its not about the quantity of calories you eat but the quality of the calories you eat and therefore, calories in, calories out just doesn’t work. 100 calories of doughnut is not the same thing as 100 calories of protein and fiber. If calories in versus calories out were correct, people would lose the same amount of weight, regardless of what sort of calories they consumed. we know that isn’t so. Not all calories are created equal and some calories are more easily stored as fat than others.

We also know that people who eat a high amount of sugars, specifically fructose, are hungrier sooner than those on low sugar diets. Drink a can of coke and your going to be thirsty again in no time at all. Drink water and you thirst is quenched.

It’s the same with exercise. We would have to do a huge amount of exercise to lose those empty calories and so it’s nonsense. Exercising works as an appetite suppressant, exercise promotes muscle mass and exercise keeps the heart healthy but it does not achieve weight loss.

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Also I think the "needs to function part" is not true. It is calculated that most people just need a min of 1200 calories a day to function. I see metabolic rate simply as the maximum quota you are allowed to eat if you do not want to get heavier.

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ORIGINAL: CobaltRose

I plan on being a chubby girl (since im already a chubby guy) and what pisses me off is that people still consider liking women who are bigger than what society says so is a fetish. Why are people who like big girls called "chubby chasers" but people who like small girls not called, i dont know, "twig trackers" yes, i know, dumb name, but so is "chubby chasers"

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ORIGINAL: Lynnxz
A calorie is a measurement.

That is like saying a pound of rocks is heavier than a pound of feathers.

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ORIGINAL: NiceButMeanGirl
What kills me is how we always hear about how unhealthy obesity is and what a strain it is on the health care system. No one ever talks about how unhealthy being underweight is and what a strain that also is on the healthcare system. As a matter of fact, being underweight is almost held up in the media as some sort of magically better standard to aspire to. Both are unhealthy but, somehow, some way, it's considered okay to bash the fatties but not the ones who look like concentration camp survivors

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ORIGINAL: freedomdwarf1
I prefer the look of the figure in jeans and even that is a little slim for my taste.
The slimmed-down version looks ugly and Hyuna is too skinny for me.

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Actually her legs still look quite chunky compared to her upper body.

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ORIGINAL: OriginalRebel


Italian women, at least the majority of Italian women living in Italy, are exceptionally thin but they are small in height and appear smaller boned than Americans and some of their European cousins. Italian men like shapely but slim not rounded and Italians (in Italy) are brought up with the saying instilled into them, "if you never gain weight, there will never be a need to lose it."

Uhh you were saying......

BadOne

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ORIGINAL: OriginalRebel

Whilst I think the second girl looks more attractive with a little weight, I don't think she looks unhealthy on the second picture. She hasn't lost the flesh on her face which starving people tend to do. Neither her ribs, hips or collar bone are protruding and her hair and skin look healthy. Actually her legs still look quite chunky compared to her upper body.

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Whilst I think the second girl looks more attractive with a little weight, I don't think she looks unhealthy on the second picture. She hasn't lost the flesh on her face which starving people tend to do. Neither her ribs, hips or collar bone are protruding and her hair and skin look healthy. Actually her legs still look quite chunky compared to her upper body.

it's clear she lost the weight through exercise she is slim and tonic and her legs show that, I'd say her look in the picture on the right is my ideal body type.