Most people seem to believe that some people are blessed with the ability to eat all they want, without gaining a pound, yet others gain weight just wathcing the food channel. My mom seemed convinced that I could eat, eat, eat, yet not gain weight. As I've aged, that has proven false.
Certainly, there are Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) differences for different age groups, and between the sexes, although that may be mostly due to different muscle mass (which burns the calories).
If indeed I "can eat all I want" (which certainly isn't true), this implies that my body is somehow inefficient (compared to others) with processing what I eat. Yet I have never been slowed down or felt uncomfortable with low blood sugar, and can go all day without eating, if need be. There is no evidence that I NEED more food than others.
Kinda long, but just wondering what others know about this common perception.
Disclaimer: obviously some people have medical conditions involving their thyroid and metabolism. My claim is that most overweight people only have themselves to blaim for their condition, not their genes.
Ed
2002 Aero SW

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• Metabolic Rates: eat, eat, eat, never gain a pound, Aero'ed, Mon, 7 Jul 2008 10:05:14 <-- Viewing This Message
  • I am one of those poeple too..., PGAero , Tue, 8 Jul 2008 16:48:51
  • Glad you brought this up -- I am one of those people, Arthur, Tue, 8 Jul 2008 00:09:01
    • 2000-3000 calories a day is not a lot..., AdamB , Tue, 8 Jul 2008 12:57:11
    • just gotta ask . . ., Mike in Anchorage, Tue, 8 Jul 2008 10:29:53
    • Hmm....yes true until you hit a certain age...., TKC, Tue, 8 Jul 2008 09:27:23
  • Let's not over-complicate it, ChuckD , Mon, 7 Jul 2008 19:40:19
    • Re: Let's not over-complicate it, polemera, Tue, 8 Jul 2008 07:07:09
      • No question about that, ChuckD , Tue, 8 Jul 2008 08:27:39
        • I don't know about calories "passing through", Erik919kt, Tue, 8 Jul 2008 20:21:20
        • I agree. :) n/m, polemera, Tue, 8 Jul 2008 10:37:33
        • its not just what you eat, Mr. Bubble, Tue, 8 Jul 2008 08:32:05
  • Some "overweight" people have themselves to blaim, Mike in Anchorage, Mon, 7 Jul 2008 13:35:57
    • active lifestyle and metabolic rate, Aero'ed, Mon, 7 Jul 2008 19:57:34
  • Re: Metabolic Rates: eat, eat, eat, never gain a pound, AlS, Mon, 7 Jul 2008 13:14:22
    • Re: Metabolic Rates: eat, eat, eat, never gain a pound, Brian C, Tue, 8 Jul 2008 10:39:39

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