Skinny people have fast metabolisms? Think again

[isis]

I think you're right that people typically get overweight simply from eating too much (& usually it's too much of the wrong kind of foods) & then blame it on a slow metabolism...but I always thought that metabolic rates can vary significantly.

I've always blamed my skinniness (& always-hungriness) on an abnormally fast metabolism...but it's true that I've never counted the calories so I very well could just underestimate the amount of calories I consume.

I watched some show one time, maybe it was an episode of Oprah or something like that, where a morbidly obese person was telling how much they usually eat for breakfast & etc & I was horrified by the quantity.