Skinny people have fast metabolisms? Think again

[Minyatur]

I eat very poorly, not so much recently but it takes me quite a lot of to actually gain weight.

The only period I've gained weight, I had to constantly be eating inbetween meals in addition to eating a few extra meals. It took a very long time to build up fat (a few years) and just by eating regular meals I lost it all in a few months.

But how many calories are you eating a day? It's all about calories, not the actual volume of food that determines if you're eating too much. Also, are you physically active during the day and do you or don't you have a sedentary job (office)?

I work in an office and there are TONS (no pun intended) of fat people there. It's disgusting. It's my observation that thin people have a different mentality when it comes to food too. Thats why they don't eat a lot and most eat very slow. They tend to greatly underestimate the calories they consume. They just have different eating habits.

Lighthead, I didn't mean to be rude. My apologies. I'm 5'9/male/aged 32. My BMI is 23.6 (normal weight for my height) and my BMR is 1,721 calories a day based on my height/weight/age/gender. In order for me to keep losing weight, I must eat about 300-400 calories below that. Now if I was 16 years old again and weighed 260 pounds, my BMR would be 2,453 calories a day. And yes, I did meet/exceed those calories at that age.

I do no physical activities whatsoever and do have an office job. I'm not currently eating a lot and I never counted calories but do eat/drink things with a lot of calories mostly as I have no regard for my health.

In the past I've been known to have up to 3 or 4 stomacs (manner of speech) and it took me a 2-3 years to go from 150 pounds to 190 pounds. Then by eating more normally because of my ex-girlfriend, I had went back to 140 pounds in 2-3 months without being active so much. When I was gaining weight, I ate at least 4 meals a day which were high calories. Poutine, fries, breakfasts in restaurants, etc.

I still do eat a lot on meals but do not eat inbetween.

I'm going to turn 24 in a few days, if that makes all I said irrelevant to you.