So apparently I'm dangerously underweight according to my BMI. I'm 6'2" and weigh 122lbs, giving me a BMI of 15.6 (aged 25, male FYI)
I've always been skinny though (most I've ever weighed is about 61kg), and the last time I was this skinny I had a bood test which apparently suggested I was perfectly healthy.
How likely am I to drop dead at any moment from a heart attack?
I don't think I exercise much (apart from daily stretching, some non strenuous dancing and near constant fidgeting) I have bacon & eggs for breakfast most mornings, fruit and nuts throughout the day, a decent meat & veg dinner, and chocolate, cake or ice-cream most weeks. So I'm not really anorexic, but I guess I don't take in enough calories? I really like being super skinny though, and want to stay that way providing it isn't killing me... But surely my diet consists of way more than somebody who actually has an eating disorder... right?
Thoughts /b/? Am I dying? Or am I just one of those 'naturally skinny' people (if that actually exists)?
Other factors: I smoke weed everyday and have about 2 - 4 espressos.
TL;DR: imskinnybutwhytho
well if you're okay with it, there's no real problem.
You will lack strength thats all.
And that has nothing to do with it but stop smoking weed.
>>675764896
6'2"!!
Wow, your very tall for a woman.
>>675765339
I just didn't realise my BMI was so low, and then started reading some forum posts of people saying their organs where shutting down at a similar BMI
And I smoke weed to level out my anxiety and manic depression, so that's probably not going to stop lol
>>675765685
Ffs
You're
It's not that difficult. Just eat more and stop being a faggot. Your heart is going to give up within years if you stay at a BMI of 15.6.
>>675765770
>Your heart is going to give up within years if you stay at a BMI of 15.6
That's what I'm reading online, but surely my doctor would have said something if that was the case?
>>675764896
Dropping the weed and picking up exercise will be just as good for your mental health. Exercise is the best thing for depression whereas in the log term weed is the worst.
>>675764896
Is that you in the pics OP?
>>675765967
Log = long.
Me = fat fingers
Op = fag
>>675765913
You have a shit doctor. There's a reason why BMI scales were designed and you're on the bad side.
There's nothing cool about being skinny. Chicks don't dig it. It doesn't make you manly. Work your way to a BMI of 20 - 22.
>>675765967
I'm worried if I pick up exercise I'll lose even more weight - plus I've tried exercise for my mental health issues. It's great while I'm exercising but does nothing outside of that. I smoke weed because it instantly relaxes me and allows my mind to focus on things. Plus I'm pretty sure that's the only thing that gives me an appetite. Without weed I tend to unintentionally skip meals because my mind is erratically jumping around from one thought to the next.
>>675766117
no but that's literally what my legs look like
>>675766214
He is far too skinny I agree.
I will point out though that the BMI scale is a load of shit. It was designed by a Victorian mathematician using no real scientific reasoning.
Better to use hip to waist ratios and fat measurements using calipers.
No doubt op if far to skinny. As bullshit as it is, a BMI THAT low is fucking crazy.
>>675766352
Eat loads of protein and hit the weights.
>>675766352
If you are prone to mental health issues weed with fuck you up.
>>675766214
>It doesn't make you manly.
lol really? you don't say...
I like being skinny because I like being androgynous/effeminate. Given that's a big part of who I am I'd like to maintain my current figure.
I'm not sure what to think though. Maybe I do have a shit doctor, but I've heard the BMI can be misleading, and given I've always been this skinny it's not like I've starved myself to this size.
>>675766352
Do weight training, drop the weed and set alarms on your phone. When the alarm goes off, eat. Keep it up for a month and you will be on it.
>>675764896
>>675765339
Ok I was converting wrong your weight.
That's 55 kg for 187 cm, you are 10kg short.
I am 186 cm for 70kg and I am skinny.
You should look for help.
>>675764896
Tits or gtfo
>>675765998
That is fucking horrible.
>>675766706
I've tried to work out the hip/waist ratio but I don't have calipers and I'm kind of embarrassed to sus out where I could get that checked.
Have you come out to your parents yet about the homosexuality and/or gender issues? Is that what is making you depressed?
>>675766352
Steroids. OP get on steroids train hard put on weight or gtfo
>>675767270
>look for help
where tho? what do mean by help?
also brb everyone, I'm hungry and I don't feel like skipping a meal after reading your replies lol
skinny is love
skinny is life
>>675765713
Yor*
>>675767458
It's gender issues, and that's part of what makes me depressed. I get along with my parents but they're emotionally distant and it wouldn't do much good to discuss it with them. It's not that they wouldn't accept it, but they'd inadvertently blame me and make it about themselves if I brought it up.
did everyone leave while I was eating? not helping guise lol....
>>675764896
Adam Lanza was 6' and 112 lbs. He shot and killed 26 people after a heavy night of playing DDR. You'll be fine.
>>675770161
but... his organs were working, right?
>>675764896
>I would go and have a check up at the doc. Almost lost my bestfriend to anorexia. Plz just check it up. Better safe than sorry
>>675770440
enough so that he could rampage fam
>>675766352
i also smoke weed every day and am skinny. i'm guessing your sleep pattern is all over the place? because that messes with the way you process food, and it's the reason why ur hungry at strange times.
i didnt smoke for 2 weeks, woke up early and went to bed early, and i ate twice as much food as when i do when i'm high. tbh i kind of ignore my hunger when i'm high, because i am too lazy to make food.
but when i'm sober i don't mind going to the supermarket to buy some good food.
it's 10 AM, and if i wasn't high as fuck right now i'd be making food, because i am hungry, but it feels like i'm too nauseous too eat.
I'm 5" 6 and 140 im pretty athletic so you're really skinny
>>675764896
tits, and time stamp or gtfo.
>>675771125
>can't read past literally one sentence
sup fuckboys
>weigh 145 atm 6'2
>24
>can max bench at 185
>used to be more, shit, weighed 135 in HS max bench was close to 200
>i run hella, hella cardio, eat hella good, mostly veggies
fuck around and get dunked on, not everyone wants to maintain a large amount of weight for the rest of their lives, never ends up well, look at arnold schwarzenegger, nigga is flabby as fuck.
>oh but dude hes just old, theirs nothing he could do!!!!
yeah maybe if he didn't again as much muscle mass and focused more on cardio he wouldn't be in such bad shape
also realize I'm an ectomorph which is ironic since he basically helped coin the term but still... lets think about it shall we...
why do you think women live longer? they eat better and stay leaner!
We can all try to be zyzz but I don't wanna die in a fuckin' sauna boys
I stand 1.80 and weigh 80 kg
My bmi is 24-25 ish which is nearing obese, but I am the healthiest motherfucker around.
If you feel fine, your doctor says you're fine, then you are fine.
Bmi is loads of shit
>>675770444
thanks, I possibly will get a check up sometime soon. I'm not anorexic though, and I guess that's why I'm not sure how unhealthy I am. I'm sure if I wasn't eating properly I'd be in poor health.
>>675770975
I do have an erratic sleeping pattern, but I don't notice any digestive problems unless I've had less than 5 hours (usually sleep 6 - 8)
I'm kind of the opposite with my eating habits. If I don't have weed, I usually have a coffee and just don't get around to breakfast. I'll just launch straight into my day, or into working on whatever project was keeping me up the night before.
If I have weed, I'll have a second coffee and make a decent breakfast
>>675764896
Well, your bmi isn't standard. Have you checked your metabolism? There's blood tests to check if you have hyperthyroidism. If you're ok after the tests, it is safe to assume that you just have a naturally skinny body, and you should be ok. Otherwise, there's treatments for that. I would recommend not doing anything unnecessary to your eating habits, and check everything else with a nutritionist. Some people just have different bodies, that's all.
>I have hypothyroidism, dammit
>for me, losing weight is hard
BMI isn't 100 percent spot on, it all depends on your body build
Like me, I went from 160 to 190 in 6 months because I started working out because I was weak as fuck, now I'm considered "overweight" when I'm not really fat and have a stocky build
>>675771268
OP? yeah, I still don't see tits, and a time stamp.
>>675771709
so what you're saying is you're fat
>>675771862
>Some people just have different bodies, that's all.
Thanks, I'm hoping that's the answer in my situation. I'll ask the doctor about some of these tests when I go for my next check up.
>>675771727
whens the last time you slept properly for a long duration? because when i got a new job and had to wake up early every day. i really noticed a BIG spike in my eating patterns and energy. it will make a bigger difference than u might think
>>675771709
Do you have a Tumblr blog?
>>675772290
Not for a few weeks because I've been getting leg cramps in the middle of the night, until that started I was getting a decent amount of sleep most nights though. I work in the evenings and study a few days a week. So I lose sleep during the week with some early starts, but Friday to Monday I sleep pretty well. That's one of the main reasons I smoke weed too. Without it I usually can't get to sleep, or I'll wake up a lot from weird dreams/nightmares.
Does anybody else here like being really skinny?
I'm clearly a bit crazy, but I seriously love it. There's just something I find so expressive about skinny androgynous human bodies and the way they move. Really wouldn't have it any other way (unless it's killing me)
have you checked if you have adhd?
>>675773753
no, why do you ask? I think I'm too much of a wallflower to have adhd
>>675764896
I'm right there with you OP.
My BMI is 17 and I'm 6' 125lbs and have been since high school.
Before high school I was only 65lbs but I'm perfectly healthy.
I've tried eating big, working out and every product on the market.
I use to eat 3 whole chickens a day and spent most of my time at the gym. I got really cut but didn't gain any weight.
Skinny life as a man is worst life.
Even fat guys get more action than us.
I'm 178cm tall, and I weigh ~ 55kg
So no, OP, your weight is A-okay
I'm 6'2, and 2 years ago I was abput 135 lbs anf it felt alright, used all ypur excuses.
>doctor saya I'm fine
>i dont feel bad
>high metabolism
>etc
But then I started working out and hitting eating properly and now I feel fucking amazing compared to what I did.
You may THINK you're good, but you don't know how good you can be until you actually change.
I'm at 178 lbs now, with a BMI of 24,3 @ ~11% bodyfat
At your BMI you will eventually get heartproblems and a literal fuckton of jointiasues, and most likely backpains from lacking stabilizing muscles.
Trust me, you nees to eat more and start working out. And don't start working out unless you're sure you're taking in excess calories or you will just lose more weight and wreck your body completely.
Remember that the body's top priority is to keep you alive, and it will tune down, or even shut off important bodily functions in order to ensure your survival.
>6'2" 122 lbs
nigger I'm 6'3" 180 lbs no muscle and I'm still pretty fucking skinny
>>675774186
Every
Single
Skinmyguy
Ever
Used that excuse, includin me back when I was skinny.
>I don't gain weight even if I eat a lot.
Bull fucking shit, you only THINK you eat a lot, but it isn't.
Do like me, step your fucking game up and eat. Force it in and count calories instead of throwing around the same old bullshit excuses every other lazy, uneducated skinnyshit uses.
>>675774186
Yeah I'm now back to the weight I was in high school. I really like being skinny though, it seems like most people have some sort of problem with it...
>>675774190
Do you enjoy being skinny?
>>675774557
I don't think I'll have back problems. I stretch and dance everyday, and have perfect posture. Did your doctor actually say you were fine? If so, who told you you were going to have heart problems? I'm hearing that a lot but I would have thought any of the doctors I've had over the years would have mentioned it.
I know I'm pushing it with how skinny I am, but surely I don't need to become a gym junkie to avoid organ failure... right?
OP, how many calories do you actually eat in a day? And do you think you eat a lot?
>>675775307
Not saying you neee to become a gym junkie, but you need to pack on some healthy weight.
Like I said, you might feel fine now, and the doctor probably say you're fine now, your problems will come in 10-15 years.
Organfailure is more likely because you lack outer fat padding, resulting in greater impactdamage on organs from any type of trauma, and you most likely lack internal fat paddings around organs, along with Auschwitzmode causing your body to tune down things like liverfunction, which combined with agedreduced liverfunction results in your organs getting hit by a substantially larger amount of toxins your liver would usually sort out.
But from your posts it's quite obvious you're only here to have people tell you you're gonna be fine anyway, so I'm not even sure why I bother replying as your mind is already set.
In 10-15 years when your body is failing internally just remember what I wrote and you will spend the rest of your natural life regretting your early life decisions.
>>675776136
I'm getting extremely mixed messages (organ failure vs dw about it), and as I've stated I'd rather stay skinny, so obviously I want the answer to be that I'm fine and don't have to change my body. But I'm open to the idea that there are seriously health implications, I'm just not seeing any that sound definite for my situation.
For example, I really can't imagine my organs getting traumatized in any way. I don't take part in any sports and I tend to look after myself. I rarely drink, and if I do it's never more than one, so I wonder how my skinny person liver would compare to a regular sized person who drinks.
I've definitely heard enough to be asking a doctor these questions though.
>>675764896
BMI is fucking bullcrap. According to it my gymbro is morbidly obese, despite being 6'2 at 115kg, 8% bodyfat...
>>675775577
I'm not actually sure, I was trying to work that out.
Breakfast 250
fruit/nuts throughout the day 250
dinner 400
tea/coffee 50
other miscelanous snacks (yogurt, cookies) 200
desert 400
It would be more than that some days if I smoke a lot of weed, binge on chocolate and sad movies, and less on some days when I don't have chocolate.
>>675777169
6'2 115kg 8%bodyfat. Keke you friends with semi pro bodybuilders moron.
>>675777169
gymbros are still unhealthy, it doesn't matter if it's muscle or fat, your heart still has to work harder to get blood to 240lb+ of human. People who are naturally well-built tend to have larger organs to compensate, manlet gymbros who take a bunch of supps and spend all day lifting are literally shortening their lives. But no one cares because most of them are faggots anyway.
>>675777169
That is because BMI is for the average population, not gymbros or roidheads, aka the extreme peripherals which is an extremely small part of the population.
Clearly you dumbshits must lift because you're compensating for lacking intellect.
>>675777393
not enough :/
>>675764896
just eat a shit ton of carbs
rice, bread, cake anything savoury really