currently I’m on a weight loss journey meanwhile most of my highschool class are as skinny as they were senior year (some have blown up like balloons as well) I’m 26 now and I’ve seen classmates and they’re identical to when they were 17-18 years old. Is being “naturally skinny” actually a thing? As in do some people just naturally only consume 1,500 calories per day unconsciously? I know they aren’t working out
Very broadly, yes.
Different people have different natural metabolisms, different builds, propensity toward muscularity, bodies that store fat in different areas and at different rates.
Of course, diet and physical activity play into this heavily as well, as does age.
A lot of people will be naturally skinny and more active when they are young, then you add a decade of sedentary office work… and they’ve never needed to learn how to eat well and exercise enough… and they get larger.
Other people can start off larger, learn a whole lot about healthy diet and exercise, and go in the opposite direction and become much more fit in that same decade.