Any Other Ectomorphs Here?

[Nomenclature]

Since I hit puberty at 11, my natural weight is 130 lbs; I can eat ANYTHING without putting on weight, and have to struggle very hard to stay over that.

For the past three years, i've stretched my stomach, forced myself to eat the most fattening foods I can manage and even used weight gain shakes. I still can't get up to a non-scrawny weight. I also get people - strangers, friends, waitresses - harassing me for being so skinny, and telling me I look unhealthy.


It took me 8 months of constant face-stuffing with pasta, cheesecake, double cheeseburgers and weight gain shakes to put on 20 pounds. . .but I lost 10 lbs in a single week of not eating as heavy, and I did no physical activity to burn that much weight.


So, i'm just posting this because I really hate that you can see my fucking ribcage no matter what I try to do. It's not like I don't eat, and it's not like I haven't tried to work out to change my body. . .it's that none of it works, and I look like shit no matter what I try to do.


Fuck my genetics. t('_'t)

 

[hotatlboi]

maybe you should work out, try to build a little muscle.

But hey even if nothing works, it's a heck of a lot better to be naturally skinny than naturally fat.

 

[saymyname]

Yeah, I'm about 6'1 and I weigh 130 lbs. I've always been tall and skinny, but I think you're making it sound a lot worse than it is. I also have really broad shoulders and am very good looking. My arms are long and skinny, I'm slender in general, but I still have a nice upper body. It's attractive. I even have abs, sometimes.

But I get what you mean, it can be frustrating for people to think that you're like, heroin thin or anorexic when really you're just like that naturally. I've started working out and we will see if it has any impact.

If you can't put on weight no matter what you do though, just embrace it. Hello, twinks? Kind of a big part of the gay aesthetic. Maybe you're not young enough to be a twink, but you could still learn how to "carry" your thinness in a sense. Buy some better fitting clothes, for example.

 

[versa39]

working out helps...changes how your body burns things...but be grateful for it, in a few years , skinny wont be the case. when metabolism slows...it all goes to your ass

 

[Corny]

yeah, I can eat what I want. People are telling me this will change soon since I was 17. I still weigh the same. Actually I even lost two kilos since I am doing a bit less sport recently Need to get those back

 

[CorporalAris]

I gotcha here dude, same stuff.

 

[Nomenclature]

Yeah, I'm about 6'1 and I weigh 130 lbs. I've always been tall and skinny, but I think you're making it sound a lot worse than it is. I also have really broad shoulders and am very good looking. My arms are long and skinny, I'm slender in general, but I still have a nice upper body. It's attractive. I even have abs, sometimes.

Gee, that makes me feel a lot better about myself. Thanks for sharing.

If you can't put on weight no matter what you do though, just embrace it. Hello, twinks? Kind of a big part of the gay aesthetic.

Uh huh, except the men i've gotten naked in front of openly said to my face "Oh. . .you'd look a lot better if you worked out", or "Dude, you need to eat."

working out helps...changes how your body burns things...but be grateful for it, in a few years , skinny wont be the case. when metabolism slows...it all goes to your ass

Well, seeing as that I have a very tiny, flat ass. . .I would actually be extremely happy if I didn't look like total shit in a few years.

yeah, I can eat what I want. People are telling me this will change soon since I was 17. I still weigh the same. Actually I even lost two kilos since I am doing a bit less sport recently Need to get those back

You mean you aren't really a hairy bear? Those aren't your titties in your avatar?


I always IMAGINED you as the guy in your avatar at least.

But hey even if nothing works, it's a heck of a lot better to be naturally skinny than naturally fat.

When you live in a fat country, such as the US; Britain or Australia, people are going to be far more tolerant and even sympathetic of other fat people than they're going to be of skinny people.


Do you know why? Because they're fat.



If you go to a "skinny country" like Japan or India, where the vast majority of people are small-framed and lanky, they're going to think our "average" is fat and make fun of them.


Do you know why? Because they're skinny.


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I gotcha here dude, same stuff.

we should go out for dinner; we can share an appetizer.



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[stillscion20]

yep you should work out. i was stuck at 130 since i was 14 but now i'm a healthy looking 150lbs. plus if you really have such a low bmi then muscles would look great on you! nothing better than a nice plush pectoral above the ribs!

 

[KaraBulut]

You're of age at a time where guys are literally starving themselves to get that lean, no-body fat look. The clothes are all tight with flat front pants with no flare in the legs. Enjoy it while you can.

The grass is always greener. Focus on being in good shape. It's more important to be in good cardio-pulmonary health than to have a bunch of extra bulk that you won't use unless you go to work as a longshoreman.

 

[Audio Tech]

^^^ EXACTLY!

Enjoy it while you can. It WILL slow down. But if you are lucky, you'll age well because of it. I've put on a few pounds, but I never, ever got fat. That EMO look in my teens and 20's is paying off now. I just look healthy and need little exercise to stay that way. People used to tell me all the time I was too thin, and I just told them "So what, I feel absolutely GREAT!"

QUIT YER WHINING!!! You are HEALTHY, regardless what other people say. In an increasingly FAT world, people just get envious.

 

[Corny]

You mean you aren't really a hairy bear? Those aren't your titties in your avatar?


I always IMAGINED you as the guy in your avatar at least.

hu? I am hairy. But definitely not a bear.
And I am the one in the avatars all the time. Are you saying my avatar looks fat ?

 

[Nomenclature]

You're of age at a time where guys are literally starving themselves to get that lean, no-body fat look. The clothes are all tight with flat front pants with no flare in the legs. Enjoy it while you can.

Oh, that's a bunch of baloney; Guys don't want to be short, weak and skinny the same way that women don't want to be tall and fat.

^^^ EXACTLY!

Enjoy it while you can. It WILL slow down. But if you are lucky, you'll age well because of it. I've put on a few pounds, but I never, ever got fat. That EMO look in my teens and 20's is paying off now. I just look healthy and need little exercise to stay that way. People used to tell me all the time I was too thin, and I just told them "So what, I feel absolutely GREAT!"

But I don't feel "absolutely great" when people are making fun of me for having 10" biceps, or because my lower ribs stick out. Sorry, but those aren't masculine features. They're emasculating features, and are not seen as attractive by either men or women.

 

[saymyname]

With your attitude, I think you have more to worry about than your body. My post was simply demonstrating how someone can be skinny but still attractive or in shape for being skinny, and that's what you come back at me with? Kind of bitchy. And by the way, guys have said those things to me before too. Kick them out of bed, once you're done with them. I've had guys say that to me, but I've also had more guys say the exact opposite. You need some self confidence more than anything. You sound like a crybaby.

 

[Nomenclature]

With your attitude, I think you have more to worry about than your body. My post was simply demonstrating how someone can be skinny but still attractive or in shape for being skinny

If you're skinny and can easily put on muscle, then you're an ecto-mesomorph. Different set of genetics.

You need some self confidence more than anything..

Well, gee having an average body would do wonders for my confidence, don't you think?

 

[saymyname]

I never said I could easily put on muscle. What the fuck, it's like you don't even read. Did you just make this entire thread for people to say nice, positive, encouraging things to you just so you could continue to bitch and moan about being slender? Get real dude.

 

[Nomenclature]

Isn't this a no-flame zone?

 

[saymyname]

How was I flaming? Just because you want a pity party and people are trying to give you decent advice and encouraging you and all you do is throw it in their face and continue to belly ache?

Also, you failed to answer my question. When did I say that I could easily put on muscle?

 

[KaraBulut]

Isn't this a no-flame zone?

It is.

And while we don't want to patronize you with the platitudes about how you'll get older and wish you were still skinny, we are telling you that you do have something that a lot of people wish they had. A pound of muscle on your frame will look like 5 pounds of muscle on a regular person.

You're working hard to see it as a disadvantage or something undesirable. It's neither.

 

[WillMc88]

I'm the same way. In fact, I lose weight pretty rapidly if I skip any meals or don't eat much. I'm 5'9" and currently at about 115. I used to be 120, and I'm trying to get back to that.

Recently, I was pretty down about my weight because it seems like I'm not the ideal type and guys aren't attracted to it. But my ex has been bloating up like a balloon since about 6 months into our relationship and still is since we broke up. My super speedy metabolism is actually a blessing next to his. It's called downward comparison, and it makes me feel better Lol.

Most older people I know tell me that it will probably slow down when I get older (only 22), so I enjoy being able to eat anything I want and not get fat while I can.

 

[Nomenclature]

while we don't want to patronize you with the platitudes about how you'll get older and wish you were still skinny, we are telling you that you do have something that a lot of people wish they had. A pound of muscle on your frame will look like 5 pounds of muscle on a regular person.

You're working hard to see it as a disadvantage or something undesirable. It's neither.

You seem to misunderstand: No guy wants to be stuck being ~twenty pounds underweight for his frame. Everyone wants to be stuck having an ideal body for their frame. If I were stuck at 150 lbs, or could eat anything I wanted and still had nice arms, decent pecs and an outer ab outline, I would NOT see that as a disadvantage!

BUT


Even putting a SINGLE pound of muscle on my body is extremely difficult. It sounds easy to you, Kara, because your body can put on mass a lot easier than mine can. I would have to eat thousands of calories a day to support muscle gain, and have PERFECT nutrition, and even then I would be limited by my genetics. I can work out twice as hard as other body types, and see less than half of the results; I can't gain mass, be it fat or muscle, very easily at all. I'm genetically a small guy.

I'm the same way. In fact, I lose weight pretty rapidly if I skip any meals or don't eat much. I'm 5'9" and currently at about 115. I used to be 120, and I'm trying to get back to that.

I dropped down to 120 when I caught mono. Getting up from that was complete hell, and it's how I learned to eat when i'm not hungry.

Most older people I know tell me that it will probably slow down when I get older (only 22), so I enjoy being able to eat anything I want and not get fat while I can.

While i'm outside, I see average guys walking around everywhere with their shirt off, or with a tank top on and they actually look okay wearing this; no one says anything to them about it. But, I go out wearing a t-shirt, and I still get the occasional asshole who isn't afraid to say "HOW ARE YOU SO SKINNY, KID?!". And that made me realize: if they aren't SAYING it, then they're THINKING it.


I don't want to be thought of as small, weak and undesirable anymore. I don't want the extremes of being really skinny or really fat. I just want to be able to wear something sleeveless without dying of embarrassment. I don't think it's wrong to want that, and i've been working very, very hard over the past three years to try to obtain that. . .and i've had no luck actually keeping weight on. I think that deserves a "FFFUUUUUUU-".