Controversial: Am I too light?

You sound like a scrawny little fvcker. Find a box, and start working on getting shredded with crossfit.

I'd say so. Do you have ADD? Sometimes the medication makes it harder for people to eat, and you need food especially if you're still growing. Try lifting more, eat a lot of starches and carbs.

cool kid wrote:

I'd say so. Do you have ADD? Sometimes the medication makes it harder for people to eat, and you need food especially if you're still growing. Try lifting more, eat a lot of starches and carbs.

No. My diet is mainly starch. Insane amounts of rice and sweet potatoes. I eat until I am full, even one day a week I eat a shit ton, but maybe the cumulative calories for the week is low. I run 60-70mpw, about 2500 calories a day give or take 200

Why do you want too be so skinny? Put on some weight and stop looking so frail. Your running will be fine. Solinsky is 150+ lbs, isn't he?

How old are you? I was a similar height and weight at around 16 and felt (and looked) fine because my frame was still boyish. At any point after 18 I'd have been sickly at similar proportions because I was built deeper and broader.

Solinsky is way taller & he's a man nimrod! This is a kid & you're telling him he could run as fast at 140 let's say as he could at 115? Don't listen to these chuckleheads son, stay healthy & run fast. Wish I could get down that light w/o losing strength!

dweeb wrote:

How old are you? I was a similar height and weight at around 16 and felt (and looked) fine because my frame was still boyish. At any point after 18 I'd have been sickly at similar proportions because I was built deeper and broader.

18. According to the clock I am running the fastest I have ever. My recovery is great, even after 16 mile days of doubles I feel fresh and not sore.

oeoeo wrote:

Why do you want too be so skinny? Put on some weight and stop looking so frail. Your running will be fine. Solinsky is 150+ lbs, isn't he?

You are confused. It isn't that I want to be so skinny, it is just how I have become due to high training and eating until I am full. I can't help it unless I start binging out every day to "gain weight" just cause some 73 inch runner is 150lbs and I am 5 inches less........ :P

fastbones wrote:

No. My diet is mainly starch. Insane amounts of rice and sweet potatoes. I eat until I am full, even one day a week I eat a shit ton, but maybe the cumulative calories for the week is low. I run 60-70mpw, about 2500 calories a day give or take 200

- Your caloric requirement is 2600 kcal, so you are about right on that.

- I think your concept of "insane" and "shit ton" is a bit off. I eat about 2700 kcal per day and my daily consumption is FAR from a "shit ton".

- My guess is that you are not tracking your calories accurately. Record everything you eat very carefully and see if you are REALLY eating 2500 kcal per day.

- Also, add in more fat and protein. You need the fat for testosterone and the protein for repairing muscle.

Add 10 pounds kid. Maybe even get up to 130. 114 pounds is way too light for being 5'8"

are you sure? wrote:

fastbones wrote:

No. My diet is mainly starch. Insane amounts of rice and sweet potatoes. I eat until I am full, even one day a week I eat a shit ton, but maybe the cumulative calories for the week is low. I run 60-70mpw, about 2500 calories a day give or take 200

- Your caloric requirement is 2600 kcal, so you are about right on that.

- I think your concept of "insane" and "shit ton" is a bit off. I eat about 2700 kcal per day and my daily consumption is FAR from a "shit ton".

- My guess is that you are not tracking your calories accurately. Record everything you eat very carefully and see if you are REALLY eating 2500 kcal per day.

- Also, add in more fat and protein. You need the fat for testosterone and the protein for repairing muscle.

Like 10 cooked cups of rice a day. That is normal. One day a week like after my long run I am a bottomless pit and will eat 5000-6000 calories at some buddy's house watching football all day or something.

I do track them every day. It falls around 2500 every day.

are you sure? wrote:

fastbones wrote:

No. My diet is mainly starch. Insane amounts of rice and sweet potatoes. I eat until I am full, even one day a week I eat a shit ton, but maybe the cumulative calories for the week is low. I run 60-70mpw, about 2500 calories a day give or take 200

- Your caloric requirement is 2600 kcal, so you are about right on that.

- I think your concept of "insane" and "shit ton" is a bit off. I eat about 2700 kcal per day and my daily consumption is FAR from a "shit ton".

- My guess is that you are not tracking your calories accurately. Record everything you eat very carefully and see if you are REALLY eating 2500 kcal per day.

- Also, add in more fat and protein. You need the fat for testosterone and the protein for repairing muscle.

Like 6 cooked cups of rice a day and 1-2 pounds of sweet potatoes for my starches. That is normal. One day a week like after my long run I am a bottomless pit and will eat 5000-6000 calories at some buddy's house watching football all day or something.

I do track them every day. It falls around 2500 every day.

fastbones wrote:

Like 6 cooked cups of rice a day and 1-2 pounds of sweet potatoes for my starches. That is normal.

6 cups of rice contains 1296 kcal.

1.5 pounds of sweet potato contains 585 kcal.

So you are consuming 1881 kcal in carbohydrates per day.

That means you are consuming 75% of your calories from carbohydrates. That is unacceptable for an athlete. That would mean both your fat and protein average at 12.5% of your total calories and that is NOT a healthy diet.

Plan: Keep your carbohydrate intake the same. Increase protein and fat intake.

Eat more. Stop dieting. Train hard. Weight will come. Your PRs are slow so obviously the scrawny thing isn't working.

Sounds like you are one of those "looks like an African runs like a Samoan" dudes.

You're fine.

Ignore the people trying to change you.

While we're on the subject..

6'0 145 lbs. Bmi of 19. 85 mpw. I'm not sure how much I eat, I watch what I eat, as far as healthy food, but I just eat a lot.. Not sure about calories.. How's my height / weight look. Should I drop weight? Age by the way is 20

are you sure? wrote:

fastbones wrote:

Like 6 cooked cups of rice a day and 1-2 pounds of sweet potatoes for my starches. That is normal.

6 cups of rice contains 1296 kcal.

1.5 pounds of sweet potato contains 585 kcal.

So you are consuming 1881 kcal in carbohydrates per day.

That means you are consuming 75% of your calories from carbohydrates. That is unacceptable for an athlete. That would mean both your fat and protein average at 12.5% of your total calories and that is NOT a healthy diet.

Plan: Keep your carbohydrate intake the same. Increase protein and fat intake.

I don't know that it's especially healthy, but that's basically the Kenyan diet. Endurance athletes don't NEED a lot of protein.

Dr. Spacemen wrote:

I don't know that it's especially healthy, but that's basically the Kenyan diet. Endurance athletes don't NEED a lot of protein.

Yeah. Maybe.

But if I was his doctor the 17.3 BMI could not be ignored. I still think he should just increase his fat and protein. Like add an avocado and two eggs to his diet. That's an extra 374 kcal along with some healthy fat and protein.