Does lean equal healthy?

The short answer is no. You are not healthy just because you are lean, just like you are not unhealthy just because you are overweight.

Take these two pictures for instance.

46kg vs 58kg which looks healthier?

By BMI standards. I am within the healthy range in both. In the first, I am closer to underweight, and in the second, I am closer to overweight.

The thing is, in the first pic, I had just gone through my first big break up (the drams), I was barely eating (I emotionally undereat) and was doing crazy amounts of cardio (I dont think I ever wanna see a stepper again).

The result was, I dropped to 46kg, Which at the time I thought was great cos I was super skinny.. but it didn’t last, and in no time when things settled down, I went back to my normal size.

This second photo was taken last week. I’m currently sitting at 58kg. I eat what I like (within reason) I’m pretty emotionally stable (as much as you can be in a pandemic ) and I do cardio for fun not fatloss.(though i question how fun it is when I am doing it)

I think it’s really important to highlight that skinny (or lean) does not mean health. There are many people out there who can’t put on weight for various reasons.

I am not just talking about people suffering from anorexia or bulemia, There are also many chronic diseases that are imparing peoples ability to absorb nutrients, so they are, infact, malnourished not healthy.

Just as there are both emotional and physical that can prevent someone from losing weight.

I think instead of focusing on what other people look like and equating that to a predetiminded health status. We should focus on our own and getting to a place where we feel both mentally and physically healthy.