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This thread resonates with me a lot.
I've been skinny for as long as I can remember. I too wasn't bothered at first, until I realised puberty had come and gone and I was still... skinny. Lol. https://twitter.com/Bubee_O/status/1312991351135404033
I've been skinny for as long as I can remember. I too wasn't bothered at first, until I realised puberty had come and gone and I was still... skinny. Lol. https://twitter.com/Bubee_O/status/1312991351135404033
I checked my weight and height and did a little research. Asked a few med people and according to science, I was "clinically underweight". It actually made me sad, plus I used to fall sick more often than the rest of the family and it seemed to be because of my weight.
I remember going to do my medicals for Law School and the nurse exclaimed when I got on the weighing scale. "Mba o! Nne, come down. Oya, climb again". Lol, aunty nurse, e shock you, ba?
And just like Ebube, most people told me my body figure was "okay". I'd say I wanted to put on weight and somebody would say "instead of you to be happy". They'd tell me that "others are trying to lose weight", that "you don't know you're fine like this?"
And that's part of the problem. A lot of people are often tone-deaf and unempathetic like that. If they cannot relate to your issue, then it's not an issue. The worst are those who tell you it's not an issue because they "prefer" you that way.
Like this man I was talking to few months back. Told him I was trying to gain weight since there was a lockdown and I didn't have to go for classes and all of that. Then he said "No, I like you like this". The response made me so upset. I told him "nobody asked you what you like"
I remember having anaemia in final year of uni. Came back from Ogbete one afternoon, went to wash my hands in the bathroom and practically started shaking then I sort of fainted. My roommates were frightened. My sister came and she was very calm like, "erm, this is familiar" lol.
My mom used to buy me extra food specifically for this reason. I got tinned milk and malt drinks when I was in uni. She would also buy Quaker Oats and I'd eat each portion with a boiled egg. Imagine being 21 and your mom is still buying you Horlicks. I love that woman!
I've heard a lot of comments about my body. I used to refuse wearing sleeveless cloths or cloths with "spaghetti" sleeves. Not anymore. My skinny arms can visibly "hang from my shoulders" all they want.
Plus my sisters tell me say I fine die and I believe them. Wholeheartedly.
Plus my sisters tell me say I fine die and I believe them. Wholeheartedly.
Dinma and all my friends say I'm a spec. Who am I to disagree? 
All in all, trying to gain weight can be a real struggle. Thankfully, I have reached the baseline (healthy) weight for my age and I'm now "clinically okay".
All in all, trying to gain weight can be a real struggle. Thankfully, I have reached the baseline (healthy) weight for my age and I'm now "clinically okay".
The maths is painfully funny.
Since leaving secondary school, my body weight has increased by only 4 kg.
I left secondary school in 2014.
Anyways, we move!
Since leaving secondary school, my body weight has increased by only 4 kg.
I left secondary school in 2014.
Anyways, we move!