I can't give you all the answers, but a couple of things you wrote hit a nerve:
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Originally posted by M B
I was honestly the skinniest guy Id ever seen. 23 years old, 5'8 and 65kgs (143 lbs)
He said I may have found it impossible to put on weight cause my body was not healthy enough?
Because I had so much room to spare 30 lbs just made me look normal or a little solid.
Im always greatful for my life & health but Id love to know what happened and if I could ever be that way again
Thanks...
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I don't know how old you are now, but nobody goes back to what they weighted when they were 23. Especially if they were considered 'underweight' at the time, which it seems you were. I am approx the same height as you, I'm not sure we should almost weight the same and I'm female. What is your bone structure like?
If you were the "skinniest guy" around at 143 lbs, your goal weight of 147 might be a bit drastic. What sports are you in that no body fat is a good thing? Can't be body building at that weight and height can it?
If you had "room to spare" and the extra weight made you look "normal" or "a little solid", I'd rethink what I was doing. My extra weight made me FAT and unhealthy. If it made me look normal and solid, I 'd still weight 184 pounds.
When I was 23 I weighed 124 pounds. I was considered the "skinniest thing around" and many people thought I was too thin. In my wildest dreams I wouldn't want to go back to that weight.
Your body KNOWS what healthy is for your age - your mind doesn't. As your metabolism changes, your body is prepared to make the necessary changes in keeping with time, but your mind is still stuffing the same food in.
I can understand your dr saying you couldn't put on weight because "you weren't healthy enough" - that's why so many of us can't lose it on low-fat dieting. Our bodies are so unhealthy that it can't take us to the ideal weight. A low carb regime, which essentially is removing all the artificial junk from our intake, makes us healthy and frees the body up to 'find' it's ideal weight.