More power to her if she's 90 and still has that kind of an appetite! And can still be "tiny"! Or maybe she doesn't often get the chance to have that kind of meal. I have a friend in her 70's that I worry about because she does eat like a bird. She says nothing tastes good, but I'm always nagging her to eat more because she really needs a little more meat on her bones.

Amanda eats like that, but she's not 90. She's 5'7" and weighs 114 lbs and eats anything she wants, but she must just burn it off. She still holds the school record for eating over 20 pieces of pizza!

Annie

Maybe she meant that she doesn't eat often. . . and therefore must consume mass quantities?

20 some-odd years ago (jeepers, almost 30!) in one of my first restaurant jobs, I worked in a Japanese restaurant. One of my favorite couples had to be between late 70's to mid 80's...

The woman only came up to my shoulder. She had been taller in her youth, and in old age had "humped over." She was the sweetest, kindest, most lady like person. She always ordered the combination of tempura and chicken teriyaki.

This restaurant served all meals with a noodle "salad" in a vinaigrette, a small side of salt pickled cabbage and another of sweet simmered kidney beans, a bowl of miso soup, rice, and at the end, a dish of fresh fruit. I was in my very early twenties then, and could not have eaten all of it had I ordered a combination plate. And I had a very, very good appetite.

That little woman ate all of her sides, drank her soup, finished every scrap of her fried shrimp and veggies, the chicken and the huge mound of cabbage salad we served on the plate. She then ate her fruit, and more often than not, her husband's.

Don't know where she put it, or, considering how slowly she moved around, how she burnt it off.

The important thing, I thought, was that she thoroughly enjoyed it.

I wished I could do the same. Unfortunately extra pounds jump on me as soon as I eat one mouthful too much! Got to admire seniors who can stomach all that food. As long as they enjoy the food and their body can handle it, good for them! Al

I happen to know that this lady eats exceptionally well all the time, and enjoys every mouthful. And she's extremely disabled, can barely walk with a granny-walker, and can do practically nothing for herself. So not a lot of energy being burned up.

Fortunately, she has the bank balance to cater for such a gargantuan appetite! However, it's her friends, neighbours and family who supply the meals.

She's a lovely lady, but I think she prefers OPs (Other People's).

It's not fair, you know! I only have to LOOK at food and I've gained 5kg!!

I find the weight that other people lose.

I think it is called metabolism  what allows some to eat thousands and thousands of calories and not gain a pound. Some people have an extremely high metabolism and can eat, eat, eat! Others folks have digestive tract issues that allow their bodies to digest the food without adding fat to their bodies.

Geeezzzzeee peezzzeee................

DL

Oh, to have that kind of metabolism ! Amazing, isn't it?

One of my slender elderly neighbors came over for DH's retirement party a couple of years ago, and proceeded to hoover through everything "food."

I have never seen someone eat so much, like there was no tomorrow!!! She ate a couple of days worth of food--not that I begrudged her that because I did not--but just making a commentary about the AMOUNT of food she consumed! Maybe she was channeling her inner hungry lumberjack?