• Jay@lemmy.ca
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    1 month ago

    As one of those that easily destroy an XL pizza in one go… why is that terrifying?

    I Mean, overall I don’t eat all that much… I never eat breakfast and very rarely eat lunch, so one or two meals a day for me (historically a very active person) has to be large to make up for the times I don’t have time (or want) to stop and eat. So it takes at least a large pizza or like two boxes of Mac & cheese to even come close to refilling my fuel tank.

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      1 month ago

      You just described how it works! People get mixed up on calorie intake. I’m scrawny, but when I eat, I eat. No calories other than beer at night. Not a Coke, not a single pork rind, not even a Jolly Rancher. Nada.

      So people see that and think, “Gosh! Wish I had a metabolism like his!” Nah. I just don’t eat in between meals.

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      1 month ago

      So, using a 16” pizza as a “xl” size.

      PapaJohns XL cheese: 3000 calories Dominos XL cheese: 2980 calories

      I powerlift 3-4 days a week and run 30-60k a week depending on how many days I lifted.

      If I ate JUST one of those a day as a 6’ tall man I’d still gain weight and want to die.

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        1 month ago

        When I was 20 I could easily pound down a full Papa John’s pizza and stay skinny as a rail. Nowadays I eat one cookie after dinner and my body permanently incorporates it into my mass, never to be released again.

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            1 month ago

            Km makes sense. And few people run 30-60Km a week, so that threw me. I’ve known exactly one person to run that per week, and she was an outlier.

            So, let me do the math, this guy is running 18-38 miles a week? OK. LOL, I walk that. :)