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[General]

I think I eat 1 to 1,5 kg food a day ( drinks not count ) I can't make a list since what I eat is completely random and hours are different

[Destiny]

Space Marines eat?

[Ion Cannon!]

Thats impressive ghost. I've gone from 125lbs to 142lbs in about a year. I'm not quite as purposeful as you though, no protein shakes or workouts for me.

Edited by Ion Cannon!, 23 May 2011 - 16:44.

[Chyros]

Want a taste of my protein shake?

Seriously though, I don't understand how you can have that stuff every day, let alone first thing in the morning. They taste like raw-sausage-and-chicken milkshakes D: . Imagine having that when you get out of bed, when everything tastes even worse .

[Ghostrider]

Chyros, on 23 May 2011, 18:53, said:

Want a taste of my protein shake?

Seriously though, I don't understand how you can have that stuff every day, let alone first thing in the morning. They taste like raw-sausage-and-chicken milkshakes D: . Imagine having that when you get out of bed, when everything tastes even worse .

Some of them taste awful, yeah. The one I drink tastes pretty darn good though, sort of like cold hot chocolate. And there's some sugar in there, too, so it does taste good in the morning.

My creatine blend smells and tastes like feet, however. I have to chug that one pretty quickly.

[Ion Cannon!]

Ghostrider, on 25 May 2011, 18:56, said:

Chyros, on 23 May 2011, 18:53, said:

Want a taste of my protein shake?

Seriously though, I don't understand how you can have that stuff every day, let alone first thing in the morning. They taste like raw-sausage-and-chicken milkshakes D: . Imagine having that when you get out of bed, when everything tastes even worse .

Some of them taste awful, yeah. The one I drink tastes pretty darn good though, sort of like cold hot chocolate. And there's some sugar in there, too, so it does taste good in the morning.

My creatine blend smells and tastes like feet, however. I have to chug that one pretty quickly.

If you hadn't taken protein shakes for 4-5 years, how much difference do you think it would have made?

[Ghostrider]

Well I only need the protein shakes because I work out 4-5 days a week, otherwise I wouldn't touch the stuff. If you're working out a lot you're breaking down muscles, which require protein to rebuild (stronger). I've read that the ideal amount of protein for a strenuous workout regimen is about a gram per pound of body weight, so about 185 grams of protein a day.

That's hard for me to get in a day without completely stuffing my face with beef and chicken and turkey, etc. so I drink the protein mix.

To answer your question, I'd say probably 5 to 10 pounds of difference, if only because I would not be gaining as quickly without the extra protein.

[Areze]

About one or two full meals a day plus occasional snacking. I weigh about 160-170 lbs and am 5'11". No healthy diet or exercise either, so I'm not as healthy as can be, to be honest.

[Whitey]

I eat probably one full meal a day and snack otherwise (bread, cereal, moar bread)

200 lbs / 90.7 kg, 5'8

To be fair I'm muscular... but it's not all muscle... D:

Edited by Boidy, 28 May 2011 - 05:31.

[Ion Cannon!]

Just thought I would sort of update this thread.

I'm now 147/148lb, BMI is 21.1, I still look rather skinny though, have we just got used to seeing bigger people as the norm or something?

I also had a body fat calc done as one of the things they needed to know for the medication I was on previously was my weight and bodyfat percentage, as BMI is not always a reliable indicator. It came to 12.2%, which is pretty low, though I can't say I am that suprised.

Edited by Ion Cannon!, 14 March 2012 - 04:07.

[CJ]

The only explanation I can think of is that you have E.Coli D:

[Ion Cannon!]

Nope, I'm just quite active and have good genes

[Chyros]

CJ, on 14 March 2012 - 04:33, said:

The only explanation I can think of is that you have E.Coli D:

Everybody has E. Coli, about a whole kilogram of it as a matter of fact .

Ion, you must have absolutely no metabolism at all .

[Alias]

68kg/178cm
21.5 BMI

For those of you who still haven't evolved civilisation:
150lb/5'10"

I usually eat no breakfast, a large lunch and a midsized dinner with multiple snack breaks through the day.

I eat pretty unhealthily, pretty sure all the fat just goes into making my hair grow.
(In reality I'm pretty sure I have horrid plaque)

[Chyros]

78 kg, 1,85 m, BMI 22,8. You'll find that in prehistoric measurements that is 12345 feet pounds inch per gallon farthing square nautical mile. I think.

I never eat breakfast, and never eat lunch either. I eat only dinner, and skip all food altogether once or twice a week.

[CJ]

Chyros, on 14 March 2012 - 07:08, said:

CJ, on 14 March 2012 - 04:33, said:

The only explanation I can think of is that you have E.Coli D:

Everybody has E. Coli, about a whole kilogram of it as a matter of fact .

Ion, you must have absolutely no metabolism at all .

You know what I meant, Chyros
And I must have beaten all of you, 1.88m, 60kg. BMI 17. Despite eating like an ogre D:

[Alias]

Chyros, on 14 March 2012 - 08:50, said:

78 kg, 1,85 m, BMI 22,8. You'll find that in prehistoric measurements that is 12345 feet pounds inch per gallon farthing square nautical mile. I think.

I never eat breakfast, and never eat lunch either. I eat only dinner, and skip all food altogether once or twice a week.

78kg? Fatty.

[Chyros]

Alias, on 14 March 2012 - 09:47, said:

Chyros, on 14 March 2012 - 08:50, said:

78 kg, 1,85 m, BMI 22,8. You'll find that in prehistoric measurements that is 12345 feet pounds inch per gallon farthing square nautical mile. I think.

I never eat breakfast, and never eat lunch either. I eat only dinner, and skip all food altogether once or twice a week.

78kg? Fatty.

Heheheheh .

Dwarf .

Really though, it's weird that the trend so far is that the more people eat, the thinner they become. I eat in a week abouot as much as CJ eats every day .

[Ion Cannon!]

Well I am gaining weight, but bearing in mind the amount I have had to eat to gain even 6lbs over nearly a year.. yeah..

There was a very interesting programme on the BBC a while ago. 10 skinny people basically doubled their calorie intake, some people basically simply couldn't eat that much, so over a few months they didn't gain much at all. Others did manage to eat it all and gained between 5-10% bodyweight, but then remained stable. However after going back to their previous diets they quickly lost the weight without needing to do anything drastic and while these people didn't eat quite the same amount I do, they ate the recommended 2000-2500 cal a day prior to the experiment.

Chyros, surely you mean my metabolism is through the roof? I convert even a small amount of food into alot of energy. I like to think I'm very efficient.

[Chyros]

Ion Cannon!, on 14 March 2012 - 10:52, said:

Chyros, surely you mean my metabolism is through the roof? I convert even a small amount of food into alot of energy. I like to think I'm very efficient.

No, if you eat a lot but gain little weight, it means your body is very inefficient at converting food into energy, because the metabolism is too fast. If it was efficient, it would extract masses of energy, which you'd store as fat. I'm the exact opposite; it's almost impossible for me to lose weight since my body cen gain the whole daily energy need from just one meal or less.

It's usually noticeable as a side effect of how well you can stand cold. People with fast, inefficient metabolisms tend to get cold quite fast, while people with slow, efficient metabolisms tend to be more cold-resistant. I'm in a t-shirt in snowy weather for example .

[Alias]

Chyros, on 14 March 2012 - 10:59, said:

Ion Cannon!, on 14 March 2012 - 10:52, said:

Chyros, surely you mean my metabolism is through the roof? I convert even a small amount of food into alot of energy. I like to think I'm very efficient.

No, if you eat a lot but gain little weight, it means your body is very inefficient at converting food into energy, because the metabolism is too fast. If it was efficient, it would extract masses of energy, which you'd store as fat. I'm the exact opposite; it's almost impossible for me to lose weight since my body cen gain the whole daily energy need from just one meal or less.

It's usually noticeable as a side effect of how well you can stand cold. People with fast, inefficient metabolisms tend to get cold quite fast, while people with slow, efficient metabolisms tend to be more cold-resistant. I'm in a t-shirt in snowy weather for example .

Probably why 20 degrees is cold for me.

Being anaemic doesn't help either.

[Ion Cannon!]

I have an extremely high tolerance to cold weather, whereas hot sunny weather I boil and die. I also have pretty much endless energy.

EG - I always sprint up stairs, if I cycle short distances around town I will do it at about 20mph - hills included, my average walking pace is about 4.5mph and I can sustain that for hours at a time. If im going up a mountain and by myself I won't want or need to stop either, I often don't have much lunch either, preferring to carry on, my dad is the same.

Edited by Ion Cannon!, 14 March 2012 - 11:21.

[Major Fuckup]

Chyros, on 14 March 2012 - 10:59, said:

Ion Cannon!, on 14 March 2012 - 10:52, said:

Chyros, surely you mean my metabolism is through the roof? I convert even a small amount of food into alot of energy. I like to think I'm very efficient.

No, if you eat a lot but gain little weight, it means your body is very inefficient at converting food into energy, because the metabolism is too fast. If it was efficient, it would extract masses of energy, which you'd store as fat. I'm the exact opposite; it's almost impossible for me to lose weight since my body cen gain the whole daily energy need from just one meal or less.

It's usually noticeable as a side effect of how well you can stand cold. People with fast, inefficient metabolisms tend to get cold quite fast, while people with slow, efficient metabolisms tend to be more cold-resistant. I'm in a t-shirt in snowy weather for example .

I allways wondered why i can wear a tshirt and shorts on cold days, All so explains why im such a fat cunt.

[Ion Cannon!]

I think one of the reasons I do have a high metabolism is because a fair amount of the weight I do carry around, is muscle, which takes a much higher amount of energy to function at a base metabolic rate than the corresponding weight in fat.

It's also just genetics, my dad in particular eats quite alot and is in his mid 50's now, but he's still slim and is fairly active.

What is also interesting is comparing myself to my brother. He is two years younger than me, about the same height but weighs around 9st, which is about what I weighed before university. However as long as I can remember while I have had pretty much endless energy he has needed a constant intake of sugar and the like to keep going on family walks/bike rides, he also feels the cold immensely whereas in the heat of sicily at 42c, he was absolutely fine.

[Camille]

interesting, chyros, i hadn't looked at it that way. you tend to sympathize more with the 'normal' looking people anyway, probably the reason for the misconception.

personally, i eat very irregularly with some eating spikes. like others in this thread it is impossible for me to gain weight, despite how much i eat of anything. yesterday for example, i ate a whole chicken plus cooked vegetables, two large bowls of cornflakes, about eight sandwiches, three bananas, a portion of fries, half a bread (french bread) and some candy.

what frightens me a bit is tha despite all this i have continued to lose weight over the past four years and continue doing so. i actually weigh less than when i was younger and smaller, could this have any negative implications? i honestly don't know what do do about it...