Seriously, how is anyone dumb enough to be fat?

[Aractus]

Because your dietary restrictions sound like a prescription for the grave, not something to be enjoyed in our short time here.

I don't have a very restrictive diet. At the moment as I'm not working I can't have unhealthy snacks because I don't burn enough energy, but besides that I eat all my meals - I eat quite large meals, enjoy what I eat, and eat whatever I choose, so I don't see how that's "restrictive". I very rarely feel hungry. When I was working I could eat 1500 calorie lunches every single day and lose weight if I wanted, at the moment I eat much smaller lunches.

I wasn't taught this, I self-developed my eating habits. Perhaps you need perspective? I've never had sugar or sweetener in tea or coffee, I can drink either black or white and I usually drink them white, but then I don't need any coffee to help me get through the day and I only drink it a couple of times a week at the moment. I drink it because I enjoy it, I'd much rather that then need it as some people seem to!

I'm always suspicious when someone's idea of healthy eating assumes I have four stomachs and chew cud. If I'm going to live to see 90, I'm not depriving myself of the simple pleasures in life just so I can see 94. I think you need perspective.

Believe me I know there's a huge difference in how I feel when I'm fit and healthy and this idea that you're going to enjoy life more if you aren't healthy is ridiculous. If I were to order a large pizza tonight I'd save half for tomorrow, and then eat the other half - that means I get to enjoy it twice in moderation, whereas someone fat does the opposite, they'll eat it straight out of the box until they either finish it or can't eat any more before deciding on their portion size or saving any for later. I do it in the correct order, and as a result I get the full enjoyment out of it while not letting the food control me.

[KichigaiNeko]

[Marsellus Wallace]

Why is it always about fat people ??? I'm slim and I wanna to be fat . Could we talk about that ?...........no ? ok

[Aractus]

Cato, at the moment my average breakfast looks like this:



Approx 600 calories, and extremely delicious. I'm not exactly sure what I'm meant to be missing out on?

[KichigaiNeko]

Cato, at the moment my average breakfast looks like this:



Approx 600 calories, and extremely delicious. I'm not exactly sure what I'm meant to be missing out on?

Are you sure you are not over eating there Daniel?

[Marsellus Wallace]

[KichigaiNeko]

[Assimilate]

I feel like there's a lot of misconceptions about eating healthy and losing weight. To lose 1lb a week I can eat roughly around 2,100 calories a day. I go with a 40-30-30 diet, which is 40% of carbs, 30% of fat, 30% of protein. To even hit this goal I actually have to force myself to eat more. This is 212g of carbs, 71g of fat, and 159g of protein. To eat healthy isn't to eat little but to pick better options and to hit your macros to support your bodies needs.

[KichigaiNeko]

I feel like there's a lot of misconceptions about eating healthy and losing weight. To lose 1lb a week I can eat roughly around 2,100 calories a day. I go with a 40-30-30 diet, which is 40% of carbs, 30% of fat, 30% of protein. To even hit this goal I actually have to force myself to eat more. This is 212g of carbs, 71g of fat, and 159g of protein. To eat healthy isn't to eat little but to pick better options and to hit your macros to support your bodies needs.

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This is the main thrust of my argument Asimm. You can have all the stats in the world, and it STILL comes down to you understanding your own body and adapting you dietary intake to keep that body going at peak efficiency.

For Zen and me, we don't need the high caloric (kilojoule) intake that Daniel is utilising. yet we are capable of much physical activity...such is how OUR bodies work. WHY? Haven't a clue but am suspecting DNA/ genetic background holds more answers than anything WHO can come up with.

Over the past 50 years WHO (World Health Organisation) has determined that humans should not eat anything (because of cancer) and certainly should not breathe (because of Oxidising cancer) so one gets to the point of disregarding anything WHO comes up with. Their Idea of an epidemic seems to constitute a paltry 1% of the population of 7.5 billion. WHO really are a useless organisation along with the UN. (imho)

[Assimilate]

It's pretty clear people don't have a clue what their bodily needs are. Males and females obviously different, but if you think Aractus's plate is over doing it for a male you are just being delusional. It maybe to much for a female eating at a 1200 calorie diet looking to lose weight (which around the lowest you should go) unless you like starving yourself on a cellular level.