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Re:What 2,000 Calories Looks Like (2014) by mikeash on Thursday September 29, 2016 @12:18PM (#12606461)
A pound of fat is about 3,500 calories of overeating. Real hard to do that much in one sitting for someone who doesn't do it constantly.
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Re:What 2,000 Calories Looks Like (2014) by jlebrech on Thursday September 29, 2016 @02:33PM (#12607696)
3,500 calories of fat, or 30% extra of carbs or protein. protein is also insulinogenic so eating too much fat along with similar amounts of protein will make someone balloon (i.e fried chicken)
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Re:What 2,000 Calories Looks Like (2014) by ap3 on Thursday September 29, 2016 @01:44PM (#12607236)
Yes but how much of those calories are you burning off every day ? - you would need 3,500 above your daily burn rate
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Re:What 2,000 Calories Looks Like (2014) by mikeash on Thursday September 29, 2016 @01:50PM (#12607287)
That's what I meant by "overeating": whatever is beyond what you need to sustain.
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