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Re:From Burned Out Tech CEO to Amazon Warehouse Associate by sarchertech on Monday October 03, 2022 @08:35PM (#33075421)
I think the mainly part is correct, but 12 hours of running like 6-7k calories for an 150 lbs. person. As you get heavier it’s going to go up fast (and non linearly)—essentially any kind of extreme exercise is going to put an upper limit on your weight.

I’m unsure if your body can even process 10k calories in day. The basal metabolic rate for a 1000 lbs person isn’t that high.

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Re:From Burned Out Tech CEO to Amazon Warehouse Associate by ziddoap on Monday October 03, 2022 @08:53PM (#33075553)
They were making a point with an exaggerated example, not suggesting that 12 hours of running or 10k calories/day is actually reasonable.
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Re:From Burned Out Tech CEO to Amazon Warehouse Associate by sarchertech on Monday October 03, 2022 @09:55PM (#33075984)
I never said that the OP implied it was reasonable. My point is that there's a level of activity at which you likely can't eat enough to get fat.
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Re:From Burned Out Tech CEO to Amazon Warehouse Associate by enemywalker on Monday October 03, 2022 @09:02PM (#33075622)
Michael Phelps is probably the only most valid extreme example!

https://olympics.com/en/featured-news/michael-phelps-10000-c...

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Re:From Burned Out Tech CEO to Amazon Warehouse Associate by Temporary_31337 on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @02:32AM (#33077216)
Lots of ultra distance runners and cyclists eat and burn more than that. The point is with sufficient exercise it is almost impossible to stay fat.
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Re:From Burned Out Tech CEO to Amazon Warehouse Associate by koide on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @05:10AM (#33078010)
And the counterpoint is that most people aren't able to do that much exercise. Because it's A LOT. Basically full time athletes or highly physical workers. So that excludes all people with a sedentary or only partially physically demanding work.
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Re:From Burned Out Tech CEO to Amazon Warehouse Associate by yourusername on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @05:29AM (#33078122)
Sufficient is a lot. If you eat a fast food meal (burger, fries, soda) above maintenance you're looking at half a marathon to burn that off. And most people aren't pro cyclists that are able to sustain 400 watts+ for a hour.
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Re:From Burned Out Tech CEO to Amazon Warehouse Associate by sarchertech on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @07:59AM (#33079136)
Sufficient is a lot, but it’s nowhere near as extreme as that example makes it sound.

That’s a half marathon for a 150 lbs fit person, running efficiently. A 250 lbs person who is a little out of shape will burn that in a 2.5 hour walk.

Obviously 1300 calories a day above maintenance is extreme for most people, but energy expended scales non linearly with weight. There are also a lot quicker ways to burn calories than marathon running.

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