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None of your business. I maintain a healthy weight. Even that is none of your business. How many calories I eat does not change it being difficult to maintain.

rootusrootus 4y ago
There's a whole contingent of ignorant (but smug, of course) people who like to chant "just eat less" as if that simple biological truth is the easy answer. How nice it must be for them.
tayo42 4y ago
what are you sharing your personal anecdotes then as something conclusive about weight management. we know nothing about you except take your word that you eat healthy?
- Volundr 4y ago
  What would knowing my number change? If I say a number it becomes "just" eat less. With that just doing a lot of heavy lifting. Just eat less may be easy for some people. It's extremely difficult for others. I shared my anecdote to point out that even within ones life it can change. It was not an invitation scrutinize my life. Too many people think the phrase "I have a hard time losing weight" is a justification to start quizzing people down about their habits and judging them. Fuck that.
  - tayo42 4y ago
    Yeah if your eating 3k calories a day as an average height person it does invalidate what your saying. If your eating 1800 to 2k calories a day and still are obese then id consider what your saying. alot of people make poor food choices and dont eat clean. meals are filled with fats and sugar or they snack all day and dont just drink water
    - Volundr 4y ago
      1) It really wouldn't invalidate anything. For some people eating less than 3k calories means being hungry all the time and that's really, really difficult for them. They'd lose weight, they'd be healthier, but that doesn't make it "easy". 2) You keep calling my obese, you clearly aren't considering what I'm saying right now, I doubt suddenly knowing my caloric intake would change that.
      - tayo42 4y ago
        Eat 1lb of celery, you'll still be hungry after that? I doubt you'll get through it. That's 100 calories. If your hungry and eating alot your not eating filling food and there are to many calories in it. Fats and sugar and calorie dense. You can eat way to much and feel like you didn't eat enough. If your eating 3k calories and still hungry I don't think you're really trying. I didn't call you obese, that's not how I was using "you"
        Volundr 4y ago
        When I asked what difference my caloric intake would make you responded: > Yeah if your eating 3k calories a day as an average height person it does invalidate what your saying. If your eating 1800 to 2k calories a day and still are obese then id consider what your saying. So I guess that was just a complete non-sequitur? I'm not going to try eating 1lb of anything for obvious reasons, but I can tell you from experience if I fill up on greens I'll be hungry again in an hour. And I don't really care for greens. Constantly snacking on food I don't enjoy doesn't meet my definition of "easy". In fact it'd take a lot of discipline (wait isn't that what I said about maintaining my weight at the beginning?), and would be quite difficult. I believe it works for you though, because, surprise surprise, different people are different and have different experiences in life.
        tayo42 4y ago
        Idk how you can sit here and talk about struggling to manage your weight then say you dont like eating vegetables. start eating real food. stop snacking all day. the real issue is you just want to eat foods that taste good all the time.

rootusrootus 4y ago

There's a whole contingent of ignorant (but smug, of course) people who like to chant "just eat less" as if that simple biological truth is the easy answer. How nice it must be for them.

tayo42 4y ago

what are you sharing your personal anecdotes then as something conclusive about weight management. we know nothing about you except take your word that you eat healthy?

Volundr 4y ago
What would knowing my number change? If I say a number it becomes "just" eat less. With that just doing a lot of heavy lifting. Just eat less may be easy for some people. It's extremely difficult for others. I shared my anecdote to point out that even within ones life it can change. It was not an invitation scrutinize my life. Too many people think the phrase "I have a hard time losing weight" is a justification to start quizzing people down about their habits and judging them. Fuck that.
- tayo42 4y ago
  Yeah if your eating 3k calories a day as an average height person it does invalidate what your saying. If your eating 1800 to 2k calories a day and still are obese then id consider what your saying. alot of people make poor food choices and dont eat clean. meals are filled with fats and sugar or they snack all day and dont just drink water
  - Volundr 4y ago
    1) It really wouldn't invalidate anything. For some people eating less than 3k calories means being hungry all the time and that's really, really difficult for them. They'd lose weight, they'd be healthier, but that doesn't make it "easy". 2) You keep calling my obese, you clearly aren't considering what I'm saying right now, I doubt suddenly knowing my caloric intake would change that.
    - tayo42 4y ago
      Eat 1lb of celery, you'll still be hungry after that? I doubt you'll get through it. That's 100 calories. If your hungry and eating alot your not eating filling food and there are to many calories in it. Fats and sugar and calorie dense. You can eat way to much and feel like you didn't eat enough. If your eating 3k calories and still hungry I don't think you're really trying. I didn't call you obese, that's not how I was using "you"
      - Volundr 4y ago
        When I asked what difference my caloric intake would make you responded: > Yeah if your eating 3k calories a day as an average height person it does invalidate what your saying. If your eating 1800 to 2k calories a day and still are obese then id consider what your saying. So I guess that was just a complete non-sequitur? I'm not going to try eating 1lb of anything for obvious reasons, but I can tell you from experience if I fill up on greens I'll be hungry again in an hour. And I don't really care for greens. Constantly snacking on food I don't enjoy doesn't meet my definition of "easy". In fact it'd take a lot of discipline (wait isn't that what I said about maintaining my weight at the beginning?), and would be quite difficult. I believe it works for you though, because, surprise surprise, different people are different and have different experiences in life.
        tayo42 4y ago
        Idk how you can sit here and talk about struggling to manage your weight then say you dont like eating vegetables. start eating real food. stop snacking all day. the real issue is you just want to eat foods that taste good all the time.