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> I'm not trying to strawman here, but I've never met a person like that who was ever overweight at any point in their life. This is an extremely common story
by dwohnitmok 1y ago
> I'm not trying to strawman here, but I've never met a person like that who was ever overweight at any point in their life.
This is an extremely common story for anyone who does through hiking on the Appalachian Trail (or Pacific Crest Trail, Continental Divide Trail, etc.). Quite a lot of people start overweight (although I have no idea what the percentage looks like). Almost everyone ends up losing a very significant amount of weight along the way. It is very difficult to stay overweight on the trail. People are intentionally choosing the absolute most calorie-dense food they possibly can, gorging themselves at every opportunity, consistently eating integer multiples of the standard recommended caloric intake, and are still losing large amounts of weight.
This is definitely an outlier case though.
- paulddraper 1y agoThat's definitely an outlier case. And despite their choices of calorie-dense foods, > gorging themselves at every opportunity is a meaningful qualifier. Carrying your food will lead to restriction, naturally.
- dwohnitmok 1y ago> Carrying your food will lead to restriction, naturally. Eh. Yes, but people on the trail are still regularly eating > 6000 calories a day. If you talk with folks, the limit is often satiety even when not in town (people often simply cannot eat enough calories without feeling sick if they don't pace their eating accordingly), not pack capacity.