Do you think you could eat until morbidly obese...
Impossible.
I have trouble gaining weight at all because I am unable to overeat or even eat an "normal" amount. I get bored easily by eating the same thing for more than a few minutes and also easily get full, despite not eating much.
Perhaps I could gain some weight if I were a taste tester. But it would require a wide choice of food samples.
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I have trouble gaining weight at all because I am unable to overeat or even eat an "normal" amount. I get bored easily by eating the same thing for more than a few minutes and also easily get full, despite not eating much.
Perhaps I could gain some weight if I were a taste tester. But it would require a wide choice of food samples.
I get so jealous of naturally thin people!
I gain weight if I even look at food!
My aunt told me about a study she read which concluded that naturally thin people do not have the mythical "fast metabolism" but they simply have less appetite.
In this study they took naturally thin people and put them on the same diet a normal person would eat. Two things happened. 1. They gained weight. 2. They felt overly full and had difficulty eating the normal person's diet.
I've got an appetite like a hippopotamus. I used to be morbidly obese. Through much effort I've managed to keep my weight in the slightly overweight category for the last 4 years.
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Have you tried eating a lot of vegetables? I've found that I'm much hungrier when I don't eat veggies.
I have trouble gaining weight at all because I am unable to overeat or even eat an "normal" amount. I get bored easily by eating the same thing for more than a few minutes and also easily get full, despite not eating much.
Perhaps I could gain some weight if I were a taste tester. But it would require a wide choice of food samples.
I get so jealous of naturally thin people!
I gain weight if I even look at food!
My aunt told me about a study she read which concluded that naturally thin people do not have the mythical "fast metabolism" but they simply have less appetite.
In this study they took naturally thin people and put them on the same diet a normal person would eat. Two things happened. 1. They gained weight. 2. They felt overly full and had difficulty eating the normal person's diet.
I've got an appetite like a hippopotamus. I used to be morbidly obese. Through much effort I've managed to keep my weight in the slightly overweight category for the last 4 years.
I'd say that sounds right.
The formulas we have for calculating basal metabolic rate and estimates for energy expenditure actually tend to be fairly accurate.
Anecdotally, when putting your study "in reverse", obese people tend to be very suprised when they figure out how many calories they're actually consuming. Most people are very bad at calculating their calorie intake, but this is especially true for obese people.
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Have you tried eating a lot of vegetables? I've found that I'm much hungrier when I don't eat veggies.
That's a good idea.
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my personality is extreme. either all or nothing. not much moderation.
emotional gorging
greedy
gluttonous
selfish
lazy
bored
nothing better to do
not many other methods to soothe self. not into drugs/alcohol/smoking. no precious lil "friends". $$ minimum
gorging is the most convenient method to soothe self. and might be the cheapest
the other problem is that you can't just quit eating cold turkey. it is a fine distinction between eating too much and not enough
so yes i could eat until morbidly obese
and i would enjoy the process
so many foods i have not eaten for years. that i love. or used to love. too much fat. afraid of fat.
clam chowder, ice cream, fried chicken, mashed potatoes, berry bread, muffins, scones, falafel, veggie burgers, hash brown, french fries. hamburger. cheddar.
seriously there are a lot more foods that i want to eat, that i do not let myself eat bc of fear of fat. than the foods that i do eat.
but no matter what i do i am still not looking skinny.
i feel like such a loser.
no matter how much i studied, still flunked classes.
no matter how much i compromised still lost precious lil "Friends"
no matter what i eat, still not skinny
jealous, envy resentment. hate. precious lil "people" that are naturally skinny, smart, handsome
waste so much time walking around, just to attempt to burn a couple calories
but all i get is tired and bored
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I'm not really sure what Ensure and Boost are but they sound like something I wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole.
Thank you for the compliment, but my picture is outdated. I was mildly obese in that pic, just wearing it well.
As for my health, you can't see it from the outside.
LOL probably. Would you believe I actually got bad enough to crave the stuff?
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