Question, how does someone get to 300lbs or even close?

[Azrairc]

Wouldn't they have to eat a immense amount of food everyday? like that must take several thousand calories a day to maintain? Or am I wrong.

[bbavender]

Easy. I was there, didn't count calories and drank 3-4 nights a week

[Azrairc]

Easy. I was there, didn't count calories and drank 3-4 nights a week

so any guess of how many you ate in a average day?

[bbavender]

Probably 3000 cals and then add whatever I drank. And now I'm bulking with 4200 and only gaining about 2-3 lbs a month

[rc5star]

Fried food to excess. My in-laws fry everything. Chicken, potato's, corn, fish, etc... They could make a whole meal with everything fried. Both were huge!

It's not hard to do.

[carbcrazy]

most of the time when you see people at 300lbs or more youll notice their diet is mostly carbs and sugar. which will blow anyone up...

[bbavender]

Not true. I did it with 20 oz steaks and a peanut butter addiction.

[waatsgood]

Poor food choices, many liquid calories, lack of activity, lazyness, etc

[carbcrazy]

Not true. I did it with 20 oz steaks and a peanut butter addiction.

and im sure you had plenty of sodas and sweets, pastas and breads...

[lgraham9]

I couldn't give you an estimate of what I used to eat on a daily basis, but it was a lot. To put it in to perspective, when I was close to 300lbs I was making roughly 15/hr working 40 hour weeks, and I'd have anywhere from $10-$50 left in my bank account the day before my next pay check came. I wasn't paying rent, didn't have a car at the time, and my only bill was my phone bill. The rest of my money went to food.

It was pretty gross, and I'm glad to be down to where I am now. Still not anywhere near where I want to be, but a lot better.

*edit* One big thing was Cola. Easily 2L+ a day with a bag of chips with it.

[PhiSig2298]

Lots of Beer + Lots of food - Exercise - willpower = me when I was 279



Less beer + Lots of food + exercise + willpower = me at 219 (and dropping)

[phal]

Gee, I wonder how people get fat

[Azrairc]

I would think the more you gain the more calories you would have to add to gain more but I guess thats not the case.. the most i've been is 200 and I use to eat whole large pizzas, a box of cheese itz was a snack along with like 6 honey buns throughout the day and what ever else I could find to eat.

[carbcrazy]

when i was fat, pizza and mac+cheese were my addiction...

[Azrairc]

since some of you guys have been there you should give advice to this thread

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=135683061

[WonderPug]

Gee, I wonder how people get fat

It can't be that they simply eat more than they burn...

[pretend]

Maintenance calories are pretty low at 0 activity and low LBM. Tasty convenient food has many calories, and isn't always very satiating. Bad combination if you're not mindful of it.

[hankst]

and im sure you had plenty of sodas and sweets, pastas and breads...

Nice agenda you got there. Negged.

[Azrairc]

It can't be that they simply eat more than they burn...

I didn't mean to ask a question that black and white. I thought you would progressively have to eat more calories to get to 300 lbs.. I wanted to know if its likely that someone who is 300lbs ate less or the same amount when he was around 250lbs.

[lgraham9]

I didn't mean to ask a question that black and white. I thought you would progressively have to eat more calories to get to 300 lbs.. I wanted to know if its likely that someone who is 300lbs ate less or the same amount when he was around 250lbs.

I ate a LOT more at 300 than I do now at 238. Night and day difference

[KeevyHazelton]

Excess calories consistently over time. I was almost to 300 lbs. 7-8 canned soft drinks/day, a couple of honey buns/donuts for breakfast, couple of packs of peanut butter cheese crackers for a midmorning snack, pizza hut buffet for lunch, snickers-M&Ms-doritos during the afternoon, pick up Burger King on the way home from work(couple of whoppers, large fries), indulge on oreos and milk before bed as I reward myself for a hard days work. It's easy to do. I don't miss those days at all.

[carbcrazy]

Nice agenda you got there. Negged.

thanks for the neg ****, and what are you taling about lol. the people in this nutrition thread take things way to seriously, there is a simple approach to diet and it works... you dont have to be the evil mad scientist of nutrition lmao at you ****s...

[hankst]

thanks for the neg ****, and what are you taling about lol. the people in this nutrition thread take things way to seriously, there is a simple approach to diet and it works... you dont have to be the evil mad scientist of nutrition lmao at you ****s...

Misc that way ->


and take your carbophobia with you.

[rob2093124]

Wouldn't they have to eat a immense amount of food everyday? like that must take several thousand calories a day to maintain? Or am I wrong.

a measly 100 calories over your maintenance a day is 36500 calories surplus a year. that's 10 lbs in one year gained

[Electricheadd]

Wouldn't they have to eat a immense amount of food everyday? like that must take several thousand calories a day to maintain? Or am I wrong.

Its actually pretty easy... I was 270 at my highest. Think about it, if you eat 250 calories/day over maintenance that equates to gaining 25lbs/year. A few years of that and your 300 lbs.

[Azrairc]

thanks for the neg ****, and what are you taling about lol. the people in this nutrition thread take things way to seriously, there is a simple approach to diet and it works... you dont have to be the evil mad scientist of nutrition lmao at you ****s...

is that P-ratio thing true or bs

http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/mus...ng-part-1.html

wanted some opinion

[carbcrazy]

Misc that way ->


and take your carbophobia with you.

idiot lol, no avi, 5'10 162lbs...

[MCrow]

Don't forget that a lot of fat people were not always fat. I was in great shape until college and was between 175-185 ~12% when I graduated HS. I didn't have any activity since I stopped playing sports and couldn't afford a gym and hated running. So when I was in high school, between wrestling, lifting club....ect I probably had a maintenance of 3500+, no problem. Then I kept eating the same amount of food but stopped exercising all together. I was probably burning only 2800 or so. That's a pound a week, maybe a little more some weeks. Every now and then I'd feel guilty and try exercising and watching what I ate but it didn't last.

It probably took me three to four years to gain about 40 pounds and I ended up gaining a total of 65 or so.

If I were average height, I almost certainly would have been around 300 pounds.

[InclineDBPresss]

Funny thing is my fat relatives have all topped out around 250, and I always see them eating like crap

[Electricheadd]

Don't forget that a lot of fat people were not always fat. I was in great shape until college and was between 175-185 ~12% when I graduated HS. I didn't have any activity since I stopped playing sports and couldn't afford a gym and hated running. So when I was in high school, between wrestling, lifting club....ect I probably had a maintenance of 3500+, no problem. Then I kept eating the same amount of food but stopped exercising all together. I was probably burning only 2800 or so. That's a pound a week, maybe a little more some weeks. Every now and then I'd feel guilty and try exercising and watching what I ate but it didn't last.

It probably took me three to four years to gain about 40 pounds and I ended up gaining a total of 65 or so.

If I were average height, I almost certainly would have been around 300 pounds.

^^This was me too^^

I got out of college got a desk job, and that insane metabolism slowed down.