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[Documentary] I Eat 33,000 Calories a Day

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Xerobull, Mar 8, 2007.

  1. Xerobull

    Xerobull ...and I'm all out of bubblegum

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    Anyone else see this show on TLC last night? It's about these four super-obese people who eat incredible amounts of food.

    The only clip I could find on youtube. Quality is horrible, because the poster actually shot a video of his big-screen TV. You get the idea though.

    This may be NSFW:
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    The one question I have is: how the hell do these people who can't even leave their houses make enough money to eat like they do?
     
  2. Xenochimera

    Xenochimera Member

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    yeah its pretty nasty, makes me feel happy i have my weight under control.
     
  3. rhadamanthus

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    I have not seen it, but if you are that obese and still eat 33,000 calories a day you are an idiot and deserve no sympathy.

    Check into "****** rehab" or something.
     
  4. gucci888

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    I don't think I could eat 33,000 calories if somebody paid me to do it. I watched part of it lastnight and I just couldn't understand how these people could physically eat that much.
     
  5. swilkins

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    Wow

    er uhhhhh....

    Nevermind.
     
  6. macalu

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    i could see myself getting like that. if it weren't for our jobs (which i'm sure is something these people didn't have), i think it's easy to get caught up in food, especially when you've got nothing to do.

    i eat a crapload. i overeat alot when there's a party of some sort. i'm just lucky that i can afford a gym membership and have time to go. otherwise, i'd be fuxored.
     
  7. rhadamanthus

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    Allright, the "****** rehab" comment was excessively harsh. But I'll stand by the rest of my comment.
     
  8. macalu

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    i'm sure you don't have any vices. :rolleyes:
     
  9. rhadamanthus

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    Sure I do. But I'm not so enslaved too them that I would be put on TV as some sort of "reality-TV-freak-show" and then still succomb to them. I mean seriously, if a TV producer came up to me and said "we'd like to put you on a show about incredibly fat people who eat more than 15 normal people combined" I think I'd reevaluate my diet.

    Then again, maybe the show is trying to show the effects of such a lifestyle. Or is aiming to help them - I dunno.
     
  10. pradaxpimp

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    holy crap. 33k calories=13.2 lbs.

    thats more than 1/10 my weight.

    so in ten days, the amount of calories = more than my weight.
     
  11. Joshfast

    Joshfast "We're all gonna die" - Billy Sole
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    Doesn't someone have to bring them their food? Couldn't you just say "No way you are eating all this." and just leave healthy food and water for them? Only problem I see is them getting enough weight off to move around and get to food - but if you only feed them healthy food/good calories, maybe they would get used to it and maybe like it.
     
  12. AstroRocket

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    That is some truly sad sh*t. And here I get mad when I go over 1500...
     
  13. nyquil82

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    *fap* *fap* *fap*
     
  14. Wangdoodle

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    IS that noise coming from you, or did one of those fat people just stand up?
     
  15. Mr. Brightside

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    wow, I eat around 42,000 calories in a month. I can't imagine eating that much. I don't know if some people are genetically predisposed to having a gene that makes them eat so much. A few years ago, I was in a downward spiral of eating b/c I felt bad (20% body fat), but then I turned it around and now at 8% body fat. This was all in the span of one year. I started exercising 5-6 days a week, and cut all sugar, from my diet, but slowly.

    Normally, if the person is obese, and I know them personally, I could make a judgment on them. For example a buddy of mine doesn't go to the gym or watches what he eats, but instead spends hours watching anime. I consider him lazy. But I really don't know these people on tv, or what medications they might be on that is causing them to gain weight.
     
  16. swilkins

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    42,000 calories along with exercising seems kinda low for a male.
     
  17. Xenochimera

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    even for a female thats low, if you take 2000 calories a day then its only 21 days, thats very low.
     
  18. finalsbound

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    I saw that show. Just...couldn't...turn...away.

    Seriously...that's some amazing stuff right there. :eek:
     
  19. rimrocker

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    Wow. Our elite wildland firefighters burn about 6,000 calories a day...

    That means you would have to spend about 6 12-hour days of arduous physical activity to work off one day's worth of calories.

    We also feed firefighters a minimum of 6,000 calories a day. Unless you're really working hard on the line, it's almost impossible to consume all 6,000. I didn't see the show, but damn, you'd have to really put some effort to reach 33,000 calories in a day. One fourth of that would leave this big fat guy puking his guts out.
     
  20. Austin70

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    This thread is perfect without pics.
     

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