How much food do you eat?

[gone]

I was told of a story of a man surfing still at 90. Was asked what his secret is, said he eats coconuts everyday

It's kind of funny how people who live for a long time have their own supposed reason for living so long. Like my great grandmother who is 95. She says she's lived for so long since she never avoided high fat or meat products, also because she's always been active - not obsessively so though, more because she's restless and always likes getting things done. I'm pretty sure she's actually SLE. I think the main reason people live long is genetics though - almost everyone in my family have lived past 100. Wouldn't surprise me if I did too.

[thegreenfaerie]

My grandpa has drank 2 bourbon on the rocks drinks every night for years and years I've been told, and he's doing quite well in his 90's, still fairly active lol. Maybe that's his secret Yeah you're right, his mom lived to be over 100. Hard to say what will happen in my case because my mom's side seems to be a different story :/

It's kind of funny how people who live for a long time have their own supposed reason for living so long. Like my great grandmother who is 95. She says she's lived for so long since she never avoided high fat or meat products, also because she's always been active - not obsessively so though, more because she's restless and always likes getting things done. I'm pretty sure she's actually SLE. I think the main reason people live long is genetics though - almost everyone in my family have lived past 100. Wouldn't surprise me if I did too.

[kingslayer]

I actually count my calories almost everyday because I body build and power lift.

When I cut which I currently am, I eat about 2600-2800 depending on how much energy I expanded that day..

When I bulk about 3800-4000.

Cheat meal every 10 days or so.

[Socionics Is A Cult]

I think I calculated recently that I had a calorie expenditure of 2200 kcal but that I was consuming about 100 kcal in excess of that on average.

[BasicallyGod]

3350 kcals, fairly consistently, not a lot of ups and downs.

[Metamorph]

I survive by consuming energy from light, heat, and force like some sort of preternatural being.

By which I mean I get calories from food like everyone else.

[sbbds]

I calculated and my BMR burns ~1400 calories. Plus daily activities burn ~1000. Today I ate ~2000 calories. I would say this is fairly typical. I do less on weekends which probably makes up for the deficit, although I’m not yet convinced that these kinds of calculations are that useful, since the body is not a calorimeter machine. Like the first layer of a broscience hell.

If you’re curious I had

Morning: Black coffee
Some green tea
Lunch: Water
Dinner: Fruit juice
Carbonara pasta with some crumbs of bacon and broccoli, and 3 handfuls spinach
Raw salmon filet with semi-cooked skin, 2 servings
A few pieces of kimchi
Apple
Dried fish and almond slivers
Green tea, some with lemon juice
Coffee with almond milk

[Metamorph]

I calculated and my BMR burns ~1400 calories. Plus daily activities burn ~1000. Today I ate ~2000 calories. I would say this is fairly typical. I do less on weekends which probably makes up for the deficit, although I’m not yet convinced that these kinds of calculations are that useful, since the body is not a calorimeter machine. Like the first layer of a broscience hell.

That's actually the third layer of broscience hell. The first is full of people who don't even lift.

[gone]

on average probably around 2500 calories a day. some days more (no more than 3250 calories), some days less (no less than 1500 calories). really depends on my mood.

[thegreenfaerie]

My mom has this amazing cake in the fridge I'm trying to avoid. Should have never tried it.

[sbbds]

irlol

[Metamorph]

irlol

While I'm sure you got it, I'm just going by Dante's description. 1st level = bros who don't even lift, 2nd level = pickup artists, and the 3rd level = thinking of the body as a calorimeter machine.

[Aster]

The more active I am, the less I think about food. I ate bad for a while until I taught myself how to diet from reading about it online and downloading myfitnesspal to get an actual idea of what I’m consuming. It was definitely enlightening. I try to eat mostly paleo but I have a huge weakness for pizza and cookies and shit lol. So I can’t dedicate myself fully to something like that. I’m 5’3” and 104lbs, but lately I’ve been eating terrible and I’ve been loosing more weight, even dipping below that.. Eating prob over 2,000.. It kind of worries me. I usually weigh around 107-112lbs eating around 1400 calories. But I’m exclusively breastfeeding and hardly ever get the chance to sit down. so maybe that has something to do with it. Of course I googled it and it said CANCER lol

[thegreenfaerie]

lol doesn't it always @ cancer. i could live off paleo too, though i live in a vegetarian/vegan household currently and they don't like the pans tainted... also i have my own ethical issues with it, but, i agree meat and veggies mmmm and potatoes, soups etc. mmmm i could live off just all that. i live with a fucking sugar addict though :/ i notice when i quit eating sugar or greatly reduce it from my diet rather, i start to lose a taste for it, honestly it's usually not that great and it's like "what the fuck did just do", not worth it

[Still Alive]

I pay attention to the daily dozen, don't count my calories though. I would say I consume around 2800-3000 calories a day and I have never weighed more than 158 lbs @ 5'10, was extremly skinny during childhood. forgetting meals is very easy for me.

[FreelancePoliceman]

Probably around 2,000 calories a day.

[thegreenfaerie]

Same

[Beautiful sky]

my meals consist of a bag of chips and salsa and an avocado

[Number 9 large]

my meals consist of a bag of chips and salsa and an avocado

Bag of chips cmon boomer

[Tallmo]

I don't count calories, but I've had the bad habit of eating 1000 calories only from chocolate daily. And the rest of my calories I get from real food. I keep an eye on the fat on my belly. If too much then I eat less. I am slim, BMI 22. I think I have fast metabolism, because my body produces heat easily and I can eat a lot without gaining much weight.