tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399966929964838853.post968361047427565056..comments2023-09-26T09:31:52.849-07:00Comments on The Flamboyant Introvert: Be Healthy, part 2 (sub-section: fat management) Bakari Kafelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06037720771479419105noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399966929964838853.post-12929715926332340052015-07-20T19:08:41.895-07:002015-07-20T19:08:41.895-07:00Yes true - 3800 calories is a heck of a lot! At le...Yes true - 3800 calories is a heck of a lot! At least at that level of consumption small changes can have a big effect, ie just cutting out soda or something.Emilynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399966929964838853.post-448539446267392712015-07-20T18:28:32.392-07:002015-07-20T18:28:32.392-07:00You could be right, depending on the person, but i...You could be right, depending on the person, but it would take a moderately active 200lb man to have a maintenance calorie requirement of 3800 a day.<br />I was assuming for that example that the person was actively gaining weight, as every overweight person had to have some stage at which they got that way, and at that point they were consuming more than there own maintenance level of calories, whatever that is. Its usually easier to catch it before it gets so excessive that 3800 is the new normal - especially because once they reach that point, some people start consuming even more.Bakarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04002145755975841287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2399966929964838853.post-24851628745181250752015-07-20T02:55:50.455-07:002015-07-20T02:55:50.455-07:00Interesting article. I'm not sure I agree with...Interesting article. I'm not sure I agree with the math of the person who has a current 1300 calorie excess.<br />Unless they have only recently started consuming 3800 calories a day most likely they are overweight and probably not gaining weight rapidly. If they cut out 1300 to the 2500 calories needed for the average non-overweight person then they ARE creating a deficit (a 1300 deficit!) and will lose weight. Not sure why they need to cut out a further 500 calories? <br />The more mass you have the more calories you need to "sustain" that mass. So an overweight person will need 3800 calories in order to maintain their weight, a person at a "normal" weight might need 2500 and an underweight person (or child) might need only 1500. <br />I know this is an old post, but I felt like commenting (so there).<br />Also having had anorexia I don't necessarily agree that it is a disorder which makes you see yourself at 30% body fat when you are in fact 10%. For some that may be true but I was well aware that I was dangerously underweight, but I just had an obsession with limiting food intake, and not wanting to gain weight - my mind DID NOT let me eat without making me feel seriously shit about it. <br /><br />I found your blog from MMM, and finding it very good on the whole. Emilynoreply@blogger.com