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[–] [email protected] 73 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So I did a quick number crunch on this: To get to about 75kg of protein per day, let's say you only eat lean turkey and drink protein shakes, you'd need 200kg of turkey and 200L of protein shake.

You could probably make this intake more efficient, but however it goes in, I don't think my body would like me eating 370,000 calories per day.

[–] [email protected] 90 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

But eating 370,000 calories per day WOULD change your body drastically.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're not wrong! I could probably eat 365,000 less calories and still drastically change my body.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

5 kcal per day would change your body drastically? Oof.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think the above poster meant 370,000 kcal so it's a 5 Mcal difference

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I was joking by taking him literally.. I would say this does not come across well in text but IRL this kind of joke also fails to land regularly

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was joking by taking you literally

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Are you defining literally as literal or as figurative? I literally do not know anymore.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Hey, I don't do macros, it's all about nanonutrition these days.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wonder what he actually meant. 1g/kg maybe? That would be 125% of the RDA, which I don't know if it's a good idea but it's certainly more reasonable than…that.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

A common, reasonably evidence based, protein target for bodybuilding is 1-2 g/kg, with the cursed unit of 1g/lb being about the upper limit of what's useful. That's probably what this post is referencing.

[–] [email protected] 72 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Eating 76 kilograms of protein seems slightly excessive, would change my body drastically no doubt. /s

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was going to say the same thing. I can't imagine the shits that would give you.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Probably wouldn't get to that point, it would be like in Seven where Gluttony's insides burst.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

That certainly is a DRASTIC change

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They might be referencing the rough math for daily protein consumption. It works out to about 1 gram of protein per pound of body weight for men and half a gram per pound for women.

Or they could be a bat

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

why did you mix grams and pounds

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

On US nutritional labels fats, carbs, and proteins are listed in grams, but we generally measure everything in pounds.

When calculating your macro nutrition for weight gain the general recommendation comes out to about 1 gram of protein per pound of body weight. This is just a coincidence, but makes finding out how much protein you need to gain muscle mass pretty easy if you know how much you weigh and given that all of our labels have that info in grams.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

This is a pretty common calculation for people who track protien intake in the US, since most people weigh themselves in pounds, and most nutritional information is provided in grams.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

For the same reason they still use pounds for anything.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Because my gram always makes me gain the pounds with the food she cooks :)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A gram per pound is overshooting it quite a bit unless you're a vegan not minding your protein quality intake. The maximum effective protein intake is ~1.6g/kg (0.72g/lbs), more than that will just go to "waste" (energy/energy storage). If you're steroids the limit is higher, but there's currently no exact number on it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

"Energy storage" generally meaning "fat," for the Americans in the audience.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago

Yes, if you eat your body weight every day, you will be dead. That's a drastic change to your body.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Eat a single handful of Oleander leaves with a cupful of any drink you wish.

Your body will change DRASTICALLY.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think he meant to say 1 gram of protein per pound of body weight. I see this referenced a bit. Still funny to imagine eating that much though.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Cattle mutilations attributed to UFOs are actually just this guy trying to get his protein

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That's the amount you need so protein intake doesn't limit your muscle growthwhen you're taking steroids

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

100 push-ups

100 sit-ups

100 squats

10km run

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As long as you are ok being bald

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I already have the bald part so the rest seems like a general improvement.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

And no air conditioning! Even in the summer!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Ah yes, kidney damage, cancer and liver damage with high triglycerides.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Changed right to being dead, how transformative

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

OP's mom looking as wet as ever.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Why is this not ratio'd moment..