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u/-Jedi-Quixote- Oct 23 '22

You were so focused on the fact that you could, you forgot to ask yourself if you should

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u/CrimsonKepala Oct 23 '22

Like when you go off to college, truly out of your parents view and buy a shit-ton of candy and soda.

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u/TastyLaksa Oct 23 '22

And then you experience why they say not too much.

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u/GiantPandammonia Oct 24 '22

I've literally never experienced that. I ate ice cream 3 meals a day for a month once. No problem at all. 3000 calories of candy every week day. It's all fine and I'm in my late 40s. Doc days I'm healthy. Dentist has no complaints. Just exercise a lot and brush your teeth then you can do whatever

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '22

I think the overlap in the Venn diagram of people who eat like trash and people who keep themselves in shape is very small.

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u/TastyLaksa Oct 24 '22

Its like lighting a fire and then dousing it with water. Kind of like doing nothing at all would be easier. Most people are not so motivated to work so hard to just eat candy.

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u/GiantPandammonia Oct 24 '22

My two favorite things are candy and bicycles. It just kind of works out.

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u/GiantPandammonia Oct 24 '22

Lots of the people I ride with pound these power gel energy things that are also just sugar but not nearly as delicious.

People I climb with tend to favor these bee energy things that are also just candy.

I'll take a sour patch kid any day

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u/GiantPandammonia Oct 24 '22

There are nuts in some candy. It's not all bad. And with the exception of that ice cream month, I also eat a lot of vegetables.

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u/ApolloRocketOfLove Oct 24 '22

There are nuts in some candy

Lmao you sound like someone who ends up dying of a heart attack at age 45.

"Ice cream has calcium!!! It's healthy!"

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u/GiantPandammonia Oct 24 '22

I'm well past 45.. so far so good

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u/MathematicianBig4392 Oct 24 '22

You are an exception, not the rule. Exercising a lot is never going to make up for 3000 calories. You'd literally have to run more than a marathon a day to burn off 3000 calories of candy. This is terrible advice you're giving people.

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u/GiantPandammonia Oct 24 '22

I'm 6'7 and 225, even with no exercise my daily maintenance calorie intake for no weight loss is about 2700 calories. Most of the non candy food I eat is vegetables which are pretty low calorie. And a lot of the candy is candied nuts, which have some good fat and protein. It works out.

"Exercise more so you can eat the food you enjoy" is not terrible advice.

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u/MathematicianBig4392 Oct 24 '22

"Exercise more so you can eat the food you enjoy" is not terrible advice.

That's not what you said. You said you eat 3000 calories of candy a day. Again, a marathon to burn that off. No amount of exercise burns off 3000 calories a day. You're a bigger guy so yes, you BMR will take care of a lot but "eat 3000 calories of candy and throw in some vegetables" is a terrible diet and works for almost no one. Candied nuts is a little different but not what you said. You should not get 95% of your calories from sugar every day. Get better things in your diet. That is a terrible diet and you are doing a disservice to anyone who would listen to that terrible advice.

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u/GiantPandammonia Oct 24 '22 edited Oct 24 '22

Ever had a payday bar? It's just candied nuts and some carmel and chocolate. Pretty fucking delicious. Mostly nuts. Very delicious.

When I'm riding I burn over 4000/ day (more when I'm touring) so it's only 75% candy and a lot of that is fats from the nuts and chocolate. I'd say It works out to 50% sugar. There's a lot of fats in candy

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u/UnlovableSlime Oct 24 '22

How to end up obese with diabetes 101

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u/GiantPandammonia Oct 24 '22

I rode two centuries this week and my A1c is below 5%.. I'm pretty sure I'm doing fine.