Cravings vs. Appetite

[Skeptic Ginger]

yeah, weightlifting and eating lots has let me gain some weight; just need to shovel a bit more food down if I want to gain any more weight, I think... Was surprised how much it's possible to eat while maintaining (or losing) weight, though.

Now, if only I could figure out a way to market my 'eat 3,000+ calories/day and lose weight' diet plan...

If that is the case, you might consider an exam for tape worms.

Calories in vs calories out should mean you would gain weight on 3000 calorie diet unless you had a huge calorie expenditure. Maybe you should try more TV.

 

[jon]

ew, tapeworms...

It is peculiar. Anecdotally, I know people who seem to eat a fair bit more food in order to gain weight...

 

[Modified]

That's a very interesting hypothesis for him to try. See if what happens to overweight people trying to lose weight will also happen in different circumstances. In principle, it makes sense. But we don't know what the genetic dynamics are for thin people who can't seem to gain weight.

I was one of those people, and it seemed to work for me. I'm at an age now where such measures are no longer necessary, but I still have to eat a lot when I'm not hungry to maintain a "normal" weight.