drtanner-sfw:

rikakuuma:

vulnerate:

the-exercist:

dreamofunconsciousness:

the-exercist:

my-way-to-get-skinny:

Still hungry?

Absolutely!

The average active adult needs 2,000 calories per day in order to function in a safe and healthy manner. If I’m active to the point where I consistently run 1+ hour every day, then it is far more likely that my caloric needs are around 2,400-2,500.

Considering that, a meal of 1,200 calories would perfectly suit my needs. It would supply roughly half of my calorie requirements, which is a God-send since a fast food meal is relatively cheap. It’s a great value, especially if I don’t have much time to cook or have the resources to prepare my own meals!

The average burger is going to supply me with significant protein and carbs. That’s exactly what I’d need in order to build more muscle and have enough energy to make it through a workout. Even the sugar within the meal can be beneficial in supplying me with a boost of energy and can stop me from feeling hungry for a prolonged period of time. Not half bad.

Is this the most healthy meal known to man? Of course not. But it’s still a very reasonable deal and the calorie count is well within the average adult’s daily needs. 

Don’t let calories scare you! You need them. If you were capable of burning off an entire meal within the hour, you’d probably be dead by now.

1200 empty calories in a meal

next to no nutrition. all the calories are sugar and fat. that’s it. you’ll have no energy and have glucose spikes in your blood because the lack of fiber because of the lack of complex carbs. this is diabetes in a meal. 

so no, you should not be hungry for diabetes

Nutritionally, this BK meal contains roughly 28g of protein and 3g of dietary fiber. It potentially also includes 35% of our Vitamin C daily requirements, 2% Vitamin A, 12% calcium, and 27% iron. Of the 1,010 calories (that I could verify directly from the company’s nutritional information guide), only 410 are from fat. That isn’t a terribly significant amount of fat, in the long run, nor are the nutrients small enough to be viewed as negligible.

Eating this will not cause you to get diabetes. Eating this meal is perfectly fine if you do have diabetes, as long as you are able to adjust your insulin intake accordingly. So don’t use an illness as your debate point – Diabetic people are not a prop.

“So don’t use an illness as your debate point – Diabetic people are not a prop.” I want that and variations of that on t shirts.

damn, man. Someone just got completely schooled by a nutritionist.

THIS A GOOD POST

If you’re on a treadmill and weigh around 150lbs, you’ll burn 300cal/hr at 3.5mph; while someone who weighs 180lbs will burn around 350cal/hr.

Also an hour on the elliptical only burns 300cal on like, the first or second level. If you’re running at a level six or above; which I do thanks; you’re burning closer to 560+ cal/hr. And I can usually hit over 200cal in about 2.5mi on level six; which is… ehhhh twenty minutes, according to my notes.

And if you’re a cyclist; hi hello this is also me~; two hours on pavement with variant inclines will burn around~ 400-550 for a 130lb person, while a 180lb person will burn closer to 650-825 as it takes more calories to move a larger individual. (that’s at about 10mph or less btw, which is a VERY leisurely pace on a bike lemme tell you.)

At the end of any of those things, I personally need a heck of a lot of protein AND iron which, incidentally, I can only get from red meat. (Iron processing disorders are a bitch and a half lemme tell ya~) The easiest and quickest way for me to get protein + iron in a cheap on-the-go package while on the bike or coming home from the gym? One of the four fast food places on my way home.

Yanno what’s NOT super easy and difficult to do when you’re falling over exhausted in the Texas heat and in desperate need of nutritional help…? Trying to cook a steak or brown hamburger for a meal. Yanno what doesn’t help all that much because of how much sugar and other crap is in them…? Protein Bars. (ESPECIALLY if you’ve got issues with dairy or have issues processing some of the extra ingredients~ OR are allergic to some of the binders hi egg allergy how the heck are ya?~) 

TL;DR: you don’t know everyone’s dietary requirements, nor are you privy to how often someone is working out or what their personal health is like. Some overweight have thyroid conditions or chronic health issues that make cooking impossible. Some athletes and gym-rat-adjacents need quick fuel, not moralizing. 

Instead of trying to give someone a food complex or an eating disorder, how about you applaud the fact that THEY ARE FEEDING THEMSELVES and perhaps request some healthy alternatives. (Especially since some of their salads contain more calories than their burgers!)