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Anonymous
Okay /fit/, something has been bothering me lately.

I'm 24 years old and even though I am a physically active guy, I wouldn't consider myself atheltic or anything. My main physical routine involves warehouse work and cycling two hours.

Here's the problem: I tend to eat shitty food, mainly due to having a low paying job. On some days I'll have a Subway, on others I'll have a the dreaded Whooper. Just today, I had some McCain cake for Canada Day and hot dogs at the BBQ.

Yet despite my track record of eating crappy food, I still don't gain a pound and I'm a very energetic person.

So what is it? Metabolism? Good genetics? My 2 liters of water each day?
>> Anonymous
It's called canned chicken and a can opener.
>> Anonymous
>>204869

Several words: Food is a lot fucking better when you don't make it the morning before work and let it sit around until lunch break.
>> Anonymous
You don't gain a pound BECAUSE you're eating crappy.

If you were eating the same amount of a careful diet, you'd probably gain weight because you'd build muscle more easily. You aren't gaining fat because eating crappy foods doesn't necessarily mean you're eating an excess of calories all the time. If you need ~2000 calories a day, and some days you eat 4000 and some you eat 1500 and stuff, it will average out in the long run, making your weight very stable over long periods of time. Also, lots of "shitty food" is shitty not because of simply an excess of calories, but primarily because of a lack of nutrients (vitamins/minerals). A high calorie food which is also high in nutrients would be considered a healthy food, though perhaps not ideal for those trying to LOSE weight.

I think ultimately, your body and mind are good enough to tell you when you need to eat, how much you need to eat, and when you need to stop eating.

I'm in a similar position, and those are the things I would attribute it to.

Also, 2 liters of water isn't that much for a full day of physical labor. I'm doing construction right now, and typically drink about 5L during my workday, and usually about 2L of juice when I get home.
>> Anonymous
>>204869
Two words to agree with this Anon: Get real food.
>> Anonymous
>>204876
How old you you think your take out food is?
>> Anonymous
>>204880

About 15 minutes.
>> Anonymous
>>204878

I should've mentioned 2 liters isn't my highest. On busy days, I would drink around 4 or 5. My work is mainly warehouse furniture.
>> Anonymous
Subway can make good food if you ask specifically for what you want.

Get a $5 footlong with Grilled Chicken Breast (No dressing or mayo), Lettuce, Tomato, Onion, Peppers, and whatever the hell else you like on Wheat Bread.

Eat half of it now, and the other half in a couple hours or for dinner.

Thats a cheap, plentiful, and healthy meal.

Decent combo is with Diet Coke and Baked Lays.

This is not an every day meal, but I've used it for a couple vacations.
>> Anonymous
>>204878

>typically drink about 5L during my workday, and usually about 2L of juice when I get home.

You might just be diabetic. Drinking far too much water and still feeling thirsty is a telltale sign of type II diabeetus.
>> Anonymous
>>204890
Possible, I haven't been tested for like 6 years. I'll have to remember to get tested again when at my next opportunity. 5-6L of water and 2L of juice is normal for a workday for me, and 2-3L of water and 1L of juice is normal for when I'm in university.