alphanerd4@lemmy.world to US Authoritarianism@lemmy.world · 10 hours agoI hear Europeans gain Weight when they come here and lose it when they leave, with no change in eating habits.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up162arrow-down145
arrow-up117arrow-down1imageI hear Europeans gain Weight when they come here and lose it when they leave, with no change in eating habits.lemmy.worldalphanerd4@lemmy.world to US Authoritarianism@lemmy.world · 10 hours agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-square_bcron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-29 hours ago 3520 calories I’m a postal worker that used to bike 150 miles a pop and trained for a 50k and thought it was absolutely bonkers for me to be eating 4000 calories a day on the basis that the generic recommended value was 2000 so I guess I stand corrected
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours ago2000 calories is based on an hour of strenuous exercise a day, and it’s a broad generalization even then.
I’m a postal worker that used to bike 150 miles a pop and trained for a 50k and thought it was absolutely bonkers for me to be eating 4000 calories a day on the basis that the generic recommended value was 2000 so I guess I stand corrected
2000 calories is based on an hour of strenuous exercise a day, and it’s a broad generalization even then.