[quote]Rach2784 wrote:
SkyNett wrote:
Actually, I saw one of them squashing into a Bod Pod in one clip, so I’d bet they took the BF percentage of everyone.
At those weights (and we’re not even talking fat powerlifters here. These are pure couch-potato fatties, so a sizeable amount of muscle mass is not making up a good portion of their weight) I wonder what the outer limit on Bodyfat is? Could it possibly be as high as 70 or 80 %?
That’s fuckin’ insane!
I’m pretty sure they take their BF% when they did all the tests with the doctors. When the doc was reviewing the results with the pink team, he told them mom her BF was like 50%. And she was smaller in comparison to some of those women this season. They’ve never been this big before, so it will be interesting to see what they can get down to.[/quote]
That’s the point though. If they are bigger this season, it has got to be harder to get a reading without specially made weighing devices.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
SkyNett wrote:
Actually, I saw one of them squashing into a Bod Pod in one clip, so I’d bet they took the BF percentage of everyone.
At those weights (and we’re not even talking fat powerlifters here. These are pure couch-potato fatties, so a sizeable amount of muscle mass is not making up a good portion of their weight) I wonder what the outer limit on Bodyfat is? Could it possibly be as high as 70 or 80 %?
That’s fuckin’ insane!
Surprisingly, some really obese people are actually carrying a good deal of lbm. I guess it takes that much to carry around 400+lbs all day long.
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I’m just amazed at the size some of these people reach. Lord knows I can eat, but c’mon - that’s just some wacky shit. And it’s not like ANY of those calories are going towards rebuilding muscle tissue from hard training - it’s all just stored as adipose tissue.
I’m curious, so I may DVR it this season. As a nutrition major, this kind of obesity is fascinating to me…
[quote]SkyNett wrote:
Breakfast was 2 dozen eggs, 2 lbs bacon, 4 bagels with butter and multiple stacks of butter and syrup laden pancakes - plus enough juice and coffee to float a fucking battleship. I’ll never forget that, because it was just mind-boggling… [/quote]
You know (just for a touch of irony), I know a certain ‘T-bodybuilding’ site where a bunch of posters who sometimes lift weights would do well to eat this much for a couple months so that they wouldn’t complain that they can’t gain any weight…
[quote]SteelyD wrote:
SkyNett wrote:
Breakfast was 2 dozen eggs, 2 lbs bacon, 4 bagels with butter and multiple stacks of butter and syrup laden pancakes - plus enough juice and coffee to float a fucking battleship. I’ll never forget that, because it was just mind-boggling…
You know (just for a touch of irony), I know a certain ‘T-bodybuilding’ site where a bunch of posters who sometimes lift weights would do well to eat this much for a couple months so that they wouldn’t complain that they can’t gain any weight… [/quote]
Even for the biggest bulker, that’s a ridiculous amount of food. I couldn’t possibly eat that in one sitting. But I do get your point…
Another fucked up thing was one of the contestants had gastric-bypass surgery, and not only did not lose weight, but gained like another fucking 50 lbs - at which point he started on the show.
How the fuck can you do that when they’ve sewn your stomach shut so it’s the size of an egg?
[quote]SkyNett wrote:
SteelyD wrote:
SkyNett wrote:
Breakfast was 2 dozen eggs, 2 lbs bacon, 4 bagels with butter and multiple stacks of butter and syrup laden pancakes - plus enough juice and coffee to float a fucking battleship. I’ll never forget that, because it was just mind-boggling…
You know (just for a touch of irony), I know a certain ‘T-bodybuilding’ site where a bunch of posters who sometimes lift weights would do well to eat this much for a couple months so that they wouldn’t complain that they can’t gain any weight…
Even for the biggest bulker, that’s a ridiculous amount of food. I couldn’t possibly eat that in one sitting. But I do get your point…
Another fucked up thing was one of the contestants had gastric-bypass surgery, and not only did not lose weight, but gained like another fucking 50 lbs - at which point he started on the show.
How the fuck can you do that when they’ve sewn your stomach shut so it’s the size of an egg? [/quote]
At that point I am thinking it is nothing but a mental disorder. He must have been forcing food down at that point which makes no sense unless they feel compelled to do it for some reason.
I can eat 12 eggs in a sitting. I can NOT eat 24…plus 2 fucking pounds of bacon (WTF???) and a bag of bagels. That’s retarded if you aren’t doing anything with the calories.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
SkyNett wrote:
SteelyD wrote:
SkyNett wrote:
Breakfast was 2 dozen eggs, 2 lbs bacon, 4 bagels with butter and multiple stacks of butter and syrup laden pancakes - plus enough juice and coffee to float a fucking battleship. I’ll never forget that, because it was just mind-boggling…
You know (just for a touch of irony), I know a certain ‘T-bodybuilding’ site where a bunch of posters who sometimes lift weights would do well to eat this much for a couple months so that they wouldn’t complain that they can’t gain any weight…
Even for the biggest bulker, that’s a ridiculous amount of food. I couldn’t possibly eat that in one sitting. But I do get your point…
Another fucked up thing was one of the contestants had gastric-bypass surgery, and not only did not lose weight, but gained like another fucking 50 lbs - at which point he started on the show.
How the fuck can you do that when they’ve sewn your stomach shut so it’s the size of an egg?
At that point I am thinking it is nothing but a mental disorder. He must have been forcing food down at that point which makes no sense unless they feel compelled to do it for some reason.
I can eat 12 eggs in a sitting. I can NOT eat 24…plus 2 fucking pounds of bacon (WTF???) and a bag of bagels. That’s retarded if you aren’t doing anything with the calories.
…and who the hell is paying for all of that shit? [/quote]
i was thinkin the same thing , obviously your countries unemployment benifit is a minor amount per week/month and if they were recieving this , wouldnt be able to afford all that food on it.
Possibly a family member who feels sorry for them , and their " eating disorder".
on another note didnt some fat ass get married the other month and went to his wedding on a flat bed truck.
Imagine the wedding reception lol
[quote]Professor X wrote:
I can eat 12 eggs in a sitting. I can NOT eat 24…plus 2 fucking pounds of bacon (WTF???) and a bag of bagels. That’s retarded if you aren’t doing anything with the calories.
…and who the hell is paying for all of that shit? [/quote]
It just doesn’t seem physiologically possible to be able to cram that amount of food into such a tiny stomach.
That dude had the most fucked up body I’ve ever seen. Just a series of rolls descending one by one down his torso - he looked like a malformed Christmas tree…
I can’t imagine what that costs to sustain on a daily basis - has to be thousands a week…I have no idea who pays for that shit. When you can’t even get out of bed, you certainly can’t go to a job.
The dude who got married was here in Mexico, he had lost something like a hundred pounds for the wedding just so that they could get him out of his house, still had to go on a flatbed.
The bizarre thing was that his wife is actually a bit of alright.
And as for taking the BF% of these lard arses, in addition to the immersion method there is a scanning method. I think CT or one of the other contributers was talking about it in a recent article on here. It shows how innacurate the caliper tests are due to the variation in the amount of BF that people hold in other cavities.
[quote]SkyNett wrote:
Professor X wrote:
I can eat 12 eggs in a sitting. I can NOT eat 24…plus 2 fucking pounds of bacon (WTF???) and a bag of bagels. That’s retarded if you aren’t doing anything with the calories.
…and who the hell is paying for all of that shit?
It just doesn’t seem physiologically possible to be able to cram that amount of food into such a tiny stomach.
That dude had the most fucked up body I’ve ever seen. Just a series of rolls descending one by one down his torso - he looked like a malformed Christmas tree…
I can’t imagine what that costs to sustain on a daily basis - has to be thousands a week…I have no idea who pays for that shit. When you can’t even get out of bed, you certainly can’t go to a job. [/quote]
I was thinking the same thing, most of them just have a huge pot belly but it was like he had multiple sets of man boobs or something. There’s no way in hell I would be taking of my shirt on national television with a stomach like that! But I’ve never had the chance to win $250k, so maybe I would…
I watched the episode last night and I was echoing most of these sentiments. It is actually sad and quite frightening that people can do that sort of thing to themselves. What is the world coming to when obesity has become common place.
The show could be much better than it is. Anyone watching the show who is completely ignorant about exercise and diet would gain little or nothing from watching an entire season of this show. It’s just a lot of product placement as mentioned earlier. More than anything people will think they need to go out and start busting their asses 4-5 hours a day in the gym and get burnt out in a week. They could take the opportunity to educate the American public, but then again where would they find the fatties for the show.
Sorry to be so blunt but I have little or no sympathy for people who get that large without some type of undiagnosed metabolic disease.
[quote]druryk wrote:
Sorry to be so blunt but I have little or no sympathy for people who get that large without some type of undiagnosed metabolic disease. [/quote]
If it’s undiagnosed, how do you know it’s there? lol.
[quote]oneforship wrote:
druryk wrote:
Sorry to be so blunt but I have little or no sympathy for people who get that large without some type of undiagnosed metabolic disease.
If it’s undiagnosed, how do you know it’s there? lol.
It is very hard to imagine the mental absence towards food for someone to eat themself into immobility. There are years of repetitive overstuffing without an ounce of consideration or understanding of what is really happening. As with any disfunction, families more times than not accept it and enable it wishing it could be different but having no clue on how to conduct a fruitful confrontation.
I am more interested in what triggered most of their desires for change. I imagine most filled out an application because like someone mentioned above “this is the only way I can lose weight.” And although physiologically you and most everyone on this site knows that isn’t true; it is true for a whole lot of folks. When you consider what the average Dr. doesn’t know about diet and nutrition, how much less then do all of my fat Louisiana friends and family know?
I can somewhat relate because for years I lifted weights and tried to lose weight. I was never successful at doing either for very long. I came here while searching for “Muscle Milk” on Google and found the Physique Clinic competition a year ago. The info. here has turned on a light bulbs for me and I finally understanding how to make my diet work towards my goals. I do remember at first though feeling like I could only get rid of 40 lbs. of body fat if I got picked for the 2nd Physique Clinic. I applied what I learned and lost that fat anyway and am glad I didn’t endure the V-Diet to get there…phew!
I say all that to say most of America’s understanding and lifestyle are following directly in the footsteps? of these contestants.
