I had a friend at work use ChatGPT to send her doctor a note about her medication because she said she always sounds like a nut bag when she writes them herself. 
I confess I canāt tell if I am the hero or the villain in my own story.
Iāve stumbled across a subreddit dedicated to gaining weight. In it, individuals who have struggled to gain bodyweight their whole lives come seeking advice on how to achieve their goals.
As a former fat kid, I said āhold my peanut butter and jelly sandwichā and have dedicated myself to the cause. One of the most valuable things Iāve imparted is to use the tricks that processed food companies have employed to make foods hyperpalatable: combine sugar, fats and salt together to bypass natural satiety signals and eat beyond fullness.
Which is absolutely effective, but..is it right to share that? Am I like an old west doctor who just figured out that opium works well to treat tuberculosis?
Furthermore, have I found my post-retirement calling? Can there PLEASE be a business where I help people gain bodyweight? I feel like itās a niche market I can get behind!
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One thing Iāve taken to doing if I know a meal is going to be hard to finish, which is rare, but Iām starting to push food volume to try and keep my weight moving up but health markers in range (trying to keep blood glucose low), is similar to this. I borrow from obese people and utilise mindless eating - make sure youāre engrossed in a screen whilst you eat, YouTube/play a game on your phone and just power on through the meal.
Barely even notice your eating, not too full at the end, easy.
Not suitable for the family meals!
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More like Dr. Juaregg. He infected people with malaria on purpose to cure syphilis. Syphilis had no cure, malaria did. Malaria causes fevers of >105f, which is high enough to kill syphilis. Then boom, hit āem with some quinine to take care of the malaria. Patient cured.
Want a partner? I have ideas.
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Just take the 12 step template and apply it to this. Bulkers Anonymous or some such name.
Do the dollar in the basket thing, autonomous individual meetings, etc. and just make money on the books. Use AI to write them.
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Want a partner? I have ideas.
And outstanding reference with Dr. Juaregg.
@alex_uk Reverse engineering/weaponizing obesity is fascinating that way. I learned that trick from Dave Tate in an article from here: try to eat/live like fat people when you want to gain.
I saw Clive Owen use that technique on āThe Knickā tv show.
It was OK.
If youāve never read it and can find it.
Look up JM Blakelyās article published in Powerlifting USA back in the day about weight gain ā¦.LEGEND!
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I have perfected a great way to get down a ton of food, at a fast pace, for regular food OR if itās very dry/bland diet food like chicken breasts and plain baked potatoes (ugh, especially if dieting for a show, where you cannot use most condiments to add moisture to food e.g. BBQ sauce)..
I took a cue from the master himself, Kobayashi, and what you do is you get a big mouthful of food and chew it just enough so you are able to swallow it(and so itās broken up just enough), then take a sip of water (youāll need to have like 3-4 water bottles/glasses on hand) and basically use the water to swallow the bolus of food down your throat all at once. The water serves 2 purposes 1) you donāt have to fully chew it all, which allows you to eat more/faster 2) the water lubricates both the food and your throat, so it slides down easily.
So youāll take a bit of food, chew it just a few times, take a sip of water, and then GULP it down in one swallow. Take another bite, a few chews, water sip, then gulp it down, repeat till all the food is gone.
Try it, you can get a lot more food down, faster, that way. Or, get down food that is not exactly fun to eat (God, I canāt even count how many chicken breasts Iāve had to eat in my life, but itās a gross amount). It really works!
I liked Dave Tateās retelling of it in āThe King and the Crownā, because itās the ONLY version that correctly captures the ā2 Hersheyās bars every hourā protocol that was essential to the plan. Never have to worry about your blood sugar crashing if you just ALWAYS keep it jacked, haha.
I took a cue from the master himself, Kobayashi, and what you do is you get a big mouthful of food and chew it just enough so you are able to swallow it(and so itās broken up just enough), then take a sip of water (youāll need to have like 3-4 water bottles/glasses on hand) and basically use the water to swallow the bolus of food down your throat all at once. The water serves 2 purposes 1) you donāt have to fully chew it all, which allows you to eat more/faster 2) the water lubricates both the food and your throat, so it slides down easily.
Bruce Randall perfected this about 70 years ago
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Dude competed in 4 or 5 different weight classes per year. Weight gain was only half of the process.
After bulking up 50+ pounds, JM would start the year cutting back down to 220 (or 240 when he got bigger) and then work his bodyweight back up through thevweight classes, trying to beat all the previous years bench presses.
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This can work in reverse for someone trying to gain weight.
Have trouble skipping breakfast? Eat a bunch of simple carbs without fat before bed, blood sugar crashes and you wake up ravenous.
Then eat a huge plate of scrambled eggs.
Have a scheduled meal coming up? Eat a mini candy bar 30 minutes prior to crash your blood sugar when itās time to eat.
Then eat the 72 oz steak and loaded baked potato.
Tease your pancreas.
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Is your strength mythical over there?
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Yup. Itās the blog handle.
A few years ago this kind of stuff would have gotten under my skin. Now I just find it entertaining and the sign of what too much social media has done to productivity in todays gym culture.
That actually made my head hurt. Way to spastic for this early in the morning.
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I bet it takes that dude 30 minutes to crack an egg.
And he still gets shells in it and breaks the yolk. 
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Iām really struggling to understand whether the video is supposed to be serious.
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I had the same issue. But it was so chaotic that I quit caring.
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From what I understandā¦. You got these science based ā influencers ā pushing this type of shit. Where your beginner guys are eating it up like hog slop.
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